islamic question

Question:
I have got a question regarding a hadiith. How sound is the hadiith, that states, that it
were not for Muhammad (saw) Allaah (swt) would not have created this world???
To be honest I am a bit suspicious about this hadiith, could you shatter some light in the
matter?.

Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
Many false and fabricated ahaadeeth have been narrated that say similar things.
For example:
.Were it not for you, I would not have created the universe..
This was quoted by al-Shawkaani in al-Fawaa.id al-Majmoo.ah fi.l-Ahaadeeth
al-Mawdoo.ah (p. 326). He said:
Al-San.aani said: (it is) mawdoo. (fabricated).
Al-Albaani said in al-Silsilah al-Da.eefah (282): (it is) mawdoo..

Another example is the hadeeth narrated by al-Haakim according to which Ibn
.Abbaas said:
Allaah revealed to .Eesa (Jesus, peace be upon him): .O .Eesa, believe in
Muhammad, and tell whoever you meet of your ummah to believe in him. For
were it not for Muhammad, I would not have created Adam, and were it not for
Muhammad, I would not have created Paradise and Hell. I created the Throne
over the water and it would not settle until I wrote on it, Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah
Muhammad Rasool Allaah (There is no god but Allaah and Muhammad is the
Messenger of Allaah)..
Al-Dhahabi commented on that and
said: I believe it is fabricated and falsely attributed to Sa.eed.
Meaning, Sa.eed ibn Abu .Aroobah (one of the narrators of this hadeeth). This
hadeeth was narrated from him by .Amr ibn Aws al-Ansaari, who is the one
who is accused of fabricating it. Al-Dhahabi mentioned him in al-Meezaan
where he said: .He produced a munkar report,. then he quoted this hadeeth,
and said, .I believe that it is mawdoo. (fabricated).. Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar
agreed with him, as it says in al-Lisaan.
Al-Albaani said in al-Silsilah al-Da.eefah (280): There is no basis for it.

Shaykh al-Islam (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked:
Is the hadeeth which some people quote . .Were it not for you, Allaah would
not have created the Throne or the Kursiy or the earth or the heavens or the sun
or the moon or anything else. saheeh or nor?
He replied:
Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is the leader of the
sons of Adam, and the best and noblest of creation, hence some people say that
Allaah created the universe because of him, or that were it not for him, Allaah
would not have created the Throne or the Kursiy or the earth or the heavens or
the sun or the moon.
But this hadeeth that is narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) is neither saheeh (sound) nor da.eef (weak), and it was not
narrated by any scholar in a hadeeth from the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him). Neither was it known from the Sahaabah. Rather it is the
words of one who is unknown.
Majmoo. al-Fataawa, 11/86-96.

The Standing Committee was asked:
Can it be said that Allaah created the heavens and the earth for the purpose of
creating the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)? What is the
meaning of the hadeeth, .Were it not for you the universe would not have been
created,. and does this hadeeth have any basis?
They replied:
The heavens and the earth were not created for the sake of the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him), rather they were created for the purpose
which Allaah mentions (interpretation of the meaning):
.It is Allaah Who has created seven heavens and of the earth the like thereof
(i.e. seven). His Command descends between them (heavens and earth), that
you may know that Allaah has power over all things, and that Allaah surrounds
all things in (His) Knowledge.
[al-Talaaq 65:12]
As for the hadeeth mentioned, it is falsely attributed to the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) and has no sound basis.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa.imah, 1/312

Shaykh Ibn Baaz was asked about this hadeeth and said:
The answer is that this was transmitted from the words of some of the common
people who have no understanding. Some people say that the world was created
for the sake of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and
were it not for Muhammad the world would not have been created and mankind
would not have been created. This is false and has no basis, and these are
corrupt words. Allaah created the world so that He would be known and
worshipped. He created the world and He created mankind so that His names
and attributes, His power and knowledge, would be known and so that He alone
would be worshipped with no partner or associate, and so that He would be
obeyed . not for the sake of Muhammad or for the sake of Nooh or Moosa or
.Eesa or any other Prophet. Rather Allaah created the universe so that He alone
would be worshipped, with no partner or associate.
zazakallah o khair

may alaah guide all to the straight path