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To what extent is the statement valid that the Prophet (peace be upon him) was created from light before the creation of the universe, based on the hadith: "O Gabriel, how many years have you lived?", and he replied: "O Messenger of Allah, I do not know, except that in the fourth veil there is a star that appears once every seventy thousand years, and I have seen it seventy-two thousand times." So the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "By the might of my Lord, I am that star," and that Adam was forgiven when he saw the Prophet's name after "There is no god but Allah" in Paradise?

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The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was a human being, not created from light. Allah Almighty said: (Say, "I am only a man like you, to whom has been revealed that your god is one God.")

What is mentioned about the Prophet asking Gabriel about his age and Gabriel's saying about the star he saw, and the Prophet's saying, "By the might of my Lord, I am that star," is false and baseless talk, invented by some ignorant Sufis.

The narration about Adam's repentance and his supplication by the right of Muhammad: ("Had it not been for Muhammad, I would not have created you") is a weak and fabricated hadith. It has been declared weak by imams of hadith such as Ibn Taymiyyah and Al-Dhahabi, and Abdur-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam is considered abandoned in hadith narration.

These two hadiths are false, and it is not permissible to attribute them to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, due to the lies they contain against him, and lying about him is among the greatest sins.

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