Q- I would like to ask you regarding a Hadith that is called “Hadith e Nur” or “Hadith e Jabir”. It says that the first thing Allah Ta’ala created was the light of the Prophet (sallallahu’alayhi wasallam). What is the authenticity of this Hadith?
There is absolutely no sign of this narration, in any book of
hadith.
Someone mistakenly attributed it to Abd
ar-Razzaq and all others followed, all relying on the first one, thinking that
he must have seen it in there !
This is why one will find many senior Ulama of the last few centuries attributing it to Abd ar-Razzaq. Most of them took it from Sharh al-Mawahib, who incorrectly referenced it. None of these Ulama had copies of the Musannaf of Abd ar-Razzaq (they are all excused insha’Allah), to properly ascertain its existence, neither did any of them ever mention a sanad (chain) for it.
Seeing this widespread mis-attribution, a few later-day muhadithin – who went through the musannaf and confirmed its non-existence– had classified it as fabricated, as it quite clear when ones sees the wording of the hadith and adds this to the fact that there is no known sanad for it. From the great Huffadh, Allamah Suyuti has mentioned that there is no sanad that could be relied upon for this narration.
Shaykh Fadlur Rahman A’zami (hafizahullah) had assigned each volume of the Musannaf of Imama ‘Abdur Razzaq to a student who paged through the entire volume. None of them found this Hadith therein. Other contemporary Hadith Scholars have also said they could not locate this Hadith in Imam ‘Abdur Razzaq’s books. Refer: Al-Yawaqitul Ghaliyah, vol.2 pg.65-66, vol. pg. & Shaykh ‘Abdullah Siddiq Al-Ghumari’s (rahimahullah) notes on Al-Burdah, pg.75 and At-Ta’liqatul Hafilah ‘alal Ajwibatil Fadilah, pg.129 of Shaykh ‘Abdul Fattah Abu Ghuddah (rahimahullah).
Allamah Suyuti (rahimahullah) has declared that this Hadith has no chain that can be relied upon.(Al-Hawi, vol.2 Pg.41-43). Grand Mufti Mahmudul Hasan Gangohi (rahimahullah) has also stated that this Hadith hasn’t been passed as authentic, neither does it appear in the authentic Hadith books. (Fatawa Mahmudiyyah, vol.12 pg.62-64)
In light of the above, this Hadith should not be quoted until its chain can be found and then authenticated.
And Allah Ta’ala knows best
4 links below
https://hadithanswers.com/the-famous-hadithun-nur/
https://mawdu.wordpress.com/2012/10/14/what-is-first-thing-allah-created-prophet-noor-qalam-pen-water-arsh/
https://islamqa.info/en/answers/9420/what-was-the-first-thing-allah-created
https://islamicportal.co.uk/was-the-noor-of-the-prophet-created-first/