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‏ أنا سيد ولد آدم يوم القيامة وأول من ينشق عنه القبر وأول شافع وأول مشفع

I will be the leader of the sons of Adam on the Day of Resurrection, the first one for whom the grave is opened, the first one to intercede and the first one whose intercession will be accepted

Muslim

فقال له جبريل أبمحمد تفعل هذا فما ركبك أحد أكرم على الله منه

Gabriel said to him (Buraq): "Is it from Muhammad that you do this? By your Lord! There is no one more honorable to your Lord than him."

Jami at-Tirmidhi - classed as Sahih by al-Albani and al-Arnaa’oot etc.

أجمعت الأمة على أن الأنبياء أفضل الخليقة، وأن نبينا صلى الله عليه وسلم أفضلهم

The Ummah unanimously agrees that the prophets are the best of creation and that our prophet Muhammad ﷺ is the best among them

Radd al-Muhtar

ولا خلاف أن محمدا صلى الله عليه وسلم أفضلهم

There is no dispute that Muhammad ﷺ is the best among them (the Ulul 'Azm and hence also the others)

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

فقال له جبريل أبمحمد تفعل هذا فما ركبك أحد أكرم على الله منه

Gabriel said to him (Buraq): "Is it from Muhammad that you do this? By your Lord! There is no one more honorable to your Lord than him."

Jami at-Tirmidhi - classed as Sahih by al-Albani and al-Arnaa’oot etc.

أجمعت الأمة على أن الأنبياء أفضل الخليقة، وأن نبينا صلى الله عليه وسلم أفضلهم

The Ummah unanimously agrees that the prophets are the best of creation and that our prophet Muhammad ﷺ is the best among them

Radd al-Muhtar

‏ أنا سيد ولد آدم يوم القيامة وأول من ينشق عنه القبر وأول شافع وأول مشفع

I will be the leader of the sons of Adam on the Day of Resurrection, the first one for whom the grave is opened, the first one to intercede and the first one whose intercession will be accepted

Muslim

فقال له جبريل أبمحمد تفعل هذا فما ركبك أحد أكرم على الله منه

Gabriel said to him (Buraq): "Is it from Muhammad that you do this? By your Lord! There is no one more honorable to your Lord than him."

Jami at-Tirmidhi - classed as Sahih by al-Albani and al-Arnaa’oot etc.

أجمعت الأمة على أن الأنبياء أفضل الخليقة، وأن نبينا صلى الله عليه وسلم أفضلهم

The Ummah unanimously agrees that the prophets are the best of creation and that our prophet Muhammad ﷺ is the best among them

Radd al-Muhtar

ولا خلاف أن محمدا صلى الله عليه وسلم أفضلهم

There is no dispute that Muhammad ﷺ is the best among them (the Ulul 'Azm and hence also the others)

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

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Yes, Muhammad ﷺ is superior to all other creation, and this includes the prophets. The higher status of some prophets above others is proven from the Quran:

تلك الرسل فضلنا بعضهم على بعض

Those messengers - some of them We caused to exceed others.

Quran 2:253

ولقد فضلنا بعض النبيين على بعض

And We have made some of the prophets exceed others

Quran 17:55

And it is also proven that Muhammad ﷺ had honors that no one else had. For example he was sent to the entire mankind whereas the other prophets were only sent to their nations (34:28). He is the seal of the prophets (33:40). His nation is the best of mankind (3:110). He is given al-Kawthar (109:1) and Maqam al-Mahmud (17:79) etc.

It is also evident from ahadith, such as:

فضلت على الأنبياء بست أعطيت جوامع الكلم ونصرت بالرعب وأحلت لي الغنائم وجعلت لي الأرض طهورا ومسجدا وأرسلت إلى الخلق كافة وختم بي النبيون

I have been given superiority over the other prophets in six respects: I have been given words which are concise but comprehensive in meaning; I have been helped by terror (in the hearts of enemies): spoils have been made lawful to me: the earth has been made for me clean and a place of worship; I have been sent to all mankind and the line of prophets is closed with me.

Muslim

أنا سيد ولد آدم

I am the leader of the sons of Adam

Ibn Majah

فقال له جبريل أبمحمد تفعل هذا فما ركبك أحد أكرم على الله منه

Gabriel said to him (Buraq): "Is it from Muhammad that you do this? By your Lord! There is no one more honorable to your Lord than him."

Jami at-Tirmidhi - classed as Sahih by al-Albani and al-Arnaa’oot etc.

ثم أقوم عن يمين العرش ليس أحد من الخلائق يقوم ذلك المقام غيري

I will stand at the right of the Throne. No one from the creation will in that place other than I.

Jami at-Tirmidhi

إذا كان يوم القيامة كنت إمام النبيين وخطيبهم وصاحب شفاعتهم غير فخر

Upon the Day of Judgement I will be the leader of the Prophets and their spokesman, and the bearer of their intercession

Jami at-Tirmidhi

وما من نبي يومئذ آدم فمن سواه إلا تحت لوائي

There will not be a Prophet on that day, not Adam nor anyone other than him, except that he will be under my banner.

Jami at-Tirmidhi

Further it is established by Ijma':

أجمعت الأمة على أن الأنبياء أفضل الخليقة، وأن نبينا صلى الله عليه وسلم أفضلهم

The Ummah unanimously agrees that the prophets are the best of creation and that our prophet Muhammad ﷺ is the best among them

Radd al-Muhtar

Sometimes laymen argue against this aqeedah and cite verses of the Quran that forbid making a distinction between the prophets (such as 2:136 or 2:285), However this verse is not relevant to the topic but rather it is talking about disbelief in some prophets while believing in others. And this is clear if one reads the whole verse and also if one studies other similar verses such as 4:150-152.

There are also ahadith which forbid us from declaring some prophets superior to others such as Bukhari 3412, Bukhari 6916, Bukhari 3414, Bukhari 3408. They are explained as follows:

  • They are abrogated, the Prophet ﷺ said that before he was informed of his own superiority and the superiority of some prophets over others via revelation.
  • They are just expressions of the modesty and humbleness of the Prophet ﷺ.
  • They do not negate that superiority exists in reality, rather they mean that people should abstain from engaging in this conversation as it is easy to be careless and say something which is disrespectful to the other prophets.
  • They forbid one from saying something on the matter from one's own whims or because of pride etc. without evidence from revelation.
  • They forbid being specific, such as saying that Muhammad ﷺ is superior to Jonah عليه السلام, however making a general statement (not mentioning a second prophet by name) is permissible.
  • They forbid saying that the conduct of a prophet was superior to another - in reality the belief in superiority among them is not a judgement of their actions but rather it is purely an honor gifted to them by Allah.
  • They forbid saying that in an argument (e.g. with the people of the Book) since it implies belittling of a prophet.

Ref: Tafsir al-Qurtubi and Al-Shifaa bi Ta'reef Huqooq al-Mustafaa