The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 1189 (#Ḥadīth #10)
Chapter 111 | The Birth of The Holy Prophet and His Demise
10ـ الْحُسَيْنُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ يَا جَابِرُ إِنَّ الله أَوَّلَ مَا خَلَقَ خَلَقَ مُحَمَّداً ﷺ وَعِتْرَتَهُ الْهُدَاةَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ فَكَانُوا أَشْبَاحَ نُورٍ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الله قُلْتُ وَمَا الاشْبَاحُ قَالَ ظِلُّ النُّورِ أَبْدَانٌ نُورَانِيَّةٌ بِلا أَرْوَاحٍ وَكَانَ مُؤَيَّداً بِرُوحٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَهِيَ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ فَبِهِ كَانَ يَعْبُدُ الله وَعِتْرَتَهُ وَلِذَلِكَ خَلَقَهُمْ حُلَمَاءَ عُلَمَاءَ بَرَرَةً أَصْفِيَاءَ يَعْبُدُونَ الله بِالصَّلاةِ وَالصَّوْمِ وَالسُّجُودِ وَالتَّسْبِيحِ وَالتَّهْلِيلِ وَيُصَلُّونَ الصَّلَوَاتِ وَيَحُجُّونَ وَيَصُومُونَ.
10. Al-Husayn has narrated from (Muhammad) b. ‘Abdallah from Muhammad b. Sinan from Al Mufaddal from Jabir b. Yazid who has said the following. “Once Abu Ja‘far said to me, ‘Oh Jabir, the first thing that Allah created was Muhammad ﷺ and his offspring who are the rightly guided guides. They existed in ’Ashbah (form) of light in the presence of Allah.’
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).