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BENEFIT 38: THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROPHETS & MESSENGERS
Allāh The Almighty sent 114,000 Prophets; 315 of whom were Messengers.
And how do we know that❓
The evidence for this is the Ḥadīth of Abū Umāmah radhiyallāhu 'anhu, who asked the Prophet ﷺ: how many Prophets are there? So he ﷺ said:
((مائة ألف وأربعة عشر ألف))
“One hundred and fourteen thousand.”
[this ḥadīth is 'Ḥasan lighayrihi'; see 'Aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥah' of Sheikh Albānī raḥimahullāh (6/363)]
As for the Messengers, then it was narrated by Abū Umāmah radhiyallāhu 'anhu also, that the Prophet ﷺ said:
((كان آدم نبيا مكلما، كان بينه وبين نوح عشرة قرون، وكانت الرسل ثلاثمائة وخمسة عشر))
“Ādam was a Prophet who was spoken to (directly), the time gap between him and Nūḥ was 10 centuries, and the Messengers numbered three hundred and fifteen.”
Sheikh Kamāl Al-'Adenī raḥimahullāh said: its chain of narration is 'Ṣaḥīḥ'.
Source:
[An-Nibrās 'Alā Sharḥil Wāsiṭiyyah Lil- Ḥarrās P. 50]