The Muslims are unanimously agreed that Moosaa is superior
to al-Khidr. Those who say that al-Khidr is superior have disbelieved. According
to the majority of scholars he was not a Prophet. In fact, the Israelite Prophets
who followed the Tawrah and were mentioned by Allaah, such as Daawood and
Sulaymaan, were superior to al-Khidr.
In fact, based on the view of the majority of scholars that al-Khidr was not a Prophet, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with them both) are superior to him. The fact that he knew about issues that Moosaa was unaware of does not mean that he was superior to him absolutely, just as when the hoopoe said to Sulaymaan, “I have grasped (the knowledge of a thing) which you have not grasped,” (Soorah an-Naml :22), that did not mean that he was superior to Sulaymaan.
There were those who pollinated the palm trees, as they had more knowledge of the benefits of pollination than the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) but that did not make them superior to him. He said to them: “You know best about your worldly affairs, but when it comes to matters of your religion, then I am the one to whom you should refer.”[1] Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthmaan and ‘Alee (may Allaah be pleased with them) would learn from people who were lower in status than them the religious knowledge that those people had. And the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “There is nothing left of Prophethood after I am gone except true dreams.”[2]
It is well known that their status in knowledge is superior to that of the one who sees a good dream. The highest level that al-Khidr could attain was having some knowledge of the future, which is only one of the parts of Prophethood, so how could he be superior to a Prophet, let alone a Messenger or a Messenger of Strong Resolve (as Moosaa was) ?
Source: al-Mustadrak ‘ala Majmoo’ Fataawaa Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allaah have mercy on him), vol. 1, p. 113-114
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