To understand Hamzad (ہمزاد )which is a soul we must know the reality of soul, soul is the inner core of human body. Science till now, has not gained the knowledge of soul to explain it. Being a Muslim we should believe and accept the knowledge which came from Quran, although some saints explain the soul in tassawuf تصوف but tasawuf and shariaya e Muhammadi (شریعت محمدی) is different. Hamzad is pure soul, not a djinn or some thing else, below we see the reality of soul in view of Quran and hadiths.
Allah is the Creator of all things, and the soul is something that has been created just like everything else. The knowledge about its true essence is something that belongs exclusively to Allah, may He be glorified and exalted. Allah has kept this knowledge exclusively to Himself, as is stated in the hadeeth of Abdullah ibn Masood (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: Whilst I was with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) on a farm, and he was resting on a palm branch stripped of its leaves, the Jews passed by, and some of them said to others, Ask him about the soul. Some of them said, What urges you to ask him about it? Others of them said, Don't ask him in case he says something you dislike. But they said, Ask him, so they asked him about the soul. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) kept quiet and did not respond to them, and I knew that he was receiving Revelation, so I stayed where I was. When the Revelation of the verse was complete, he said (interpretation of the meaning): And they ask you [O Muhammad] concerning the soul. Say: The soul: it is one of the things, the knowledge of which is only with my Lord. And of knowledge, you (mankind) have been given only a little. [al-Isra 17:85] (Reported by al-Bukhari). The soul has been described by Allah in His Book and by the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in his Sunnah, and various verbs and adjectives have been used in conjunction with the word rooh ( روح ), such as seizing or grasping, taking (as in death), it may be fettered or shrouded, it comes and goes, it goes up and comes down, it may be pulled out like a hair being pulled out of dough It is obligatory (in Islam) to believe in these attributes which are narrated in the two Revelations (i.e., the Quran and Sunnah), and also to realize that the soul is not like the body.
Allah created Adam and breathed the soul into him, as is stated in the Quran and in the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): When Allah created Adam and breathed the soul into him, he sneezed and said Al-hamdu-Lillah (Praise be to Allah).
The soul of the deceased is taken from the ends of the toes towards the top of the body, and when it reaches the throat, the death rattle sounds in the throat of the person who is about to die, and his eyes glaze over and roll upwards. Um e Salamah (ام سلمی) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) entered upon Abu Salamah (after he had died) and his eyes were open, so he closed them then said, When the soul is taken, the eyes follow it. (Reported by Muslim, 1528)
