Believing Ahmadi: et me address this for you first. The Traditions 'I am the last of the Prophets', 'There is no propher after me', and 'My mosque is the last of the mosques'
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wa Rahmatullahi
wa Barakatuh. (May
Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:
As
Salaam Aleikum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
I have been reading your responses for sometime now, and it seems to me that
you have an extremely vast understanding of Islam and the Holy Quran.
I am an Ahmadi Muslim who has accepted the Messiah who the Holy
Prophet (saw) foretold of. My question to you is why haven't
you accepted the Promised Messiah and Ahmadiyyat.
I understand that the first contradiction Sunni's have is the continuation of
the gift of prohethood which we believe in.
Let me
address this for you first. The Traditions 'I am the last of the Prophets',
'There is no propher after me', and 'My mosque is the
last of the mosques'.
From these Sayings, it follows that there can be no prohet
of any kind after the Holy Prophet. It is quite sad however that those cite
these sayings forget that the words 'I am the last of the Prophets' is followed
by 'and my mosque is the last of all mosques'. If, therefore, the Holy Prophet
is literally the lat of the prophets, then the mosque which he built in
The
first part is taken to mean the termination of every kind od prophethood with the
advent of the Holy Prophet. But the second part is not likewise taken to mean
the end of mosque building.
Ahmadi's belive that Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad is the
Promised Messiah and that Jesus died a natural death and will not return on the
day of judgement.
The
Promised Messiah did not bring any new books, any additions to the Salat, nothing like that. He was simply a reformer foretold
by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) and the Quran.
I have
just begun to shed the light on this issue, so If you
have any questions, please e-mail me back.
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Answer:
Believing
Ahmadi
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no
prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone,
and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of
His Messengers.
Dear Friend,
in light of the Glorious Quran and various narrations of the Prophet
Mohamed (saws), there is absolutely no
doubt that Prophet Mohamed (saws) was the Last and Final Messenger of Allah
(saws).
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah Ahzaab verse 40:
Muhammad is not the father of any of your
men but (he is) the Apostle of Allah, and the Seal of the Prophets: and
Allah has full knowledge of all things.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 4.661 Narrated by Abu Huraira
The Prophet (saws) said, "The
Israelis used to be ruled and guided by prophets: Whenever a prophet died, another would take
over his place. There will be no
prophet after me, but there will be Caliphs who will increase in
number."
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 4.735 Narrated by Abu Huraira
The Messenger of Allah (saws) said,
"My similitude in comparison with the other prophets before me, is that of
a man who has built a house nicely and beautifully, except for a place of one brick in a
corner. The people go about it and
wonder at its beauty, but say: 'Would that this brick be
put in its place!' So I am that brick, and I am the last of the Prophets."
Musnad Abu-Dawud
Reported Jabir
bin Abdullah that the Prophet of Allah (saws) said: “Through me the Prophethood was brought to a close.”
Narrated in Muslim, Tirmidhi, Ibn Maajah.
Reported Ubayy
bin Kaab, Abu Said al Khudri, and Abu Hurairah, that the Prophet of Allah (saws) said: “I
have been distinguished from the other Prophets in six things:
1.
I have been
endowed with eloquent speech,
2.
I have been succoured with awe,
3.
Booty has
been made lawful for me,
4.
The earth
has been made a mosque for me as well as a means of obtaining purity,
5.
I have been
appointed a Messenger for the entire world,
6.
And, with me, the office of Prophethood
has been closed.
Reported by Tirmidhi.
The Messenger of Allah (saws) said, “The
line of Prophethood and Apostleship has come to an
end. After me, there will neither be a prophet or an
apostle.”
Musnad Ahmad.
Narrated Abdur
Rahman bin Jubair that the
Prophet of Allah (saws) said, “I am Mohamed, the Ummi
Prophet (thrice)”; and then he (saws)
said, “and no prophet will come after me.”
It is a condition of the faith of a muslim to believe in Prophet
Mohamed (saws) as the Last and Final Messenger of Allah. In light of the above aayah
of Surah Ahzaab and the
various narrations of Prophet Mohamed (saws),
there should be absolutely no doubt in the mind of any believer that
Prophet Mohamed (saws) is indeed the Last and Final Prophet of Allah, and there will come no Prophet after him.
Your
Statement: The Traditions 'I am the last
of the Prophets', 'There is no propher after me', and
'My mosque is the last of the mosques'.
The above tradition of the Prophet (saws) is indeed
narrated by Muslim in his Kitaab al-Hajj. Some people, who deny Prophet Mohamed (saws) as the
Last and Final Prophet have taken the above hadith of
the Messenger of Allah (saws) and tried to justify the advent of another
prophet after him! But that
understanding of the above hadith is absolutely
against the context of the Glorious Quran and the several authentic and
universally agreed upon hadeeths.
If a person has an understanding of all the hadiths on the subject of the Finality of Prophethood, he will understand precisely in what
context has the Messenger of Allah (saws) called his mosque in
Sa'id bin Al-Musayyib reported from Abu Hurairah, that the Prophet
(saws) said, "You should not undertake a special journey to visit any
place other than the three Mosques: the
Sacred Mosque of Makkah, this mosque of mine, and Al-Aqsa Mosque
(of
There are several hadiths
that are state the superiority of the above three mosques compared to other
mosques in the world. On that basis of
superiority, it
is only permissible to undertake a special journey for the purpose of offering
the prayers in these three mosques. No
other mosque has the right and merit that one should make a journey especially
to it. When the Prophet Mohamed (saws)
said, ‘My mosque is the last of the mosques’, he meant that since no other prophet
will come after him, no fourth mosque
will be built which will be superior to the other mosques of the world, or might carry greater rewards for the
offering of prayers in it, or made
permissible to make a special journey to offer prayer in it! The Prophet’s Mosque in
To use this one hadith as
a proof that there will be other Prophets after Prophet Mohamed (saws); and completely
disregard all the other authentic hadiths on the
subject of Finality of Prophethood is absolute and
manifest mis-guidance.
Your
Statement: Ahmadi's belive
that Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad is the Promised Messiah and that Jesus died a natural
death and will not return on the day of judgement.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisaa verses 156-158:
Then they (the Jews) went so far in their
unbelief that they uttered a monstrous calumny against Mary (that she was an
unchaste woman!). They themselves
bragged: “We have slain Jesus son of Mary, a Messenger of Allah!” Whereas, in fact, they did not slay him, nor did they crucify him; but the matter was made dubious for
them. And those who have differed about
this matter, are
also in doubt concerning it. They have
no knowledge of it,
but they follow mere conjectures,
for it is certain that they did not kill Jesus. Nay, the fact is that Allah had raised him
to Himself, for Allah is indeed
All-Powerful, All-Wise.
The aayahs that we have
quoted above are from the Holy Quran as revealed to the Last Messenger of Allah, Mohamed ar-Rasool Allah (saws).
The aayahs are so clear, that they leave no room for any other
sort of interpretation. Allah declares
clearly that they neither slayed Jesus, nor did they
crucify him; but rather Allah raised
Jesus unto Himself.
There are tens of authentic hadiths, whereby Prophet
Mohamed (saws) foretold the coming of the Messiah by name, that is Jesus, son of Mary, will descend from the heavens to the
earth, live, and die a natural death near the end of
time!
If one believes that there are other prophets after
Prophet Mohamed (saws),
and believes that Prophet Jesus (a.s.)
died a natural death; inspite of the clear aayahs of
the Holy Quran and the several authentic narrations of the Messenger of Allah
(saws) stating otherwise; then that
would be manifest disbelief and ‘kufr’ of the verses
of the Glorious Quran, and the authentic
Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws)!
The believers bear witness, and call Allah Subhanah
to witness, and Allah is sufficient as a
witness to the fact that Prophet Mohamed (saws) is indeed the Last and Final
Messenger of Allah, and there will be no
prophet after him. And the believers
also ardently believe
that Prophet Jesus, son of
Mary, is a Messenger of Allah, is alive,
and will descend from the heavens to earth before the end of time.
Your
Statement: I have just begun to shed the light on this issue, so If you have any questions, please e-mail me back.
The Quran and the Sunnah
are the only sources of the noor of knowledge; and if any knowledge challenges or goes
against the clear teachings and guidance of the Quran and Sunnah, it cannot be
light! It can only be darkness, mis-guidance, and manifest error.
You claim that Prophet Mohamed (saws) foretold of
the coming of Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad as a prophet!!!! And you claim that Prophet Jesus (a.s.) died a natural death and will not return to
earth near the end of time!!!!!!!
We challenge you to produce evidence for the above
from the Quran and Sunnah. And if you cannot find one, and you will never
ever be able to find one because there is none;
then bear witness with the believers that Prophet Mohamed (saws) is
indeed the Last and Final Messenger of Allah;
and bear witness with the believers that Prophet Jesus (a.s.) did not die,
and will descend from the heavens to the earth near the end of time.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 18 Surah
Kahf verses 103-106:
Tell them (O Mohamed), “Should We tell you
who are the most unsuccessful people and miserable failures in regard to their
deeds? They are those, all whose edeavours
in the worldly life, had gone astray
from the
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
