Dars e Imam-last prophet
“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem”Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)
Imam Abu Hayyan al Andalusi [D. 445 AH] after deciscively proving
Finality of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) from
Quran and Sunnah writes in his Tafsir Al Bahr al Muheet: A Person who has a
viewpoint that Prophethood is not closed, or one who thinks that a Wali is
superior than Nabi then such a person is “ZINDEEQ” and “Wajib ul Qatl” Those
who had claimed Prophethood amongst people then Muslims have killed them.
[Tafsir Bahr al Muheet, Under 33:40]
Qadhi Thana Ullah PaniPatti (rah) writes in his Tafsir al Mazhari:
Khatam has been mentioned (in this ayah) in the meaning of “Akhir/Last” and
someone who came to bring an “END TO SOMETHING” as “Last Nabi after whom no
Prophet will come [Tafsir al Mazhari, Volume No. 9, Page No. 266]
Hadrat Ibn Abbas (ra) narrates that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: I am Ahmed,
Muhammad, Hashir, Maqfi (One who is sent in the last) and I am “KHATIM” [Imam
Tabarani in Muj’am as Saghir, Hadith # 152]
Qatada narrates that when the Prophet (ﷺ) recited the Ayah { And when We exacted a covenant from the prophets, and from thee (O Muhammad) and from Noah… 33:7} he said: The goodness was started through me and I am the last amongst all Prophets to be sent [Muassanaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, Hadith # 31753]
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Abu Bakr (ra) is the best amongst all people
(after me) “BUT HE IS NOT A PROPHET” [Al Kamil by Ibn Adi, Volume No. 6,
Page No. 484]
This hadith is shown as a proof that had there been any Prophet
after Prophet ﷺ then
Sahaba deserved the best of it, but even Sayyidna Abu Bakr (ra) was not a
Prophet as is clearly and explicity mentioned in this hadith.
Imam al Qadhi Iyaadh (rah) the author of magnificent Seerah work i.e. Ash-Shifa, he writes:We declare that person as Kafir who considers someone along with you or after you as a Prophet, just like this we also declare him Kafir who claims that “Revelation (Wahi)” is sent to him even if he does not claim propethood, Thus all such people are “DISBELIEVERS” because they do Takdhib of Prophet (i.e. call him liar – Naudhobillah). The Prophet (ﷺ) has informed us that he is “KHATAM AN NABIYEEN” and “NO PROPHET WILL COME AFTER HIM” and that “HE HAS BEEN SENT TO ALL PEOPLE” The ummah is unanimous that this Kalaam is to be taken on its apparent and there is no room for any Tawil, or Takhsis and the Kufr of such people is Qat’i (i.e. Definite) Ijmai (i.e. unanimously agreed) [Ash Shifa, Page No. 237-238]
The great Hanafi Imams, Allama Khafaji (rah) and Mullah Ali Qari (rah) have also endorced this strongly in Naseem ur Riyaaz, Volume No. 6, Page No. 355-256, Sharh ash-Shifa Volume No. 2, Page No. 515-516]
Imam Ghazzali (Rahimuhullah), The
Hujjat ul Islam (i.e. Proof of Islam), he said:We have known through
“Consensus” that La Nabi B’adi (There is no Prophet after me) proves that the
door to Prophethood has been permanently closed after Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and the word “Khatam an Nabiyeen” also includes “MUTLAQ ANBIYA
(all anbiya)” We (Muslims and their scholars) are thus certain that there is no
room for any kind of Tawil (interpolation/interpretation) or Takhsis (to make
specific such as nabi could come in this form or that form – Naudhobillah) .
Whosoever does Tawil in this hadith then he is Munkir of Consensus [Al Itisaad
fil Itiqaad, Page No. 163]
Imam Ibn Qudama al Maqdisi the great Hanbli Imam, said:Whosoever claims Prophethood or one who accepts his claim then (both) become “APOSTATES” because when Musaylma Kaddhab claimed to be Prophet and his people testified to it then all of them became apostates along with him [Al Mugni, Volume No. 9, Page No. 33]
Solitude/qalwat(away from creation) =removes veils.
Noor e marifat =khalwat/solitude –bad company(people of duniya)
When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)
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