Risalat-Final Prophet End Of Prophethood
“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)
The final Prophet(nabi)/Messenger(rasool)
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]
I am the Slave of Allah and I was a Last Prophet ﷺin (sight) of Allah when Adam’s Khameer was
being created [Baihaqi in
Shuayb ul Imaan Volume 2 Page No. 134)
The first Prophet is
Adam and the last one is Muhammad (salallaho alaihi wasalam) [Kanz ul amaal, Hadith # 32269]
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]
Had there been a Prophet after me then It would have been Umar [Sunnan Tirimdhi, Hadith # 3272]
Narrated Sad: Allah’s
Apostle set out for Tabuk. appointing ‘Ali as his deputy (in Medina). ‘Ali
said, “Do you want to leave me with the children and women?” The
Prophet said, “Will you not be pleased that you will be to me like Aaron
to Moses? “BUT THERE WILL BE NO PROPHET AFTER ME” [Volume 5, Book 59,
Number 700: (Sahih Bukhari)]
Narrated Isma’il: I
asked Abi Aufa, “Did you see Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet ?” He
said, “Yes, but he died in his early childhood. Had there been a
Prophet after Muhammad then his son would have lived, “BUT THERE IS NO PROPEHT
AFTER HIM” [Volume 8, Book 73, Number 214: (Bukhari)]
“I have five
names: I am Muhammad and Ahmad; I am Al-Mahi through whom Allah will
eliminate infidelity; I am Al-Hashir who will be the first to be resurrected,
the people being resurrected there after; “AND I AM ALSO AL-AQIB(I.E. THERE
WILL BE NO PROPHET AFTER ME)” [Volume 4, Book 56, Number 732: (Bukhari)]
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]
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, Publsihed Dr al Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon]
Imam Ibn Munzur (rah)
writes in Lisan ul Arab: Translation: Muhammad (ﷺ) is the Last of Prophets (Salat and Salam on
all), both the words Khatim and Khatam are names of Prophet, as is revealed in
Al Aziz (i.e. Quran):” Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but
he is the messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah is ever
Aware of all things” (33/40) THIS REFERS TO LAST/END (أَي آخرهم) [Lisan ul Arab, Under the
letter “خ”]
Imam Ibn Munzur (rah) also said: And
amongst the names (of Prophet) is “Al-Aqib” which means “The Akhir al
Anbiya” I.e. The Last to come of Prophets [Ibid]
Allah has brought
end to Prophets through Muhammad (ﷺ) and “HE IS THE LAST TO BE SENT”[Tafsir Dur ul Munthur Under 33:40]
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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