KHATM E NABUWAT 6

    Faham khatmunbyyen cours

                   *lesson No:6*

⭕*Khatm_e_Nubuwat in the eyes of Elders of Ummah*

‘Khatme Nubuwwat’ (the end of Prophethood) is an article of faith in Islam and this is borne out by Ayat of the holy Quran and Ahadith of the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) reported from him consistently without any break in the chain of narration. Therefore, as an article of faith for Islamic Ummah this belief is upheld by an unbroken line of traditions that prove that Muhammad (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) is the last prophet and nobody can step on the prophetic stance after him. Therefore, a person who claims to be a prophet is an infidel, apostate or a pretender and he is extraneous to the Islamic fold. Views of some distinguished personages of Islam are given below: 

To claim Prophethood is infidelity

Allama Ali Qari, (Allah’s blessing be upon him) wrote in his Fiqah Akbar: “To claim Prophethood after the holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) is infidelity (Kufr) by unanimous consent of theologians”. (Sharah Fiqah Akbar, p.202).

To claim Prophethood is unlawful

Hafiz Ibn-e-Hazm Andalusi, (Allah’s blessing be upon him) wrote in his Kitab-ul-Fasl: “All those numerous people who have narrated regarding prophethood of Muhammad (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) his tokens and (verses of) ‘The Book’, (Quran Majeed), have come forward to uphold his mandate that there shall be no prophet after him (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam). Albeit, it has been reported in Sahih Ahadith that Hazrat Isa (Jesus), (Allah’s peace be on him), will descend. He is the same Isa (peace be on him) who was sent as a Prophet to Bani Israel and whom the Hebrews claimed to have assassinated and crucified. Therefore, affirmation of this tenet is obligatory that any claim to the existence of prophethood after the holy Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) is fictitious; it can never be”. (Kitabul Fasl, Vol. 1, p.77).

At another place, Ibn-e-Hazm, (Allah’s blessing be upon him) writes: “Having heard Allah’s declaration that he is Allah’s Prophet and seal over the Prophets and his declaration that “there shall be no prophet after me”, how can a Muslim consider the sending of anybody as a prophet on the earth lawful after him (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) except the descent of Hazrat Isa, (Allah’s peace be on him), towards the last era (of humanity) as per testified Ahadith-e- Sahihah”. (Kitabul Fasl, Vol. 4, p. 180). 

At another place Ibn-e-Hazm further writes: “He who says such and such a person is Allah or says that Allah has entered into the body of any of those whom He has created or (says) that there is a prophet after Muhammad (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) excepting Hazrat Isa bin Mariam, then no two persons can differ that such a sayer is not an unbeliever (Kafir)”. (Kitabul Fasl, Vol. 3, p.249). 

Deniers are infidels

Hafiz Fazlullah Torpushti (d. 630 A.H.) has written a book in Persian on Islamic dogmas namely, Moatamad Filmoataqad. He has given in it details of the doctrine of Khatme Nubuwwat and has concluded by saying that those who don’t believe in the finality of the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) are expelled from Islam. Some important excerpts are reproduced below:

“And out of those articles of (Islamic) faith one is that a Muslim must admit his Prophethood in the sense that no prophet can ever come (into the world) whether a rasool (with a Shariat from Allah) or no rasool (i.e., without a Shariat). The meaning of Khatme Nubuwwat is that the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) sealed the line of prophethood whereby prophethood came to a finish by his arrival, or it means that Allah terminated prophethood on him (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) And this termination is Allah’s command which nobody can disobey”. (Moatamad Filmoataqad, p. 94).

At another place, Hafiz Fazlullah writes: 

“And many Ahadith from Allah’s Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) have confirmed that prophethood did come to an end on his coming into the world and there shall be no prophet after him. One of these Ahadith connotes that “There shall be nearly thirty pretenders as liars in my Ummah, each one of whom will claim that ‘I am a prophet’ but there shall be none after me”. (Ibid. p.95).

He further writes: “And Ahadith and narrations in this case are numerous. Being thus proved that no ‘nabi’ (prophet without a Shariat) shall come after Muhammad (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) it is thus evident that there shall neither be a ‘rasool’ (prophet with a Shariat), because there is no ‘rasool’ who is not a ‘nabi’. When ‘nubuwwat’ has been negated, ‘risalat’ stands expressly void by the logic of anteriority”. (Ibid. p.96).

He continues: 

“A denier of the tenet of ‘Khatme Nubuwwat’ can only be a person who from the very start bore no credibility in the personality of Muhammad (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) as a prophet, because had he (the denier) possessed it he would have avowed the veracity of all that the holy Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) had spoken about”. In conclusion Hafiz Torpushti says:

“Those very arguments which have vouched for Hazrat Muhammad’s (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) nubuwwat’ and ‘risalat’ based on unbroken line of Traditions also vouch that he ............ was the last of the Prophets and that no prophet will ever come either in his lifetime or later till the Resurrection Day. Therefore whosoever doubts this Khatme-nubuwwat must also be in a doubt about the risalat of Muhammad (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam). Similarly whosoever says there was a prophet after him or there is one living now or is likely to be born later, such a person is an infidel”. (Ibid., p.97).

Himself Misled and Misleading Others

Hafiz Ibn-e-Katheer, (Blessing of Allah be upon him), writes under Ayat ‘Khatam-un-Nabieen’:

“Sending of Hazrat Muhammad (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) as a prophet to His creatures is Allah’s great blessing on them. As a further mark of unique respect and reverence for him, Allah, the Exalted, terminated the commissioning of all the prophets and messengers on his appearance (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) and the religion of piety was perfected for him. Allah the Exalted in his Book and the Prophet through his unbroken chain of Ahadith have informed mankind that no prophet will ever be born after him. Hence, the Ummah should know that if a person lays a claim to this status of prophethood after him (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) such a person is an arch-liar, a pretender, an impostor, scandalmonger and a seducer of men who is himself corrupt and is corrupting others. Men of wisdom will take his so-called prophetic actions as shows of jugglery, variegated conjurations, spells and sleights and his claim as fictitious, spurious and depraved, in the same way as Allah, the Exalted, exposed perverse assertions made by Aswad ‘Ansi (claimant of prophethood) in Yemen and by Musailma Kazzab (another claimant of prophethood) in Yamama. Everybody possessing qualities of judgement and discernment identified these claimants as liars who led the people astray. May Allah’s curse fall on them and on all those who come to lay any claim in future right till the Resurrection Day, and they will be obliterated along with Masihiddajjal about whom Allah, the Exalted, will cause such things to appear as would make Muslims and their learned religious men testify to his falsity”. (Tafseer Ibn e Katheer, Vol. 3, p.494, Printed Cairo, 1375 A.H.)

Capital Punishment of Dualist Infidel Obligatory

Allama Safarini Hambli writes in his Sharah Aqeedah:

“Anybody claiming that prophethood (is an object which) can be acquired is a dualist-infidel whose capital punishment is obligatory because his assertion is his belief that the door of prophethood is not closed. And this belief is in contravention of the Quranic verses and Mutawatir Ahadith which conclusively prove that our Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) was the last of the Prophets” (Peace be upon them). (Sharah Aqeedah Safarini, Vol. 2,p.257. Printers Almanar, Egypt, 1323 A.H.).

Who is a Dualist Infidel?

Allama Zarqani relates from Imam Ibne Hibban in Sharah Mawahib:

“He who believes that prophethood can be acquired and that the door of Prophethood is still open or believes that a saint is pre-eminent over a prophet, such a man is a dualist-infidel. His execution is obligatory because he accuses the Quran of falsehood in its verses relating to Khatamun Nabieen”. (Sharah Al Mawahib-ul-Laduniya, Vol. 6, p.188, Printers Azhariyah, Egypt, 1327, A.H) 

Punishment of a Dualist Infidel

Syed Mahmood Aaloosi Baghdadi in his Tafseer Roohul Ma’ani writes under the Ayaat of Khatamun Nabieen:

“The precept of the Last Prophethood of Muhammad (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) is from those faith-fundamentals over which the Quran is positive and the Hadith has clarified them beyond doubt and on which there is complete agreement of the Ummah. Therefore a believer in contrariety will be decreed a dualist-infidel; if he insists (in his belief) then he should be given capital sentence”. (Roohul Ma’ani, Vol. 22, p.41).