From: nadeem%igpho@uunet.UU.NET (Nadeem Malik)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re: The Finality of Allah's Apostle (SAW)
Date: 24 Nov 1992 00:51:07 GMT
Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
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nadeem@igpho (Nadeem Malik) writes:
: merchant@davidsys.com (Rukhsana Merchant) writes:
: : 
: : 
: : 	The Finality of Allah's Apostle (SAW).
: : 
: : 
: : 	Abu Haraira report Allah's Messenger (SAW) as saying:
: : 	The similitude of mine and that of the Apostles
: : 	before me is that of a person who built a house
:         ^^^^^^
: : 	quite imposing and bueatiful, but for one
: : 	brick in one of its corners.   People would
: : 	go around it, appreciating the building, but
: : 	saying: Why has the brick not been fixed here?  He
: : 	said:  I am that brick and I am the last of the 
: : 	Apostles.
: : 
: : 		Sahih Muslim.
: : 
: 
: Answer: Note the word "before". If the Holy Prophet (SAW) was absolutely
: the last prophet, then the inclusion of this word is illogical. Why not
: just say "The similitude of mine and the that of the Apostles is that ..
: .." ? Clearly there is a meaning in this conditional term "before".
: It is saying that sure enough Muhammad (SAW) has completed the pinnacle
: of Prophethood and none may come to advance it. But this says nothing
: against possible Messengers afterwards who may come to revive Muslims
: after decay. Sure, it dosn't actually say that such Messengers will
: actually come, but it leaves open the possibility that may they do so in
: the future. This is clear and logical I think.
: : --
: : 31. Say: If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you
: : and forgive you your faults, and Allah is Forgiving, MercifuL
: : 
: : 32. Say: Obey Allah and the Apostle; but if they turn back, then
: : surely Allah does not love the unbelievers.
: : 
: : The Holy Quran: The Family of Imran.
: : 
: : --
: : 
: : May Allah (swt) guide us. Amin.
: : 
: : -Rukhsana Merchant
: 
: It is obvious that most Muslims are unaware of the many hadith which 
: clearly talk about
: Messengers to come in the future. I am preparing a series of articles
: in response to one Raheel Khan's postings some time ago. Since I have
: prepared one on the importance of sunnat and hadith, I will am posting
: that one early because it is relevant to this item by Miss Rukhsana. 
: For the moment I will give just one hadith to ilustrate the point of
: looking at *ALL* hadith:
: 
: On the death of Ibrahim, son of the Holy Prophet (SAW), he said:
: 	"If Ibrahim had lived, he would have been a true Prophet."
: 	(A very authentic hadith from Ibn-e-Majah, Kitabul Janaiz)
: 
: There are plenty other like this. So I request Muslims in general
: to please look at *ALL* hadith before making a decision on
: such an important matter. Most of the hadith that apparently speak
: of termination of Prophethood can be quite well explained either
: as referring to a limited category of Prophets (like "before" in
: the hadith above quoted by Miss Rukhsana), or they contain some
: other reasonable meaning. These things I am preparing, so please
: watch out for them. Thank you.
: 
: By the way there are also about 4 or 5 verses of the Holy Quran
: that talk of future prophets ... that I am preparing also. These are,
: to say the least, totally decisiev on the issue.
: 
: 
: In the mean time, let us pray for Allah's guidence. Amen
: 
: Nadeem Malik, nadeem@p.igp.ethz.ch