With-Love-to-Muhammad

92 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
Hadīth Number 1 – The Thirty Liars
الaرولaااللهaaااللهaہaوaمaاہaونaaاتaذابونa
ثثونaمaزمaأہaبa،وaااaخاتمaابنaلاaبaبدی
Ibn Mardawī narrated that Thawbān, may Allāh be pleased
with him, said, “The Messenger of Allāh, may Allāh bless him
and give him peace, said that there will be in my nation thirty
arch-liars, each of them claims that he is a prophet, and I am the
Seal of the Prophets; there is no prophet after me.” 81
Although the above hadīth has been discussed thoroughly
earlier, let us bring perspective to it by looking at what Hazrat
Mirzā Tāhir Ahmad rh , the 4 th successor of the Promised
Messiah as , has said about it:
Our opponents assert that there can be no more
prophets. But, instead of relying on the Holy Qur’an
to substantiate their claim, their assertion is based on
interpretation of certain ahādīth by them and which
according to them conclusively prove that there can
be no prophet of any kind after the Holy Prophet sa .
The door to prophethood is now closed in the ummah.
Whosoever makes a claim of prophethood would be
an imposter or a dajjāl.
One such hadīth they put forth prominently and
with their interpretation is as follows: “Thaubān ra
reports that the Messenger of Allāh sa said: ‘Thirty
people will make false claims to prophethood in my
ummah even though I am Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn and
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Abū Dā’ūd, Kitāb-ul-Fitn wal-Malāhim