With-Love-to-Muhammad

Statements of Prophet Muhammad sa 107
be none, and Allāh has named him as compassionate and
merciful. 97
The presentation of this hadīth by Farhan Khan confuses
us greatly! What does he want us to believe? Which one of the
following meanings of Al-‘Āqib does he want us to take?
1. There is no prophet after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa [aس
‏[بدہaب
2. There is no one after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa سaبدہa‏]‏
‏[احد
If it is number 1, that meaning has already been rejected by
Hazrat Mullā ‘Alī Qārī rh . If it is number 2, then there are three
possibilities of what no one after him can mean:
1. There is no prophet after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa ;
2. No human being was born after him; or
3. No one of his status can be born after him
About number 1, the burden of proof is on Farhan Khan. There
is no mention of prophethood in the hadīth. He has to tell us
how he arrived at that meaning. Presenting the opinion of the
writer of the commentary of Sahīh Muslim is not enough. He has
to demonstrate from the words of the hadīth that this is what the
Holy Prophet Muhammad sa intended to say.
Number 2 is unacceptable because human beings have
been born for hundreds of years after the Holy Prophet
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Sahīh Muslim, Chapter 30, Chapter 31, Book 30, Number 5811