With-Love-to-Muhammad

176 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
I have already proved the death of the Messiah as and
his spiritual exaltation….Now, after the death of the
Messiah as , the next question is, what are the
authorities contained in the Qur’ān and ahādīth and
other sources from which it is established that the
Promised Messiah will appear from among the
ummah? I will set out these authorities below, please
read them with care. Hopefully, God the
Compassionate will guide you.
One of the arguments which prove that the Messiah
who was promised to appear in this ummah would be
from among the Muslims is this hadīth set out both in
Bukhārī and Muslim:
and ِa اِ‏ ْ‏ُمْ‏ a َ
It ‏.ا ‏ُمْ‏ ََّ
ْ‎‏ُمْ‏
َ ا‏ُ‏ ‏ُمْ‏
means that he will be your Imām from among you.
Since this hadīth relates to Jesus as and it is he who has
been described in this hadīth as Hakam and ‘Adal
[Arbiter and Judge], it follows, therefore, that the
word Imām also refers to him. It is true that the words
‘from among you’ were addressed to the companions
of the Holy Prophet sa , but we know that none of them
claimed to be the Promised Messiah. This, therefore,
shows that the words ‘from among you’ are meant
for someone who, in the Knowledge of God
Almighty, would be a substitute for the companions
and is the one referred to in the verse:
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وَّاٰخَرِيْنَ‏ مِنهْ‏ ‏ُمْ‏ لَمَّا يَلْحَقُوْا بهِ‏ ‏ِمْ‏ ۚ
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And among others from among them who have not yet joined them.—Al-
Jumu‘ah, 62:4 [Publisher]