With-Love-to-Muhammad

Continuation of Prophethood according to Ahādīth 293
and prayer in my Mosque is better than a thousand
prayers (observed in other mosques) besides it,
except the Masjid Al-Harām. 291
This hadīth also invalidates Farhan Khan’s perspective in every
way. It is clear that the Holy Prophet sa is speaking of the status
of his Mosque as indicated by the context in which the
statement is being made. The Holy Prophet sa says that his
Mosque is the Khātam-ul-Masājid-ul-Anbiyā’ and as a tashrīh (or
explanation), he says that prayers performed at his Mosque are a
thousand times better than those performed at other mosques.
The context itself shows that the idiomatic meaning of khātam,
that is best, is being applied here. In other words, the
Ahmadiyya Muslim understanding is that the Mosque of the
Holy Prophet sa is the best in respect of the mosques before and
after him.
On the flip side, if Farhan Khan’s meanings are taken, it
would mean that after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , there are
no more mosques of the prophets. This would mean that when
Hazrat ‘Īsā as comes in the Latter Days as a prophet for the
Muslims, he would not be able to build any mosques! The
moment he tries to build a mosque, people like Farhan Khan
would cite the above hadīth saying that there are no more
mosques of the prophets! No intelligent Muslim would ever
accept such comedy!
Sixth, another objection to Farhan Khan’s understanding
is the fact that the narrator of the hadīth is Hazrat Ayesha ra , and
she herself did not consider Khātam-ul-Anbiyā’ to mean the Last
of the prophets as shown by her statement:
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Kanzul ‘Ummāl, Chapter: The Virtue of the two Sanctuaries and Masjid Al-
Aqsā from completion, Hadīth Number 34999