With-Love-to-Muhammad

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Continuation of Prophethood according to Ahādīth 307
Other Ahādīth on the Continuation of Prophethood
There are other ahādīth which prove the fact that
prophethood continues after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa .
For instance, about Hazrat Abū Bakr ra , the Holy Prophet
Muhammad sa said:
‏َبِ‎‏ّ‏
‏َن ْ َa نa
‏ُو َّ ۃِ‏ aاِ‏ لاaا
ُ aالا ْ
ُ ْ َ َ ل a ٰ ذِ‏ ہِ‏
‏ْرaً‎ا
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‏ُو aب ْ
‏َب
ا
Abū Bakr ra is best in this ummah, except that there
comes a prophet [who will be better than him]. 303
‏َبِ‎‏ّ‏
‏َن ْ َa نa
‏َّاسِ‏ aاِ‏ لاaا
‏ُو
اaُ
‏ْر َ
‏ْرaً‎خ
َ
‏ُو aب ْ
‏َب
ا
Abū Bakr ra is best of people, except that there comes a
prophet [who will be better than him]. 304
If, according to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , there was never
going to be a prophet after him, he would not have made an
exception in the words, “ a ْ َa ” (except that there comes a
‏َن
اِ‏ لاaا
‏َبِ‎‏ّ‏
‏ُو ن
prophet). The Holy Prophet sa is simply saying that if a prophet
comes from the ummah, his status would be greater than that of
Hazrat Abū Bakr ra . With that exception in mind, Abū Bakr ra is
the best of the people or the best person in the ummah.
Another hadīth which speaks about the continuity of
prophethood is as follows:
303
Kunūz-ul-Haqā’iq Fī Hadīth Khair Al-Khalā’iq, Page 4
304
Tibrānī wa Ibn ‘Adī Fīl-Kāhil, quoted from: Jāmi‘ Al-Saghīr As-Suyūtī, Page 5