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220 <str<strong>on</strong>g>Guide</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Sound</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Creed</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

The Prophet, moreover, is reported <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> have said:<br />

«I am the Seal ofthe prophets. There will be no Prophet <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> come<br />

after me."<br />

According <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> this lJ.adtth, the finality ofprophethood necessitates the finality<br />

ofthe Divine Revelati<strong>on</strong>, since the absence ofthe general case requires the absence<br />

ofthe specific <strong>on</strong>e.<br />

Sealing prophethood by the prophethood ofMuhammad (PBUH) means that<br />

neither a prophet will appear again nor a new divine legislati<strong>on</strong> may be enacted<br />

after him.<br />

Jesus' new coming at the end oflife does not c<strong>on</strong>tradict this statement, since<br />

Jesus (PBUH) will follow Prophet Muhammad's legislati<strong>on</strong>. He will not follow<br />

his own legislati<strong>on</strong>, which has been already abrogated. Thus, he will become a<br />

successor ofthe Prophet <strong>and</strong> a ruler am<strong>on</strong>g his nati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the seal of all prophets <strong>and</strong> messengers<br />

(peace be up<strong>on</strong> them all), was dispatched with the most perfect <str<strong>on</strong>g>Book</str<strong>on</strong>g>, the most<br />

comprehensive legislati<strong>on</strong>. He was sent with a legislati<strong>on</strong> held adequate for<br />

the needs of all creatures everywhere until the Last Day. By his coming, Allah<br />

c<strong>on</strong>cluded Prophethood.<br />

In the Two SalJ.t1J.s (the Two Authentic <str<strong>on</strong>g>Book</str<strong>on</strong>g>s of Al-Bukhtrri <strong>and</strong> <strong>Muslim</strong>),<br />

Jabir Ibn 'Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet<br />

(PBUH) said:<br />

«My similitude in comparis<strong>on</strong> with the other prophets is that ofa<br />

man who has built a house completely <strong>and</strong> excellently exceptfor a<br />

place of<strong>on</strong>e brick. When the people enter the house, they admire<br />

its beauty <strong>and</strong> say,

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