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286 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
status) and my mosque is the last of the mosques (in status).”
This understanding is supported by previous scholars as it has
already been shown in the chapter Opinions of the Sahāba,
Ā’immah, and Mujaddidīn. Other than those, Hazrat Abū
‘Abdullāh Muhammad bin ‘Alī Husain Al-Hakīm At-Tirmidhī
writes:
نaانaخاتمaابنaتاو aہاaہ ٓ خرمaبثا
ٰ a ذا؟aوaایaمaa ٰ ذا؟aذاaتاو لaابہaاجتہ
ٰ
ا
ایaبۃa
The notion that the term Khātam-an-Nabiyyīn signifies
that the Holy Prophet sa was the Ākhir of the Prophets in
terms of time – What glory is there in this [being the
last]? And what wisdom underlies this
[interpretation]? This interpretation is that of the
foolish and the illiterate! 281
As a result, Ahmadī Muslims do not make such an
interpretation which is devoid of purpose or meaning, and
which does not glorify the status of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad sa .
Second, Farhan Khan claims:
In the above Hadīth, the Prophet sa is saying that after
this masjid, referring to Masjid an-Nabawi, no masjid
exists that holds special blessings from Allāh. Indeed,
all masjids are blessed places in general, but no
masjid, be it an ornate sanctuary for the worship of
Allāh or a small tabernacle of mud and stone, carries
any special significance over another except these
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