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Continuation of Prophethood according to Ahādīth 291
ākhir in respect of status, not in respect of time or place. Farhan
Khan’s objection to this understanding is, “...if ٓ خر meansا best, as
the Ahmadī Muslims say, and the Prophet sa referred to his
masjid as ٓ خرaااجد ‏,ا which would translate to mean best of the
masjids, this would mean that prayer in the best of the masjids is
rewarded less than prayer in Masjid al-Harām. This is a logical
inconsistency.” 288
This is just another lame attempt to hopelessly try to
invalidate the Ahmadiyya Muslim understanding. Khan
overlooks the fact that there is an exception here. Nevertheless,
a general rule is a rule, regardless of the exceptions. We do not
make up exceptions like Farhan Khan does, and in this case the
Holy Prophet sa himself makes the exception in the following
words, making the meaning clear:
ْ جِ‏ د اa رَ‏ امَ‏ ‏ْحَ‏
إلاaاْ َ
…except the Masjid Al-Harām
The only exception from the masājid is the Masjid Al-Harām! Just
as the statement, “Prayer in the mosque of Allāh’s Messenger sa
is more excellent than a thousand prayers in other mosques,” is
not invalidated by the words, “except the Masjid Al-Harām,” in
the same way the statement, “my mosque is the best of the
mosques,” is not invalidated by the exception of Masjid Al-
Harām. Consider the following similar hadīth:
‏َاa
‏َالا aحَ‏ د
aأخ بَرَ‏ aِ‏َاعa‏َ‏ نْ‏ ْ
َ
َّ ث
a
aَّ
َ
‏ْنُ‏ aاْث ُ
aب
aحَ‏ ْ ر بً‏ aو دُ‏
ُ بَ‎‏ْدِ‏ aااللهِ‏ a‏َالَ‏
َّ حَ‏ ُ َ
a
a
‏ْرُ‏ َ ُ
‏ْنُ‏ aَِ‎ز َ ُ َ وaا ان َّ ْ َ a َ نْ‏
َ َ ح َّ دث aب
َ ‏َحْ‏
و
aو
288
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