With-Love-to-Muhammad

286 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīnstatus) and my mosque is the last of the mosques (in status).”This understanding is supported by previous scholars as it hasalready 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-Tirmidhīwrites:نaانaخاتمaابنaتاو aہاaہ ٓ خرمaبثاٰ a ذا؟aوaایaمaa ٰ ذا؟aذاaتاو لaابہaاجتہٰاایaبۃaThe notion that the term Khātam-an-Nabiyyīn signifiesthat the Holy Prophet sa was the Ākhir of the Prophets interms of time – What glory is there in this [being thelast]? And what wisdom underlies this[interpretation]? This interpretation is that of thefoolish and the illiterate! 281As a result, Ahmadī Muslims do not make such aninterpretation which is devoid of purpose or meaning, andwhich does not glorify the status of the Holy ProphetMuhammad sa .Second, Farhan Khan claims:In the above Hadīth, the Prophet sa is saying that afterthis masjid, referring to Masjid an-Nabawi, no masjidexists that holds special blessings from Allāh. Indeed,all masjids are blessed places in general, but nomasjid, be it an ornate sanctuary for the worship ofAllāh or a small tabernacle of mud and stone, carriesany special significance over another except these281Khātm Al-Awliyā’, Page 341