Hadhrat Muhammad Mustafa (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) - The last and Final Prophet

Prophets were sent to guide and lead mankind.  Whenever any Prophet passed away another was sent.  But, the Seal of the Prophets, Hadhrat Muhammad Mustafa (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) was sent to guide and lead the whole of mankind.  There is a Hadith in Sahih Muslim, Kitabul Masajid Wal Mawazi' pg no.199:   I have been sent towards the entire creation and Prophethood has been ended with me.   Prophet Muhammad’s (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) Prophethood is for all the creatures and for all mankind until the Day of Judgment.  Until the end of this world, Prophet Muhammad’s code of life, i.e.  His Shariah will be practiced.  There is no need for any other Prophet or any other Divine Code.   The Lord has completed the Shariat-e-Muhammadi (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam):   This day, I have perfected your religion for you and completed My favor unto you, and have chosen for you as religion Al-Islam.  Surah Maidah (05:03)   That Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) is the last and Final Prophet and that after Him no prophet will come is one of the most basic articles of the Islamic Faith.  It has been established both by the Verses of the Holy Quran and the Frequently-Occurring (Mutawatir) Hadith and also by the Consensus of the Ummah.  Rejecting it or trying to explain it in some other manner which leads to a different explanation other than the one given by the Elders of the Ummah or trying to bypass it in using figurative interpretations (Tawil) is explicit apostasy (Sareeh Kufr).  The Lord Almighty has seated the Holy Prophet Hadhrat Muhammad Mustafa (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) on the glorious seat of the Final Prophet.   Allah Ta'ala says in the Holy Quran:   Hadhrat Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) is not the father of any man among you, but he is the messenger of Allah and the seal of all Prophets: and Allah is ever Aware of all things.   Surah Ahzab (33:40)   This verse of the Holy Quran explicitly establishes that Our Master Hadhrat Muhammad Mustafa (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) is the last and final prophet.  After Him, no Prophet of any kind will come.  The series of Prophethood has been terminated on Him.  Arrival of any Prophet after Him is inconceivable and impossible.  There is no place left in the Palace of Prophethood that any prophet after Him should fill.  Prophethood has been concluded with Him.   In the books of the authentic Hadith, in Sunan, in the Collections (Masaneed), there are many Hadith that occur frequently.  Thus, in Sahih Bukhari, there is a Hadith:   It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:  Verily my example and the example of the Prophets (Peace be upon them all) preceding me is as if a person constructed a palace very nicely and beautifully, but left the space of one brick in a niche.  People crowd round that niche, express their happiness and exclaim why this brick has not been placed.  So, I am that brick and I am the Last Prophet.   Jame' Tirmidhi has a Hadith:   The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has said:   Verily, Prophethood has been terminated.  After me there will neither be a Nabi nor any Rasool.   (Jame' Tirmidhi Vol.  2 Pg.  No.  3)   The Negation (La) brought in this Hadith before the word “Nabi” and the word “Rasoola” is a total negation.  According to Arabic grammar, when a negation is used before a common noun, it means” wholly” or “entirely” or "of any kind."  This establishes that after Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), there cannot be any Zilli, Buroozi or Prophet-In-Part.

Dr. Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Qadri

Shaykh Ul Fiqh, Jamia Nizamia; Founder - Director

Mufti Maulana Syed Zia Uddin Naqshbandi Quadri

Shaik-ul-Fiqh - Jamia Nizamia

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