an Answer to the Kafir Qadiani Cult
by Mas'ud Ahmed Khan
by Mas'ud Ahmed Khan
Dear brothers and sisters know that
it is incumbent upon Muslims to believe that Prophethood has ended with the
advent of Sayyidna Muhammad al-Mustafa Habib Allah (may the peace and blessing
of Allah be upon him). This belief in the finality of Prophethood has been an
established belief of the Muslims since the time of the Prophet (Allah bless
him and give him peace). Every time a false prophet has arisen, the Muslims
knew he was false because belief in the finality of Prophethood has been
established as part of the Muslim's aqidah (tenets of faith).
A fitna in India arose in the latter
part of the 19th Century in the guise of the Qadiani heretical cult who claimed
prophethood for their leader Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadian (lanat Allah alay)
despite all the evidence against such a claim. What I would like to present are
some clear proofs from the ulama of the past, ulama that predate the Qadiani
fitna so no one can accuse them of being biased. What you will see is that it
is quite clear, without a shadow of a doubt that finality of Prophethood is
something that is necessarily known as being part of the religion of Islam.
Hence the rejection of this belief is Kufr and quite rightly the Qadianis have
been declared as kafir by the leading ulama of this ummah then and now.
Imam al-Tahawi (d. 321 AH) in al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyya states
"Every claim to prophethood
after him is falsehood and deceit."
Ibn Kathir (d. 774 AH) in Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Azim states
""Muhammad is not the
father of any man among you, but the Messenger of Allahand the Last of Prophets.
And Allah has knowledge of everything"
[Qur'an 33:40]"
[Qur'an 33:40]"
This Qur'anic verse is an
unequivocally decisive primary text [nass] that there will be no prophet after
him. And since there will be no prophet (nabi), it follows a fortiori that
there will be no prophetic messenger (rasul). The Prophet (Allah bless him and
give him peace) said:
(1) "Messengerhood and
prophethood have ceased. There will be no messenger or prophet after me."
[related by Ahmad]
(2) "My likeness among the
prophets is as a man who, having built a house put the finishing touches on it
and made it seemly, yet left one place without a brick. When anyone entered it
and saw this, he would exclaim, 'How excellent it is, but for the place of this
brick.'[1]
Now, I am the place of the brick: through me the line of prophets (Allah bless
him and give him peace) has been brought to completion." [Related by
al-Bukhari]
(3) "I have been favoured above
the prophets in six things: I have been endowed with consummate succinctness of
speech, made triumphant through dread, war booty has been made lawful for me,
the whole earth has been made a purified place of worship for me, I have been
sent to all created beings, and the succession of prophets has been completed
in me." [related by Tirmidhi and ibn Majah]
Allah Most Blessed and Exalted has
stated in His book, as has His Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace)
in hadiths of numerous channels of transmission (mutawatir[2])
that there will be no prophet after him, so that whoever claims this rank
thereafter is a lying [kadhab] pretender [dajjal], misled and misleading, even
if he should stage miracles and exhibit all kinds of magic, talismans and
spells."
Here ends the quotation from Ibn
Kathir's Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Azim 3.493-494 (cf. Reliance of the Traveller
W4.2).
Here are some ahadith from Sahih
al-Bukhari:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The Children of Israel used to be
ruled and guided by prophets: Whenever a prophet died, another would take over
his place. There will be no prophet after me, but there will be Caliphs
who will increase in number." The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle!
What do you order us (to do)?" He said, "Obey the one who will be
given the pledge of allegiance first. Fulfil their (i.e. the Caliphs) rights,
for Allah will ask them about (any shortcoming) in ruling those Allah has put
under their guardianship." [al-Bukhari 4.661]
Narrated Sa'ad: Allah's Apostle set out for Tabuk. appointing 'Ali as his
deputy (in Medina). 'Ali said, "Do you want to leave me with the children
and women?" The Prophet said, "Will you not be pleased that you will
be to me like Aaron to Moses? But there will be no prophet after me."
[al-Bukhari 5.700]
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be
established (1) till two big groups fight each other whereupon there will be a
great number of casualties on both sides and they will be following one and the
same religious doctrine, (2) till about thirty dajjals (liars) appear,
and each one of them will claim that he is Allah's Apostle, (3) till the
religious knowledge is taken away (by the death of Religious scholars) (4)
earthquakes will increase in number (5) time will pass quickly, (6) afflictions
will appear, (7) Al-Harj, (i.e., killing) will increase, (8) till wealth will
be in abundance . . ." [al-Bukhari 9.237]
Narrated Isma'il: I asked Abi Aufa, "Did you see Ibrahim, the son of the
Prophet?" He said, "Yes, but he died in his early childhood. Had
there been a Prophet after Muhammad then his son would have lived, but there is
no Prophet after him." [3]
[al-Bukhari 8.214]
Narrated Ayesha (RA): "Prophethood will NOT continue after me,
except the harbingers of good news". They asked "What are the
harbingers of good news, O Apostle of Allah?." He replied: "Virtuous
and pious dreams a Muslim sees or are shown to him". [4]
Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Now, the above is just a small
portion of the vast amount of mutawatir evidence that proves
conclusively that there are no prophets after the Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless
him and give him peace), if you believe that there is a prophet after him then
you are a kafir, period. There is absolutely and utterly no room for any doubt
in this matter. In the face of such overwhelming evidence then why is it that
the Qadianis persist in their misguided and misguiding belief?
Notes
[1] I have
seen Qadianis quote this hadith but only up to this point! Witness their
truncation of authetic narrations!
[2]
mutawatir def: related by whole groups of individuals from whole groups, in
multiple contiguous channels of transmission leading back to the Prophet
himself, such that the sheer number of separate channels at each stage of
transmission is too many for it to be possible for all to have conspired to
fabricate the hadith (which makes it obligatory to believe in and denial of
which is kufr). [cf. Reliance of the Traveller o22.1(dII)]
[3] I have
seen Qadianis quote a hadith which states "Had the son of the Prophet
lived he would have been a true prophet" Witness this manipulation of the
authentic hadith!
[4] I have
seen a hadith quoted by the Qadianis in which Umm al-Mu'minin Sayyida Aisha is
reported to have said "O ye Muslims ! Do proclaim that the Holy Prophet,
peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was the Khataman Nabiyeen, but never
say that there shall be no prophet after him" [Takmilah Majma ul Bihar
& Durr i Manthur], this hadith is a fabrication and is rejected. Witness
the lies they invent and attribute to Umm al-Mu'mineen!
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