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hope to create with such feeble justifications is of no avail to them since the fact remains that if Jesus ever returns to this earth, he would positively retain his status as a prophet. . Muslims scholars are for instance agreed that when the son of Mary returns to this earth: 'Whosoever holds the view that Jesus, peace be upon him, shall come down shorn of his prophethood, is undoubtedly a manifest disbeliever as Imam Sayuti has also made this point very clear. '78. This opinion has also been accepted by the predecessors of some of the. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community's most passionate opponents, the scholars of Deoband who maintained: 'Whosoever denies the prophethood of Jesus is an infidel and the same verdict shall apply even after Jesus has descended. The concept of his being a messenger shall be binding and because he shall come as the Imam, it shall be binding to obey his commands. In short, Jesus, peace be upon him, even after his descent, shall be a prophet and a messenger and faith in his prophethood shall continue to prevail as it was imperative in the past. '79. This verdict issued by the scholars of the non Ahmadiyya Muslim organisation is hence positive proof of the fact that Jesus, if he were to ever return to this earth, would continue to be a Prophet. But this alleged second advent of Jesus, the adversaries of the Ahmadiyya. Muslim Community admit, is to transpire after the chronological finality of the prophethood of our beloved Prophet, the Khataman Nabiyeen,. Hazrat Muhammed Mustapha, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. . Would the son of Mary then not be the last prophet in the line of God's apostles if he was to appear as a prophet after the prophethood of the. Khataman Nabiyeen, Hazrat Muhammed Mustapha, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him? Would this then not cause a breach in the chronological finality of the prophethood of the Khataman Nabiyeen, the 78. Khan, Nawab Siddique Hasan: Hujjajjul Karamah: pg 431 . 79. Register Fatwa: pg 49 307