Khataman Nabiyyeen – Interpretations by Eminent Learned Scholars of Islam — Page 18
The Hadith 'La Nabi B'adi':. Its explanation. The opponents of Ahmadiyyat, in support of their claim are apt to say that all kinds of prophethoods have now ceased even though the claimant be from among his own followers and wholly subservient to the Holy Prophet. They infer from the words La. Nabi B'adi that no prophethood of any kind can ever exist after the Holy Prophet, peace be on him. . We would like our readers to ponder whether all these venerable divines and saints, whose statements we have already quoted, were not aware of the Hadith in question. Were they,. God forbid, of little account when compared with the presentday divines in the matter of wisdom and understanding or in piety and righteousness? How could they, in the face of the so-called clear and lucid direction, still maintain that the door of prophethood had not been sealed hermetically and that prophets shall continue to come to regenerate Islam to its original purity. . We quote here the views of some prominent Companions of the Holy Prophet, Muslim scholars and saints that will serve to help form a firm and decisive opinion in this connection. . Hazrat 'Ayesha Ummul Momineen, the Truthful, God be pleased with her and who has been universally accepted to have taught half of the Islamic faith to the Muslims, said: 'O ye Muslims! do proclaim that the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, was the Khataman-Nabiyyeen but never say that there shall be no prophet after him' (Durri Manshoor, Vol. 5, p. 204). Shaikh-ul-Imam, Ibni Qateebah (d. 267 AH), after quoting what Hazrat 'Ayesha, the Truthful, had said, comments: 18 'This statement (of Hazrat 'Ayesha) does not go against what the. Holy Prophet, peace be on him, had said, i. e. La Nabi B'adi. . Because what the Holy Prophet actually meant was that no prophet would come after him who would abrogate his Code of Law. ' (Tawil. Mukhtaliful Ahadith, p. 236)