Khataman Nabiyyeen – Interpretations by Eminent Learned Scholars of Islam — Page 24
On the strength of previous scholars, Nawab Siddiq Hassan. Khan wrote in his famous book Hujjajul Kirama: 'Whosoever holds the view that Jesus, peace be on him, shall come down shorn of his prophethood, is undoubtedly a manifest disbeliever as Imam Sayuti has also made this point very clear. ' (p. 431). A jurist and renowned scholar of Deoband, Maulvi. Muhammad Shafi, states, in one of his rulings: '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 on 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. ' (Register Fatawa, p. 49) 24