With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 287
Continuation of Prophethood according to Ah ā d ī th 287 three holy sites. Masjid an-Nabawi is the last of these types of masjids ” 282 The premise of the argument made by Farhan Khan is exactly the same as the premise used by Ahmad ī Muslims to say that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa is the last of the prophets among the law-bearing prophets. There will be no new or old prophet after him in opposition to his law or having a status equal to or greater than him. Again, he writes, “ المساجد (the masjids, plural) refers to the specific set of masjids, namely Masjid al-Aqsa, Masjid al-Har ā m, and Masjid al-Nabaw ī. ” 283 It is absurd how he uses this premise while criticizing the same premise used by Ahmad ī Muslims! His arguments are self- destructive and actually promote the Ahmadiyya Muslim point- of-view. Third, Farhan Khan says: Before the advent of Isl ā m, the pre-Isl ā mic Arabs would construct shrines and temples to honor the memory of a deceased person of high social or moral standing. The mushrikeen (polytheists) claimed that special barakah (blessings) exist at these locations, and those who frequent them would be blessed. This practice of creating “holy blessed sites” was terminated with Isl ā m. The Prophet specified that only three special holy sites exist: first, Masjid al- Haram (in Makkah), second, Masjid al-Aqsa (in 282 Khan, With Love , Page 22 283 Ibid. , Page 23