With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 291
Continuation of Prophethood according to Ah ā d ī th 291 ā khir in respect of status, not in respect of time or place. Farhan Khan’s objection to this understanding is, “. . . if آخر means best , as the Ahmad ī Muslims say, and the Prophet sa referred to his masjid as اWdFاجد a آخر , which would translate to mean best of the masjids , this would mean that prayer in the best of the masjids is rewarded less than prayer in Masjid al-Har ā m. This is a logical inconsistency. ” 288 This is just another lame attempt to hopelessly try to invalidate the Ahmadiyya Muslim understanding. Khan overlooks the fact that there is an exception here. Nevertheless, a general rule is a rule, regardless of the exceptions. We do not make up exceptions like Farhan Khan does, and in this case the Holy Prophet sa himself makes the exception in the following words, making the meaning clear: a َ اFْحَرَام a َ اWَdْFْجِد a إﻻ …except the Masjid Al-Har ā m The only exception from the mas ā jid is the Masjid Al-Har ā m ! Just as the statement, “Prayer in the mosque of All ā h’s Messenger sa is more excellent than a thousand prayers in other mosques,” is not invalidated by the words, “except the Masjid Al-Har ā m ,” in the same way the statement, “my mosque is the best of the mosques,” is not invalidated by the exception of Masjid Al- Har ā m. Consider the following similar had ī th : a حَدَّثeََا a َ Cَاﻻ a َّeَُثdْFا a ُ بْن a ُ وGَُحdََّد a ً حَرْب a ُ بْن a ُ ْرiَKُز a وَحَدَّثeَِ َ iَْحM a ْ @َن a HَاBع a أخْبَرHَِ a َ Cَال a ِ اﷲ a ِ ْدiَُب@ a ْ @َن a ُ اFْ`َ[َّان a َ وKَُو a 288 Khan, With Love , Page 24