True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 116
[ 116 ] Two points have been clearly made here. One, that the narrations being advanced in this context are by no means authentic and acceptable. Two, that according to Im a m Sham i , these narrations are actually of Christian origin that have been interpolated; otherwise there is no firm basis for them. These views have been expressed by no less a person than Hadrat Ibn-e-Qayyim whose authority has been accepted by the ‘White Paper. ’ He believes that Hadrat ‘ I s a will certainly descend, but he will not be the ‘ I s a of the past, because he was neither raised physically, nor will he descend physically. All the scholars who have been quoted above were righteous, pious, and had attained the cognition of God. After all, why did they make all these statments. Im a m Ibn-e-Qayyim, who has been cited as an author- ity, says at another places: Had Prophet Moses as and Prophet Jesus as lived (till the time of the Holy Prophet sa ), they would certainly have been among his followers. ( Mad a rij-us-S a lik i n by Ibn-e-Qayyim, vol. 2, p. 496) This is very significant. Im a m Ibn-e-Qayyim having bracketed the two names together, is indicating to us that Moses as did not live till the times of the Holy Prophet sa neither did Jesus as. This is the same Im a m Ibn-e-Qayyim