Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 108
On the basis of this tradition our opponents· contend that in the edifice of. prophethood one stone had been left out and the advent of the _Holy Prophet (peace of Allah be on him) has filled the gap ; now therefore there is no more room for any one else. What a pity that our misguided brethren, in their zeal to. oppose, little mind the sublime position of the Holy Prophet (Allah bless him) and in putting a wrong construction on this tradition only detract from his dignity. The tradition under reference does not, in point of fact, illustrate the position of the Holy Prophet's apo!itleship ; it mere- ly points to the perfection of Liw. The tradition simply means that many law-giver prophets appear- ed and every new Law was one more brick added towards the construction of the edifice of prophet• hood till the appearance of the Holv Prophet (Peace of Allah be on him) marked the e·mplacement of the last brick, thus completing the Mansion of Law which comprised all the preceding fundamental truths in addition to new basic values, thereby perfecting a universal and eternal House of canons. This tradition clearly underlines the complem- entry 'role of the Holy Prophet and is not relev- ant to other aspects • of the question of prophet- hood. • The Ulema of early times have taken a simi- lar view of this tradition. Allama Ibne Hajar (died in A. H. S52), the author of Sharha Fathulbari, who is considered to be a leading light in traditions says, in his comments on this tradition : 4'. ,. . . :Jl J J ~~ cJ. ,. . -•~. Jr J T~lla ~ ~l. ;o. . . . . ~r • r =-,, - •. L. :i;'~t -~!>-O--IJAO e. . ( 'l"tf 1,Y-,R,(/;'-':JI 'eJ 108