Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 541
Reply to the doubts raised by rashĪd a H mad gangohĪ 541 ٖ قَبْل َ مَوْتِه [‘before his death’], i. e. ْ قَبْل َ مَوْتِهِم [‘before their death’]—which, according to the norms held by the scholars of Hadith, is tantamount to an authentic hadith, i. e. it is such a hadith that stands proven to be from the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him—the mere opinion of Ab u Hurairah is worth rejecting as it is inconsequential and worthless when compared to the words of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. To insist on it can lead one to disbelief. Not only that, the statement of Ab u Hurairah necessitates repudiation of the Holy Quran because time and again the Holy Quran says that the Jews and the Christians will continue to exist till the Day of Judgment and they will not be wiped out completely, whereas Ab u Hurairah says that the Jews will be wiped out completely, and this is in clear contradiction to the Holy Quran. Anyone who believes in the Holy Quran ought to discard the state- ment of Ab u Hurairah as a thing of little value. In contrast, the alter- native reading of the verse, according to the norms held by the schol- ars of Hadith, holds the status of an authentic hadith—and here the alternative reading of the verse ٖ قَبْل َ مَوْتِه does exist, as ْ قَبْل َ مَوْتِهِم , which has to be taken as an authentic hadith—so in this case the statement of Ab u Hurairah is, in fact, in contravention of both the Holy Quran and Hadith. شك ّ انّہ باطل ومن تبعہ فانّہ مفسد بطّال. ل ف [No doubt he is in the wrong, and anyone who follows him is a mischief-maker and a great liar]. T h e E n d