The Commentary of Al-Qasidah — Page 167
The commentary of al-Qa si dah 167 their questioning why Jesus as , who was also a prophet, was still alive? But none of the companions raised this question. The fact that none of the companions, and especially Hadrat ‘Umar ra , did not mention the example of Jesus as and accepted the argument relating to the death of the Holy Prophet sa which was proven by the verse that all prophets before the Holy Prophet sa had died, is a clear proof of their belief that all prophets before the Holy Prophet sa , including Jesus as , had died. HISTORY: When we examine the history of Islam it becomes clear that even if a person was perplexed about Jesus’ death owing to Christian influence before the death of the Holy Prophet sa , there was no doubt left on this issue at the time of the death of the Holy Prophet sa. All the companions of the Holy Prophet sa accepted with full certainty that all prophets had passed away from this world. The apostates used the death of the Holy Prophet sa as a reason to reject him. They started to say:. /h. / / U f g Z/> < If Muhammad was a prophet then he should not have died. ( T a r i khur-Rusuli Wal-Mul u k, T a rikhu t-T abar i , Ab u Ja‘far Muhammad bin Jar i r A t - T abar i , vol. 4, p. 3, Dhikru Khabari Ahlil-Ba h rain Wa Raddatil- H u t ami, D a rul-Fikr, Beirut, edition 2002) The answer to this question was already given in the Holy Qur’ a n that since all prophets before him passed away, the death of the