With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 148
148 With Love to Muhammad sa the Kh ā tam-un-Nabiyy ī n It is also mentioned in several reliable ah ā d ī th that the descent of Jesus as is one of the events that will occur in the Last Hour. For example, in Sah ī h Muslim , Kit ā b-ul-Fitan wa Ashrat As- Sa’ah or the Book of Conflicts and Signs of the Last Hour , had ī th no. 6931, it is mentioned that the Holy Prophet sa stated ten signs of the Last Hour and one of those is the descent of Jesus as. All Sunni Muslims believe this and if Farhan Khan denies it, then he does not know his own beliefs. Nevertheless, living up to his academic dishonesty, Farhan Khan modifies Ibn Khald ū n’s above statement to literally mean: “…he [i. e. , Ibn Khald ū n] says that from now until the end of time there will be no more prophets. ” Khan apparently confuses Ibn Khald ū n’s words and does not realize that Ibn Khald ū n simply stated what all Sunni Muslims believe: there is no prophet between the Holy Prophet sa and the Last Hour in which the Promised Messiah as would appear. It is a shame that Farhan Khan then tries to discredit Ibn Khald ū n by writing that “he was not a muhaddith, nor was this his specialty. Expertise in social sciences does not automatically translate into expertise in had ī th interpretation. ” The fact of the matter is that Ibn Khald ū n was a great scholar and is still highly regarded all over the world. He knew the Arabic meaning of kh ā tam and the context within which it is used to praise people. Farhan Khan does not. It is a serious pity that a person like Farhan Khan would dare flatter himself into thinking that we would ever take his opinion over the likes of a great scholar like Ibn Khald ū n, regardless of his expertise or not. Farhan Khan’s wakeup call is long overdue. Sixth, no matter how Farhan Khan understands Im ā m Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqal ā n ī rh or Ibn Khald ū n, the fact of the matter is that both of them believed in the coming of a latter day prophet, that is, the Promised Messiah as.