With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 290
290 With Love to Muhammad sa the Kh ā tam-un-Nabiyy ī n It is simply ridiculous to see Farhan Khan’s extraordinary bias against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam ā ‘at. The above ah ā d ī th are recorded right next to the had ī th under discussion, but Farhan Khan deliberately chose to not mention them. Instead, he went out of his way to select a narration where the sequence of his liking was found and he used that to prove his points. However, the truth is that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa did not speak of Masjid-an-Nabw ī as the last of the mosques in any of these narrations. He merely pointed out the importance of these three mosques, that is, Masjid-an-Nabw ī , Masjid Al-Har ā m , and Bait-ul- Muqaddas , and he has spoken of them in different sequences. There are times when he mentioned Masjid-an-Nabw ī first, and there are times when he mentioned it second, and there are times when he mentioned it last. What does this tell us? This tells us that he had no intention to speak of Masjid-an-Nabw ī as the last mosque! Fourth, Farhan Khan’s argument is inconsistent with the context of the had ī th under discussion. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa himself clarified that he is only speaking of mosques in respect of their greatness or status as indicated by the words: a َ َّمcَ:َو a ِ ْہiَcَ@ a ُ اﷲ a َّcَ< a ِ اﷲ a ِ رَ:ُول a ِ ْجِدWَG a ِB a َۃَ ُ أZْBَل a ِ اWَdْFَاجِد a ْ Gِن a ُ :ِوَاہ a َاdiِB a ً َۃَ a ِ أFْف a ْ Gِن a إﻻ َ اFْح a َ اWَdْFْجِد َ رَام Prayer in the mosque of All ā h’s Messenger sa is more excellent than a thousand prayers in other mosques, except the Masjid Al-Har ā m Hence, he was speaking in terms of status and this clearly demonstrates that, later in the same narration, he used the word