With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 293
Continuation of Prophethood according to Ah ā d ī th 293 and prayer in my Mosque is better than a thousand prayers (observed in other mosques) besides it, except the Masjid Al-Har ā m. 291 This had ī th also invalidates Farhan Khan’s perspective in every way. It is clear that the Holy Prophet sa is speaking of the status of his Mosque as indicated by the context in which the statement is being made. The Holy Prophet sa says that his Mosque is the Kh ā tam-ul-Mas ā jid-ul-Anbiy ā ’ and as a tashr ī h (or explanation ), he says that prayers performed at his Mosque are a thousand times better than those performed at other mosques. The context itself shows that the idiomatic meaning of kh ā tam, that is best , is being applied here. In other words, the Ahmadiyya Muslim understanding is that the Mosque of the Holy Prophet sa is the best in respect of the mosques before and after him. On the flip side, if Farhan Khan’s meanings are taken, it would mean that after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , there are no more mosques of the prophets. This would mean that when Hazrat ‘ Ī s ā as comes in the Latter Days as a prophet for the Muslims, he would not be able to build any mosques! The moment he tries to build a mosque, people like Farhan Khan would cite the above had ī th saying that there are no more mosques of the prophets! No intelligent Muslim would ever accept such comedy! Sixth, another objection to Farhan Khan’s understanding is the fact that the narrator of the had ī th is Hazrat Ayesha ra , and she herself did not consider Kh ā tam-ul-Anbiy ā ’ to mean the Last of the prophets as shown by her statement: 291 Kanzul ‘Umm ā l, Chapter: The Virtue of the two Sanctuaries and Masjid Al- Aqs ā from completion, Had ī th Number 34999