Mahzarnama (The Memorandum)

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114 Mahzarnama Khizr, and Hadhrat Ilyas, on all of whom may be peace. This scenario does not contradict the Verse of Khaatamun Nabiyyeen because this phrase only means that now, after the Holy Prophet sa , there can be no such Prophet who may abrogate the Holy Prophet's Law ( Shariah ) and who is not one of the Holy Prophet's ummati (obedient follower). [ Mauzu'at-e-Kabeer , p. 69] 2. In a Hadith recorded by Muslim, the Promised Messiah, who was to appear, has been given the appellation " Nabi Ullah " (Prophet of Allah) four times! [ Saheeh Muslim , vol. 2, Chapter: Zikr-ud- Dajjaal ] 3. A well-known Hadith of the Holy Prophet sa is as follows: viz. (Hadhrat) Abu Bakr is the most superior in this ummah unless a Prophet is born (in this ummah ). [ Kunooz-ul-Haqaa'iq ] 4. Hadhrat Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her, is reported to have said: viz. (O, people!) you may say that he (i. e. , the Holy Prophet) was Khaatamul Anbiyaa’ , but do not say that there will be no Prophet after him. [ Takmalah Majma-ul-Behaar , p. 83] Coupled with this, consider the aforementioned Hadith contained in Ibn-e-Maajah according to which the Holy Prophet sa said: Had my son Ibrahim lived, he would certainly have become a Prophet. These Ahadith clearly establish that, within this ummah , the door to a particular kind of Prophethood is open: the door of becoming the recipient of Prophethood through completely losing one's own identity in (the loving obedience to) the Holy Prophet sa. No doubt, there are other Ahadith, in contrast to the kind mentioned above, which apparently indicate that the door to prophethood is