Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 463
26 September 1905 463 And the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, through his vision when he saw Jesus together with John [the Baptist], peace be on him, during the night of Mi‘r a j [Ascension], has proven that Jesus has died. Otherwise, if he is still alive, why would he be living next to one who has died? And apart from this, the first ijm a ‘ [consensus] of the Noble Companions upon the death of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was that the Messiah had died. As I have stated many times that Hadrat ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, drew his sword upon his death and threatened that if anyone said he had died, he would cut off his head. On this, Hadrat Ab u Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, stood up and delivered the sermon: 1 اَم ٌدَّمَحُم اَّلِا ٌلْوُسَر ْدَق ْتَلَخ ْنِم ِهِلْبَق ُلُسُّرلا اَم ٌدَّمَحُم اَّلِا ٌلْوُسَر ْدَق ْتَلَخ ْنِم ِهِلْبَق ُلُسُّرلا That is, the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is also a Messenger and all the Messengers before him have passed away. Now, tell me: Is there any exception in this for Jesus or any- one else? Did Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra exempt anyone from this? And since when could the Companions ra tolerate accepting some- one else to be alive while passing the judgement that the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had died? In short, the ijm a ‘ [consensus] of the Companions ra con- firms his death as well. Moreover, common sense rejects it out- right. We generally see with our eyes. If you adduce before the intellect that you see with your ears, how is it going to accept this? Similarly, when there isn’t any precedent of ascending the heavens alive with this body since the time of Adam to the 1. S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:145 [Publisher]