The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 51
51 with the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, in a vision, are not bound to follow the opinion of the Mu h addith i n. By way of their visions, they declare certain a ha d i th to be mau du ‘ [inauthentic], despite the fact that the Mu h addith i n consider them to be s a hih [authentic]. And they consider certain a ha d i th to be authentic based on the testimony of their visions, whereas they are mau du ‘ according to the Mu h addith i n. When this is the case, why is Maulaw i Muhammad Husain so angry with the person who has claimed to be the Promised Messiah and the Arbiter, as to not even consider his vision to be equal to the vision of others even though it is in accord with the Quran? The state - ment of the latter should be accepted as his vision is consistent with the Holy Quran and is also supported by certain a ha d i th. Otherwise, of what benefit is it to name the Promised Messiah H akam [Arbiter] ? Some cunning maulaw i s go so far as to say that even if some - one descends from Heaven and declares inauthentic this or that hadith which they consider to be s a hih, they will never accept his verdict; rather, they will slap him in the face. In answer to this one can only say: ‘Yes! This is what is expected of you!’ However, I would hereby like to politely ask such people to explain to me the meaning of the term H akam that has appeared in S a hih al-Bukh a r i regarding the Promised Messiah. I have always understood the term ‘ H akam ’ to refer to a person whose verdict is accepted to settle differences, and whose decision is seen as final even if he has to dismiss thousands of a ha d i th as mau du ‘. The one who will come from God will certainly not come to be slapped around by you. God Almighty will Himself open the way for him. The person who is blessed by God with visions and