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22 that ‘There will be no Prophet after me’, as he simply meant that there would be no Prophet who would abrogate his Shariah. ( Kit a bu-Ta’w i li Mukhtalifil- H ad i th, Im a m Ibn- e-Qat i bah rta, p. 236, Ma t ba‘ Kurdist a n al-‘Āmiyah, Egypt, 1326 AH) From the Indian sub-continent, the famous teacher of Hadith, Hadrat Muhammad Ta hir rta (died 986 AH, 1578 CE), explains Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah’s words as follows: َ ُنَافِی ْ ح: «ل َ نَبِی َّ بَعْدِيْ» لَِنَّہ ٗ اَرَاد َ ل ي َ ْضًا ل ي هٰذَا نَاظِر ٌ اِلٰی نُزُوْل ِ عِیْسٰی وَهٰذَا اَ َنْسَخ ُ شَرْعَہٗ. ي َّ نَبِي This is an indication that Prophet Jesus as is destined to appear in this world again, and his advent will not contra- dict the Holy Prophet’s hadith: ‘There will be no Prophet after me,’ because here the Holy Prophet s as means that there will be no Prophet after him who will abrogate his law. ( Majma‘u Bi ha ril-Anw a r f i Ghar a ’ibit-Tanz i li wa La ta ’ifil-Akhb a ri Ma‘at-Takm i lah, Muhammad Ta hir as- S idd i qi vol. 5, p. 502, Maktabah D a rul-Īm a n al-Mad i- nah al-Munawwarah, third ed. , 1994. ) The hadith, ‘There will be no Prophet after me’ has also been explained by Hadrat Sh a h Wali yy ull a h rta Mu h addith Dehlav i , Hadrat Noshah Gunj rta (Imam and founder of Tar i qah Nosh a hiah), Khalifah Ha fi z Barkhudd a r rta and the renowned scholar of Ahl-e- H ad i th, Naw a b Muhammad Sidd i q Hasan