Reply to a Mockery — Page 25
Response to the booklet entitled Ilh a m i Girgit 25 1, p. 662, D a ru I h y a ’it-Tur a thil-‘Arabiyyi, Beirut, first edition) Furthermore, Naw a b Muhammad Sidd i q H asan Kh a n writes: ُوْطِی. ي َمَا صَرَح َ بِہ ِ السُّ ک َفَر َ حَقًّا ک ٖ مَن ْ قَال َ بِسَلْب ِ نَبُوَّتِہ As has been explained by Imam Suyutirh, anyone who believes that the Messiah will lose his prophethood in his second advent is a k a fir. ( A th a rul-Qiy a mati f i H ijajil- Kir a mah, Sayyid Muhammad S idd i q H asan Kh a n, p. 431, Ma t ba‘ Shahjah a n, Bhopal) Maulaw i Sahib! You do not pay attention to the Holy Quran, you ignore the Hadith, you do not accept the verdict of the saints and scholars of the past, and we are sure that you will not agree with your own leader, Muft i Muhammad Sh a f i‘ , F ad il Deobandi. But as we believe that there will be some Deoband i s who honour their saints and learned divines, we present you with one of Muft i Sahib’s fatwas. He writes: Whosoever denies the prophethood of Jesus, may peace be on him is a k a fir, and the same law will apply in his second advent. It is compulsory to believe in him as a Messenger and Prophet. And when he comes as the Imam of this Ummah, obedience to him will be binding. In short, Jesus as will remain a Messenger and a Prophet in his second coming, and belief in his prophethood—which