True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 98
[ 98 ] tals’ of Islamic faith. Who would be more competent than the Holy Prophet sa to tell us what our fundamental beliefs are? It was he sa to whom the Holy Qur’an was revealed. Was he not granted the knowledge that a time will come when Islam will be defined in a novel way? The Holy Prophet sa says: Islam is based on five fundamentals: one, bearing witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger; two, observ- ing S al a t [Prayers]; three, paying Zak a t ; four, pil- grimage to the House of Allah; five, fasting in the month of Ramadan. ( Tirmidh i Kit a bul- I m a n ) That is all the Holy Prophet sa said with regards to the fun- damentals of Islam. Five of them, no more, no less. Now these people have added a sixth one, as if, God forbid, the Holy Prophet sa was not aware of it. We can look further to see if ever in history the doctrine of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat was part of faith. There is another h ad i th in Tirmidh i Kit a bul- I m a n which talks about I m a n : ‘Umar bin al-Kha tta b (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates. :