True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 34
[ 34 ] Deoband i s not only started a sect but also laid the founda- tion for the Ahmadiyya Movement. They accuse the founder of Deoband [Maul a n a Q a sim N a notaw i ] of paving a path for Mirz a Sahib [the Promised Messiah as ], from which he made his claim of prophethood (God forbid). A well-known scholar of the Barelav i s, Maulav i Abul- H asnat ‘Abdul- H ayee of Farang Mahal, Lucknow, expounding his view on Khatm-e-Nubuwwat , writes: The advent of a mere Prophet after the Holy Prophet sa or in his era is not an impossibility. However, such a Prophet cannot be a bearer of a new law. ( D a fi‘ul-Wisw a s, p. 16) The Maul a n a further asserts that it is not only his belief, but a ll the Sun n i sch ola rs h ave b een m a k in g sim i lar explanations: Sunni scholars also explain that in the era of the Holy Prophet sa , there cannot be any law-bearing Prophet. His prophethood is universal and whichever Prophet will share the same era, he will be a follower of the law brought by the Holy Prophet sa. ( Majm u ‘ah Fat a w a by Muhammad ‘Abdul- H ayee of Lucknow, vol. 1, p. 17) The Real Source of the So-Called Indelible Mark The ‘White Paper’ claims that: