True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 45
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 45 ] mention the commentator and his interpretation of the h ad i th. ‘All a mah Ibn-e- H ajar ‘Asqal a n i explains this h ad i th as following: The completion of the edifice means that the shar i ‘ah of Islam is more perfect in rank than the excellent laws that were revealed earlier. ( Fat’ h ul-B ari Com- mentary S a hih a l-B u k h ari by Ibn H ajar al-‘Asqal a n i Kitabul Man a qib , Chapter Kh a tamun-Nabiyy i n ) He is not included in their list of commentators. A com- mentator who is included in their list is ‘All a mah Ibn-e- Khald u n. Let us see what he has said about this h ad i th : People interpret the meaning of Kh a tamun-Nabiyy i n with reference to the brick that completed the man- sion. However, it really means the Prophet with whose advent prophethood was perfected. ( al- Muqaddimah ibn-e-Khald u n , p. 300) Literal Meaning of the Word ‘Ba‘d i ’ There is another h ad i th that our opponents frequently quote to support their position. The h ad i th reads:. .