True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 51
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 51 ] H ad i th-e-Ghar i b means exactly that; that there is a lone narrator. Ibn-e-D a w u d, agreeing with the above view, further states in even stronger terms: He [Mishra h bin H a ‘ a n] was in the gang of al- H ajj a j who had besieged ‘Abdull a h bin Zubair and had raided the Ka‘bah and pelted it with stones. In view of the above, the authenticity of this h ad i th is totally shattered. There are, however, sayings of the Holy Prophet sa which may help clarify this topic. The Holy Prophet sa is reported to have said to Hadrat ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): Had I not been raised as a Prophet, O ‘Umar, you would have been raised as one. ( Mirq a t al-Ma sa b ih Shar h u Mishk a til-Ma sa b ih , vol. 10, p. 403) Another saying reads: Had I not been sent to you, ‘Umar would have been sent to you. ( Kun u zul- H aq a ’iq by Im a m ‘Abdur-Ra’ u f al-Man a w i , vol. 2, p. 74)