Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 69
ions it carries were made by the Holy Prophet (peace of Allah be on him and His choicest blessings for ever and evermore) at a time when he was at his death-bed and had a feeling of imminent separ~tion from his dear comrades. At such a moment one is naturally moved· to lighten the feeling of bereavement and by way of consolation impress the connection that will continue to bind him to those he will be leaving behind. It is evident that the Holy Prophet's (peace of Allah be on him and His choicest blessings ever and evermore) relationship with his companions was that of a law-giving prophet. In this context the content-meaning of the Holy Prophet's observation would naturally be considered as specifically limited to legislative prophethood and not to prophethood in general. In other words, he said "0 my dear comrades, I am now about to depart from you. With my death ends the legislative word of God that· was being revealed through me. But lose not heart, keep looking· to Him. He will not neglect you but will reveal Himself to the believers through baaharat. and happy dreams. 0 This was particular type of speech related to a particular occasion, on the eve of his death, and in refetence to his particular prophethood. He intended to point out to a parti• cular p~riod which was to immediately follow his death and not to a timeless future. This is precise- ly the sense that leading Divines of Islam have arttibuted to this tradition. Allama lbne Hajr(died in 85g A. H. ) who is respected as an authority (Imam) on hadith says in the course of his cqmmen- tary on the tradition under reference :-. . . J u\a-J 1, Aj~ :. t,. Jt, M. JJ i',;. : ":)I J. . ,. Si,J. ~l,l+Jlif cJ. ct. . . :=--,Jt,i;:-:)t~~ • • -11Ji. ;,e) 69