Muhammad, Peace Be Upon Him, the Final Messenger

Muhammad, Peace Be Upon Him, the Final Messenger

Listen, O Muslim brother!

- Belief in the message of Muhammad, peace be upon him, includes believing that he is the Seal of the Prophets, and there will be no prophet after him.

Allah, the Exalted, says:

  مَا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَا أَحَدٍ مِنْ رِجَالِكُمْ وَلَكِنْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ النَّبِيِّينَ﴾ [الأحزاب: 40])

[Muḥammad is not the father of any of your men,1 but is the Messenger of Allah and the seal of the prophets.] 33:40.

- The Prophet, peace be upon him, said “I am 'Aqib (the last to come) after whom there will be no Prophet.”[1]

- And He (peace be upon him) said, "Indeed, there will be among my nation thirty liars, all of them claiming to be prophets, while I am the Seal of the Prophets; there will be no prophet after me."[2]

- The Prophet's (PBUH) superiority over other prophets is indicated in this narration: "I have been favored over the prophets in six respects, and I am the Seal of the Prophets."[3]

- These evidence and others affirm that Muhammad, peace be upon him, is the Seal of the Prophets, and there will be no prophet after him.

Anyone who believes in a prophet coming after Muhammad, peace be upon him, is considered a disbeliever, and their faith is invalid. Those who falsely claimed prophethood after him, such as Musaylimah Al-Kazzab (the Liar), Al-Aswad Al-Ansi, and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, are considered disbelievers.

The Qadiani sect, followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, is declared as a disbelieving faction outside the fold of Islam by the consensus of scholars in the present age.

The hadith mentioning thirty impostors in the ummah refers to those who falsely claim prophethood. It implies that they would appear with followers and military power.

Lesson twenty-seven concludes with thanks to Allah.