…And Muhammad Is The Messenger Of Allah (SWT)

Abu Khalid Al-Muwahhid
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…And Muhammad Is The Messenger of Allah: An examination of the finality of prophethood.

Indeed, All Praise belongs to Allah. We praise Allah, we seek his assistance and we beg for his forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allah from the evil of our own selves and from the evil of our deeds. Whomsoever Allah guides, no one can mislead and whomsoever Allah allows to go astray, none can guide. I bare witness and give open testimony that there is nothing worthy of worship except Allah, who has no associates and I bare witness that Muhammad is His Servant and His Messenger. To proceed:

Allah (SWT) says;

Say: “If you (really) love Allah then follow me (i.e. accept Islamic Monotheism, follow the Qur’an and the Sunnah), Allah will love you and forgive you of your sins. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (Noble Qur’an 3:31)

Allah, Mighty and Majestic, explains in the Qur’an that any profession of love for Him can only be substantiated by following the last Messenger whom He has sent to humanity. The proof of one’s love for Allah is in the belief and the acceptance of Muhammad ibn ‘Abdillah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) as the last messenger of Allah and in following him in matters of faith, worship, and methodology. Within this framework is the belief which everyone who professes to be a Muslim should adhere to and that is the concept of the finality of revelation, Prophethood, and Messengership. This entails that the religion of Islam was completed and perfected 1400 years ago with the commissioning of Muhammad ibn ‘Abdillah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) as a Prophet by Allah and that with his departure to the mercy of Allah, the conclusion of all divine revelation. It is sad to note, however, that despite the clarity of this matter as addressed by Allah, Glorified is He, in His Noble Qur’an and the clarity with which the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) spoke about this concept, many people throughout the years since the final revelation have claimed some form of special ‘commission’ from Allah. There have been those from past generations as well as those of recent times up until today who twist the concepts of nubuwwah (Prophethood) and rasaalah (Messengership) to include themselves as recipients of some form of wahy (revelation). It is equally as sad to acknowledge that some of these charlatans have influenced a number of people who identify themselves as Muslims to allow themselves to be consumed by this false and dangerous notion. Some claimants are more obviously false than others. Some, however, are so subtle in their dispensation of these ideas that even those Muslims who consciously adhere to the belief of the finality of Prophethood may find themselves dangerously close to kufr by following one who implies that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) did not complete his mission, hence, the need for Islam to be ‘modified’ by additions and subtractions.

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