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http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/007.smt.html#00 Book 007, Number 3211: Abu Huraira (Allah be
pleased with him) reported: Prayer in the mosque of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) is more excellent than a thousand prayers in other mosques
except the Masjid al-Haram, for Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) is
the last of the Apostles, and his mosque is the last of the mosques. Abu Salama
and Abu Abdullah (two of the narrators in this chain of narrations said: We had
no doubt that what Abu Haraira (Allah be pleased with him) had said was from
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), and so we did not like to get an
attestation from Abu Huraira about this hadith until Abu Huraira (Allah be
pleased with him) died. We discussed it (the issue of getting attestation from
Abu Huraira) amongst ourselves and blamed one another as to why we did not talk
about it to Abu Huraira regarding it so that he could attribute its
transmission to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in case he had heard
It from him. While we were discussing it as we sat with 'Abdullah b. Ibrahlm b.
Qariz; we made a mention of this hadith, and our omission (in getting its
attestation) about its direct transmission by Abu Huraira from him (the Holy Prophet)
; thereupon Abdullah b. Ibrahim said to us: I bear witness to the fact that I
heard Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) say that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: I am the last of the Apostles and my mosque is the
last of the mosques. http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/007.smt.html#00 When
this word of truth is uttered one is led to think as to the
meaning/significance/ of Lastness [aakhiriyyat] A very distinguished
Sunni teacher Abul ‘Alaa al-Mawdudi (1903-1979) says: He says,
God rest his soul, that lastness here means sanctity that there are only three mosques in
the world to which the greatest sanctity is attached, and these are sacred
above all other mosques. Worship in these mosques is rewarded with thousandfold
blessings in comparisons to offering prayers in other mosques. It is because of
this reason that it has been declared lawful to undertake a journey to these
mosques to offer prayers therein. No other mosque, save these three, can claim
such sanctity that a person should make a journey to offer worship there
leaving all other mosques. Among the three mosques which bear the greatest
sanctity in Islam, the first one is `Masjid Al-Haram' which was built by Hadrat
Abraham(peace be upon him); the second one is the`Masjid al-Aqsa' which was erected
by Hadrat Sulaiman (peace be upon him); and the third mosque is
`Masjid-i-Nabawi' in the Holy city of Medina which was founded by the Holy
Prophet(PBUH). The observation of the Holy Prophet
in regard to `the last mosque' should be viewed in this context. The words of
the Prophet(PBUH) meant that no Prophet would come after him, hence there would
be no fourth mosque after the last Masjid-i-Nabawi(a mosque of the last Prophet). It follows, therefore, that no other mosque should
bear such sanctity, that worship in it should be rewarded with more
blessings in comparison with worship in other mosques and further there shall
be no fourth mosque towards which it is lawful or even desirable for people to
make a journey in order to offer prayers. http://wwwiiu.edu.my/deed/articles/finalprophet.html With all respect to these
explanations this servant would submit these holy Words too: ** I beseech Thee by Thy Lastness
which is the same as Thy Firstness, and by Thy Revelation which is identical
with Thy Concealment, to grant that they who are dear to Thee, and their
children, and their kindred, may become the revealers of Thy purity amidst Thy
creatures, and the manifestations of Thy sanctity amongst Thy servants. Thou art, verily,
powerful to do Thy pleasure. Thou art, in truth, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. (Baha'u'llah:
Prayers and Meditations, Page: 229) From these statements therefore it
hath been made evident and manifest that should a Soul in the "End that
knoweth no end" be made manifest, and arise to proclaim and uphold a Cause
which in "the Beginning that hath no beginning" another Soul had
proclaimed and upheld, it can be truly declared of Him Who is the Last and of
Him Who was the First that they are one and the same, inasmuch as both are the
Exponents of one and the same Cause. For this reason, hath the Point of
the Bayan - may the life of all else but Him be His sacrifice! - likened the
Manifestations of God unto the sun which, though it rise from the "Beginning
that hath no beginning" until the "End that knoweth no end," is
none the less the same sun. Now, wert thou to say, that this sun is the former
sun, thou speakest the truth; and if thou sayest that this sun is the "return"
of that sun, thou also speakest the truth. Likewise, from this statement
it is made evident that the term "last" is applicable to the "first,"
and the term "first" applicable to the "last;" inasmuch as
both the "first" and the "last" have risen to proclaim one
and the same Faith.
Notwithstanding the obviousness of this theme, in the eyes of those that have
quaffed the wine of knowledge and certitude, yet how many are those who, through
failure to understand its meaning, have allowed the term "Seal of the
Prophets" to obscure their understanding, and deprive them of the grace of
all His manifold bounties! Hath not Muhammad, Himself, declared:
"I am all the Prophets?" (Baha'u'llah:
The Kitab-i-Iqan, Pages: 161-162) These offerings are not in
disputation or going over territory recently covered but to offer new
perspectives
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