Hadith 1510

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى : رَأَيْتَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " مَاتَ وَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ ، وَلَوْ قُضِيَ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَعْدَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَبِيٌّ لَعَاشَ ابْنُهُ ، وَلَكِنْ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدَهُ " .
´Isma’il bin Abu Khalid said:` “I said to ‘Abdullah bin Abi Awfa: ‘Did you see Ibrahim, the son of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?’ He said: ‘He died when he was small, and if it had been decreed that there should be any Prophet after Muhammad (ﷺ), his son would have lived. But there is no Prophet after him.’”
Hadith Reference سنن ابن ماجه / كتاب الجنائز / 1510
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:

This indicates that after Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), no one has been granted prophethood, nor will anyone be granted prophethood in the future. If anyone from the Ummah of Muhammad were to be given prophethood, it would have been Ibrahim (radi Allahu anhu). When he was not granted it, then how could anyone else receive it?


In one narration, the following words are also reported regarding Umar (radi Allahu anhu): The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, "If there were to be a prophet after me, it would have been Umar (radi Allahu anhu)." (Musnad Ahmad 4/154)
This also means that when a personality like Umar (radi Allahu anhu) was not granted prophethood—despite possessing so many virtues that, had he been given prophethood, he could have borne its responsibilities—then how could anyone else be granted prophethood?
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1510