´Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:` that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The parable of myself and the Prophets [before myself] is that of a man who constructed a house. He completed it and made it well, except for the space of one brick. So the people enter it and marvel at it saying: 'If not for the space of this brick.'"
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
That is, despite making the house beautiful and complete, one brick's place was intentionally left vacant. People, upon seeing it, began to say: "If only this empty spot had been filled, the beauty of the house would have been perfected." In another narration of this hadith, the following words appear: "So I am that (final) brick; by placing it in the empty spot, the edifice of prophethood was completed." The beautiful house refers to the religion of Hanif, which is endowed with prophethood and messengership.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2862
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
My prophethood has filled this gap and completed the edifice of prophethood.
Now, after me, no prophet will come.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 3534
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
Imam Bukhari rahimahullah, with the aforementioned chapter heading, has alluded to a noble verse:
“Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).” ( and Fath al-Bari: 6/683)
The meaning of the last sentence of the hadith is that if the place for the brick had not been empty, the building would have been complete.
In the next narration it is stated:
“I am that brick, because through me the series of prophethood has been completed.”
From this hadith it becomes clear that the claim of the Qadianis that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad is also a prophet is nothing but deception and fraud, because after the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the continuation of prophethood is no longer possible, nor is it permissible to propose any other prophet after him.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 3534