Written by: Abu Hamza Professor Saeed Mujtaba Al-Saeedi (Hafizahullah)
Qur’anic Evidence:
① Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 40﴿وَلَٰكِن رَّسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ﴾
➤ “But he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets.”
This verse explicitly affirms that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is the final prophet.
② Surah Al-Ma’idah, Verse 3
﴿أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ﴾
➤ “Today I have perfected for you your religion...”
This indicates the completion of the religion—no need for a new prophet or religion.
③ Surah Aal-e-Imran, Verses 80-81
➤ Allah took a covenant from all prophets about believing in and supporting the final Messenger ﷺ, who would come after them.
④⑤⑥ Surah At-Tawbah: 33, Al-Fath: 28, As-Saff: 9
➤ These verses confirm that the final religion (Islam) will prevail over all others, signifying its finality and universality.
Hadith Evidence:
⑦ The Example of the Brick➤ “I am that final brick, and I am the Seal of the Prophets.”
[Sahih Bukhari 3534, Sahih Muslim]
⑧ Prophethood Has Ended
➤ “There will be no prophet after me.”
[Bukhari 3255, Muslim, Ibn Majah]
⑨⑩ Last Prophet and Mosque
➤ “I am the last prophet and my mosque is the last (built by a prophet).”
[Muslim, An-Nasa’i]
⑪ About Prophet’s Son Ibrahim
➤ “If there were to be a prophet after me, my son would have lived.”
[Bukhari, Ibn Majah]
⑫⑬ Dajjal’s Deception and Finality of Prophethood
➤ “I am the last prophet, and you are the last nation.”
[Ibn Majah 4077]
⑭ Sending Salawat (Blessings)
➤ “Say: O Allah, send your blessings upon the Seal of the Prophets...”
[Ibn Majah 902]
⑮ Ali (RA) during Tabuk Campaign
➤ “Are you not pleased to be to me as Harun was to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me?”
[Bukhari 4416, Muslim]
⑯ Umm Ayman Weeps After Prophet's Death
➤ “The revelation from the heavens has ceased.”
[Muslim, Ibn Majah]
⑰⑱ Only Good Dreams Remain
➤ “Nothing of the Prophethood remains except good dreams.”
[Ibn Majah 3896, Bukhari 1990]
⑲⑳ Titles of the Prophet ﷺ – Including ‘Al-‘Aaqib’
➤ “Al-‘Aaqib is the one after whom there is no prophet.”
[Muslim]
㉑ Superiority Given to the Prophet ﷺ
➤ “And through me, the line of prophets was completed.”
[Muslim]
㉒㉓㉔ Last but Foremost
➤ “We are the last to come but the first on the Day of Judgment.”
[Ibn Majah 4287, 4290, Bukhari 876]
㉕ Thirty False Claimants
➤ “There will be thirty liars, each claiming to be a prophet, but I am the last prophet.”
[Abu Dawood 4244]
㉖ Virtue of Umar (RA)
➤ “If there were to be a prophet after me, it would be Umar ibn al-Khattab.”
[Tirmidhi]
Conclusion:
❖ The Qur'an, authentic Sunnah, consensus of the Companions, and scholars of the Ummah have decisively established that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is the last and final messenger.
❖ No prophet or divine law will come after him.
❖ Belief in the Finality of Prophethood is a fundamental tenet of Islamic faith.
❖ Denying it constitutes disbelief.
