In some hadith it has come that after the demise of Allah's messenger...

In some hadith it has come that after the demise of Allah's messenger, Jibra'il gave a valediction saying, “My final mission on earth was for you and I will descend for no one after you.”[^13] In light of this, how can it be that Jibra'il spoke to Lady Fatimah(a.s)? Jalaal al-Din Al-Suyuti al-Shafi`i al-Ash`ari (d. 911, CE), who is one of the renouned Sunni scholars,[^14] answered this very question.

He is of the belief that the chain of authority regarding this hadith and others similar in content are weak in content.[^15] Moreover, Muslim opinion on this matter is contradictory; all agree that each year Jibra'il along with other angels alight upon the earth on Laylat al-Qadr at the end of the month of Ramadan.

A second point is that Jirbra'il's carrying of revelation cannot have been suspended after the demise of the Prophet(S), for, Jibra'il must, according to Sunni hadith, bring revelation to Prophet 'Isa(a.s) after he had killed the Dajjal.10,[^16] Of course, there is no doubt that after the demise of Allah's Messenger(s.a.w) there will be no revelation in the sense of prophetic revelation for anyone.

Imam Ali(a.s) after the Messenger's(s.a.w) passing said, “When he died, revelation ended too,”[^17] and, “With your death, prophethood and the news of heavenly affairs was cut-off like it never had with the death of other prophets.”[^18] Likewise, Sheikh Mohammad Husein Aal-e Kaashif al-Ghita says, “The Imams believe that whoever believes or insists that after Mohammad(s.a.w) there came a prophet or revelation or scripture is an unbeliever.”[^19] The Imam's words, and the opinions of the Shi'a scholars means that prophetic revelation will no longer occur.

However, Jibra'il's descent and conversing with the friends of Allah is not an impossibility. Seyyed Mohsin Amin in his book, A'ayaan al-Shi'ah about this matter writes: It is not farfetched and there is no doubt that Jibra'il would speak with Zahra(a.s) and that Ali(a.s) would hear it and scribe it in a bood we call Mushaf Fatimah , because the reliable companions of the have related it to us from the Imams themselves.

To the one who cannot accept this matter, who considers it unlikely, who writes it off as hyperbole, we say, “Do you think that the beloved of the Prophet(s.a.w), Lady Zahra(a.s), did not merit this munificence? Is there any doubt that this hadith is correct given that this reliable narration was transmitted from our Imams?