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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books About the (p.b.u.h) Supplement 2 There can be no authentic, creditable and conclusive interpretation of the words of the Holy Qur''an, Khatam-un- Nabiyyin, than that given by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) for the credentials of the Holy prophet (PBUH) need no proof and the authority of his words is unassailable. His words are authentic and a proof in itself.

When the Prophet is explaining a Nass of the Holy Quran, his explanation is the most authentic and a proof positive. The question is who else besides the Holy Prophet (PBUH), to whom the Qur''an was revealed, is better qualified to comprehend its meaning and to explain its contents to us? And he who advances an alternative explanation, shall we regard his claims as worthy of our consideration let alone our acquiescence?

footnote 3: Referring to this tradition disbelievers in the Finality of Prophethood argue that the Holy Prophet (PBUH) called his mosque (Masjid) the last mosque'' despite the fact that it is not the last mosque, as countless other mosques have been built after it all over the world.

Similarly when the Holy Prophet (PBUH) observed: I am the last Prophet,'' it did not mean that the line of prophets had ended, but that Muhammad (PBUH) was the last as regards his excellence amongst the Prophets of God and Mosque was the last one in the same sense. Such foolish reasoning is an irrefutable proof of the fact that these people have lost the faculty of perceiving the true meaning of the words of God and those of His Prophet(PBUH).

Even a cursory glance through the whole chain of traditions in the context of which this particular tradition has been recorded makes true import of the words of the Holy prophet clear to any man.

In this context the various traditions which Imam Muslim has recorded on the authority of Hadrat Abu Huraira, Hadrat Abdullah bin Umar and the mother of the Faithful Hadrat Maimuna narrate 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.