Hadith – 30 dajjal

لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَنْبَعِثَ دَجَّالُونَ كَذَّابُونَ قَرِيبٌ مِنْ ثَلاَثِينَ كُلُّهُمْ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

“The Hour shall not be established until nearly thirty imposters, Dajjal(liars) appear, each of them claiming that he is the Messenger of Allah.”

[Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2218]

Non-Ahmadis bring this hadith to prove that Muhammad (S.A.W) prophesized that there will be 30 dajjal who will falsely claim to be a prophet and thus Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (A.S) is one of them.

Firstly, this actually proves our position that prophethood is not forever closed. Muhammad (S.A.W) specifically gave a finite number (a number that has an end) instead of saying ALL claimants of prophethood after him will be false. This is because multiple Quranic verses and ahadith prove that prophets can appear in the future, specifically the latter-day Messiah.

Secondly, the number of these 30 liars has long been reached before the death of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (A.S) as indicated by multiple scholars of Islam.

ʻIyāḍ Ibn-Mūsā al-Ubbi (d. 827 AH):

[Ikmal al-Mu ‘lim bi-Fawa’id, pg. 463]

Muhammad Bin Yusuf al-Sanusi al-Hasani:

“It would be evident to every student of history of Islam that the truth of this Hadith has been fully established. The number of imposters from the time of the Holy Prophet (saw) till today has reached the count indicated by the Holy Prophet saw in his prophecy”

[Mukammil Ikmal al-Ikmal, pg. 372]

Alamah Qastalani says:

“Qadi ‘Ayad states the truth of this hadith has been established because if the number of the renowned false claimants of prophethood is counted from the time of the Holy Prophet saw to the present time, this number has been fulfilled”

[Al-Muwahib al-Ladunniyyah, v2, p.198] [Published at around 1500 A.D]

Nawab Siddique Hassan Khan:

“The prophecy made by the Holy Prophet (saw) regarding the advent of Dajjal in this ummah has been fulfilled and their number as foretold has been completed.”

[Hijajul Kiramah, pg. 239] [Published in 1874 A.D before the claim of Ahmad (A.S) to Prophethood]

For the correct understanding of La Nabiyya Ba’adi, please refer to this article.