30 Dajjal Hadith Explained

Introduction

Countless Non-Ahmadis today bring the following hadith to prove that Muhammad (S.A.W) prophesied that there will be 30 dajjal/liars who will falsely claim to be a prophet and thus Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (A.S) is one of those false prophets (Nauzubillah).

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, Dajja l(liars) appear, each of them claiming that he is the Messenger of Allah.”

[Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2218]

Refutation

Proves Prophethood Is Not Closed Forever

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. In this exact regard, Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (RH), the 4th Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’ah writes:

“Irrespective of the fact whether we have thirty or thirty million dajjals or impostors, the fact remains that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) has called the Messiah of the latter days as a prophet of God. No one can change that.”

_{[True meaning of Khatme Nabuwat, pg 40-41]}

Muslim Scholars: Number of 30 Liars Has Long Been Reached

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

“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]

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) Explains

“Certain ignorant Maulavis raise the allegation upon me that our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has given us the glad-tiding that thirty Anti-Christs would appear among you and each one would make a claim to prophethood. The answer to this is: O foolish ones! O unfortunate ones! Were thirty Anti-Christs the only thing written in your destiny and was there no truthful reformer decreed for you? A fifth of the 14th Century is about to reach its end and the moon of Caliphate has completed fourteen stages of its perfection to which the following verse of the Holy Qur’an is also alluding to: [ And for the moon we have appointed stages.] The world is at its end, but your Dajjals have not yet come to an end.Perhaps they would stay among you until death overtakes you. O foolish ones! That Dajjal which is known as satan is in fact within you;and therefore you do not recognize the time. You pay no attention to heavenly signs. But why should one lament upon you, for the one who appeared fourteen centuries after Moses(as) in my likeness was also named a dajjal by the wretched ones from among the Jews. Your hearts have also become similar. May Allah have mercy upon you.”

_{[A Review of the Debate between Batalvi and Chakrhalavi, pg 14-15]}

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