Why Muhammad (PBUH) made Imam Mahdi incumbent on Muslims if he was not a Prophet?

In the following verse of Holy Quran, Allah states the fundamental beliefs in which a Muslim must believe:

 ‘It is not righteousness that you turn your faces to the East or the West, but truly righteous is he who believes in Allah and the Last Day and the angels and the Book and the Prophets, and spends his money for love of Him, on the kindred and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and those who ask for charity, and for ransoming the captives; and who observes Prayer and pays the Zakat; and those who fulfil their promise when they have made one, and the patient in poverty and afflictions and the steadfast in time of war; it is these who have proved truthful and it is these who are the God-fearing.’ (Al-Baqarah 2:177)

Out of the six principles quoted above, only ONE refers to man, and that is PROPHETS. So among men, except for the prophets, the Holy Quran does not make it incumbent on us to believe in any man but only the prophets are for us to believe in. Thus, according to Quran we must have to believe in the prophets only among the men, otherwise we will become kafirs.

Similarly, Holy Prophet of Islam declares Imam Madi a part of FAITH, whosoever denies Imam Mahdi, and whoever opposes him would go out of the pale of Islam. According to Holy Prophet, a time will come when Imam Mahdi would appear in the Muslim Ummah. Our beloved master is reported to have said:

"When you see him (Imam Mahdi) then certainly perform bait to him even if you have to crawl over your knees through the mountains of snow because he (Imam Mahdi) will be the Khalifa of God." (Mastadarrak Hakim Kitab al-Fitn Wal Malaham Chapter Khuroojal Mahdi)

"One who dies without accepting the Imam (Appointed by Allah) of the time, his death is a death in disbelief". (Masnad Ahmad ibn Hanble Vol. 4 Page 96)

"One who obeyed Imam Mahdi obeyed me; one who disobeyed him disobeyed me" (Biharul Anwaar Vol. 13 Page 17)

"One who rejected Imam Mahdi he did kufr" (Hajj Al-Kiramah page 351, as well as Lawaih Al-Anwaar Al-Baheema Vol. 2 page 88)

Can Mullahs tell us: Why Muhammad (PBUH) made Imam Mahdi incumbent on us if he is not a Prophet? Can they quote one verse form the Holy Quran where apart from the prophets; we are bound to believe in anybody?

Hence, whoever is appointed by Allah, is a prophet. Not a single man on earth appeared in history who was not a prophet. In fact a single man can not be quoted from the entire history of all the religions where a man can be said to have been appointed directly by Allah, and to believe in him is not imperative. Therefore from among men, except for prophets, we are not bound to believe in anybody.

So, why Mullahs believe that NOT even a subordinate prophet would ever come after Holy Prophet (PBUH)? While they believe that that Imam Mahdi will be appointed by Allah and he will be the Imam for the whole Ummah and for the whole universe. They are most surely contradicting their own claim. The truth is that they believe in a subordinate prophet, the moment they believe in Imam Mahdi.

Now, it’s up to the readers to judge! As far as the beliefs are concerned, any honest and true person will have to agree and admit that the concept of Imam Mahdi is exactly that concept which Ahmadis term as a subordinate prophet. Whether Mullahs call him a subordinate prophet or not, whether they call him man or not, is not important. What is important is definition. If Mullahs call a man a dog, he still remains a man. If someone enjoys the two qualities of Imam Mahdi, he will remain a prophet, whatever you call him. Even if you do not believe in him, he will still remain a prophet.


Yet again, sincerely ask yourself: WHAT IS THE TRUE INTREPRETATION OF ‘Khatam-un-Nabeen’? If Muhammad (PBUH) is last Prophet, then why to believe in Imam Mahdi? 

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