Arguments from Hadith

other hadith scholars. Ata bin Al-Sa’ib narrates that he met Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-As and asked him, “Please tell me about a description of the Messenger of Allah that is mentioned in the Torah.” In response, he recounted several attributes mentioned in the Torah, one of which was: Allah will not take his soul until He has straightened the crooked religion through him, such that people begin to say, “la ilaha illa Allah (There is no god but Allah).” Through this, He will open many blind eyes, deaf ears, and sealed hearts. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 4558) In explaining this Hadith, the conclusion was drawn that “the purpose of the Prophethood of Muhammad œ was to establish the religion.” It was foretold in the Torah hundreds of years before the Prophethood of Muhammad that He would not die until the religion is established. At the end of the article, it was stated: “This detail reinforces our belief that the mission adopted by the Jamaat-e-Islami is not in error. Rather, this mission is indeed the mission of the entire Muslim Ummah, which it is neglecting.” (Monthly Zindagi, Rampur, April 1962) The author of the article translated al-millah al-‘iwaja’ as “crooked religion.” However, the phrase ban yaqulu