so the religion of Muhammad will remain in force until the Day of Resurrection; it will never be altered, abrogated, or changed, for Allah—glorified and exalted is He—has made it suitable for every time and every place. By contrast, the laws of the earlier prophets were temporary, meant for their own nations during a given period; thereafter Allah would replace one law with another that suited the next community: “For each of you We have appointed a law and a path” (al-Ma’idah 5:48). He also says, “For every term there is a decree,” meaning that every scripture has an appointed lifespan.

Thus the religion of Islam is complete and requires no messenger after Muhammad ﷺ, while the scholars are the heirs of the prophets. Anyone who believes that a prophet can appear after Muhammad ﷺ is a disbeliever in Allah and has departed from the faith. The Prophet ﷺ foretold that impostors would arise after him claiming prophethood. He said, “There will come after me thirty great liars; each of them will claim to be a prophet, but I am the Seal of the Prophets—there is no prophet after me.” 1

Accordingly, whoever claims prophethood, or on whose behalf prophethood is claimed, and all who follow them, are unbelievers. Muslims have fought them and declared them disbelievers. The latest person to make such a claim in our times is the Pakistani Qadiani who asserted that he was a prophet, and his followers, the Qadianiyyah,