The Termination of Prophethood from the point of View of the Ahl al Bayt (a)

The Termination of Prophethood is a theological concept that is a common belief of the Muslims and it implies the termination of the chain of Prophethood with the Prophet Muhammad (s). Muslims consider the termination of Prophethood to be something factual and this was never a subject of debate for them. It did not pass their minds for a second that a prophet might come after Hadhrat Muhammad (s). They always considered the belief in the coming of a prophet after Hadhrat Muhammad (s) to be tantamount to disbelief in God or the denial of the Resurrection. They said that this idea was not compatible with faith in Islam or the Islamic beliefs and that it was heresy. Nevertheless, some new thinkers and factions – without careful consideration of the verses of the Qur’an and the traditions – have presented a novel interpretation of Prophethood that entails the continuation of revelation and the negation of the termination of Prophethood. One of the ways to prove the termination of Prophethood is the many traditions that have come down to us regarding this subject. In this paper, we have attempted to examine these traditions that have come down to us from the Ahl al Bayt (a). We have also attempted to examine the sources in which these traditions can be found.