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al-Qushayrī said:
"As for what is alleged whereby al-Ashʿarī and his companions said that Muḥammad ﷺ is no longer a Prophet in his grave nor a Messenger after his death: this is a great calumny and a crass lie. None of them ever said anything of the kind; nor was it heard from them in any debate; nor is it found in any of their books. And how can such a thing be correctly related from them when their position is that the Prophet ﷺ is alive in his grave?"
• al-Qushayrī, Shikāyat Ahl al-Sunna in Ibn al-Subkī, Ṭabaqāt al-Shāfiʿiyya al-Kubrā (3:406, cf. 3:384).
Ibn Fūrak said:
"The Ashʿarī doctrine is that our Prophet ﷺ is alive in his grave and is the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ forever until the end of time, literally, not metaphorically, and that he was a Prophet when Adam was between water and clay, and his prophethood remains until now, and shall ever remain."
• Ṭabaqāt al-Shāfiʿiyya al-Kubrā (4:131-132).
"As for what is alleged whereby al-Ashʿarī and his companions said that Muḥammad ﷺ is no longer a Prophet in his grave nor a Messenger after his death: this is a great calumny and a crass lie. None of them ever said anything of the kind; nor was it heard from them in any debate; nor is it found in any of their books. And how can such a thing be correctly related from them when their position is that the Prophet ﷺ is alive in his grave?"
• al-Qushayrī, Shikāyat Ahl al-Sunna in Ibn al-Subkī, Ṭabaqāt al-Shāfiʿiyya al-Kubrā (3:406, cf. 3:384).
Ibn Fūrak said:
"The Ashʿarī doctrine is that our Prophet ﷺ is alive in his grave and is the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ forever until the end of time, literally, not metaphorically, and that he was a Prophet when Adam was between water and clay, and his prophethood remains until now, and shall ever remain."
• Ṭabaqāt al-Shāfiʿiyya al-Kubrā (4:131-132).