ISLAMABAD: A doctored video clip of an interview of Prime Minister Imran Khan has been viewed millions of times in Facebook posts alongside a claim that he said that it is not essential for Muslims to accept Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) as the last prophet of Allah.
The claim is false: Imran’s comments were taken from a longer interview in which he said Muslims must accept Holy Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) as the last prophet to be considered part of the Islamic faith.
The 28-second video clip of Imran’s interview to Islamic religious channel Message TV.
It has been viewed in a Facebook post more than 8.3 million times and shared 481,000 times since July 28, 2018.
The post’s Urdu-language caption translates to English as: “[Imran Khan] is saying that for becoming a Muslim, it is not necessary to accept Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) as the last prophet of Allah. Where the guards of the finality of the prophethood have gone?”
Imran can be heard saying in the video: “Allah is the God of all human beings. All should be equal before the law and this was in the state of Medina. Everyone had their rights in that state, be it Christians or Jews, those were the human rights and I say that all are equal before the law, but to say that anyone who does not accept Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) as the last prophet cannot be a Muslim.”
The finality of the prophethood is an unassailable tenet of Islam.
The full interview shows Imran stating that Muslims must accept Holy Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) as the last prophet of Allah.
The full interview was posted on Message TV’s Facebook page on October 5, 2014.
From the one-minute 40-second mark to the one-minute 57-second mark, Imran says: “In the Quran, it is clearly written that the last prophet is the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and anyone who does not accept him as the last prophet, he cannot be a Muslim. Quran is the word of Allah and if you do not accept it, you are not a Muslim.”
The clip in the misleading videos corresponds with the original footage from the one-minute 27-mark to the two-minute 11-second mark.
Below is a screenshot comparison between the original Facebook video by Message TV (L) and the video in the misleading posts (R ):
The Constitution states that anyone who does not believe in the finality of the prophethood of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) cannot be a Muslim.
