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English translation
2213. Al-Mustawrid bin Shaddād Al-Fihri reported that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "I was sent in advance of the Hour, so that I precede it like this precedes this." (Indicating) with his index and middle fingers. (Da'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Gharib as a narration of Al-Mustawrid bin Shaddād, we do not know of it except from this route.
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Commentary
The phrase 'Fi naṣ as-sā'ah' (literally, synchronizing in time with each other) used in the Hadīth is intended to highlight the idea that there shall be no prophet and no new Sharī'ah between myself and the Hour, and there is as much proximity and conjoining between myself and the Hour as there is between the index and middle fingers of the hand. In other words, 'I am the last Prophet and my Ummah is the last Ummah'.