QUR’AN AND CHRISTIANS


This section does not inquire or interrogate, but rather provides the reader with some of the Qur’anic verses that address the Christians in particular, and the people of the scripture in general. A great portion of the Qur’an pertains to or involves the Christians and the Jews and I decided to just choose verses that are related to the topic of this manuscript.


"Lo! The likeness of Jesus with Allah is as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust, then said unto him: Be, and he was." Al-Qur’an 3:59.


"Say: O People of the Scripture! Come to an agreement between us and you: that we shall worship none but Allah, and that we shall ascribe no partner unto Him, and that none of us shall take others for Lords besides Allah. And if they turn away, then say: Bear witness that we are they who have surrendered (unto him).


"O People of the Scripture! Why will you argue about Abraham, when the Torah and the Gospel were revealed till after him? Have you then no sense?


Abraham was not a Jew, nor yet a Christian; but he was an upright man who had surrendered (to Allah), and he was not of the idolaters.


Lo! Those of mankind who have the best claim to Abraham are those who followed him, and his Prophet and those who believe (with him); and Allah is the Protector of the believers.


A party of the People of the Scripture longs to make you go astray; and they make none to go astray except themselves, but they perceive not.


O People of the Scripture! Why disbelieve you in the revelations of Allah, when you (yourselves) bear witness to their truth?


O People of the Scriptures! Why confound you truth with falsehood and knowingly conceal the Truth? (Al-Qur’an 3: 64-71)


And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him and in the hereafter, He will be one of the losers (Al-Qur’an 3:85).


And because of their saying: We slew the Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, and Allah’s messenger. They slew him not nor crucified him, but it appeared so unto them, and Lo! Those who disagree concerning it are in doubt thereof; they have no knowledge thereof save pursuit of a conjecture; they slew him not for certain:


But Allah took him up unto Himself. Allah was ever Mighty, Wise. (Al-Qur’an 4:157-158).


O People of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate in your religion nor utter ought concerning Allah save the truth. The Messiah Jesus son of Mary, was only a messenger of Allah, and His word which He conveyed unto Mary, and a spirit from Him, so believe in Allah and His messengers, and say not "Three"! Cease! (it is ) better for you! Allah is only One God. Far is it removed from His transcendent majesty that He should have a son. His is all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. And Allah is sufficient as defender.


The Messiah will never scorn to be a slave unto Allah, nor will the favored angels. Whosoever scorns His service and is proud, all such will assemble unto Him.


Then, as for those who believed and did good works, unto them will He give them their wages in full, adding unto them of His bounty; and as for those who were scornful and proud, then He will punish with a painful doom." (Al-Qur’an 4:171-173).


"And with those who say Lo! We are Christians, We made a covenant, but they forgot a part of that whereof they were admonished. Therefore We have stirred up enmity and hatred among them till the Day of Resurrection, when Allah will inform them of their handiwork.


O People of the Scripture! Now has our messenger come unto you, expounding unto you much of that which you used to hide in the Scripture, and forgiving much. Now has come unto light from Allah and plain scripture:


Whereby Allah guides him who seeks His good pleasure unto paths of peace, He brings them out of darkness unto light by His decree, and guides them unto a Straight Path.


They indeed have disbelieved who say: Lo! Allah is the messiah, son of Mary. Say: Who then can do aught against Allah if he had willed to destroy the Messiah son of Mary, and his mother and everyone on earth? Allah’s is the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them. He creates what he wills. And Allah is able to do all things. (Al-Qur’an 5:14:17).


"They surely disbelieve who say; Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah (himself) said: O children if Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and you Lord. Lo! Whosoever ascribes partners unto Allah, for him Allah has forbidden Paradise. His abode is the Fire. For evildoers ,there will be no helpers.


They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the third of the three; when there is no God save the One God. If they desist not from so saying, a painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve.


Will they not rather turn unto Allah and seek forgiveness of Him? For Allah is oft-forgiving, most merciful.


Say: Serve you in place of Allah that which possesses for you neither hurt nor use? Allah is the Hearer, the Knower.


Say: O People of the Scripture! Stress not in your religion other than the Truth, and follow not the vain desire of folks who erred of old and led many astray, and erred from a plain road." (Al-Qur’an 5:72-77)


"And when Allah says: O Jesus, son of Mary: Did you say unto mankind: take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah?, he says: Be glorified! It was not mine to utter that to which I had no right. If I used to say it, then You Knew it, You know what is in my mind, and I know not what is in Your mind. Lo! You, only You, are the knower of things hidden.


I spoke unto them only that which You commanded me (saying); worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. I witness of them while I dwelt among them, and when You took me, You were the Watcher over them. You are witness over all things.


If You punish them, Lo! They are Your slaves, and if you forgive them (Lo! They are Your slaves). Lo! You, only you are the Mighty, the Wise.


Allah says: This is a day in which their truthfulness profits the truthful, for theirs are Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they are secure forever, Allah taking pleasure in them and they in Him. That is the great triumph. (Al-Qur’an 5:116-119)


"And the Jews say: ‘Uzair (Ezra) is the son of Allah’, and the Christians say: ‘The Messiah is the son of Allah’. That is their saying with their mouths. They imitate the saying of those who disbelieved of old. Allah fights against them. How perverse they are!


They have taken as Lord besides Allah their rabbis and their monks and the Messiah son of Mary, when they were bidden to worship only One God. There is no God save Him. Be He glorified from all that they ascribe as partners (unto him)!


Faint would they put out the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah disdains (aught) save that He shall perfect His light, however much the disbelievers are averse.


He it is Who has sent His messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth, to cause it to prevail over all religions, however much the idolaters may be averse.


O you who believe! Lo! many of the (Jewish) rabbis and the (Christian) monks devour the wealth of mankind wantonly and debar (people) from the way of Allah. They who hoard up gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allah, unto them give tidings (O Muhammad) of a painful doom.


On the Day when it will (all) be heated in the fire of Hell, and their foreheads and their flanks and their backs will be branded therewith (and it will be said unto them): Here is that which you hoarded for yourselves. Now taste of what you used to hoard." (Al-Qur’an 9:30-35).


salam likum

As'salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatu



May everyone read this in good health and spirit, Insha'Allah.



Well, the entire purpose of this message is to communicate to others my situation. Only this year have I developed a passion and interest for learning about Islam. I joined a club in school about Islam and I have a few friends who are of the Muslim faith, alhamdulillah. I've visited the masjid and I've read tons about Islam...and so, my parents found out about my interest. They gave me a speech on how I am being brainwashed and how they completely disaprove Islam. You see, I am Cuban and it's very odd for my parents to understand a religion such as Islam. So, eversince I haven't been able to openly read the Qur'an and Islamic literature at home. I have to do it in secret, and I visit the masjid in secret. If my parents ever found out, they would seriously punish me...



Even so, I've been learning about Islam...and I am confused at times...Sometimes I want to revert (convert) completely...but I then want to know: WHY?-----I want to know why the Qur'an is untouched and perfect, and uncorrupted----



So, I've been trying to learn to pray, but I would have to pray like the prisoners used to pray. I would have to do it in secret and just do it looking down, and praying in my mind.



People say to declare the shahada, because I don't know when I'm going to die, and that's SO true, but I want to know why I am declaring this Shahada----Because I wouldn't want to revert/convert and then find something out about Islam that I do not agree with. Especially marriage---I do not want to marry in my life, but I was told it's obligatory...There's something pulling me back from declaring my faith---I want to, but it's not as simplistic as you do it, and then you change your mind and go back to nothingness...I believe Allah should be praised and worshipped because He made us, and He is the Only One who Knows All. He is the All-Knower, the All-Hearer, and All-Forgiving. Can someone please reassure me of Islam and convince me that the Qur'an has not be corrupted? That's really what I need in life...Thank you all for your time....Ma Al Salama

As-salaam Alikum,


Muharamat



Prohibitions that are taken too lightly


English Translation


Book by Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid



Contents:



Introduction


Shirk: associating partners in worship with Allaah


Grave-worship


Sacrificing to anything other than Allaah


Allowing what Allaah has forbidden and forbidding what Allaah has allowed


Magic, fortune-telling and divination


Astrology, or believing that the stars and planets have an influence on people’s


lives and events


Believing that certain things can bring benefit when the Creator has not made them so


Showing off in worship


Superstitious belief in omens


Swearing by something other than Allaah


Sitting with hypocrites and wrongdoers to enjoy their company or to keep them company


Lack of composure in prayer


Fidgeting and making unnecessary movements in prayer


Deliberately anticipating the movements of the imaam (when praying in congregation)


Coming to the mosque after eating onions or garlic, or anything that has an offensive smell


Zinaa - fornication and adultery


Sodomy (homosexuality)


Not allowing one’s husband to have marital relations for no legitimate reason


Asking one’s husband for a divorce for no legitimate reason


al-Zihaar


Having intercourse with one’s wife during her period


Having intercourse with one's wife in her rectum


Not treating co-wives fairly


Being alone with a non-mahram woman


Shaking hands with a non-mahram woman


A woman wearing perfume when going out or passing by non-mahram men


A woman travelling without a mahram


Deliberately looking at a non-mahram woman


Seeing one’s womenfolk behaving in an immoral fashion and keeping silent


Making false claims about a child’s lineage, or denying one’s own child


Consuming riba (usury or interest)


Concealing a product’s faults at the time of sale


Artificially inflating prices


Trading after the second call to prayer on Friday


Gambling


Theft


Offering or accepting bribes


Seizing land by force


Accepting a gift in return for interceding


Hiring someone and benefitting from his labour, then not paying him his wages


Not giving gifts equally to one’s children


Asking people for money when one is not in need


Seeking a loan with no intention of repaying it


Consuming haraam wealth


Drinking khamr - even a single drop


Using vessels of gold and silver, or eating or drinking from them


Bearing false witness


Listening to music and musical instruments


Gossip and backbiting


Slander


Looking into people’s houses without their permission


Two people conversing privately to the exclusion of a third


Isbaal - wearing clothes that come down below the ankles


Men wearing gold in any shape or form


Women wearing short, tight or see-through clothes


Wearing wigs and hairpieces, whether made from natural or artificial hair, for men and women


Men resembling women and women resembling men, in dress, speech and appearance


Dyeing one’s hair black


Having pictures of animate beings on clothing, walls or paper, etc.


Lying about one’s dreams


Sitting or walking on graves, or answering the call of nature in a graveyard


Not cleaning oneself properly after passing water


Eavesdropping on people who do not want to be heard


Being a bad neighbor


Writing a will for the purpose of harming one of the heirs


Playing backgammon


Cursing a believer or someone who does not deserve to be cursed


Wailing (at time of bereavement)


Striking or branding the face


Abandoning a Muslim brother for more than three days with no legitimate reason


These are the contents of the book that will be listed in the thread. If you are anxious about an issue and want to know it's rulling, please be patient with me as I am busy with other things and will try to post a new topic every day insh'a Allah as they are lisited, but will not jump the order listed here.


As-salaam Alikum.

Assalamu alaykum brother and sisters in Islam,


Jewish have Synedrion.


Buddhist have Lama.


Orthodox have Patriarch.


Catholic have Pope.


After Ababakar Sidekh,Ababakar Umar,Ababakar Usman and Ababakar Ali we don`t have Khalifa.


Why we don`t have Khalifa?

To all concerned Muslim,


Assalamu alaykum wa Rahmatulahi wa Barakatuh


As of this moment I'm writing a documentary behind the many reasons why people from all walks of life enter to the fold of Islam.


If you know some reasons why, please share it on this forum so I may included it in my project.


Thanks

<b>Glad tidings of Jannat for women in the light of Hadith. </b>


<b>1 A single pious practicing woman is equal to 70 saints. </b>



2 A single bad (evil) woman is equal to 1000 bad men.


3 Two rakaat salaat of an Alimah woman are better than


80 rakaat of ordinary women.


4 A breast feeding woman gets one good deed for each


drop of milk that is fed to the child.


5 When a husband comes home full of worries and the wife


extends warm welcome to him and consoles him, she receives


the reward of hald jihaad.


6 When a woman is deprived of sleep owing to her child


crying at night, she receives the reward of freeing 20 slaves.


7 When a husband and wife look at each other with love &


affection, Allah (swt) looks at both of them with love & affection.


8 A woman who sends out her husband in the path of Allah


and stays at home by herself, maintaining her honour & dignity


(i.e)protecting herself against decollation and dishonesty) will


enter Jannat 500 years before her husband while 70,000 angels


and hoors will serve her. She will be given Ghusal in Jannat and


sitting on a mountain of pearls will await the arrival of her


husband.


9 A woman who is rendered restless owing to the illness of her


baby and yet kept on striving to comfort the babh, Allah (swt)


forgives all her sins and gives her reward of 12 years accepted


worship.


10 While milking her animal, (cow, goat etc.) if a woman makes


the zikr of Bismillah that very animal makes dua to Allah (swt)


on her behalf.


<b>11 When a woman makes the zikr of Bismillah while preparing dough </b>



(making food) her livelihood is increased (i.e. she receives


blessings in her provision.


12 When a woman makes zikr while sweeping (cleaning), she


receives the reward of sweeping Baitullah (Kabah).


13. A chaste woman who is mindful of salaat, Fasting and also serves


her husband, for her, all the 8 doors of Janaat are opened. She


may enter from whichever door she likes.


14. the Salaat and Ibaadat (worship) of a woman disopbedient to


her husband do not reach the Heavens.


15. Every night of an expectant mother is counted as spent in


Ibadaat and every day is spent fasting.


16. A woman receives the reward of 70 years salaat and Fasting in


giving birth to one child, and the pain suffered in every vein


of her body while giving birth, for that she will receive the


reward of one Hajj.


17. If a woman dies within the 40 days after giving birth, Allah


(swt) gives her the status of Shahadat (martyrdom).


18. Upon the child crying at night, if the mother feeds the child


without cursing, she receives the reward of performing salaat


for one year and of keeping fast for one year.


19. When a child finishes the period of breast feeding, Angel


comes down and gives glad tidings to the mother that Allah (swt)


has made heaven compulsory for her.


20. When the husband comes home to sleep and the wife gives food


to eat (not being involved in dishonesty with regard to herseld


and her husbands belongings), Allah (swt) gives her the reward


of 12 years worship.


<b>21. When a wife presses the legs of her husband without him </b>



asking her to do so, she gets the reward of giving in charity 7


ounces of gold; and if she presses his legs after he asks her to


do so, she receives the reward of giving 7 ounces of silver in


charity.


22. When a woman's husband dies while he was happy and pleased


with her, Heaven becomes compulsory to her.


23. In heaven people will go to visit/see Allah (swt) but Allah


(swt) will visit the woman who observed Hijaab whilst in the


world.


24. Women who arouse passion in men, wear transparent clothing or


meet men they are not allowed to mix with or move about openly


whilst heavily made up and do not wear Hijaab will not enter


Heaven. In fact they will not even smell the fragrance of


Heaven.


25. A woman who has undergone a great amount of suffering and


difficulties in this world will be classified with Hazrat Asya


(R.A.). She was the wife of Firoun who despite the fact that she


was his wife, tortured and prosecuted her to renounce her faith.


she gave her life in the process but did not forsake her faith.


26. Every single woman going to Hell will take with her 4 Jannati


men because they did not care about the faith of that woman.


These men will be her father, brother, son & husband.


27. If a woman glances at men she is not allowed to see according


to the shariah, Allah (swt) send curse upon her, just as it is


forbidden for a man to glance at women he is not allowed to see.


<b>MUSLIM WOMEN - THE MOST PRECIOUS OF JEWELS </b>



<b>Why do you cover your heads? </b>


When one goes into a jewellery store, one expects to see


the cheap jewelley displayed out in front where it can


be seen and tried on - and maybe even stolen. But the


more expensive and precious items are locked in a glass


display case and clothed in beautiful velvet-lined boxes.


One of the reasons ALLAH asks us to cover ourselves is because


we are not cheap jewellery. We are precious jewellery and as such,


reserved for the person who has the right to see more of us.

Salaam friends.


I recommend a website which you will find interesting.


http://openmysite.com/firmanallah/

Salaam,


I am wondering about islam... and what is the meaning of the hadiths?


For example... which are we to follow? All of them? Some? Any?


I recently read some hadiths that say really weird things. I am confused. here is what I mean:






Bukhari:V4B54N52 “The Prophet said, ‘Kill the snake with two white lines on its back, for it blinds the onlooker and causes abortion.’”


and


Bukhari:V7B71N673 “Allah’s Apostle said, ‘If a fly falls in your drink, dip all of it into the cup and then throw it away, for in one of its wings there is a disease and in the other there is healing, an antidote or treatment for that disease.’”



and one more here...






Tabari IX:113 “Allah permits you to shut them in separate rooms and to beat them, but not severely. If they abstain, they have the right to food and clothing. Treat women well for they are like domestic animals and they possess nothing themselves. Allah has made the enjoyment of their bodies lawful in his Qur’an.”


I am not a highly educated guy. But I think this stuff is (forgive me if i sin here) totally hard to understand.


Could these things be true? what do you all think? any opinions?


thanks everyone!


Hayat

Reuters 1998


Ryan Anderson was arrested in 1998 when he was spotted with a rifle near an elementary school near Everett, Wash.


By Mike Carter


SEATTLE TIMES


CONRAD, Mont. - Shannen Rossmiller finds early mornings are best for hunting terrorists.


When it's 4 a.m. in this one-stoplight prairie town, it's 3 p.m. in, say, Karachi, Pakistan, the sweltering hours just before the evening call to prayer. That's when Rossmiller, while her husband and three children sleep, finds the Internet chat rooms and bulletin boards frequented by radical Muslims and jihad warriors are busiest.


It is when Rossmiller pursues her deadly serious hobby: Citizen cyber-spy.


Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the Internet has become sprinkled with self-proclaimed intelligence agents and freelance threat analysts like Rossmiller - ordinary civilians who comb Web sites and chat rooms for hints of the enemy's next move. The phenomenon, propelled by the Internet's anonymity and worldwide reach, is unique to the war on terrorism.


A dangerous business


A few, like Rossmiller, take their pastime further.


Unencumbered by bureaucracy or by laws requiring warrants or prohibiting entrapment, she and a few others freely infiltrate the enemy's lairs and assess what they find there. In some cases, they even disrupt communications or get people arrested.


But spying can be dangerous business, even more so when the government doesn't officially condone or even know about it. Experts say citizen cyberspies can stumble into risky situations or get in the way of law enforcement. But they also acknowledge people like Rossmiller have good intentions - and, occasionally, good luck.


So it was that, on one of Rossmiller's trawls through Web sites with names like bravemuslim.com - a sight no longer active - last fall, she came across a posting by a man calling himself Amir Abdul Rashid. It was clear from the message that Rashid was edging toward the violent fringes of Islam.


Over time, it also became apparent to her that he was an American soldier.


Posing as an Algerian with ties to that country's outlawed Armed Islamic Group, she sent Rashid an e-mail with the subject line "A Call to Jihad." Rashid responded by asking if it was possible that a "brother fighting on the wrong side could defect."


A reluctant star


Over a period of four months, Rossmiller drew out Rashid through a series of 27 e-mails. She learned, with growing alarm, that he was a National Guardsman about to be deployed to Iraq. And he appeared willing to share information on American troop vulnerabilities with the enemy. Rossmiller provided the information to the Department of Homeland Security, which passed it to the FBI and the Army.


The arrest in that case of Ryan Anderson, 26, a troubled Muslim convert and a specialist in the Washington state National Guard's 81st Armor Brigade, was splashed across the country's newspapers in February. It was a direct result of Rossmiller's work, and she is expected to be the reluctant star witness at his pending court-martial. She testified in a preliminary hearing last month.


Until that hearing, almost nobody in Conrad (population 2,753) knew of Rossmiller's avocation. Townsfolk learned about it only after a wire story appeared in the Great Falls Tribune.


Taking it to the next level


Rossmiller said she never wanted the publicity - all she wanted was to help stop terrorists. Now, people stop her at the grocery and wave her down at the local coffee shop to thank or congratulate her.


When asked, however, nobody's quite sure how she got involved or exactly what she did.


"I don't think people really know what to think of this," Rossmiller said.


Even before being outed as a cyber-spy, Rossmiller was a high-profile member of this farming community. She's the town judge, a paralegal who was appointed to the post four years ago.


Rossmiller said there is no mystery to how and why she developed her avocation. It traces to Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, 2001.


She was bedridden with a fractured pelvis and felt helpless as the terrorists attacked.


"I had to do something," Rossmiller said over lattes and lunch at the Lobby, a kitschy restaurant two doors down from the city offices on Main Street.


She started pulling random items out of her purse: her checkbook, a wallet, a key fob, all adorned with the American flag. "This is who I am," she said. "When President Bush asked for a dollar for the Afghan children's fund, I sent $100. I can't help it.


"Besides, my husband wouldn't let me join the National Guard."


Her interest in the attacks led her to the Internet, where, in discussion groups and on bulletin boards, she met others driven to know more about those responsible.


It wasn't long before she and a few others formed a loose-knit group. Alliances evolved over time. The goal, however, was clear from the start: Disrupt terrorists. The group called itself 7Seas Global Intelligence Security Team, and its research began extending beyond the day's headlines.


"By the time things hit the mainstream media, a deed was pretty much done," explained Brent Astley, an unemployed physicist and software designer near Toronto, and a member of the 7Seas team. "We decided to take it to the next level."


Hard claim to measure


Occasionally, the group takes its findings public. On May 12, 2002, 7Seas posted a news release stating it had correctly warned of bombings that day in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that killed an Australian man. The group referenced a rough and garbled translation of an Arabic Web site that 7Seas had posted four days earlier on itshappen ing.com.


Rossmiller said she and others have developed contacts in intelligence agencies in several countries, and have passed on significant information.


It's hard to measure her claim. The Department of Justice did not respond to requests to discuss 7Seas or the private-intelligence phenomenon. Likewise, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service declined to comment.


But FBI spokesman Bob Wright, a special agent in Salt Lake City - the field office responsible for FBI activities in Montana - said the agency would not discourage individuals like Rossmiller.


"We've always relied on our good relationship with citizens as our eyes and ears in the community," Wright said. "This is just a new twist on an old theme. It's sort of like a cyber Neighborhood Watch."


http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/news/26816.php

Question :


My father-in-law left 6years back.we putten our sons name mohammad ibrahim in his memory.due to this every body is telling dont shout him ,dont call him like every mother calls,call him respectively.because elders name we putten anoyher name suhail.we are calling with suahil name.but i want to call my son like every mothet not like a respecting him.now iam not able to scold him also.is name effects their personality and fate also?


Answer :


Praise be to Allaah.


Firstly:


There is nothing wrong with calling your son after your husband’s father. This is a sign of the son’s respect and love for his father, especially when his name includes the names of two Prophets.


Secondly:


The fact that the child is called after a Prophet or a Sahaabi – let alone after your father-in-law! – does not mean that he cannot be scolded or rebuked. You have the right to call him as any mother calls her child, without having to use titles of respect.


The fact that a child is called by a name that is beloved to Allaah or by the name of one of the Prophets does not mean that he cannot be punished or rebuked when he does something wrong. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) commanded parents and guardians to teach their children to pray when they are seven years old and to smack them if they do not pray when they are ten years old. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not make an exception for anyone whose name is Muhammad or any other name with regard to this ruling.


It is proven in many cases that the Sahaabah and Taabi’een rebuked, scolded and smacked their children, and many of them were called Muhammad, ‘Abd-Allaah and ‘Abd al-Rahmaan.


Thirdly:


It is known that the name usually has an effect on the person who carries it. Hence the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) changed bad names to good names.


Ibn al-Qayyim said:


Because names have meanings, these meanings will inevitably have an effect on the person who carries the name. Names have an effect on the things that are named, and the things that are named have an effect on their names, whether they are beautiful or ugly, light or heavy, subtle or crude.


Zaad al-Ma’aad, 2/336


Fourthly:


Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz was asked about the soundness of the hadeeth, “Whoever is called Muhammad should not be beaten or insulted.”


He said: This hadeeth is fabricated and falsely attributed to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and it has no basis in the pure Sunnah. The same applies to the saying, “Whoever is called Muhammad under the protection of Muhammad and his name will bring him close to Paradise.” The same applies to those who say, “Whoever is called Muhammad his household will have such and such…” All of these reports have no sound basis. What matters is following Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), not being called by his name. How many of those who are called Muhammad are evil, because they do not follow Muhammad or implement his sharee’ah. Names do not purify people; what purifies them is their righteous deeds and their fear of Allaah. So whoever is called Ahmad or Muhammad or Abu’l-Qaasim and is a kaafir or an evildoer will not benefit from his name. Rather what each person must do is fear Allaah and strive to obey Allaah and adhere to the sharee’ah of Allaah with which He sent His Prophet Muhammad. This is what will benefit him, and this is the way to salvation. As for names without acting in accordance with sharee’ah, they have nothing to do with salvation or punishment.


Majmoo’ Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, 6/370


And Allaah knows best.