Qeustions About Muhammad

[mohsie]

MashAllah this is an excellent thread. A good question and answer session. Some of these questions I have never thought about myself. So, thank you Seraphim for enlightening us with your questions, and for helping us focus on the answers.


Sister Muslimah, I know this is going off-topic, but I'll just answer Seraphim's question regarding the Books of Allah....

Do Muslims then give full crediblity to the three books of Moses then? in their Moses reveals his own sins as well as the sins of his own people. Make it credible now?

As Muslims, we DO believe in the Torah (i.e. the Book revealed to Moses) and the Injil (aka Bible, revealed to Jesus, the Prophet of Allah), unlike the common misconception that we ONLY believe in the Qur'an. As Allah says in the Holy Qur'an at the beginning (literally on the second page!):


1. Alif-Lam-Meem. (These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur'an and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings).


2. This is the Book (the Qur'an), whereof there is no doubt, a guidance to those who are Al-Muttaqoon (the pious and righteous persons who fear Allah much (abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which He has forbidden) and love Allah much (perform all kinds of good deeds which He has ordained)).


3. Who believe in the Ghaib and perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and spend out of what we have provided for them (i.e. give Zakat , spend on themselves, their parents, their children, their wives, etc., and also give charity to the poor and also in Allah's Cause - Jihad, etc.).


4. And who believe in (the Qur'an) which has been sent down (revealed) to you (Muhammad Peace be upon him ) and in (the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel), etc.) which were sent down before you and they believe with certainty in the Hereafter. (Resurrection, recompense of their good and bad deeds, Paradise and Hell, etc.).


5. They are on (true) guidance from their Lord, and they are the successful. [Qur'an 2:1-5]


In particular, see Verse 4. (I copied the five verses so we can see the context, as looking at the verse on its own could be misleading)


However, what we do not believe in are the MODIFICATIONS that were made to these books. When the Torah and the Bible were revealed, they were not immediately memorised nor written down anywhere, unlike the Qur'an, which was memorised by the Prophet Muhammad and all his companions, as well as written down. This means that some portions of the Torah, and the Bible were lost... and then scholars at different point in time have revised them, and produced different books, which don't resemble the originals in any way, and in MANY cases, actually contradict the original books.


Coming back towards the topic (before Sister Muslimah tells me off for going off-topic [img]style_emoticons/default/wink.gif[/img] ), to answer your question:

Well on to the next question...Why do people say Muhammad had a tutor when he was younger who taught him about the Christian religion and why do muslims say it is false?

... I don't think you can find a better answer than this: http://www.drzakirnaik.com/pages/qanda/39.php


And Allah knows Best


JazaakAllah Khair.

[Muslimah]

Bismillah


Jazakum Allah khairan mohsie for your reply, but really pls do stick to the topic. It does give us extra work to do, now that I have for example split the thread and take your reply where it belongs. And if u think about it being a member who comes in to read, just imagine getting hit with something that is not relevant while when u want to search for it where it belongs u dont find it.


just some organization.


It is your first time, but reepi is really a champion of off topic. [img]style_emoticons/default/smile.gif[/img]

[Muslimah]

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mohsie I will neither split nor change the topic title, Insh aAllah i m leaving the replies as is. The link is excellent, hope Seraphim enjoyed it too. [img]style_emoticons/default/smile.gif[/img][img]style_emoticons/default/smile.gif[/img][img]style_emoticons/default/smile.gif[/img]

[Muslimah]

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as salam alykom


Building on the two incidents presented above on post #26 of the battles of Bani Quraiza and Mustaleq, we will see how the Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam sat an example for other muslims to follow. He was sure that as soon as he is going to free this slave woman which he took for himself, not because he wanted to but rather to set this example on purpose, they will just follow. looking at other situations you will realize that he didnt do this haphazourdly.


For instance, when the Muslim group went on the first attempt to perform Umrah and were denied access to Mecca by the pagans on the border of Mecca. They had already performed the status of Ehram. The Messenger salla Allah a`lyehee wa sallam accepted their condition of not going to Kaba this year and that the Muslims will be granted access the next year. The Muslims objected to the Messenger's approval of this deal. They refused to take off their Ehram. Mohamed prayer and peace be upon his went into his tent and consulted Umm Salama his wife who advices him to go out in front of all of them, cut his hair and slaughter his camel in an indication of releasing his Ehram. He did this and you know what happened? all of them immediately followed.


Taking this incident in consideration you will realize how Mohamed prayer and peace be upon him handled situations. In most of the time, he didnt directly word out the instructions, but rather just carry out the act and they follow.


Ok, if this man was a pro slavery as some like to indicate thru him taking those two Jewish female war captives to himself, how about Maria?


Maria was already a slave, enslaved not by him of course, she was owned to the head of state of Egypt. This head of state sent her as a gift to Mohamed salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam along with other stuff. But Mohamed instead of keeping her as a slave, which of course he could have, he freed her, and married her. He could have even marry her while she is a slave. But to set an example to other Muslims and encourage them to free slaves as much as possible according to Quran, he freed and married her. She even became the mother of his child, sobhan Allah, what an honor.


I don’t think I need to comment here and explain that such attitude can never be wrongly twisted into a slavery pro man?


Insh a Allah we are going to continue on this thread whether or not Seraphim is here, I wonder, did he go away with Universist and Johndoe? I m surprised. hope he is fine any way.

[lifutushi]

no, we kill in the name of Allah and we don't kill the innocents.

[Rock]

JD metioned


(In a sound hadith the Prophet commanded that Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf be


killed. He asked, "Who will deal with Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf? He has


harmed Allah and His Messenger." He sent someone to assassinate him


without calling him to Islam, in distinction to other


idol-worshippers. The cause of that lay in his causing harm to the


Prophet. That indicates that the Prophet had him killed for something


other than idol-worship. It was for causing harm. Abu Rafi,' who


used to harm the Messenger of Allah and work against him, was also


killed.)


There are more than one hadith concern with the killing of Ka'b


ibn al-Ashraf,we can refer to sahih al bokhari ahadith nos 2806,2807


and 3731.


Yes,our prophite asked,"Who will deal with Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf?He has


harmed Allah and His Messenger."but how he has harmed Allah and His


Messenger?by being a fighter against Islam and muslims.And that is


why our prophet did`nt call him to Islam before his killing,he knew


what is Islam and fought Islam.


Who is Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf?and what is his story?


Upon arriving at Medina,the Messenger of Allah made a covenant with


the Jews.


The Jews were regarded as allies of the main participants in


the Constitution of Medina and They were conferred liberty to


practice their religion and their title to their wealth.


Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf was one of the jews chiefs in Medina,also he was


one of the famous poets.


After the muslims victory in Badr Battle,first he deny this victory


and said"if this is right,it is better to die and lie under the earth


than to live on the earth",then when he ensured the muslim`s victory


he violated of the covenant the jewish had held with the Prophet


(peace be upon him)in the Medina,and travelled to Meeka urging Quraish


to fight the musllims,he wrote poems weeping the killed infidels in


Badr and pushing Quraish to fight Muhammed,he used the most effective


method(at that time)to urge fighting the islam,then he return to


Medina and start hurting the muslim`s women in his poems.


He violated his covenant with Muhammed,he support the muslims enemies


and that is why he killed.

[Muslimah]

Bismillah


salam all


As member johndoe brought up a number of hadeeth, in this board, by the Guidance and Support of Allah, usually we seek much Guidance and do our homework as much as possible for all members to benefit.


Insh aAllah we are going to tackle those hadeeth one by one for better explanation

[Muslimah]

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salam all


Before we continue on this thread, in an effort to clear up the hadeeth posted by john I think in cooperation with member Anya or on his behalf not sure.


We need to be firm here. John, pls do provide the source i mean the link to the page from where u got those texts in exact.


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this is the hadeeth regarding Uqba Ibn Abi Mu`eet


Narrated Abdullah, while the Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam was prostrating with a number of Quraishi people around him, U`qba Ibn Abi M`ueet came with the intestines of a camel and threw it over the messenger’s back. He did not raise up his head, till his daughter Fatima came and removed the dirt off his back. She made supplication against one who perpetuated this act. Abdullah continued that the Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam invoked upon Allah saying O Allah handle the group of Quraish including Abi Jahl Ibn Hisham, U`tba ibn Rabbea, Sheeba Ibn Rabeea, U`qba Ibn Abi Mu`eet, Umaya Ibn Khalaf or Ubay Bin Khalaf. Sho`ba Alshaak said I saw them all killed on the Day of Badr and dropped into a well, except that Umaya or Ubai’s limbs were cut off and thus were not dropped into the well.


(reported by Ahmed)


As you can see, he was killed during the battle and not ordered to be killed regardless of the harm he made on the Messenger salla Allah a`lyehee wa sallam.


This is one thing non Muslims are not getting, the Messenger salla Allah a`lyehee wa sallam never took his own revenge for simply he never cared about the personal harm he used to encounter. That is why also we here as muslims are trying to follow his footsteps. We dont get upset or angry when we personally are harmed. It does not really matter or even take anything off our humanity. But we shall stand up and jump when Allah or the Messenger salla Allah a`lyehee wa sallam are harmed.


He never put his own personal position in place, but rather the call to Allah which is his duty is all what mattered.


Again, John pls before we continue give us the url.... for these fabricated lies.

[radiyah]

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jazaky Allah khayr for this effort sister :)


Salam