07-19-2006, 02:25 AM
Bismillah:
ok here we go.
Quote:Do you as a Muslim love Mohammed more than Christ (taking the position for sake of question that Christ was a prophet and not God)?
<b>WE CONSIDER PROPHET MUHAMMAD PBUH TO BE DEARER THAN ONE'S OWN SELF.</b>
Narrated 'Abd Allah bin Hisham: 'We were with the Prophet (SAAW) and he was holding the hand of 'Umar ibnu Al-Khattab (RAA). 'Umar said to him, "O Allah's Messenger (SAAW)! You are dearer to me than everything except my ownself." Allah's Messenger (SAAW) said: "No, by Him in Whose Hand my soul is, (you will not have complete Faith) untill I am dearer to you than your ownself." Then 'Umar (RAA) said:"However, now, by Allah, you are dearer to me than my
ownself." He (SAAW) then said: <b>"Now, O 'Umar, (now you are a believer)."</b>
And the reason is, that without him people were astray, worshipping hundreds of gods, behaving as animals or may be worse, but the guidance was sent through him by Allah and the whole Arabia was transformed, people were ignorant and living in the darkness, but knowledge was sent through him by Allah, and on the day of Judgment he will be the only one to intercede and ask for Allah's forgiveness for his UMMAH (his nation). My own self can never do what he has done and what he is going to do. <b>therefore we love him more than our own selves.</b>
But as regards to Jesus pbuh and other prophets, we love them all, respect them all and believe in them all, we make no difference between any of them, they were all great prophets who came from the same God and preached the same message. The Qur'an says:
The Messenger believeth in what hath been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the men of faith. Each one (of them) believeth in Allah, His angels, His books, and His messengers. <b>"We make no distinction (they say) between one and another of His messengers." </b> And they say: "We hear, and we obey: (We seek) Thy forgiveness, our Lord, and to Thee is the end of all journeys."
Qur'an 2:285
Quote:Is the love and devotion to Mohammed contained in the Quran?
Yes. Plus Allah Himself LOVES HIM, he is the most beloved person to Allah. Then who are we not to love him?
We could summarize some of what is said in the Qur’an regarding the love for Prophet Muhammad as follows:
1.If you want to gain the love of Allah, follow him (3:31) in other words, if you Love Allah, you should also Love Prophet Muhammad. Because a person is naturally follow whom he loves.
2. Allah addresses him with love and affection (20:1) (36:1) (73:1) (74:1)
3. Allah says: Realise that My Prophetic Messenger himself is with you (49:7) in other words, therefore follow him.
4. Allah describes him with His Own Attributes of Rauf (Most Kind) and Rahim (Merciful) (9:128)
5. Allah Himself praises him (33:45-47)
6. Possessor of Allah's Grace (4:113)
7. He is a special favour of Allah (3:164)
8. Allah does not punish people if he is in their midst (8:33)
9. Allegiance to him is allegiance to Allah (48:10)
All these and more are clear proofs that we are commanded to love Prophet Muhammad pbuh by Allah in the Qur’an, and also in the Hadiths.
Hope this answer your question. But I believe there much more on this topic which can be added.
Salam
Wael.