Question for Muslims

[Ahlam]

I see - (no need to be sorry, the post was very informative!)I see that Allah alone is to be worshipped, with no associate or partner. But it seems that Mohamed (PBUH) is viewed as an associate of Allah and held to very high regard. Where Christians hold Jesus as high, it seems Mulsims do the same for Mohamed.

I appologize for my assumptions...I know very little of Islam and only seek to learn.

Thank you very much for taking your time to help me learn, I appreciate it greatly!

We do not believe until we bear witness that "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah"

We do believe that prophets were sent in the past to various nations. Jesus, Moses, David, Abraham ...peace be upon them all. All of them carried the same message from the same God,and they all taught a divinely way of life. Anyone who followed them in their time would get to Heaven.

Islam also promotes the idea that the messages of these former Prophets were lost, altered, or even fabricated by later followers. So the mission of Muhammad peace be upon him was to restore the truth of God's authentic message so that people would once again have unimpeded access to God's true way of life.

By stating that Muhammad is God's Messenger, we are pledging ourselves to practicing what he preached, doing what he did, and looking to him for our role model.

Prophet Muhammad pbuh is not considered divine in Islam. He is not a god. He is not sitting at the right hand of Allah meeting out justice, nor is he a savior to whom Muslims can pray. <b>"Muhammad is a man among men"</b>, says the Quran. We Muslims do revere him and love him for all the sacrifices he went through in his struggles with the idol-worshippers of Arabia. He endured unimaginable hardships in order to bring God's last message to the world. We do also consider him as the best model of husband, father, leader, friend, guide and politician.

<b>He was actually a mercy sent by the Merciful to the world!</b>