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Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad was the founder of the Islam religion. Considered by Muslims to be a messenger of God, Muhammad was born in 570 and his revelations from God make up the verses of the Qu'ran, the sacred text at the center of Islam. Muhammad died in 632 at the age of 62. Ask questions here about his life and his founding of one of the world's major religions.
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What did the Prophet Muhammad establish in Medina?
Mohammed created the first Islamic City State in Medina and wrote the Constitution of Medina, giving specific rights and duties to the various Jewish Arab and Pagan Arab tribes in addition to the Muslims.
How did Elijah Muhammad influence Malcolm X to do what he did?
He was Malcom X's mentor and was the head of the Nation of Islam.
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In addition to the correct information above, it is to be known that Nation of Islam is quite different than true Islam teachings and rules. Refer to question below.
When did Prophet Muhammad live and Islam emerge?
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Muhammad peace be upon him, did not start Islam. He was Allah's last messenger just like Mooses ,Jesus and many others. Angel Gabriel was sent by Allah to the Prophet to reveal the Holy book Quran over him so he would preach it to others.
Answer B Islam religion is not a human religion to have a human founder. Islam religion is the religion per God revelation of Quran to prophet Muhammad (PBUH) through the angel Gabriel. Quran revelation started by year 610 AD and continued through year 632 Ad (year of prophet Muhammad death).
It is also important to highlight that Islam is an Arabic word that means submission to God and surrender to His will. The root of the word Islam is 'selm' that means peace. This indicates that peace between you and yourself and God and between yourself and mankind is achieved through submission to God, the Creator, i.e through Islam.
In light of this universal sense of Islam, God says in Quran that Islam is the faith of all prophets and their followers since start of mankind, including Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad (Peace be upon them all). Islam is even God mission to all God creations including our universe, the planets, the sun and the moon, the rivers and the seas, ..., and all that we know and that we don't know. All these creatures have full submission (Islam) to God, the one and only one God with no partner, no son, and no assoiciate.
Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) was the last prophet of Islam, the first being Hazrat Adam (AS). In between come about 1,24,000 prophets including Hazrat Noah (AS), Hazrat Abraham (AS), Hazrat Ismaiel (AS), Hazrat Ishaque (AS), Hazrat Moses (AS), and Hazrat Jesus Christ (AS). Islam is, infact, the same and only religion given to mankind by its Sole Creator-Almighty God (Allah in Arabic).
Do Muslims worship in a synagogue?
No; Jews pray to God, creator of the universe. Muhammad is associated with Islam, not with Judaism. Judaism has no connection to Muhammad and does not have an official religious position on him other than him not being a prophet.
Note that Muslims also do not pray to Muhammad. Muslims pray to Allah (using the Qur'an which they say that Muhammad revealed).
Where are the most followers of Islam located?
Many people think, by mistake, that the majority of Islam followers live in the Middle East or are Arabs. In reality 62% of all Muslims worldwide live in the Asia-Pacific region, which includes 61 countries and territories, where six Asian countries are having the largest Muslim populations; namely:
- Indonesia (203 million),
- Pakistan (174 million),
- India (161 million),
- Bangladesh (145 million),
- Iran (74 million) and
- Turkey (74 million).
These only six countries are home to more than half (53%) of the global Muslim population and about 85% of Asia's Muslim population.
Whereas, the Middle East together with North Africa region, which includes 20 countries and territories, is home to only about 20% of the world's Muslim population and having around 315 million Muslims. Of these, 315 million Muslims, around 79 million Muslims live in Egypt, meaning that about one-in-four (25%) Muslims in the region live in Egypt.
Also, by mistake some think that the Majority Muslims are surrounding Israel. This is again wrong. Out of around 1600 million Muslims world wide, the Muslim countries surrounding Israel totals around 105 million Muslims. These countries are: Egypt (~79 million Muslims), Jordan (~ 6 million Muslims), Syria (~ 20 million Muslims) and Lebanon (2.5 million Muslims). Even the Muslim Palestinians are ~ 4 million Muslims.
Muslims in the US are less than 2.5 millions (~0.8% of US total population).
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Who were the sons of Fatima daughter of Prophet Muhammad?
Ali ibne Talib was Fatima's Husband.
Her sons were:-
1 Hasan
2 Hussain
Why did Muhammad destroy idols in the ka'ba?
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) destroyed the Idols around Kaaba because Islam is the religion of monotheism that means no God except one and only one God with no partner and no associate. Worshiping idols is against Islam main belief.
Who was the angel that visited Muhammad and told him he was a prophet?
The Archangel GABRIEL or Jibril (جبريل) told Muhammad that he was to recite the Qur'an. It Waraqah ibn Nawfal, an Ebionite Christian Priest who specifically used the term "prophet".
What was the name in the sacred book in islam?
Al-Qur'an is the sacred book of Islam, which is very important
What are Islamic churches like?
There is no such thing called 'church' in Islam.
If you were referring to the worshipping place of Muslims, it is typically called a "Mosque" in English. In Arabic, there are two names for such a structure: Jame'a (جامع) also Latinized in Turkish as Camii refers to a large Mosque and Masjid (مسجد) also Latinized in Turkish as Mescid which refers to a smaller community building. Muslims in the mosque; during praying; face the direction of Kaaba in Makkah (or Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
Mosques are generally large open rooms with designs on the walls and a curtain to separate the women (who pray in the rear) from the men (who pray towards the front). Unlike Christian churches, there are no pews and those who pray sit and prostrate themselves on the floor. Services are relatively quick (from a Christian perspective), with prayer lasting roughly 10-30 minutes at any given time with the exception of Friday afternoon prayers which may be longer.
What is the name of mother of Muhammad?
There aren't many Islamic sources available on the topic so we don't know what all the names of the mothers of the prophets of Islam. A few names are known but most are not. Some are named in the Judeo-Christian tradition but not in the Islamic*.
The Prophet Muhammad's mother was called Amina.
Moses' mother was Yocheved* (His natural Hebrew mother), Asiyah was his adoptive Egyptian mother.
Joseph's mother was Rachel*
Ishmael's mother was Hagar (Hajara)
Isaac's mother was Sarah
Adam didn't have a mother of course
His son Seth's (considered a prophet, but much less known) mother was obviously Eve
and of course, Mary (Maryam) was the mother of Jesus
What were the nine valuable results to knowledge according to Muhammad?
One, it enables its possessor to distinguish right from wrong
Two, lightens the way to heaven
Three, it is our friend in the desert
Four, our society in solitude
Five, our companion when friendless
Six, it guides us to happiness
Seven, it sustains us in misery
Eight, it is an ornament among friends
Nine, an armour against enemies.
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Why did the prophet mohammed migrate to madina?
Prophet Muhammad, pbuh migrated to Madina(Yathrib) 13 years after his prophethood, to avoid persecution and harrasment from the Quraishy people of Mecca who opposed his teachings on Islam. They wanted to kill him and appointed leaders from all of the meccan tribes to surround his house armed with weapons, ready to kill him. God blinded them for a short while, allowing him to escape. Him and Abu Bakr RA travelled to a cave called thawr, and then to quba, and finally, to Madinah(yathrib)
Prophets are men who were called out by God to do his work. It was mainly to be like middle men, to tell the people what God wanted them to do, or to corect themselves from doing wrong things ,like making idols.
Prophets are the chosen men assigned the task of preachjing Almighty God's message to human beings. According to the teachings of Islam, the number of Prophets (May peace be upon them all) has been 1, 24, 000. The Muslims believe in all of them. The last prophet of Islam was Hazrat Muhammad (SAW), the first being Hazrat Adam AS. In between were Hazrat Noah, Hazrat Abraham, Hazrat Soloman, Hazrat David, Hazrat Jacob, Hazrat Moses, Hazrat Jesus Christ and many many others. All of them taught ONENESS of Almighty God. They preached to worship ONLY ONE Almighty God ALLAH in Arabic).
What did Sunni and Shia Muslims disagree about?
How the Muslim community was to be governed.
They just disagreed on the way the successor of the prophet (after his death) should be. Muslims elected Abou Bakr to be the first Caliph after prophet Muhammad (PBUH) death. However, some Muslims believed that the successor should be from the family of the prophet and hence should Ali Ibn Abou Taleb (the prophet cousin and husband of his daughter). However, after the election of AbouBakr, they joined the majority and even Ali Ibn Abou Taleb (God be pleased with him) supported the elected Caliph. The same scenario was repeated after election of Omar Ibn Alkhattab as the second Caliph and Othman Ibn Affan as the third Caliph. Ali Ibn Abou Taleb was then elected as the fourth Caliph.
However, Sunnis and Shiites are just two Islamic schools that differ in minor issues.The outsiders are trying to feed up assumed differences and conflicts between Muslim groups to gain control on Muslim countries and on their resources. The two main groups are Sunnis and Shiites. Both groups agree upon basic Islam pillars, believe in same and only version of Quran, believe and follow the sunnah of same prophet (PBUH), pray to same direction (facing Kaba in Makkah or Mecca in Saudi Arabia, go to same places on pilgrimage (or Hajj), and adhere to same Islam morals and ritual worships. They only differ on some side issues that are not critical.
Why was the Islamic expansion so successful?
I think it is the whole ideology. It recognized everybody to be the same standard. That is Mohammad himself his somebody like anyother person. Anyone can lead prayer. Specially at that time it came like a social revelution which includes human rights. It is funny but true that at that time Mohammad introduced women voting etc. Later they become very advanced in Science and technology which made this religeon attactive.
What is the place where Prophet Muhammad's mother died?
On her journey back from madinah she died at city Abwa and was buried there.
Does the quran say about non Muslims?
The Quran talks about everything and everyone in the world. There's things about Muslims and non-Muslims. For example it says about the non-Muslims and what some of them did to the Prophets. When they threw rocks or treated him unkindly. Etc;
How old was Muhammad when he received his first vision?
Muhammad's the Last Prophet towards Whole Mannkind was given Quran from Almighty Allah Kareem by which He taught people:-
Tawheed- The Oneness of Allah, swt.
Tawheed-ar-Ruboobiyya (Oneness of the Lordship
of Allah).
To believe that there is only one Lord for all the universe, its Creator, Organizer, Planner, Sustainer, Maintainer, etc., and that is Allah swt.
Tawheed-al-Uloohiyya (Oneness of the worship of Allah).
To believe that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah. Worship comes in the form of praying, invoking, asking for help from the unseen or anything believed to be a deity (i.e. idols), swearing, slaughtering sacrifices, etc.
"And the mosques are for Allâh (Alone), so invoke not anyone along with Allâh."[Surah Al-Jinn 72:18].
"Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I am only a man like you. It has been inspired to me that your Ilâh (God) is One Ilâh (God i.e. Allâh). So whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord." [Surah Al-Kahf 18:110]
Tawheed-al-Asma was-Sifat (Oneness of the Names/Attributes of Allah)
To believe that all the best of names/attributes (i.e. "The Most Merciful", etc.) belong to Allah as described in the Qur'an and by Prophet Muhammad saaws, and must not be twisted or expanded upon nor given similtude to human characteristics.
"Say (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)): 'He is Allâh, (the) One. Allâh-us-Samad (The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks). He begets not, nor was He begotten; And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him.' " [Surah Al-Ikhlas 112].
"...There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer." [Surah Ash-Shura 42:11]
Islam has no clergy, so it has no "spiritual" head. However the Muslims are obliged to swear intelligence to a Caliph (Khaleef Arabic), but no exist in the world since 1924 when the last Caliph was deposed in Turkey by Kemal Attaturk.
The word Khaleef in Arabic means successor. So after the death of Muhammed (peace and blessings be upon him), abu bakr succeeded him. This continued until 1924. There was only ever one khaleef for all the Muslims.
What problems did Muhammad face as he spread the message of Islam?
He had to face many problems in spreading the message of Islam. He and his followers were tortured, maltreated, insulted and physically manhandled. So mush so that they had to migrate to Madina Munawara. Even there they were attacked many times.
What were Muhammad's teachings?
PRAYERS: A Muslim must perform the five daily prayers. These must be performed at specific times, corresponding roughly with dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset, and nightfall. The prayers can be made in any clean place, but it is preferable to pray them with others in a mosque, for this communal undertaking acts as a reminder that all Muslims are equal. When many people are praying together, it becomes clear that color, economic status, social position, and all other artificial distinctions have no importance to Allah, for all Muslims are commanded to stand together, shoulder to shoulder, and prostrate themselves before Him. There are no exceptions. Prayers also elevated the individual to a higher level of morality, purifies his heart, and helps him to resist his desire to engage in forbidden activities. FASTING THE MONTH OF RAMADAN: Every year during the Muslim month of Ramadan, Muslims abstain from food, drink, and sexual activity from dawn to sunset. While this gives the body a much needed rest and improves ones health by getting rid of excess weight, it also increases ones commitment to Allah, develops his social conscience, and reminds him of how the less fortunate live every day In addition, it strengthens one's patience, self-restraint, will power, and sincerity. CHARITY (Zakat): Every Muslim whose net annual savings are above a certain specified minimum must pay an annual amount of 2.5% to the poor and needy This action purifies one's accrued wealth, fosters the quality of sacrifice, and rids him of selfishness and greed. It also helps to reduce resentment and envy between a society's poor and rich classes. HAJJ (Pilgrimage to Makkah): Hajj is an act of worship that is to be performed at least once in a lifetime, provided that one is physically and financially able to do so. During this time, Muslims meet from all corners of the world in an international congregation for the sole purpose of responding to the call of Allah. It also reminds the participants that all Muslims are equal, irrespective of their geographical, cultural, or racial origins.
All Muslims believe in: . The oneness of Allah. Allah has no partner, son, daughter, helper, or competitor. There is nothing that even remotely resembles Him, for He is unique. . All of the messengers and prophets of Allah. The Qur'an states that each people has received revelation from Allah in its own tongue so that all individuals know what is required of them. The Qur'an mentions twenty-five of them by name, among them Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Issac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, John, Jesus, and Muhammad. There are, however, many others who are not named. Muhammad, the last prophet, was sent with a universal message meant for all of humanity The message revealed through him is the Qur'an, which is Allah's final presentation of the original revelation received by mankind in its purest form. A Muslim must accept all of Allah's prophets and messengers as legitimate, for denial of one means denial of all. For western readers who are not convinced that Muhammad is a prophet of Allah, proof of this claim can be found in the Bible (Deut. 18:15-18, 33:2-3; Isaiah 29:12; Songs of Solomon 5:16;John 14:1516, 16:12-14) as well as in the biographical accounts of Muhammad's life, which was lived in full view of his contemporaries. . The original messages revealed through Allah's various prophets and messengers. The purest of these is the Qur'an, for it was recorded during the lifetime of the Prophet and under his direct supervision. The revelations mentioned in the Qur'an as having been received by other prophets, such as the Suhuf of Abraham, the Torah of Moses, the Zubur (Psalms) of David, and the Injeel (Bible) of Jesus, have all been either lost or corrupted. . The existence of angels as part of the unseen world. They are spiritual beings who have no need for food, drink, or sleep. . The Day of Judgment. The Qur'an teaches that life is a test for each individual, for everyone must choose whether he will or will not follow the commands of Allah. On this day, a person will be resurrected and asked to account for what he did while he was alive. Those with good records will be rewarded and enter paradise, while those with bad records will be punished by being sent to hell. This belief develops within the individual an awareness of Allah's presence and a desire to obey His laws sincerely and voluntarily . A Muslim believes that nothing happens without the knowledge and permission of Allah. While we may not understand why certain things happens, it is part of the divine plan for our lives.
What is the Successor of Muhammad known as?
The line of succession to Muhammad is known as the caliphate. Shia and Sunni Muslims differ on how the caliph, the leader of a caliphate, is to be chosen.
Why did the leaders of Mecca begin persecuting Muhammad and his followers?
While the Muslims lived in Mecca, the Muslims adamantly demanded that the population abandon their henotheistic and polytheistic religions and openly threatened to destroy their idols as God had told him to do. Understandably, this angered the Meccans greatly because their religions were special to them and they took to violently beating Mohammed and the Muslims to prevent them from destroying their sacred objects.
Once Mohammed and the Muslims left Mecca, Meccans no longer feared these negative outcomes and had little reason to continue to care about a small minority like the Muslims. However, while in Medina, Mohammed coordinated numerous raids on caravan shipments that were lightly armed and not antagonistic. At the time, Mohammed and the Muslims needed supplies in Medina and did not have the funds to buy such supplies on the open market. As a result, he resorted to violence to achieve his objectives. This persistent action (of violently attacking merchants trafficking through Arabia) caught the attention of the Meccans whose commerce he was ruining. This resulted in the Ghawazat (غوزات) or Skirmishes between Meccans and Medinans.
