Prophet Muhammad

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".

Al-Qur'an is the sacred book of Islam, which is very important

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.

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

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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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).

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.

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.

Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) was born in the holy city called makkah

On her journey back from madinah she died at city Abwa and was buried there.

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;

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Muslims respect the Quran. They handle it with care by putting it in the highest place in their house. Also memorizing it is another way of looking after the Quran.

It is Allah (God in English) will where to assign for His message. Could you tell why Other prophets, Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, ..., and Jesus were chosen by God as prophets and Messengers. It is God will.

If instead of Mohammad (pbuh) there was some other Prophet, people, deniers and doubter would have still asked: And why "Mr. Blank" was chosen by God as a messanger?

Mohammad (pbuh) was no ordinary kid. He was a very pious, respectful and serious kid. Since his childhood he showed the signs that he was sent to this world for some Bigger purpose. By the way God did announce his arrival in His first Holy books: Torah and Bible

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Hegira Wrong it was called the flight to Media

Muslims usually wash parts of their body before worship because it is a sign of cleanliness and consecration before God. It shows that they want to approach God with a clean heart.

It's authentically transmitted that Muhammad b. 'Abdullâh (i.e. Prophet Muhammad of Arabia) was of average height, not noticeably tall, nor was he short. He had broad shoulders, a flat belly (flab-less), hair up to his earlobes and occasionally to his shoulders. So an Arab of medium build during that time 14 centuries ago in the desert was most likely around what we'd call 5'10, 5'11. Maybe even 6'0, because they grew up in a wild, rough and hot environment that just naturally kept people in shape, healthy, growing and strong.