who is Mohammad ( P B U H

You Should Know This
Man
MUHAMMAD
[size=9]peace be upon him

You may be a Christian Protestant, Catholic, Jew, an atheist
or an agnostic; or you may belong to any of many different religious
denominations existing in today's world. You might even be a coummunist or
believe in man's democracy as the rule on earth.

Whoever you are and
whatever ideological or political beliefs, social habits you may hold, there is
no doubt -

This is
Mohammad

this is
Mohammad

What
did he say ?

What Did Muhammad Say?

Muhammad (peace be
upon him) taught many important principles and morals, and even set forth rules
for combat setting the precedent and still exceeding the rules of war set forth
by the Geneva Convention.

Consider the following:

All innocent
life was sacred and as such none could be harmed, except those who were engaged
against them in active combat. Saving one life was as if one had saved the
entire world, while taking an innocent life was as if one had taken the lives of
the entire world.

There was to be no genocide of any tribes even up until
some had committed genocide against some Muslims. He offered mutual protection
and forgiveness to the all even after certain ones broke their covenants with
him many times. He did not allow them to be attacked until it was clearly proven
they were traitors during time of war and tried to bring down the prophet (peace
be upon him) and the Muslims at any cost. Retaliation was only to those Jews who
had turned traitor and not others.

Slaves were common in those days for
all nations and tribes. It was Islam that encouraged freeing of the slaves and
the great reward from Allah for those who did so. Prophet (peace be upon him)
gave the example of this by freeing slaves and encouraging all of his followers
to do the same. Examples include his own servant (who was actually considered
like a son to him) Zaid ibn Al Haritha and Bilal the slave who was bought by Abu
Bakr only for the purpose of freeing him.

While there were many attempts
of assassination made on Muhammad (peace be upon him) (most famous was the night
that Ali took his place in bed while he and Abu Bakr escaped to Madinah), he did
not allow his companions to slaughter any of those who had been involved in
these attempts. Proof for this is when they entered Makkah triumphantly and his
first words were to command his followers not to harm such and such tribes and
so and so families. This was one of the most famous of his acts of forgiveness
and humbleness.

Military
combat was forbidden for the first thirteen years of prophet hood. The desert
Arabs did not need anyone to tell them how to fight or do combat. They were
experts in this area and held feuds amongst tribes that lasted for decades. It
was not until the proper method of warfare was instituted by Allah in the Quran,
with proper rights and limitations according His Commandments, that any
retaliation or combat was sanctioned. Orders from Allah made it clear who was to
be attacked, how and when and to what extent fighting could take
place.

Destruction of infrastructures is absolutely forbidden except when
it is ordained by Allah in certain instances and then only according to His
Commands.

Cursing and invoking evil actually came to the prophet (peace
be upon him) from his enemies, while he would be praying for their guidance.
Classic example is that of his journey to At-Taif where the leaders would not
even hear him out nor offer so much as the normal courtesy called for and
instead they set the children of the street against him, throwing rocks and
stones at him until his body was bleeding so much, blood filled his sandals. He
was offered revenge by the angel Gabriel, if he would give the command, Allah
would cause the surrounding mountains to fall down upon them destroying them
all. Instead of cursing them or asking for their destruction, he prayed for them
to be guided to worship their Lord alone, without any partners.

Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him) claimed every person who is born is born in a state
of ISLAM (submission to God on His Terms in Peace), as a Muslim (MU-Islam means;
"one who does ISLAM" i.e.; submits to God's Will and obeys His Commandments). He
further stated, God has created each person in the image that is His according
to His plan, and their spirit is His. Then as they grow older they begin to
distort their faith according to the influence of the prevailing society and
their own prejudices.

Muhammad
(peace be upon him) taught his followers to believe in the God of Adam, Noah,
Abraham, Jacob, Moses, David, Solomon and Jesus, peace be upon them all, and to
believe in them as true prophets, messengers and servants of Almighty Allah. He
insisted on ranking all the prophets up at the highest level without any
distinction between them, and ordered his followers to say the words, "Peace be
upon him" after mentioning their names.

He also taught the Torah (Old
Testament), Zabur (Psalms) and Enjil (Gospel or New Testament) were originally
from the very same source as the Quran, from Allah to the angel Gabriel. He
asked the Jews to judge according to their own Book, and they tried to cover up
some of it to hide the correct judgment, knowing he (peace be upon him) could
not read.

He prophesied, predicted and foretold of events to come and
they happened just as he had said they would. He mentioned so many things that
people of his time could not have known, yet we have seen the evidences manifest
over and over throughout the centuries in science, medicine, biology,
embryology, psychology, metrology, geology and many other disciplines and even
space travel and wireless communications, all of which we take for granted
today. He even predicted something from the past that would come true in the
future, and it has..

The Quran states pharaoh was drowned in the Red Sea
while chasing after Moses and Allah said He would preserve Pharaoh as a sign for
the future. Dr. Maurice Bucaille in his book, "Bible, Quran and Science" makes
it clear this has happened and the very person of Pharaoh has been discovered in
Egypt and is now on display for all to see.
This event took place thousands
of years before Muhammad (peace be upon him) and it came true in the last few
decades, many centuries after his death.

Muhammad (peace be upon him) or
his followers never at any time claimed that he was a son of God or the
God-incarnate or a man with divinity – but he always was and is even today
considered as only a Messenger chosen by God. He insisted people praise Almighty
God, alone and not to celebrate him or his companions in any way. While most
people do not hesitate to raise to divinity and even make 'gods' out of other
individuals whose lives and missions have been lost in legend. Historically
speaking, none of these legends achieved even a fraction of what Muhammad (peace
be upon him) accomplished.

Uniting mankind together for the purpose of
worshipping the One God of Adam and all the other prophets, peace be upon them
all, was his main motivating cause and his striving was for the sole purpose
having everyone to understand and follow the codes of moral excellence set forth
by Allah in His Revelations.

Today after
a lapse of fourteen centuries, the life and teachings of Muhammad (peace be upon
him) have survived without the slightest loss, alteration or interpolation. They
offer the same undying hope for treating mankind's many ills, which they did
when he was alive. This is not a claim of Muhammad’s (peace be upon him)
followers, but the inescapable conclusion forced upon by a critical and unbiased
history.

Muhammad (peace be upon him) claimed to be a servant, messenger
and prophet of the Almighty God; the same God of Adam, Abraham, Moses, David and
Solomon and of Jesus, the Christ, son of Mary (peace be upon them all). He
claimed he was receiving revelation from Almighty God (Allah) through the Arch
Angel Gabriel, calling it the Recitation (Quran).

He ordered people to
believe in God as One, without partners, and to follow the Commandments of
Almighty God to the best of their abilities.

He forbade himself and his
followers from evil practices and filthy habits, showing them the proper ways to
eat, drink, use the toilet and proper behavior in all relationships. This he
claimed was all from Allah.

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