Muhammad

respective gods or their god’s disciples. Christianity has many pieces of art that show the life of Christ and his works as well as his disciples. Muslims have pieces that depict the life of Muhammad, who was the main disciple of their god Allah. Jewish people have works that show the greatness of heaven and of God. The Good Shepherd and The Ascent of the Prophet Muhammad on his Steed Buraq, Guided by Jibra’il and Escorted by Angel, are good illustrations of the tributes that people of different faiths pay to what they believe in. In The Ascent of the Prophet Muhammad…, Muhammad is at the center of the picture because he is the focal point of the painting. The large flame that surrounds Muhammad and his steed also draw the eye to…

Muhammad divided the Muslims from Mecca by breaking up tribes as well as families and criticizing old polytheistic traditions. While bringing together his new community, Muhammad ended up breaking up tribes and turned families against each other. Muhammad’s journey to Medina signaled not only his escape from a dangerous Mecca, but also the further establishment of the Islamic community. This journey, known as the Hijrah, forced those who were loyal to Muhammad to leave their families and friends…

Prophet Muhammad (S) was the best of the messengers because his message is still being installed centuries after his deaths. Prophet Muhammad spread Islam peacefully; he showed the non-Muslims the characteristics of a believer, he was patient with the converts and was responsible. A profusion of people thinks that Prophet Muhammad (S) spread Islam violently because he was racist, and commanding his followers to do a bunch of stuff. Faith is interlinked with with the individual’s conviction.…

The life of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is full of countless examples that show his status as a role model for Muslim societies and individuals. His life is one that was dominated by a superior morality, good habits, noble and gentle feelings and superior skills, all of which are characteristics that help prevent people from getting entangled in a web of sin. To believe totally in a subject is to place ones faith in that belief. Some might say that because I am of the Muslim faith, I…

In 570 AD Saudi Arabia was suffering from the excessive violence of small clans. Muhammad was born into this culture of unnecessary violence lived his life as such. The Quran claims Muhammad was visited by Allah's angel Gabriel who called on Muhammad to do the bidding of Allah and preach his word to the middle east who at the time Was polytheistic. In the midst of disorder and chaos in the middle east Muhammad rapidly gained followers, creating not only the religion of Islam but gathered his…

narrate a hadith while walking. Instead, when asked about a hadith, he would stop, sit down, and give the hadith the attention it deserved, out of respect for Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. This type of extra respect and meticulousness out of respect for Prophet Muhammad ﷺcertainly is not mandatory according to Islamic law, but simply a sign of the emphasis Imam Malik placed on the importance of Muhammad ﷺ. Among Imam Malik’s sayings are: 1. “The Sunnah is the ark of Nuh. Whoever boards it is saved, and…

Jesus and Muhammed Review The book, Jesus and Muhammad, by F.E. Peters show the parallel lives of Jesus and Muhammed. F.E. Peters, Francis Edward Peters, is a retired professor from New York University and taught Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Religion. In addition, he taught classics, philosophy, urbanism, Middle Eastern history, and Islamic Studies. E.F. Peters is a knowledgeable man and leader in the field of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Peters book Jesus and Muhammad, takes…

The night journey of Muhammad presented by Ibn Ishaq is the strongest support of the Muslim belief that Muhammad was a prophet of God. Affirming this belief by way of stories and friends of Muhammad, whom Ishaq identifies as transmitters in hadif, is the detailed descriptions of Jerusalem, the empty jar of water in the caravan, and the figures of Jesus, Moses, and other prophets. According to Ibn Ishaq’s sources, Muhammad described numerous prophets, such as Moses, being “a ruddy faced man,…

The Birth of Muhammad and Islam Many people are aware of the meaning of the cross, which is a symbol of Christianity as well as the star of David which is a symbol in the Jewish religion. However, very few are knowledgeable about the fact that the crescent moon with the star is a representation of the Islamic religion. Although Islam is not as popularly studied as other various religions, it quickly rose from nothing to one of the most substantially influential religious empires to ever exist.…

Fred Donner’s Muhammad and the Believers: at the Origins of Islam presents itself as an interpretation of early Islamic history geared towards “nonspecialists” that attempts to take on a new paradigm of thought not conventionally held among his fellow historians. He prefaces his primary thesis with the context of paradigms of thought that were once held or were presently held at the time of the writing of his book. From the start, Donner asserts his belief in Islam’s beginnings taking root in a…