?Sayعليه الصلاة والسلام What Did Muhammad

What Did Muhammad Say?

Muhammad, peace and blessings 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
and blessings 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 and blessings 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 and blessings 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 and blessings 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 and
blessings 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 and blessings 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 and blessings 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
and blessings 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 and blessings
be upon him, and it came true in the last
few decades, many centuries after his
death.

Muhammad, peace and blessings 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 and blessings 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 and blessings 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 and
blessings be upon him, followers, but
the inescapable conclusion forced upon
by a critical and unbiased history.

Muhammad, peace and blessings 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.

Yusuf Estes

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