Summary of The Law

1. Praise [8], Repent[2,8], Ask of [7,8] and Talk to [4] The One [1 ] as much as possible like you were the last person alive [5], and as though you see Him [6], even though you cannot [1,8], surely He sees you [3, 9]

2. Strive to bring benefit to others and yourself as much as possible [9,11,12] without bringing harm to yourself or others [13, 14, 15] (and any harm you feel wipes away your sins if you are patient [10]), with the intention of earning Hia pleasure [1] (for the rewards and punishments of deeds are weighted by their intentions)


Notes:
In shaa' Allah it instills in you the following qualities:
[1] TawHeed/Monotheism,
[2] Taubah/Repentence,
[3] Taqwa/Cautiousness,
[4] Imaan/Belief
[5]Ikhlas/Sincerity,
[6] iHsan/Excellence,
[7] tewekkel/Trust or Faith,
[8] Khushou3 or hanan/humility,
[9] adab/manners,
[10] Sabr/ Patience,
[11] Halal/Lawful
[12] Toyibah/Good,
and prevent
[13] Haram/Forbidden,
[14] Munkar/Bad
[15] faHshah/Big Evils,
etc

Saturday, 9 July 2016

Muhammad (s.a.a.s) in the Bible

Here are SOME prophecies in the Bible that explain why some Jewish tribes at the time of Muhammad (s.a.a.s) were awaiting the coming of a final Prophet in a specific location in Arabia – an oasis called Yathrib (later renamed madina - city of the Prophet) and how an Ebionite Christian Monk called Waraqa recognised Muhammad (s.a.a.s.) as the final Messenger of God.  This is reminiscent of the Jews at the time of Jesus (a.s) who were awaiting three prophets; the Messiah (Jesus a.s.?), Elias's return (John/Yahya a.s.?) and a final Prophet (Muhammad s.a.a.s.?) [21]
  • The prophet's name is 'Ahmad' [22] or 'Muhammad' (praised one) (s.a.a.s.) [6,17]
  • Prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.s) was a lawgiver who was NOT from Judah (not Jewish) [1]
  • Prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.s.) was from Arabia (Paran) and received his first revelation while meditating in cave Hira on a mountain (Jabal al-nour) [3,16]
  • The first verse revealed to Prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.s.) was chapter 96 of the Qur'an. “The Angel (Gabriel) came to him and asked him to read. The Prophet replied, "I do not know how to read." The Prophet added, "The angel caught me and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it any more. He then released me and again asked me to read and I replied, 'I do not know how to read.' Thereupon he caught me again and pressed me a second time till I could not bear it any more. He then released me and again asked me to read but again I replied, 'I do not know how to read?' Thereupon he caught me for the third time and pressed me, and then released me and said, 'Read! in the name of your Lord, who created, created man from a clot. Read! And your Lord is Most Generous…" [9]
  • Prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.s) gained the obedience of his people (all of Arabia) [1].
  • Safiyya bint Huyyay (r.a.) was the daughter of a jewish tribe's “King” and became one of the honoured wives of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.s) titled 'mother of the believers' [5]
  • The inhabitants of Yathrib/Madina (land of Tema, villages that Kedar inhabited) in Arabia (“the wildreness”) helped the prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.s) by bringing food and drink to the migrating muslims escaping persecution from the Meccans [8,14].
  • The Prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.s.) would be gentle and never raise his voice, even if angry. He responded to hostility with humility [11] (one of the Jews who embraced Islam said: I have known all the signs of prophethood in the face of Muhammad except two signs, which were: Would his tolerance overpower his ignorance? And rudeness would increase his forbearance. So, I used to treat him nicely so that I would socialize with him and know these two qualities. So, once he bought fresh dates from me and we delayed the payment for a fixed time. When the term of the payment was about to end, I came to him to demand repayment of my debt two or three days before it was due. I approached him (the Prophet) and gripped him by the shirt and cloak. I looked at him with a harsh face and said: 'O Muhammad, will you not pay my dues? By God, I have not known the House of `Abdul-Muttalib to be ones who evade payment, and I have known that from living amongst you. I looked towards `Umar to find that his eyes were rolling like a round ship. He then gazed at me and said: 'O enemy of God, are you addressing the Messenger of God with what I am hearing and doing unto him what I am seeing? by He who has sent him with the Truth that, if not for what I fear I could sacrifice, I would strike your head with my sword.' The Messenger of God was looking at `Umar with serenity and patience, and then said: 'O `Umar, myself and him were in greater need in something other than this [wrath]; that you command me with good fulfillment [of my debt] and command him with good manners in demanding his dues. `Umar, take him and give him his due and increase it by twenty Sa's of dates in compensation for threatening him." Zayd said: `Umar escorted me and granted my dues and added twenty Sa`s of dates. I said: 'What is this increase, O `Umar?' He said: 'The Messenger of God instructed that I increase [your dues] in place of threatening you.' I said: 'And do you know me, O `Umar?' He said: 'No, who are you?' I said: 'I am Zayd ibn Sa`nah.' He said: 'The rabbi?' I said: 'The rabbi.' He said: 'So what led you to do unto the Messenger of God what you did and say unto him what you said?' I said: 'O `Umar, there was nothing of the signs of prophethood that I did not identify in the face of the Messenger of God save two [qualities] that I did not know of him; his forbearance overpowers his anger and the anger practiced unto him only increases his forbearance. Now I have witnessed them. So bear witness O `Umar that I accept God as lord, Islam as religion, and Muhammad as Prophet." (Ahmad (3/19, 61))
  • Prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.s) was very similar to Prophet Moses (a.s.) [2] for the following reasons: both were born natural births to a mother and father, however both were born circumcised, both became orphaned, both became prophets at the age of 40, both were accepted as prophet-kings by their people (jews/arabs), both were given an authorotative book of laws (torah/quran), both got married and had more than one wife, both were exiled/migrated from their place of birth to escape persecution, both performed a splitting miracle (splitting the Sea/Moon), both spoke to God directly (mount sinai/night journey), both had no living male heir, both died natural deaths (were not killed/martyred), The Caliph Ali (r.a.) was also similar to Prophet & Caliph Aaron (a.s.) in many ways except that there are no more prophets after Muhammad (s.a.a.s) (‘Your position to me is like the position of Harun to Musa, except that there will be no prophet after me.' - al-Bukhari)
  • The prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.s.) rode a camel (not a horse, not a donkey, etc) [7]
  • Prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.s.) was permitted by God to fight against the enemies of God by sword, arrows, horses and camels to spread truth and justice to the Gentiles [3,4,10,15]
  • A new people will come to do God's work after the Jews and Christians  [18,19,20]
  • The Prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.s) brought a new law [12] which is recited like a song (the Qur'an) [13]
  • The Qur'an is the verbatim word of God put into the mouth of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.s) – which is why each chapter, except one, begins with “in the name of God...” [2]
BIBLICAL REFERENCES
1 = Genesis 49:10
2 = Deuteronomy 18:18-19
3 = Deuteronomy 33:2
4 = Psalms 45:2-8
5 = Psalms 44:9-12
6 = Psalms 45:17
7 = Isaiah 21:7
8 = Isaiah 21:14-15
9 = Isaiah 29:11-13
10 = Isaiah 42:1
11 = Isaiah 42:2-3
12 = Isaiah 42:4
13 = Isaiah 42:10
14 = Isaiah 42:11-12
15 = Isaiah 42:13
16 = Habakkuk 3:3
17 = Haggai, ii. 7-9
18 = Matthew 21:33-46
19 = Mark 12:1-12
20 = Luke 20:9-18
21 = John 1:19-21
22 = John 15:26
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