Thanks be to Allah, the
Lord of the worlds. Peace and prayers be upon the
most honorable of all messengers Mohammad; and all his folks, companions, and
followers to the day they are all summoned together.
I received
an email asking to vote. It says that a Spanish newspaper was asking about the
best personality in a list that included the name of the messenger Mohammed (PPBU).
The list included other prophets like Jesus (PBU) as well as other many other
historical personalities. A special program will be done on the personality
that receives the highest number of votes. The email says vote for the
messenger so that the program will be made about him, in order for the Spanish
and Europeans get to know about the messenger. The email goes on to say that
our messenger is better and more elevated than such votes, but it is the
program about the winning personality that we are after in order to introduce
the messenger to the Europeans.
First, I
advice you to obey Allah, so we shall be with those Allah bestows mercy upon,
with the prophets, believers, martyrs, and the good people, and what a good
companions they shall be.
Second:
out of this competitive voting into which the messenger PPBU was included I
find my self forced to talk about one cornerstone of belief. That is;
believing in the prophets. The messenger said: {an example of me amongst the
prophets is like a man who builds a house and do fine, complete and a
beautiful job of it. But he leaves one brick which he leaves out. That made
people walk round the house in amazement and say: if just the location of this
brick is completed. For I am amongst the prophets like the placement of that
brick.}
Indeed we
need such prophets and the message they brought us. They are the ambassadors
of Allah to his slaves, they are his arguments sent as good tidings and as a
warning with the same message. That Allah is one and He is to be worshiped.
Those who believe require four points in order to fulfill belief:
1) Believing
that the message they bring is the truth from Allah. If one disbelieve in the
message of one of them is considered a disbeliever in all.
2)
Believing in those whose names we were told about in the Quran like Adam,
Noah, Ibrahim PPBU them. Abey-Ther (أبي
ذر)
asked the messenger of Allah about the number of all the prophets, He
answered: {124,000 out of those there were 315 messengers}. That means there
were 123,685 prophets and 315 messengers.
3)
Believing into the messengers also means believing in their news, history. And
refusing all that was falsely said about them by both Jews and Christians. For
they killed messengers of Allah and easily they made lies about them. What is
strange that there are amongst Muslims who believe in such lies as facts? So,
you find them trying to keep them happy.
Jews
claimed that prophet Aaron PPBU created a bull (or a calf) and claimed that he
worshiped it. And they also claim that prophet Jacob stole cattle and left or
sneaked out without telling whom he worked for. They also claim that Suleiman
returned to be an unbeliever and worshiped idol statues. And Abraham PPBU
presented his wife Sarah to Faro for other returns, and claimed that prophet
Loot drank wine, and committed adultery with his two daughters.
Christians
on the other hand claim that Jesus peace be upon him testified that all
prophets before him are thieves and did steal. And they claim that he
humiliated his mother in public, (they also claim that he is the son of God.).
More examples are found in a book titled: {Muhammad prophet of Islam}.
Dear
Muslims, if the chosen one (PPBU) told about whoever curses or swears at any
of his companions by saying: ((This who swears at or curses my companions,
Allah curse, the angels curses and the all the peoples curses are upon them.))
Is it not more appropriate then that all such cursing will also apply to those
who swear at the prophets or who ever accuses them with immorality and
serious offenses?
The
opposite on the other hand be used to differentiate another feature. Just as
Jews and Christians and those who aligned up with them had under respected
their prophets; and we declare that we are innocent of that; we also declare
our innocence from those who exaggerated in glorifying their prophets by
attributing some of the characteristics of their creator. Some made them
equals or foes to God. Some visit their graves and offer them sacrifices. Just
as some do at the shrines of holy men. And instead of God they ask them, they
beg them and seek their help. Just as the Sofya group do with those who reach
higher levels amongst them. Jews and Christians have done both sins. Allah
says: ((The Jews said Awzair is the son of Allah and the Christians said the
Massiah is the son of Allah.))
The
messenger (PPBU) strongly warned against that while he was at his death bed,
he said: ((Curse the Jews and the Christians for they took their prophets'
graves temples.)) He merely was warning from what they did. Prophets and
messengers were mere humans and have no Godly characteristics. Allah says
describing the best of all the prophets: ((Say I can not do my self good or
bad except what Allah wills, and if I knew the unknown (or the future) I would
have done much better and no bad would happen to me, for I am merely bring
good news and bring cautions to some people who believe.)) Let those who run
such events commemorating holy men let them understand that.
Despite
all that, Allah gave His messengers their own characteristics and their
advantages. For some talked to Allah and some were elevated many levels.
The most
honored of them are the "Firm will or Resolute" ones. There were five of
those: Noah, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Mosa and Isa. And the most honored of those is
our prophet PPBU. And how may he not be the most honored when he led them all
in a prayer at Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. And he has the power to
intermediate for all people in the day of resurrection. And he is the first
for whom the door of paradise will be opened.
He was
also granted five that were never granted to a prophet before him. He said:
((I was given victory through the fear of my enemies of me a month before I
reach them. And all earth was made pure for me to worship, any of my
followers, wherever he/she might be, if time for a prayer is due let them
pray. And the winnings of wars were made legal for me and it was not made so
for anyone before me. And I was given the mediation. And a prophet used to be
sent to his people specifically, and I was sent to all people.))
He also
said: ((I was given the power to elect seventy thousand of my followers to
enter paradise without going through being judged. Their faces are like full
moon; their hearts are as a single heart. I asked my Lord for more and He
granted me for each one, seventy thousands more))
He was
also given the knowledge of the initial life (history), the next life and the
entire science of this life.
Despite
all that, his name is still uttered into every baby's ear, and he is prayed
for in every tashahud part of prayers. Did that make him proud or big headed,
or felt better than his companions or felt higher than other people? No. His
wife 3aesha said about him: ((He used to fix his shoe, saw his rope, and do
house word as any of you would do. He was a human son of human. He cleaned his
rope, and milked his sheep, and serve him self (PPBU).)) He used to visit the
destitute, sits with the poor and the needy. He used to respond and go to who
ever invites him, and sits with his companions just as one of them. And he
stopped them from standing up to him when he approaches as atheists did to
their kings.
Despite
that remember what Allah says in the Koran: ((say I am but a human just like
you, who is being revealed to (the Koran), that your god is one god. So, this
who hopes to meet his Lord, let them do a good deed and never with his Lord
worship any other))
Jareer
came to him to pledge his alliance and Islam, and said "you put the conditions
for the pledge". The messenger PPBU said: ((pledge to worship Allah, keep up
the prayers, give charity, exchange advice with Muslims, and split away from
those who associate others with God))
