We all know about the classics, the 4:34's, the "she was 9, bro", the "death for those who leave Islam", but what about other lesser known/used yet still valid criticisms? Or just weird little bits?
I'll post what I think below.
Growing up I heard it. And to it was a proof that how Islam is the real one compared to Judaism or Christianity.
It was something like, Muhammad was created before Adam. Another one was, in Bible it's stated that after Jesus there will be another prophet who is much greater. Something like that.
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So let's just ignore the belief that he was a prophet of God for now and not include it any of the answers, what are some of the things he said or did that are revolutionary and exceeds what has been done by other people?
How is he a better moral example than let's say the creator of Insulin who sold his patent for $1, thus saving literally hundreds of millions of lives or the man who sacrificed his life to save the 12 kids in the Than Luang cave rescue, or the men who sacrificed their lives in the midst of the Chernobyl nuclear plant meltdown thus averting the deaths of millions and saving the world from a crisis, or men who have devoted their lives to saving and helping hundreds or thousands of poor people in Africa, or how is he superior to other philosophers and other moral leaders like Confucious or the Buddha
I am not here to troll, but am genuinely curious as to why some people venerate him so highly and call him the greatest man to ever live and how there will never be anyone as great as him but on the other hand there is a lot of people who absolutely despise him and consider him to be an evil man.
Allah told me that a lot of you are leaving Islam for emotional reasons so I decided to check for myself.
The wifi here in Jannatul Firdous isn't too bad, but I only have limited time before my hoors call me back to bed. So ask away.
edit: thanks for all the questions but my hoors are calling me so I must go. Remember guys Islam is the truth because the Quran has numerical miracle e.g. Both 'Muhammad' and 'Flesh of swine' are mentioned 4 times in the Quran this can't be a coincidence because Islam allows 4 wifes but I was allowed by Allah to break that rule.
As a Christian something I've always wanted to do is make a comprehensive TV series that would span the entire Biblical narrative.
However, something else I've always thought would be interesting would be an adaptation of the Arabian Nights, but featuring in the middle of it the entire story of Muhammad's life. And imagine how devastating that would be.
Imagine if the BBC produced it and the world saw a 54 year old man taking a 9 year old girl to his tent to have sex with her. Imagine if the world saw Muhammad ordering the execution of poets who criticised him. Imagine is the world saw Muhammad's insanity in response to his revelations: trying to kill himself when he first started to get them.
I genuinely think that if a western TV channel made a TV series about Muhammad's life, it would stop the spread of Islam dead in its tracks.
โI hated every minute of training, but I said, โDonโt quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.โโ - Muhammad Ali
Sunnis killing Shias. Shias killing Sunnis. Sunnis and Shias killing Ahmmadiyas. A mix of all three (not much Ahmmadiyas) killing non muslims.
The legacy of Muhammad is a splintered religion full of violence, mass confusion, hatred and his followers slaughtering each other on a regular basis.
Alhamdullilah, such perfection!
What the hell did Pete Townshend do?!?
EDIT: Condensed version (I made the original post at night, and was poorly worded, but I have left the Original Post under this a bit below):
According to:
Sahih Muslim: look up USC-MSA English reference: Book 1, Hadith 301
Sahih Bukhari Vol 1, Book 1, Num. 3
Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasoul Allah Page 20, last paragraph
The origin story of the religion doesn't make sense to me. And the absence of any inquiry about that event in the time while the Prohpet was alive doesn't sound like something any logical people would do if they were ever convinced they were in front of what the Prohpet claimed he was. Muhammad was being told to read/recite. The first oddity is the accounts of Muhammad saying he doesn't know how to read, if that's the case, why would Gabriel tell him multiple times to do so. Likewise if he was being told to recite, then why was the Prophet asking "recite what?" multiple times as he was being embraced to the point where he would think he was going to die? Also perplexing is why Gabriel was physically doing that to him.
The problem I have, is if he was being told to recite, then why do some of the Hadith say the Prophet was telling Gabriel he was not literate, and in some Hadith he is asking Gabriel multiple times what he wants him to recite for Gabriel? If he was being told to read (which I believe is the more honest interpretation according to Ibn Ishaq that says Gabriel came to the Prophet with actual reading material and also complies with accounts where the Prophet tells Gabriel he is not literate), then what is this text that was being presented for the Prophet to read?
Either way you look at it, these historical accounts of the event don't add up, because with such a perplexing story, no one thought to ask for clarification in the lifetime of the Prophet. That doesn't seem like something normal people would ever want to not know.
So the problems are: If he was being told to read literally, what was the entire contents of this text, and why has no one talked about it while the Prophet was alive. If he was being told to recite, then why was the Prophet replying he doesn't know how to read multiple times, and asking even what to recite in the first place. Also why is Gabriel embracing him. And in conclusion the final question is, what sense does it make to have such lingering questions go u
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