questions to muslims, tell me the life story of Muhammad before he became a prophet?
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he was born in Mecca in saudi arabia. his father died before he was born, his mother soon followed him. he was being taken care by his uncle. he worked as a shepherd when he was young. after that he worked in the trade business. he used to go on trading trips to Syria. he first got married when he was 40. if u still have any questions contact me.
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The division happened after Muhammad's death.\n\n17 The prophet’s death provoked a crisis. He died without any male progeny and without a clearly designated successor. As Philip Hitti states: “The caliphate [office of caliph] is therefore the oldest problem Islam had to face. It is still a living issue. . . . In the words of Muslim historian al-Shahrastani [1086-1153]: ‘Never was there an Islamic issue which brought about more bloodshed than the caliphate (imamah).’” How was the problem solved back there in 632 C.E.? “Abu-Bakr . . . was designated (June 8, 632) Muhammad’s successor by some form of election in which those leaders present at the capital, al-Madinah, took part.”—History of the Arabs.\n\n18 The successor to the prophet would be a ruler, a khalifah, or caliph. However, the question of the true successors to Muhammad became a cause for divisions in the ranks of Islam. The Sunni Muslims accept the principle of elective office rather than blood descent from the prophet. Therefore they believe that the first three caliphs, Abu Bakr (Muhammad’s father-in-law), `Umar (the prophet’s adviser), and `Uthman (the prophet’s son-in-law), were the legitimate successors to Muhammad.\n\n19 That claim is contested by the Shi`ite Muslims, who say that the true leadership comes through the prophet’s blood line and through his cousin and son-in-law, `Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first imam (leader and successor), who married Muhammad’s favorite daughter, Fatimah. Their marriage produced Muhammad’s grandsons Hasan and Husayn. The Shi`ites also claim “that from the beginning Allah and His Prophet had clearly designated `Ali as the only legitimate successor but that the first three caliphs had cheated him out of his rightful office.” (History of the Arabs) Of course, the Sunni Muslims view that differently.\n\n20 What happened to `Ali? During his rule as the fourth caliph (656-661 C.E.), a struggle over leadership arose between him and the governor of Syria, Mu`awiyah. They joined battle, and then to spare further Muslim bloodshed, they threw their dispute open to arbitration. `Ali’s acceptance of arbitration weakened his case and alienated many of his followers, including the Khawarij (Seceders), who became his deadly foes. In the year 661 C.E., `Ali was murdered with a poisoned sabre by a Khariji zealot. The two groups (the Sunni and the Shi`ah) were at loggerheads. The Sunni branch of Islam then chose a leader from the Umayyads, wealthy Meccan chiefs, who were outside of the prophet’s family.\n\n21 For the Shi`ah, `Ali’s firstborn, Hasan, the prophet’s grandson, was the true successor. However, he resigned and was murdered. His brother Husayn became the new imam, but he too was killed, by Umayyad troops on October 10, 680 C.E. His death or martyrdom, as the Shi`ah view it, has had a significant effect on the Shi`at `Ali, the party of `Ali, down to this day. They believe that `Ali was the true successor to Muhammad and the first “imam [leader] divinely protected against error and sin.” `Ali and his successors were considered by the Shi`ah to be infallible teachers with “the divine gift of impeccability.” The largest segment of the Shi`ah believe that there have been only 12 true imams, and the last of these, Muhammad al-Muntazar, disappeared (878 C.E.) “in the cave of the great mosque at Samarra without leaving offspring.” Thus “he became ‘the hidden (mustatir)’ or ‘the expected (muntazar) imam.’ . . . In due time he will appear as the Mahdi (divinely guided one) to restore true Islam, conquer the whole world and usher in a short millennium before the end of all things.”—History of the Arabs.\n\n22 Every year, the Shi`ah commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Husayn. They have processions in which some cut themselves with knives and swords and otherwise inflict suffering on themselves. In more modern times, Shi`ite Muslims have received much publicity because o
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Tell us a bit more about him.  Is he a prophet or a religious leader?  Is he the author of a religious book?\nThanks for the added info.  No, I can't say the name rings a bell.  Sorry and good luck.
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Who is Muhammad (PBUH)?\n\n    Muhammad (PBUH), was born in Makkah in the year 570, at a time when Christianity was not yet fully established in Europe. Since his father died before his birth, and his mother shortly afterwards, he was raised by his uncle from the respected tribe of Quraysh. As he grew up, he became known for his truthfulness, generosity and sincerity, so that he was sought after for his ability to arbitrate in disputes. The historians describe him as calm and meditative.\nMuhammad (PBUH) was of a deeply religious nature, and had long detested the decadence of his society. It became his habit to meditate from time to time in the Cave of Hira near the summit of Jabal al-Nur, the 'Mountain of Light' near Makkah.\n\nHow did Muhammad (PBUH) become a prophet and a messenger of God?\n    At the age of 40, while engaged in a meditative retreat, Muhammad (PBUH) received his first revelation from God through the Angel Gabriel. This revelation, which continued for twenty-three years, is known as the Quran.\n    The Mountain of Light where Gabriel came to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).\n    As soon as he began to recite the words he heard from Gabriel, and to preach the truth which God had revealed to him, he and his small group of followers suffered bitter persecution, which grew so fierce that in the year 622 God gave them the command to emigrate. This event, the Hijra, 'migration', in which they left Makkah for the city of Madinah some 260 miles to the north, marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar.\nAfter several years, the Prophet and his followers were able to return to Makkah, where they forgave their enemies and established Islam definitively. Before the Prophet died at the age of 63, the greater part of Arabia was Muslim, and within a century of his death Islam had spread to Spain in the West and as far East as China.\n\nExamples of the Prophet`s sayings\n    The Prophet said:\n\n    'God has no mercy on one who has no mercy for others.'\n\n    'None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.'\n\n    'He who eats his fill while his neighbor goes without food is not a believer. '\n\n    'The truthful and trusty businessman is associated with the prophets the saints, and the martyrs.'\n\n    'Powerful is not he who knocks the other down, indeed powerful is he who controls himself in a fit of anger. '\n\n    'God does not judge according to your bodies and appearances but He scans your hearts and looks into your deeds.'\n\n    'A man walking along a path felt very thirsty. Reaching a well he descended into it, drank his fill and came up. Then he saw a dog with its tongue hanging out, trying to lick up mud to quench its thirst. The man saw that the dog was feeling the same thirst as he had felt so he went down into the well again and filled his shoe with water and gave the dog a drink. God forgave his sins for this action.' The Prophet was asked: 'Messenger of God, are we rewarded for kindness towards animals?' He said, 'There is a reward for kindness to every living thing.'\n\nTo to the person who said we do not know if he existed:  Proof lies in Hadith, the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).  The fact that Islam exists today is proof that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon) existed.
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Have you read this book and what are your view or answers to the list below from this book?\n\nThe Truth About Muhammad \nby Robert Spencer \n\nMeet the real Muhammad:\n\n\nMuhammad's bizarre reaction to his first "revelation": "I will go to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I may kill myself"\n\nThe heretical Christian who convinced Muhammad he was a prophet – and may have taught him his erroneous views of Christianity\n\nIslamic borrowings from Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism – and Muhammad's enraged replies to charges that he borrowed material rather than received actual divine revelations\n\nThe "revelation" that allowed Muhammad to marry his beautiful daughter-in-law\n\nThe strange incident in Muhammad's life that makes it virtually impossible to prove rape in Islamic countries today\n\nThe real "Satanic Verses" incident (not the Salman Rushdie version): how Muhammad's attempt to win over his opponents ended with his saying he had been inspired not by God, but by Satan\n\nHow the Qur'an's teaching on warfare against unbelievers developed – with constant war to establish the hegemony of Islamic law as the last stage\n\nThe first year of the Muslim calendar: not when Muhammad was born or became a prophet, but when he became a warlord\n\nHow Muhammad used the graphic lure of Islamic Paradise to urge his warriors to fight furiously to extend his rule\n\n"Kill every Jew who comes into your power": why Muhammad became so angry with both Jews and Christians – with disastrous consequences that are still playing out in the world today\n\nThe momentous command by Muhammad that led to good being identified with anything that benefited the Muslims, and evil with anything that harmed them --without reference to any larger moral standard\n\nMuhammad's child bride – and the terrible consequences his marriage to a nine-year-old still has in the Islamic world\n\n"This is the caravan of the Quraysh possessing wealth. It is likely that Allah may give it to you as booty": how Muhammad gave divine sanction to the Muslims' bloody raids\n\n"War is deceit": the permission Muhammad gave his followers to lie in order to gain an advantage over their enemies\n\nHow Muhammad broke the principal treaty he entered into, again setting a pattern for Muslim states thereafter\n\nMuhammad's commands to his followers to wage perpetual war against non-Muslims, including Jews and Christians\n\nMuhammad on women's rights: women "are prisoners with you having no control of their persons"\n\n"If justice is not to be found with me then where will you find it?" Why Muhammad still stands for Muslims as the supreme model for human behavior\n\n"I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula, and will not leave any but Muslims" – and other statements by Muhammad that contemporary jihadists take very seriously\n\nIslamic tolerance? The onerous tax burden and other discriminatory regulations mandated for non-Muslims under Islamic law\n\nHow Muhammad ordered the killing of apostates from Islam\n\nThe massacre of a Jewish tribe by Muhammad that was invoked by modern-day jihadists at the beginning of Israel's July 2006 operations against Hizballah in Lebanon\n\n"Embrace Islam, and your lives and property will be safe": Muhammad's threatening letters to the rulers of the lands around Arabia\n\nMuhammad's frequent avowals that the Muslims would overcome the empires bordering on Arabia and one day stand as masters of the world\n\n"I have been made victorious with terror" – and other statements of Muhammad on his deathbed\n\nSix steps that American leaders can and must take in order to protect our nation from Islamic jihad terrorism
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Peace on you...Islam honors all the prophets who were sent to mankind. Muslims respect all prophets in general, but Jesus in particular, because he was one of the prophets who foretold the coming of Muhammad. Muslims, too, await the second coming of Jesus. They consider him one of the greatest of Allah's prophets to mankind. A Muslim does not refer to him simply as "Jesus," but normally adds the phrase "peace be upon him" as a sign of respect. \nNo other religion in the world respects and dignifies Jesus as Islam does. The Qur'an confirms his virgin birth (a chapter of the Qur'an is entitled "Mary"), and Mary is considered to have been one of the purest women in all creation. The Qur'an describes Jesus' birth as follows: \n\n"Behold!' the Angel said, God has chosen you, and purified you, and chosen you above the women of all nations. Mary, God gives you good news of a word from Him, whose name shall be the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, honored in this world and in the Hereafter, and one of those brought near to God. He shall speak to the people from his cradle and in maturity, and he shall be of the righteous. She said: "My Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched me?' \nHe said: "Even so; God creates what He will. When He decrees a thing, \nHe says to it, 'Be!' and it is." [3:42-47]\n\nMuslims believe that Jesus was born immaculately, and through the same power which had brought Eve to life and Adam into being without a father or a mother.\n\n"Truly, the likeness of Jesus with God is as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust, and then said to him, 'Be!' and he was." [3:59]\n\nDuring his prophetic mission, Jesus performed many miracles. The Qur'an tells us that he said: \n\n"I have come to you with a sign from your Lord: I make for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it and it becomes a bird by God's leave. And I heal the blind, and the lepers, and I raise the dead by God's leave." [3:49]\n\nMuhammad and Jesus, as well as the other prophets, were sent to confirm the belief in one God. This is referred to in the Qur'an where Jesus is reported as saying that he came:\n\n"To attest the law which was before me, and to make lawful to you part of what was forbidden you; I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so fear God and obey me." [3:50]\n\nProphet Muhammad emphasized the importance of Jesus by saying: \n"Whoever believes there is no god but Allah, alone without partner, that Muhammad is His messenger, that Jesus is a servant and messenger of God, His word breathed into Mary and a spirit emanating from Him, and that Paradise and Hell are true, shall be received by God into Heaven. [Bukhari]
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As for the Prophet's miracles, it is to be stated that a number of miracles were bestowed upon and performed by the Prophet Muhammad to establish the proof of his prophethood. Those miracles are granted by the power and permission of Allah and are usually in the field in which his people excel and are recognized as superiors.\nThe Arabs, the contemporaries of the Prophet Muhammad, were known for their eloquence and magnificent poetry. So Prophet Muhammad's major miracle was the Qur'an, the equivalent of which the whole legion of the Arab poets and orators could not produce despite the repeated challenge from the Qur'an itself.\nProphet Muhammad's greatest miracle has something special about it. All previous miracles were limited by time and place, i.e., they were shown to specific people at a specific time. Not so the miracle of Muhammad, the Qur'an. It is a universal and everlasting miracle. Previous generations witnessed it and future generations will witness its miraculous nature in terms of its style, content and spiritual uplifting. These still can be tested and will thereby prove the divine origin of the Qur'an.\nThe Qur'an is miraculous in a number of aspects: Its linguistic perfection and inimitability, its validation by recent historical, archaeological, and scientific discoveries, its prophecies and so on. Unlike the miracles of other prophets before him, the miracle of the Qur'an is eternal.\n\nBesides the revelation of the Qur’an, the Prophet of Islam had performed many material miracles.\n(1) Splitting of the Moon:\n\nAlmighty Allah says, "The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder." (An-Najm: 1)\n\nImam al-Bukhari reported on the authority of `Abdullah who said: "The moon was cleft asunder while we were in the company of the Prophet, and it became two parts. The Prophet said, “Witness, witness (this miracle)."\nNOW scientists have proven the splitting of the moon.\n\n(3) Water Multiplication:\n\n`Abdullah reported: We used to consider miracles as Allah's Blessings, but you people consider them to be a warning. Once we were with Allah's Messenger on a journey, and we ran short of water. He said, "Bring the water remaining with you." The people brought a utensil containing a little water. He placed his hand in it and said, "Come to the blessed water, and the Blessing is from Allah." I saw the water flowing from among the fingers of Allah's Messenger, and no doubt, we heard the meal glorifying Allah, when it was being eaten (by him). (Reported by al-Bukhari)\n\n(4) Crying of the stem of the Date-palm Tree:\n\n\nAl-Bukhari reported on the authority of Ibn `Umar who said: The Prophet used to deliver his sermons while standing beside a trunk of a date-palm. When he had the pulpit made, he used it instead. The trunk started crying and the Prophet went to it, rubbing his hand over it (to stop its crying).\n\n(5) The Prophet's Night Journey to Jerusalem and Ascent to the Heavens:\n\n\nThe opening verse of surat al-Isra' relates the miracle of the Prophet's night journey to Jerusalem. Regarding the Statement of Allah, "And We granted the vision (Ascension to the heavens) which We made you see (as an actual eye witness) was only made as a trial for the people." (Al-Isra': 60) Ibn `Abbas added: "The sights which Allah's Messenger was shown on the Night Journey when he was taken to Bayt-ul-Maqdis (i.e. Jerusalem) were actual sights, (not dreams). And the Cursed Tree (mentioned) in the Qur'an is the tree of Zaqqum (itself)." (Reported by al-Bukhari)\n\n\nThere are also many other miracles that were performed by Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) or happened to him. What we mentioned here are merely examples.\n\n\nfor his prophethood:\nMuslim scholars have discussed different ways to consider the Prophetic claim of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon
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yes he was the latest prophet sent by Allah to mankind.. and he is for ALL poeple on earth not only to a certain party..\n\ntry this site to knwo more about him\nhttp://www.amrkhalid.net/
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Muhammad PBUH has 100 names and read them and ya will find there....\nthis is the link to it\nhttp://www.dawateislami.net/GENERAL/devotions/99NAMES/M-index.htm\ntry it yourself..man
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check out\n\nhttp://www.prophetofmercy.org/\n\nhttp://www.islamway.com/mohammad/\n\nhttp://www.beconvinced.com/en/article.php?articleid=0008&catid=05&subcatname=Who%20Is%20Muhammad?\n\nOR\n\nMy site\n\nhttp://askmuslims.com\n\nIf you have any questions let me know.
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lets be reasonable about Muhammad(PBUH)\n\n\nwhy should a man at his position make something from nothing? \n\n1) if you think he invented Islam ... what did he gain? ... Money? Wealth? ... for you information when prophet Muhammad(PBUH) had rule over all the arabian peninsula he had no money at all or sometimes no food ... anything that he gain from money or food he gave to the poor ... he died with no money to pass by his family ... he was a man with no wealth goals in his life except delivering his message properly to all mankind ... anyone that is thinking to invent a religon he would ofcourse thought by being rich or gain a certain position in his life ... but prophet Muhammad(PBUH) was totally different ... and he didnt announce himself as a god or something ... in the Qur'an it mentions always that he is an honoured servant just like us\n\n"And they say, 'The Merciful has taken a son.' Glory is to Him. Rather, they are slaves, honored." (Al-Anbiya', 26) \n\n\n2) prophet Muhammad(PBUH) didnt know how to write or read through his life ... he was no poet or magician ... so how do you think that Qur'an was written in this high sophisticated language and that prophecy of it?\n\n\n\n3) our prophet splitted the moon into two halves and that was one of his mircales beside others ... and recently NASA found those marks of the splitted moon.\n\n\n\n4) our God and prophet are true ... our prophet came beleiving with all the messengers and prophets before him ... he didnt make a new religon or came with anything new ... we are just following the Abrahamic religon ... and Islam was a conclusion of all the religons including the Holy books religon.\n\n\n......... much more to be listed
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I won't tell what I think because I am Muslim but I will tell you what others think (non-Muslim):\n\n\nENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA confirms: \n“.... A mass of detail in the early sources show that he was an honest and upright man who had gained the respect and loyalty of others who were like-wise honest and upright men." (Vol. 12) \n\nMICHAEL H. HART in his recently published book on ratings of men who contributed towards the benefit and uplifting of mankind writes: \n"My choice of Muhammad (pbuh) to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels." (M.H. Hart, THE 100: A RANKING OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSONS IN HISTORY, New York, 1978, p. 33) \n\nGEORGE BERNARD SHAW said about him: \n"He must be called the Savior of Humanity. I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world, he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it much needed peace and happiness." (THE GENUINE ISLAM, Singapore, Vol. 1, No. 8, 1936) \nHe was by far the most remarkable man that ever set foot on this earth. He preached a religion, founded a state, built a nation, laid down a moral code, initiated numerous social and political reforms, established a powerful and dynamic society to practice and represent his teachings and completely revolutionized the worlds of human thought and behavior for all times to come. \n\n"HIS NAME IS MUHAMMAD"- May Allah’s peace be upon him (PBUH) \nHe was born in Arabia in the year 570 C.E. (common era), started his mission of preaching the religion of Truth, which is Islam (submission to One God), at the age of forty and departed from this world at the age of sixty-three. \nDuring the short period of 23 years of his prophethood, he changed the complete Arabian peninsula from paganism and idolatry to worship of One God, from tribal quarrels and wars to national solidarity and cohesion, from drunkenness and debauchery to sobriety and piety, from lawlessness and anarchy to disciplined living, from utter bankruptcy to the highest standards of moral excellence. Human history has never known such a complete transformation of a people or a place before or since - and IMAGINE all these unbelievable wonders in JUST OVER TWO DECADES. \n\nLAMARTINE, the renowned historian speaking on the essentials of human greatness wonders: "If greatness of purpose, smallness of means and astounding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad (pbuh)? The most famous men created arms, laws and empires only. They founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled away before their eyes. This man moved not only armies, legislation, empires, peoples and dynasties, but millions of men in one-third of the then inhabited world; and more than that, he changed the altars, the gods, the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and souls.... his forbearance in victory, his ambition, which was entirely devoted to one idea and in no manner striving for an empire; his endless prayers, his mystic conversations with God, his death and his triumph after death; all these attest not to an imposture but to a firm conviction which gave him the power to restore a dogma. This dogma was two-fold, the unity of God and the immateriality of God; the former telling what God is, the latter telling what God is not; the one overthrowing false gods with the sword, the other starting an idea with the words. \n\n"Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images, the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is MUHAMMAD (pbuh). As regards all the standards by which Human Greatness may be measured, we may well a
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You better read more information about Prophet Muhammad before speaking out idiot things, You know you guys who think that this is true you look funny and pittyful. \n\nJust to let you know, Prophet's son named Qassim died when he as still very young. He even did not grow up to get married. Those who planted this hatery in your brains for Islam, want you to stay in the darkness. Please stay there ... but save our ears and eyes of your hatery. We do not want to discuss it with you ... you will meet our Prophet on Judgement day infront of God ... try to find the words for your excuse.
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His father died before he was born, and his mother died when he was only six. But sheltered by a powerful uncle, he made a good start in life, established himself in a profitable business and married well. Then, at the age of 40, he was transformed. A man who could not read or write, he announced that he was the prophet of God. His name was Muhammad, and in the next 23 years he would bring peace to the warring pagan tribes of Arabia and establish the religion of Islam, which today has 1.2 billion followers.\n\nThree years in the making and fueled by an unprecedented grassroots funding campaign, Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet, travels in the footsteps of the prophet to the Arabian desert and the holy city of Mecca where much of Muhammad's story unfolded. But the film does not just stay in the past. Much of its story is told through the observations of contemporary American Muslims, including a fireman at the World Trade Center on September 11, a second generation Arab-American family \nbuilding a community based on Islamic principles, a Congressional Chief of Staff working for justice, and a refugee fleeing religious persecution, whose experiences in some way echo Muhammad's life. \n\nWith some of the world's greatest scholars on Islam providing historical context and critical perspective, Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet is history in the present tense. It tells of intrigue and faith, bitter persecution and the birth of a holy book, brutal war and brilliant diplomacy in a desert environment where tribal allegiance was often the only protection.\n\nSupported by two educational websites, www.pbs.org/muhammad and www.theislamproject.org, this is an excellent resource for people seeking knowledge about the beginnings of Islam, as well as a better understanding of the millions of American Muslims who regard Muhammad as the Last Prophet.\n\nInitial PBS Broadcast, Muhammad: \nLegacy of a Prophet\n\nOur initial project, a documentary on the life of Muhammad (pbuh),first aired on PBS on December 18, 2003. This prime-time, weeknight broadcast covered 97% of the United States. The two-hour program played without commercial interruption on 340 stations nationwide and was viewed simultaneously in Canada. \n\nPrior to broadcast, PBS designated our show a ‘Pick of the Month’ program and featured it on their community outreach website. \n\nPress coverage was extensive, with articles appearing in 40 newspapers nationwide. (See Reviews) The program was discussed nationally on MS-NBC and received a great deal of radio coverage, too.  In many cases, print, TV, and radio coverage outlined the story of \nMuhammad (PBUH) as part of their review, so that the actual exposure to Muhammad’s story far exceeded the PBS audience.  MS-NBC ran clips of the show nationally, one day prior to the broadcast.\n\nAn above average audience of six million viewers watched the program. Viewers\nresponded enthusiastically. In the last two weeks of December, the film’s PBS-supported website received a total of 630,000 page views by approximately 373,000 users— extremely heavy traffic \nfor a PBS program website.\n\nIn addition, PBS’s central offices in Washington DC received 5,000 messages in the first two days of broadcasting (See Viewers Views).  On average, these responses ran 40 to 1 positive. The program’s associated websites received thousands more messages.  Through the winter of 2003, the video and DVD versions of Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet were the two top-selling items \nfor PBS.
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I've written my own book which I like to believe is interesting :P \n\nIt's basically about:\n1-God (His qualities, what He wants from us..)\n2-The stories of the prophets of God (lessons that can be learned from them, interesting stories)\n3- The history of Islam/life of prophet Muhammad PBUH.\n4-The Holy Qur'an (authenticity, greatest achievement of the Arabic language)\n5-The Misperceptions of Islam (e.g. Misinterpreted verses of the Qur'an)\n6- The Hereafter (i.e. Death, Judgement Day, Hell, Heaven - all in detail)\n\nThe good thing i guess about it is that the book can be read starting from any chapter. So people who are interested, for instace, to read about prophet Joseph, they can just go to his chapter and not read anything else\n\nhttp://spaces.msn.com/slimayn/\n\nPeace be with you
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God picked the Prophet Mohamed(Praise be upon him) to be his last messenger to earth with his last book the qur'an. When Mohamed( Praise be upon him) was 40 years old, God sent Gybreel ( one of the angels ) with his first msg to Mohamed. And Gybreel kept on coming with the qur'an untill it was completed just before Mohamed (praise be upon him) Died.\nThe Islam was first established in Macca - WHERE mOHAMED WAS BORN AND LIVED TILL HE WAS OBLIGED TO LEAVE TO MADINA - and then the prophet and his believers moved to Elmadina Almonawara because they were abused and tortured in Macca . Mohamed kept sending his messengers to other tripes to invite them to the Islam, and as you probably know most of the people around there were traders so when some one hears the qur'an in Macca he moves to his trip and tells them about what he heard.. This is manly the way the Islam spread through people and good manners.. Mohamed ( praise be upon him ) Refused to fight the people of Macca untill they started fighting him\n\n(Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for Allah loveth not transgressors.)\n\nwhen he sent his army - later on - any where in the world he never started with fighting he only wanted to let people hear the words of Allah.\n\n(And if anyone of the idolaters seeketh thy protection (O Muhammad), then protect him so that he may hear the Word of Allah, and afterward convey him to his place of safety. That is because they are a folk who know not)\n\nhe was obliged to spread what God asked him to \n\n(O Messenger! proclaim the (message) which hath been sent to thee from thy Lord. If thou didst not, thou wouldst not have fulfilled and proclaimed His mission. And Allah will defend thee from men (who mean mischief). For Allah guideth not those who reject Faith )\n\nI hope this gave you an idea about the islam's first establishment and feel free to check the source for more information.
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In Qoran all prophets are named and accepted especially Jesus. There is a big section hailing Virgin Marie. All Muslims accept Jesus as a holy prophet & in no way detest or deny christianity.\n\nIn Islam they believe prophets are normal people gifted to guide people through. Therefore there is no son of god thing. Even Muhammad lived & died like a noble man. He was famous before becoming a prophet for his truthfulness & honesty & he was of a royal Arab family just like Jesus himself.\n\nWhat is it with which prophet is better or worse? We all worship the same god through different channels! With or without religion. Isn't the main aim of each religion love towards humanity???