Mohammed is the model Muslim man:
All Muslims are expected to respect and venerate Muhammad. [91] Muslim understanding and reverence for Muhammad can largely be traced to the teachings of Quran which emphatically describes Muhammad’s exalted status among the totality of human race. To begin with, the Quran describes Muhammad as al-nabi al-ummi or unlettered prophet (Quran 7:158), meaning that he "received his religious knowledge only from God". [92] As a result, Muhammad’s examples have been understood by the Muslims to represent the highest ideal for human conduct, and to reflect what God wants humanity to do. The Quran ranks Muhammad above previous prophets in terms of his moral excellence and the universal message he brought from God for humanity. The Quran calls him the "beautiful model" (al-uswa al-hasana) for those who hope for God and the last day (Quran 33:21). Muslims believe that Muhammad was sent not for any specific people or region, but for all of humanity.[93][94]
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Sunnah: A model for Muslims| “ | For more than thirteen hundred years Muslims have modeled their lives after their prophet Muhammad. They awaken every morning as he awakened; they eat as he ate; they wash as he washed; and they behave even in the minutest acts of daily life as he behaved. | ” | —S. A. Nigosian
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In Muslim legal and religious thought, Muhammad, inspired by God to act wisely and in accordance with his will, provides an example that complements God's revelation as expressed in the Quran; and his actions and sayings – known as Sunnah – are a model for Muslim conduct. [97] The Sunnah can be defined as "the actions, decisions, and practices that Muhammad approved, allowed, or condoned". [98] It also includes Muhammad's confirmation to someone's particular action or manner (during Muhammad's lifetime) which, when communicated to Muhammad, was generally approved by him. [99] The Sunnah, as recorded in the Hadith literature, encompasses everyday activities related to men's domestic, social, economic, political life. [98] It addresses a broad array of activities and Islamic beliefs ranging from the simple practices like, for example, the proper way of entering into a mosque, and private cleanliness to the most sublime questions involving the love between God and humans. [100] The Sunnah of Muhammad serves as a model for the Muslims to shape their life in that light. The Quran tells the believers to offer prayer, to fast, to perform pilgrimage, to pay Zakat, but it was Muhammad who practically taught the believers how to perform all these. [100] In Islamic theology, the necessity to follow the examples (the Sunnah) of Muhammad comes from the ruling of the Quran which it describes in its numerous verses. One such typical verse is "And obey Allah and the Messenger so that you may be blessed" (Quran 3:132). The Quran uses two different terms to denote this: ita’ah (to obey) and ittiba (to follow). The former refers to the orders of Muhammad, and the latter to his acts and practices. [101]
Muhammed was a thief, bandit leader, rapist, kidnapper, enslaver, murderer, torturer, terrorist, pedophile. Name a villainy and Mohammed did it proudly, without guilt or shame. He compounded his vileness by recommending his crimes to his followers. That's the problem.
Jesus otoh was the moral opposite of Muhammed. Even the founders of other faiths, Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tse, etc were decent civilized men. When people say all religions are the same, they're lying. The character of the founder matters when the founder held himself up as a moral example.
There are people who think Islam needs to go through a reformation .... the problem I see is that Christianity could be reformed by getting back to the root, the New Testament and Christ. There was something good to go back to. How do you reform a faith when the rotten root of the religion is the problem? |
