Muhammad (SAW)

A. Lais Mohammed

Description

The book uncovers the truth about Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) and explains the reasons for misunderstanding between Islam and the West. It also highlights the prophet's characteristics and teachings. Every individual belongs to one class which is 'humankind' a policy which the Muslims should uphold.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Islamic theology
• Islamic studies
• Islam

Informations

• Publié par: First Edition Design Publishing
• Date de parution: 01 mars 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781622875535
• Langue: English

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Muhammad (SAW): 1001 Universal Appreciations and Interfaith Understanding and Peace
Mohammed Abul Lais


First Edition Design Publishing
Prophet Muhammad (SAW):
1001 Universal Appreciations & Interfaith
Understanding & Peace

First Edition Design Publishing
Prophet Muhammad (SAW):
1001 Universal Appreciations & Interfaith
Understanding & Peace

Copyright ©2013 Mohammed Abul Lais

ISBN 978-1622874-38-5 PRINT
ISBN 978-1622875-53-5 EBOOK

LCCN 2013955637

January 2014

Published and Distributed by
First Edition Design Publishing, Inc.
P.O. Box 20217, Sarasota, FL 34276-3217
www.firsteditiondesignpublishing.com



ALL R I G H T S R E S E R V E D. No p a r t o f t h i s b oo k pub li ca t i o n m a y b e r e p r o du ce d, s t o r e d i n a r e t r i e v a l s y s t e m , o r t r a n s mit t e d i n a ny f o r m o r by a ny m e a ns ─ e l e c t r o n i c , m e c h a n i c a l , p h o t o - c o p y , r ec o r d i n g, or a ny o t h e r ─ e x ce pt b r i e f qu ot a t i o n i n r e v i e w s , w i t h o ut t h e p r i o r p e r mi ss i on o f t h e a u t h o r or publisher .
My choice of Muhammad…world’s most influential person…he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels.

Michael H. Hart
The sayings of Muhammad are a treasure of wisdom not only for Muslims but for all mankind

M.K. Gandhi
Dedication

This
Book is
Dedicated
To my Late
Son in-Law
Salim Islam
and also to my
Grandchildren
N ousheen
R aiyan
S uraiya
and
N ajah
Acknowledgement

At the very outset I would like to express my most sincere thanks to many religious authorities and personalities including the Archbishop of Westminster, Diocese of Europe, Hindu Temple of East London; Jalaram Mandir; Gurdawa Southall; Central London Sikh Temple; Britannia Hindu Temple Trust, Wimbledon Buddhist Temple, Tony Blair Faith Foundation and Chaplaincies of University College London, Cambridge University, Harvard University and Edinburgh University for being involved in the research. My gratefulness also goes to many Interfaith organisations.

I am enormously indebted to Professor Jagdish Gundara, Institute of Education, London for his significant support. Despite his circumstances, he always provided his guidance in many aspects of the research including designing and developing questionnaires, selecting its participants etc., until the book was ready for publication. I am grateful to Mr. Farid Panjwani, Lecturer, Institute of Education, London for his tremendous input towards the book. I would like to express my sincere thanks to Professor John Eade, Roempton University for providing wonderful support during the research.

My heart-felt thanks to Right Honourable MPs and Lords including Frank Dobson MP, David Amess MP, David Blunkett MP, Tony Ben MP, Michael Meacher MP, Debbie Abrahams MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP , Stephen Timms MP , Lord Neil Kinnock and Lord Norman Lamont.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Principal Moulana Abdur Rahman Madani, Jamiatul Ummah Madrasha for being a huge inspiration behind the research. In particular, his advice during an episode of ‘Islam Essentials’ on Channel S, that Muslim academics should benefit the Muslim community through their works motivated me to a great degree and this publication is largely owing to this encouraging suggestion. In this regard, I thank Channel S for offering such a programme.
I am grateful to Moulana Abdul Qayyum, Imam, East London Mosque and Moulana Mahmudul Hasan, Moulana Abu Sayeed Ansarey and Dr. A.S. Azadi for their kind contributions.

My kindest regards to Dr. A.R. Kidwai, Aligarh University for editing the manuscript as well as Dr. Abul Kalam Azad who motivated me to work further towards reaching ‘1000’ appreciations of the prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) and helped me think of the book’s title. The Historian Mr. Mojlum Khan also offered valuable information and suggestions regarding the book’s completion for which he deserves my sincere thanks.

I am greatly indebted to Reverend Dr. Damian Howard SJ, Heythrop College, University of London for writing such a prolific book forward which is highly relevant to the social context.

I am hugely appreciative for the efforts of Mr. Jon Dal Din, Director, Westminster Interfaith Group, London, for his kind support in taking part in the research as well as recruiting research participants.

Special thanks go to the Councillor Mushtaq Ahmed who suggested using sermons during Friday prayers to aid in the dissemination of the book’s primary message.

With regards, I remember the support from Dr Ahmad Al Dubayan, Director, Regents Park Mosque, his secretary Mrs. Siddika Mannan and Dr. Ahmed Makhdoom, Director of Goodge Street Mosque for contacting the H.R.H. Prince Charles. Dr Aijaz Soomro, Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi also deserves special thanks for providing valuable information for the research.

Enormous inspiration and information I have received from the lectures and website of Dr. Zakir Naik, a Dynamic Indian Public Speaker and the Founder and President of the Islamic Research Foundation; I am very grateful to him and his Research Foundation.

Credit must also go to Dr. Abdullah Al-Maruf, Islamic Foundation, Bangladesh and also to the library staff at Aligarh University, India for their kind help in offering relevant material for the research.

My thanks go to my youngest son Hasnet Lais who has supported my work in different aspects, despite his work commitments and pressures. Furthermore, my eldest son Kalam Lais, daughters Samira and Shahana as well as son –in-Law Yousuf had contributed to the research, for which I am very grateful. And a very special feeling is reserved in my heart for my beloved and late son-in law, Salim Islam, who showed a lot of interest and enthusiasm for my work.

I express my sincere thanks to Dr. ATM Jamil and Mr. K.M Abu Taher Choudhury for their amicable support and encouragement in completing the book as well as my brothers and sisters, many of my friends, relatives and well-wishers from different parts of the world who have motivated me.

And last but not least, my heart-felt thanks to my wife Momtaz Lais who has kept me away from all sorts of family distractions, thus, helping to complete the work within the scheduled time.
Table of Contents

Dedication
Acknowledgement
Foreword
Notes to the Reader

CHAPTER ONE
Introduction

CHAPTER TWO
Prophet Muhammad (SAW): Characteristics

CHAPTER THREE
Emancipation of Women and Equality

CHAPTER FOUR
Islam- Influence and Impact

CHAPTER FIVE
The Qur’an and its Teachings

CHAPTER SIX
Prophet’s Teachings and Link to Terrorism

CHAPTER SEVEN
Western Perceptions of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and His Wrong Image

CHAPTER EIGHT
Prophet Muhammad’s Teachings for Interfaith Understanding

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
REFERENCES
Foreword

Seriously and thoughtfully entertaining the religious claims of those who follow another spiritual path is not something the majority of Christians of past centuries have been particularly inclined to do. For most of recorded human history, religious affiliation has been bound tightly to political belonging; belief in the official religion was tantamount to a civic duty and conversion away from it an act of treason. Why would one take an interest in what could only be construed as erroneous beliefs, especially if, as was frequently the case between Muslims and Christians, they were those of the enemy camp? By the standards of the modern era, in which religious freedom is a much cherished good and increasingly acknowledged as a human right, and diversity something to be celebrated and explored, this paradigm seems narrow-minded and parochial, not to say ungenerous. It is worth recalling that the opprobrium heaped by Christians and Muslims upon one another dates, by and large, from this epoch, now so strange and distant for most westerners.

This is the context in which it is best to appreciate this book. It is clearly a labour of love: love of the truth, love of Islam and love of the man who brought the Qur’an to the Arab nation, Islam’s prophet, Muhammad. It is a response to the vilification, slander and abuse which has been heaped upon this remarkable man over the course of history and sets out to make accessible to the reader another picture of him, a portrait of a great hero and spiritual leader who galvanized a new spiritual and imperial project and transformed for good the world we share. Dr Muhammad Lais has worked tirelessly to gather the testimony of an impressive array of witnesses, Muslim and non-Muslim, who have registered their admiration and esteem for Muhammad and for his extraordinary achievements. The book presents ample evidence that Christians have learned that their beliefs do not oblige them to think of Muhammad as an impostor, a false prophet, that there is no inevitable incompatibility between committed, orthodox Christian faith and admiration for the person and qualities of Muhammad. And so it is that, in these pages, Orientalists, men of letters, Christian ministers, politicians, Jews, atheists, scholars and great figures from history, all rub shoulders, their words fondly recorded for posterity. The pages of
this volume testify to a generosity of spirit which is truly a sign of hope in these tumultuous times.

Rev. Dr. Damian Howard SJ
Heythrop College, University of London
October 2013
Notes to the Reader

1. This book is written out of a research conducted on peace and understanding amongst Muslim and non-Muslim communities based on the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh). The research was set to study the perceptions of politicians, priests from multi-faith communities, celebrities etc. about his teachings on social issues including dealing with neighbours, the poor, orphans, women, helpless and equality iss