Character of Prophet Muhammad

Forgiving

“The Prophet (PBUH) resembled a Prophet who was harmed by His people. He wiped the blood from His face and said: ‘O God! Forgive my people, for they know not!” (Bukhari)

Generous

The Prophet (PBUH) did not refuse to give anything which He had to someone if he asked for it.” (Bukhari)

Kind,  Merciful. Just

"Allah is only merciful with those who show mercy to others."Sahih Al-Bukhari

And:

"Be merciful to those on the earth, so the One above the heavens will be merciful to you."At-Tabarani and Al-Hakim

"He who does not show mercy to others, will not be shown mercy."Sahih Al-Bukhari

O people, spread peace, feed the hungry, and pray at night when people are sleeping and you will enter Paradise in peace. (Hadith)

Accustom yourselves to do good if people do good, and to not do wrong even if they commit evil.” (Al-Tirmidhi)

You will never have faith until you love each other. Shall I tell you what will make you love each other? They said, “Of course, O Messenger of Allah.” The Prophet said: Spread peace between yourselves. By the one in whose hand is my soul, you will not enter Paradise until you are merciful to others. They said, “O Messenger of Allah, all of us are merciful.” The Prophet said: Verily, it is not only mercy between yourselves, but rather it is mercy in general. (Hadith)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “The best charity is that given to a relative who does not like you. (Hadith)

The one who keeps good relations is not the one who recompenses the good done to him. Rather, the one who keeps good relations is the one who does so despite having been cut off by them (Hadith)

I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) say: ‘Whoever has been denied kindness has been denied all goodness (Hadith)

Allah (S.W.T.) is Kind and loves kindness, and He rewards it in a way that He does not reward harshness, and in a way unlike any other. (Hadith)

The best of people are those that bring most benefit to the rest of mankind. (Hadith)

Do not think little of any good deed, even if it is just meeting your brother with a cheerful countenance. (Hadith)

QURAN:

(Verily Allah enjoins justice and the doing of good, and liberality to kith and kin, and He forbids all shameful deeds, wickedness, and injustice and oppression. He admonishes you that you may take heed. [16:90]

"Then he became one of those who believed and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion. They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise)."Al-Qur'an 90:17-18

"Show forgiveness, enjoin kindness and avoid ignorance (Quran 7:199)

You shall invite to the path of your Lord with wisdom and kind enlightenment, and debate with them in the best possible manner. (Quran)

Virtue and evil are not equal. If you replace evil habits by virtuous ones, you will certainly find that your enemies will become your intimate friends. (Quran)

And do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just; that is nearer to righteousness.”(Quran)

Truthful

"The trait and characteristic which the Prophet (pbuh) hated most was lying. A man would tell a lie in the presence of the Prophet (pbuh) and he would hold it against him, until he knew that he repented." (Tirmidthi)

Modest

“Modesty is a part of teachings of the previous Prophets and anyone who lacks it is most likely to do whatever he likes.” (Reported by Abdullah ibn Maslamah)

Kind To The Kids

“I’ll give such and such (i.e. gift or so) to the one who comes to me first.”So they used to race and fall on His back and chest. (Ahmad)

Peace Lover
"Let us go to resolve the situation and make peace between them.”(Bukhari)

Considerate

“I stand up for prayer intending to prolong it. In the meantime I hear the wailing of a baby and I have to shorten my prayer, being apprehensive lest my recitation of a long verse may tell upon the baby’s mother.”(Bukhari)

"The Messenger of God (pbuh) performed Salah (prayer) while he was carrying an infant girl named Umaamah, daughter of Abul-Aas. When he bowed, he put her on the ground, and when he stood up, he would carry her again." (Bukhari #5650)

Gentle

Aisha reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

Your duty is to be gentle and beware of harshness and bad words. (Bukhari)

The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was never obscene, nor would he spread obscenity.

(Tirmidhi )

The believer does not taunt others, he does not curse others, he does not use profanity, and he does not abuse others. (At-Tirmidhi)

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: When one of you awakes in the morning for fasting, then he should not use obscene language or behave ignorantly. If anyone slanders him or tries to argue with him, he should say twice: Indeed, I am fasting.

Care about women

“The best of you are those who are the best to their wives, and I am the best of you to my wives.”(al-Tirmidhi)

Narated By Abu Huraira : The Prophet said, "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should not hurt (trouble) his neighbor. And I advise you to take care of the women, for they are created from a rib and the most crooked portion of the rib is its upper part; if you try to straighten it, it will break, and if you leave it, it will remain crooked, so I urge you to take care of the women." (Bukhari)

Narrated by Anas bin Malik: The Prophet passed by a woman who was sitting and weeping beside a grave and said to her, “Fear Allah and be patient.”

Honour mothers greatly

A man came to the Prophet and said, ‘O Messenger of God! Who among the people is the most worthy of my good companionship? The Prophet (PBUH) said: Your mother. The man said, ‘Then who?’ The Prophet said: Then your mother. The man further asked, ‘Then who?’ The Prophet said: Then your mother. The man asked again, ‘Then who?’ The Prophet said: Then your father. (Bukhari, Muslim)
A man once consulted the Prophet Muhammad about taking part in a military campaign. The Prophet asked the man if his mother was still living. When told that she was alive, the Prophet said: “(Then) stay with her, for Paradise is at her feet.” (Al-Tirmidhi)

On another occasion, the Prophet said: “God has forbidden for you to be undutiful to your mothers.” (Sahih Al-Bukhari)

Concerned About Orphans

“The best house among the Muslims is one where an orphan is well treated, and the worst house among the Muslims is one where an orphan is badly treated.” (Ibn Majah)

Humorous

“Once a man asked Muhammad (PBUH) for an animal to ride. He replied that He would give him the baby of a she-camel to ride on. The man asked ‘What would he do with a she-camel baby?’ Muhammad (PBUH) replied, ‘Is there any camel which is not born of a she-camel?’ (Bukahri)

Care about animals

“I once found difficulty in riding a horse, so I kept reining it in repeatedly. The Prophet (PBUH) then said, ‘You must have gentleness.’” (Muslim)

Good appearance

“I have never seen a man who smiled as much as the Messenger of Allah.”(Tirmidhi)

“The Prophet (PBUH) was a person of average height. His shoulder were wide. His hair reached his earlobes. Once I saw Him adorned in a red garment; I never saw anything more beautiful than Him.” (Bukhari)

Narrated Al-Bara Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was the handsomest of all the people, and had the best appearance. He was neither very tall nor short. (Bukhari)

Moderation

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) once asked a companion: "(Is it true) that you fast all day and stand in prayer all night?" The companion replied that the report was indeed true. The Prophet then said: "Do not do that! Observe the fast sometimes and also leave (it) at other times. Stand up for prayer at night and also sleep at night. Your body has a right over you, your eyes have a right over you and your wife has a right over you." - Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 7, Hadith 127

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately. . .Always adopt a middle, moderate, regular course, whereby you will reach your target (of paradise)."

Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “O people, beware of extremism in religion for those who came before you were only destroyed because of extremism in religion.” (Source: Sunan ibn Majah 3029)

Make easy not hard

Narrated Abu Huraira: A Bedouin stood up and started making water in the mosque. The people caught him but the Prophet ordered them to leave him and to pour a bucket or a tumbler of water over the place where he had passed the urine. The Prophet then said, “You have been sent to make things easy and not to make them difficult.” (Bukhari)

Respectful & Non-racist

Qais ibn Sa’d reported: A funeral passed by the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he stood up. It was said to him, “It is a Jew.” The Prophet said, “Was he not a soul?” (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1250, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 961)

Aisha reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, passed away while his armor was mortgaged to a Jew for thirty units of barley. (Sahih Bukhari 2759, Sahih Muslim 1603)

Do not fight for himself

“He never struck anybody with his hand, neither a servant nor a women, but he did fight (jihad) in the cause of Allah. He never avenged any wrong done to him personally, but he did avenge a wrong violating divine commandments.” (Muslim)

QURAN

Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory. [They are] those who have been evicted from their homes without right - only because they say, "Our Lord is Allah ." And were it not that Allah checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of Allah is much mentioned. And Allah will surely support those who support Him. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might.

Hoping for Goodness, Even for his Enemies

‘I asked the Messenger of God (pbuh): "Did you face a day harder and more intense than the Battle of Uhud?‛ He replied: ‘I suffered a lot from your people! The worst I suffered was on the Day of al-’Aqabah when I spoke to Ali b. Abd Yaleel b. Abd Kilaal (in order to support me) but he disappointed me and left me. I left the area while I was quite worried, and walked - when I reached an area called Qarn ath-Tha’alib, I raised my head to the sky and noticed a cloud that shaded me. Gabriel (pbuh) called me and said: ‘O Muhammad! God, the Exalted, has heard what your people have said to you - and has sent the Angel in charge of the mountains, so you can command him to do what you please.’ The Prophet (pbuh) said: ‘The Angel in charge of the mountains called me saying: ‘May God praise you and keep safe from all evil! O Muhammad, I will do whatever you command me to do. If you like I can bring the Akh-shabain mountains together and crush them all.’ The Messenger of God (pbuh) said: ‘It may be that God raises from among them a progeny who worship God alone and associate no partners with Him.’ (Bukhari )

Peaceful

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Do not wish for an encounter with the enemy. Pray to Allah to grant you safety; (but) when you encounter them, show patience." (Hadith)

QURAN 

If they leave you alone, refrain from fighting you, and offer you peace, then GOD gives you no excuse to fight them (Quran)

Do not say to one who offers you peace, "You are not a believer," seeking the spoils of this world. For GOD possesses infinite spoils. Remember that you used to be like them, and GOD blessed you. (Quran)

But if the enemies incline towards peace, do you also incline towards peace. And trust in God! For He is the one who hears and knows all things. (Quran)

Allah does not forbid you respecting those who have not made war against you on account of (your) religion, and have not driven you forth from your homes, that you show them KINDNESS and deal with them JUSTLY; surely Allah loves the doers of justice. (Quran)

Protect other people. Pro Multiculture

The Prophet of Mercy said: Beware! Whosoever oppresses a Muahid (i.e. Non-Muslim living in Muslim land with agreement) or snatches (any of) his rights or causes him pain which he cannot bear, or takes anything from him without his permission, Then “I WILL FIGHT AGAINST SUCH A (MUSLIM) ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT” Abu Dawud 3052

The Prophet said: If any Muslim killed a Muahid (i.e. non-Muslim living in Muslim land with agreement) then he (Muslim) shall not even smell the fragrance of Paradise. (Bukhari 2995)

“This is a message from Muhammad, son of Abdullah, as a covenant to those who adopt Christianity, near and far, we are with them. Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything that displeases them. No compulsion is to be on them. Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries. No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims’ houses. Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God’s covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter against all that they hate. No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight. The Muslims are to fight for them. If a female Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place without her approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to pray. Their churches are to be respected. They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants. No one of the nation of (Muslims) is to disobey the covenant till the Last Day (end of the world). (Prophet Muhammad Convenant)

QURAN

O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things).

 To each of you We prescribed a law and a method. Had Allah willed, He would have made you one nation [united in religion], but [He intended] to test you in what He has given you; so race to [all that is] good. To Allah is your return all together, and He will [then] inform you concerning that over which you used to differ (Quran)

And do not insult those they invoke other than Allah , lest they insult Allah in enmity without knowledge. Thus We have made pleasing to every community their deeds. Then to their Lord is their return, and He will inform them about what they used to do (Quran)

O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other (not that you may despise each other). Verily, the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you (Quran)

 If it had been your Lord’s will, all of the people on Earth would have believed. Would you then compel the people so to have them believe?” (Quran)

Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: whoever rejects evil and believes in God hath grasped the most trustworthy hand- hold, that never breaks. And God heareth and knoweth all things.

And the list goes on..

Selling, Trading, Debt. Islamic Way.

There are many hadiths on selling, trading, and, debt. including:

"May Allah have mercy on the man who is generous when he buys, sells, and demands (his due)" [Bukhari]


Makhramah Al-'Abdi and I procured some drapery from Hajar and brought them to Makkah. The Prophet (ﷺ) came and bargained with us for some trousers and we sold them to him. We had a person who weighed the cloth in order to fix the price. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "Weigh and add a little to it."

The Prophet (ﷺ) purchased a camel from me and weighed more than its price.

"The truthful, honest merchant is with the prophets and the truthful ones and the martyrs."

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "There was a person who used to loan money to the people and he used to say to his servant: 'When an insolvent person comes to you, show him leniency so that Allah may forbear our faults.' So when he met Allah (i.e., when he died), Allah forgave him."

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "A person from amongst the people who lived before you was called to account by Allah on the Day of Resurrection. No good deeds were found in his credit except that he being a rich man had (financial) dealings with people and had commanded his servants to show leniency to those who were in straitened circumstances. Upon this Allah, the Exalted, and Majestic said: 'I am more entitled to this attribute, so waive (his faults)."'

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who gives respite to someone who is in straitened circumstances, or grants him remission, Allah will shelter him in the shade of His Throne, on the Day of Resurrection, when there will be no shade except its shade."

A man demanded of the Prophet (ﷺ) for repayment of a loan and was harsh to him. His Companions were about to attack him, but he (ﷺ) said, "Leave him, as the creditor is entitled to make a demand. Give him a camel of the same age as the camel that is due to him." They said: "We find a better camel senior to it in age." He (ﷺ) said, "Then buy it and give it to him; verily the best of you is the one who is the best in discharging his obligations (repayment of loans)."


The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "May Allah show mercy to a man who adopts a kind attitude when he sells, buys and demands for the repayment of loans."

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who likes Allah to deliver him from the calamities of the Day of Resurrection, let him either give respite to a debtor or grant him remission (of loans) in straitened circumstances."

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "A person from amongst the people who lived before you was called to account by Allah on the Day of Resurrection. No good deeds were found in his credit except that he being a rich man had (financial) dealings with people and had commanded his servants to show leniency to those who were in straitened circumstances. Upon this Allah, the Exalted, and Majestic said: 'I am more entitled to this attribute, so waive (his faults)."'

Although relieving debts for those in hardship is encouraged, not paying debt is a big NO

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Allah forgives every sin of a martyr, except his debt."

Oh, PS: Prophet Muhammad did business with Jews.

The Prophet (ﷺ) purchased food grains from a Jew on credit and mortgaged his iron armor to him.

Anas went to the Prophet (ﷺ) with barley bread having some dissolved fat on it. The Prophet (ﷺ) had mortgaged his armor to a Jew in Medina and took from him some barley for his family.

ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF SELF DEFENSE and It's not exclusively for faith

That's right folks.
ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF SELF DEFENSE and it's not exclusively for faith

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: "He who dies while defending his property is a martyr; he who dies in defence of his own life is a martyr; and he who dies on defense of his faith is a martyr, he who dies in defence of his family is a martyr (Hadith)

Even defending property (not just faith) can be considered as act of heroism

A man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and asked, "O Messenger of Allah! What shall I do if someone comes to me with the intention of taking away my property?" He replied, "Do not hand over it to him." The man asked, "What shall I do if he fights me?" The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Then fight him." "What will be my position in the Hereafter if he has killed me?" The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, "In that case you are a martyr." The man asked: "What if I killed him?" The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, "He will be in the Hell- fire." (Hadith)

Why, cause Islam extremely honour one's right and rights of the others.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Allah forgives every sin of a martyr, except his debt."

And yet, there are those who still questions, is Islam an offensive religion?? Read:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Do not wish for an encounter with the enemy. Pray to Allah to grant you safety; (but) when you encounter them, show patience." (Hadith)

If they leave you alone, refrain from fighting you, and offer you peace, then GOD gives you no excuse to fight them (Quran)

Do not say to one who offers you peace, "You are not a believer," seeking the spoils of this world. For GOD possesses infinite spoils. Remember that you used to be like them, and GOD blessed you. (Quran)

But if the enemies incline towards peace, do you also incline towards peace. And trust in God! For He is the one who hears and knows all things. (Quran)

Allah does not forbid you respecting those who have not made war against you on account of (your) religion, and have not driven you forth from your homes, that you show them KINDNESS and deal with them JUSTLY; surely Allah loves the doers of justice. (Quran)

If Islam offensive and barbaric as hate-mongers accuse, why would Islam promote peace, just, kindness?

Virtue and evil are not equal. If you replace evil habits by virtuous ones, you will certainly find that your enemies will become your intimate friends. (Quran)

(Verily Allah enjoins justice and the doing of good, and liberality to kith and kin, and He forbids all shameful deeds, wickedness, and injustice and oppression. He admonishes you that you may take heed. (Quran)

O people, spread peace, feed the hungry, and pray at night when people are sleeping and you will enter Paradise in peace. (Hadith)

Accustom yourselves to do good if people do good, and to not do wrong even if they commit evil.” (Hadith)

And do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just; that is nearer to righteousness.”(Quran)

Do not say, that if the people do good to us, we will do good to them; and if the people oppress us, we will oppress them; but determine that if people do you good, you will do good to them; and if they oppress you, you will not oppress them" (Prophet Muhammad)

Really, media, hate-mongers can do great things in turning people's perspective.
But as the Quran says:

But they plan, and Allah plans. And Allah is the best of planners. (Quran)

Peaceful Bible?

So often, those attacking Quran and Hadith without proper knowledge would say the otherwise about Bible. Well, they can't be more wrong.

* G-d instructs to burn and kill the Entire Town if One Person Worships Another God (Deuteronomy 13:13-19 NLT)

* G-d ordered Saul to kill children, babies, young, old, gilrs, women, and donkeys (1 Samuel 15:3)

* G-d instructs to kill every man in the town and keep all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder. (Deuteronomy 20:10-14)

* G-d assisted in capturing all cities and utterly destroy the men, women and children of every city - with no survivors (Deuteronomy 2:34)

* G-d commanded to kill women & children "Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead is not marked. Show no mercy; have no pity!Kill them all -- old and young, girls and women and little children" (Ezekiel 9:5-7)

* G-d punished the Jews with cannibalism (e.g mother eating children) Jeremiah 19:9, Lamentations 4:10, 2 Kings 6:26-29, Deuteronomy 28:53-57

* G-d approves selling daughters as sex slaves (Exodus 21:7-11)

* G-d instructs to kill rape victim (Deuteronomy22:23-24 NAB)

* G-d instructed Moses to 'Take all the heads of the people and hang them up against the sun (Numbers 25:3-4)

* G-d instructed Moses to take the blasphemer outside the camp then let the entire community stone him to death (Leviticus 24:10-16)

* G-d instructed Moses to kill anyone else who goes too near the Tabernacle (Numbers 1:48-51 NLT)

* G-d instructed Moses to go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other, kill even your brothers, friends, and neighbors (Exodus 32:26-29)

* G-d commanded Moses to seize all the ringleaders and execute them in broad daylight (Numbers 25:1-9)

* G-d commanded to pursue, kill, and completely destroy the land of rebels (Jeremiah 50:21-22)

* G-d says rape victims should marry their rapists, and the rapist pay 50 shekels (Deuteronomy 22:28-29

* G-d instructs to kill non-virgin Women On Their Wedding Night (Deuteronomy 22:20-21 NAB)

* G-d instructs to burn nasty daughter priest (Leviticus 21:9)

* G-d instructs to kill People for Working on the Sabbath should be killed (Exodus 31:12-15)

* G-d will make the people of Samaria fall by sword and their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open. (Hosea 13:16)

* G-d will bring evil upon people and will send the sword after them, till Jesus/God have consumed them (Jeremiah 49:37)

* G-d chose Solomon whose 700 wives 300 concubines to be a king of Israel

* G-d says okay with striking female or male slave with a rod as long as the slave survives a day or two (Exodus 21:20-21)

* G-d s orders to kill those who do these (including):

- Murder (Exodus 21:12-14; Leviticus 24:17,21)

- Attacking or cursing a parent (Exodus21:15,17)

- Disobedience to parents (Deuteronomy 21:18-21) - Kidnapping (Exodus 21:16)

- Failure to confine a dangerous animal, resulting in death (Exodus 21:28-29) - Witchcraft and sorcery (Exodus 22:18, Leviticus 20:27, Deuteronomy 13:5, 1 Samuel 28:9)

- Human sacrifice (Leviticus 20:2-5) - Sex with an animal (Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 20:16)

- Doing work on the Sabbath (Exodus 31:14, 35:2, Numbers 15:32-36) - Incest (Leviticus 18:6-18, 20:11-12,14,17,19-21) - Adultery (Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22)

- Homosexual acts (Leviticus 20:13)

- Prostitution by a priest's daughter (Leviticus 21:9)

- Blasphemy (Leviticus 24:14,16, 23)

- False prophecy (Deuteronomy 18:20)

- Perjury in capital cases (Deuteronomy 19:16-19) - Refusing to obey a decision of a judge or priest (Deuteronomy 17:12)

- Sex between a woman pledged to be married and a man other than her betrothed (Deuteronomy 22:23-24)

And if you say Jesus abolished and invalidated OLD TESTAMENT. Well, you are wrong:

For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:18-19 RSV)

It is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass away than for the smallest part of the letter of the law to become invalid." (Luke 16:17 NAB)

Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest part or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place." (Matthew 5:17 NAB)

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. 3 So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach" Matthew 23:1-2

You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery. But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. So if your eye--even your good eye--causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. Matthew 5:28

If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell. Matthew 5:30

You are nothing but show-offs! The prophet Isaiah was right when he wrote that God had said, All of you praise me with your words, but you never really think about me. It is useless for you to worship me, when you teach rules made up by humans."

Didn't Moses command you to respect your father and mother? Didn't he tell you to put to death all who curse their parents? But you let people get by without helping their parents when they should. You let them say that what they own has been offered to God.You won't let those people help their parents. And you ignore God's commands in order to follow your own teaching. You do a lot of other things just as bad

So, despite the popular belief that Jesus invalidated all the harsh, mind-boggling practice in Old Testament - the truth is Jesus mission was to reaffirm it.

BTW NT also contains verses like these:


Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a SWORD. (Matthew 10:34)

I have come to set fire to the earth, and I only wish it were already burning (Luke 12:49)

Do you think I came to bring PEACE on earth? NO, I tell you, but division. From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. (Luke 12:51)

Now, as for those enemies of mine who did not want me to be their KING, bring them here and KILL them in my presence! (Luke 19:27) (PS: In the parable of Ten Minas : Jesus is the King, and those who should be killed are the Jews)

"So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. (Revelation 2:22-23)

"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away an withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. (John 15:5-6)

"That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. (Luke 12:47-48)"

“If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.


In the same way, therefore, every one of you who does not say good-bye to all his possessions cannot be My disciple.

If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell


And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell

For I came to set at variance 'A man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs."

And he [Jesus] said unto them ... Ye reject the commandment of God ... For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death."

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."

And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

I do not allow them to teach or to have authority over men; they must keep quiet.

For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off

The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows

All who are forced to serve as slaves should consider their masters worthy of full respect. Then people will not speak evil things against God’s name and against what we teach.

Some slaves have masters who are believers. They shouldn’t show their masters disrespect just because they are also believers. Instead, they should serve them even better.

Women should learn in silence and all humility. do not allow them to teach or to have authority over men; they must keep quiet

Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

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Still it's not permissible for Muslim for mocking other religion

# Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance. (16:125)

# Virtue and evil are not equal. If you replace evil habits by virtuous ones, you will certainly find that your enemies will become your intimate friends. (41:34)

# And do not insult those they invoke other than Allah , lest they insult Allah in enmity without knowledge. Thus We have made pleasing to every community their deeds. Then to their Lord is their return, and He will inform them about what they used to do.(6:108)


# Do not argue with the people of the scripture (Jews, Christians, and Muslims) except in the nicest possible manner - unless they transgress - and say, "We believe in what was revealed to us and in what was revealed to you, and our god and your god is one and the same; to Him we are submitters." [29:46]

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Is Islam an impossible to do religion like Christianity and Judaism?

Dear Christians, please stop saying Jesus is God.

Please don't say Jesus (peace be upon him) is the God of Old Testament who commanded Saul & Samuel to slaughtered women, babies, children of Amalek.

Please don't say Jesus (peace be upon him) is the God of Old Testament who said "And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend."

I mean, do you seriously believe if Jesus were The God in OT, and The God in OT instructed to kill babies, therefore Jesus instructed to kill babies, women, etc?

Go, now, attack Amalek, and deal with him and all that he has under the ban. Do not spare him, but kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and asses

"Go up, my warriors, against the land of Merathaim and against the people of Pekod. Yes, march against Babylon, the land of rebels, a land that I will judge! Pursue, kill, and completely destroy them, as I have commanded you,"

If even then you remain hostile toward me and refuse to obey, I will inflict you with seven more disasters for your sins. I will release wild animals that will kill your children and destroy your cattle, so your numbers will dwindle and your roads will be deserted.

Anyone who is captured will be run through with a sword. Their little children will be dashed to death right before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked and their wives raped by the attacking hordes. For I will stir up the Medes against Babylon, and no amount of silver or gold will buy them off. The attacking armies will shoot down the young people with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for the children.

Make ready to slaughter his sons for the guilt of their fathers; Lest they rise and posses the earth, and fill the breadth of the world with tyrants.

"Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead is not marked. Show no mercy; have no pity! Kill them all old and young, girls and women and little children. But do not touch anyone with the mark. Begin your task right here at the Temple." So they began by killing the seventy leaders. "Defile the Temple!" the LORD commanded. "Fill its courtyards with the bodies of those you kill! Go!"

They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul; and everyone who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

If your own full brother, or your son or daughter, or your beloved wife, or you intimate friend, entices you secretly to serve other gods, whom you and your fathers have not known, gods of any other nations, near at hand or far away, from one end of the earth to the other: do not yield to him or listen to him, nor look with pity upon him, to spare or shield him, but kill him.

How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us. How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock.

They will fall by the sword, Their little ones will be dashed in pieces, And their pregnant women will be ripped open.

"I also will do this unto you... You shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it."

"And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat." --

"And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them."

"And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend."

"Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers."

"I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another."
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"This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him."

"The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat."

"Who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron."

"Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed. She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

And PS: Jesus himself never said he's God. What Jesus SAID he's a servant. Well that should clarify that Jesus is not the same God in Old Testament who killed babies and women.


# Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. John 13:16

# Who's the greatest, the person who sits at the table or the servant? Isn't it really the person who sits at the table? BUT I'M AMONG YOU AS A SERVANT. Luke 22:27

# Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but HIS WHO SENT ME. John 7:16

# I can do nothing on my own. I judge as God tells me. Therefore, my judgment is just, because I carry out the will of the one who sent me, not my own will. John 5:30

# Jesus answered, "The foremost is, 'HEAR, O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD Mark 12:29

# Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ. John 17:3

# I KNEW THAT YOU ALWAYS HEAR ME I can do nothing on my own John 11:42

# Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. Mark 10:18

# "You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. (John 14:28)

# My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all (John 10:29)

# My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to accomplish his work. (John 4:34)

# The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him (John 8:29)

# So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. (John 11:41)

# By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me. (John 5:30)

# Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (John 8:29)

After it's clear but they prefer to ignore it anyway

Quran comes as glad tidings for believer

Indeed, this Qur'an guides to that which is most suitable and gives good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a great reward. (Quran 17:10)

In easy-to-understand languange

"We have made the Qur'an easy in your language so that they may take heed it."  (Qur'an 44:58)

It's also easy to memorize. Millions people (kids to elderly, arabic/non arabic speaking people) literally remember quran words by words, letter by letter,

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember? 54:17

I don't know if there are other books on planet earth remembered letter by letter by so many people. Anyone knows if there is one person in planet earth remember, say one chapter of the Bible? the original one?

And I don't know how millions people could remember Quran letter by letter - ensuring Quran free from unintended / intended corruption.

Verily, We Ourselves have sent down this Exhortation, and most surely We will be its Guardian, (Al-Hijr, 15:10)

One thing that is certain is, Quran is not like any other book. God tells in Quran:

 And if you are in doubt about what We have revealed (the Quran) to Our worshiper (Muhammad ), then produce a chapter like it, and call your witnesses (supporters and helpers) besides God if you are truthful.  And if you do not do it, and you can never do it, then fear the Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones.  It has been prepared for disbelievers.  And give good news (O Muhammad) to those who believe and do good deeds, that for them are gardens (Paradise) in which rivers flow.... (Quran, 2:23-25)

Yet indeed, after knowing the truth (e.g: the presence of Creator-through His creation, the Oneness of God, the true-easy-to-understand-modest religion i.e Islam)  there will be some people deliberatly reject it. It's so typical of some people, Quran mentions this over and over again


And who is more unjust than he who is reminded of the messages of his Lord, then he turns away from them and forgets what his hands have sent before? Surely We have placed veils over their hearts, lest they understand it, and a deafness in their ears. And if thou call them to the guidance, they will even then never follow the right course. (Quran 18:57)

Those who reverted after the guidance became clear to them—Satan has enticed them, and has given them latitude (Quran 47:25)

Those who disbelieve, and hinder from the path of God, and oppose the Messenger after guidance has become clear to them—they will not hurt God in the least, but He will nullify their deeds. (Quran 47:32)

Those who violate God's covenant after its confirmation, and sever what God has commanded to be joined, and commit evil on earth. These are the losers (Quran 2:27)

Whoever makes a breach with the Messenger, after the guidance has become clear to him, and follows other than the path of the believers, We will direct him in the direction he has chosen, and commit him to Hell—what a terrible destination! (Quran 4:115)


How will God guide a people who disbelieved after having believed, and had witnessed that the Messenger is true, and the clear proofs had come to them? God does not guide the unjust people (Quran 3:86)

Verily, those who conceal the clear proofs, evidences and the guidance, which We have sent down, after We have made it clear for the people in the Book, they are the ones cursed by Allah and cursed by the cursers. (Quran 2:159)

Those who believe, then disbelieve, then believe, then disbelieve, then increase in disbelief, God will not forgive them, nor will He guide them to a way. (Quran 4:137)

# Whoever chooses to follow the right path, follows it but for his own good; and whoever goes astray, goes but astray to his own hurt; and no bearer of burdens shall be made to bear another" burden.

# And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to the worlds, Say, "It is only revealed to me that your god is but one God; so will you be Muslims [in submission to Him]?" But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally. And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised

PS: Quran also says

# There is no compulsion in religion. The right direction is henceforth distinct from error. And he who rejecteth false deities and believeth in God hath grasped a firm handhold which will never break. (Quran 2:256)

Because The Creator Knows His Creations

Who created the universe? Some says Brahma, Jesus, Zeus, Odin, Atum, you name it. Atheists would say universe created by accidents. Agnostic would say: They don't know.

So who really created the universe? Who belongs the universe and everything in it?

To answer this, suppose you find a wallet, and you don't know the owner. And then, there are many people who claim as the owner. How do you know which one is the TRUE owner? Of course, the one who can describe the wallet.

So who belongs the universe?

Here are samples verses that God through Quran (not Atum, Zeus, Odin, Brahma, Jesus) describing universe, natural phenomena, and many things in it, when humans don't have the instruments to make such observation (yes, Quran described them 1,400 years ago)

Big Bang

Do Not Those Who Disbelieve See That The Heavens And The Earth Were Meshed Together Then We Ripped Them Apart? And Then We Made Of Water Everything Living? Would They Still Not Believe?[Quran 21.30]

Expansion Of The Universe

And It Is We Who Have Built The Universe With [Our Creative] Power And Keep Expanding It. [Quran 51:47]

Athmosphere

We Made The Sky A Protective Ceiling. And Yet They Are Turning Away From Our Signs! [Quran 21:32]

Sun’s & Moon’s Orbit

It Is He Who Created Night And Day, The Sun And The Moon, Each Floating In Its Orbit.”[Quran 21:33]

Elipsoid Earth

He Made The Earth Egg-Shaped [Quran 79:30]

Parité

And Of Everything We Created Pairs, That Possibly You Would Be Mindful.  [Quran 51:49]

Water Barrier

He Is The One Who Has Set Free The Two Kinds Of Water, One Sweet And Palatable, And The Other Salty And Bitter.  And He Has Made Between Them A Barrier And A Forbidding Partition.  [Quran, 25:53]

Embriology

 We Created Man From An Extract Of Clay. Then We Made Him As A Drop In A Place Of Settlement, Firmly Fixed. Then We Made The Drop Into An Alaqah (Leech, Suspended Thing, And Blood Clot), Then We Made The Alaqah Into A Mudghah (Chewed Substance).  [Quran, 23:12-14]

Clouds And The Process Of Rain

Do Not You See That God Drives The Clouds, Then Joins Them Together,  Then Piles Them On Each Other, Then You See The Rain Comes Forth From  Between Them. And He Sends Down Hail From The Sky, Where There Are  Mountains Of It. And Strikes Those With It Whom He Will And Diverts It From  Whomever He Wills. The Vivid Flash Of Its Lightning Nearly Blinds The Sight.  [Quran 24:43]

The End of Universe and The Big Crunch

We created not the heavens and the earth and all between them but for just ends, and for a Term Appointed: But those who reject Faith turn away from that whereof they are warned. (Quran 46: 3)

We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, but for just ends.And the Hour is surely coming (when this will be manifest).So overlook (any human faults) with gracious forgiveness. (Quran 15: 85) 
That Day We will fold up heaven like folding up the pages of a book. As We originated the first creation so We will regenerate it. It is a promise binding on Us. That is what We will do. (Qur'an, 21:104)

So, in Quran (500A.D) there are revelations about bigbang (big Bang theory found in 1920), expansion of the universe (Huble found the theory in 1929), elipsoid earth (John Fillmore Hayford found this in 1910), parite (Paul Dirac win noble in 1933).

The more people observe the universe, the more people will realize that Allah is the creator of the universe. In fact Quran emphasizes the need to study universe and everything in it - so people will realize the existence of The Creator.

Everything in the heavens and everything on the earth and everything in between them and everything under the ground belongs to Him. (Qur'an, 20:6)

So let man observe from what he was created. (Quran)

Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the [great] ships which sail through the sea with that which benefits people, and what Allah has sent down from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every [kind of] moving creature, and [His] directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven and the earth are signs for a people who use reason (2:164)

Verily in the heavens and the earth are signs for the believers. And in your creation, and what He scattered of moving creatures are signs with people of sure faith,” (Quran)

Quran concludes it:

We did not create heaven and earth and everything in between them as a game. (Qur'an, 21:16)

Allah created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions): verily in that is a Sign for those who believe. (Quran 29:44)

Indeed, within the heavens and earth are signs for the believers.And in the creation of yourselves and what He disperses of moving creatures are signs for people who are certain [in faith] (Quran 45:3-4)

Anyway Bible / Torah also tries to explain natural phenomena, for example

The stages universe creation

Day 1: Heaven, earth, light, (light as day, darkness as night)
Day 2: Sky
Day 3: Land, Seas, plants bearing seed, trees bearing fruit
Day 4: Sun, Moon, Stars
Day 5: Birds and Swimming creatures
Day 6: Land creatures, humans
Day 7: God rested.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1%3A1%E2%80%932%3A3&version=NRSV

http://www.missiontoamerica.org/genesis/days-of-creation.html



So, if earth, night & day, plants created before sun, moon, and stars then:

# What caused night and day on earth without sun?
# Can Earth rotate in their orbit without sun?
# Can trees grow without sun?
# Is the day in Genesis literally 24 hours or billion years.
# If billion years, can trees grow without sun for billion years?


Bats as Birds

And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, and the vulture, and the kite after his kind; every raven after his kind; and the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.


Four legs of locust
All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you. There are, however, some winged creatures that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground. Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper. But all other winged creatures that have four legs you are to detest.