Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

1. Muhammad –Peace be upon him
Prepared by: Dashty Latif Rihany
University of Duhok
College of Science
Biology department

2. Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him),
was an exceptional spiritual leader, military leader and
statesman. He's the most important person in Islamic
and humanity history.
 Muslims believe Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the
last prophet to follow in the footsteps of Adam,
Abraham, Moses, Jesus and others (peace be upon
them) who preached a message of submission to One
God (Allah), the Creator. While earlier prophets were
sent to specific nations,but Muhammad (peace be upon
him) was sent to all of humanity.

3.  The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was born in
Mecca on the Arabian Peninsula in 570AD. His father
(Abdullah) died before his birth and his mother (Aminah) died
when he was six years old. Raised first by his
grandfather (Abdul-Muttalib), and then by his uncle (Abu-
Talib). Muhammad (peace be upon him) grew up illiterate but
was distinguished by exceptional character. His honesty,
humbleness, sincerity, and good manners earned him the
name of (Al-Amin), "theTrustworthy," among Meccans. he
never liked revenge of each others. his heart was cleaned two
times by (Jibreel).
 Muhammad (peace be upon him) learned the trade of a
merchant from his uncle. Eventually he was hired by a
wealthy businesswoman (Khadija-bint-Khawilad), to manage
her caravan along a route to Syria.

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5. PROPHET AND MESSENGER
It was at the age of 40, during his long marriage to (Khadija), that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) received his first revelation from the Angel Gabriel (Jibreel). The revelations continued
for 23 years. Revelations included verses of the Holy Qur’an, which Muhammad (peace be
upon him) repeated verbatim as the Word of Allah. Other revelations, summarized in the
Prophet 's (peace be upon him) own words but attributed to Allah, were recorded as Hadith
Qudsi, or Sacred (qudsi) Hadith.
Muhammad (peace be upon him) began preaching publicly several years after the first
revelation. The pagan Meccans were extremely hostile towards the message of Islamic
monotheism(Al-tawhid), causing some Muslims to seek refuge in Abyssinia (Abashian) and
others, including the Prophet (peace be upon him), to migrate to Medina. A series of battles
ensued, with the Muslims claiming final victory and placing Mecca under Islamic rule.
During these years, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) filled the roles of spiritual
leader, military commander, statesman, orator and visionary. Historians and writers note that
he was successful on all counts. In two decades, he transformed polytheistic Arabia from a
violent land of feuding tribes into a civilized nation united under Islamic brotherhood.
Through Islam, Muhammad (peace be upon him) established social order, public charity,
fair governance, and fair trade and economics. He instilled an Islamic way of life with high
moral land ethical standards, unprecedented rights for women, and limits on polygamy. He
encouraged scholarship, abolishment of slavery and demonstrated tolerance towards all
people. Muhammad (peace be upon him) always credited Allah, saying, "Do not venerate
me as the Christians venerated Jesus, son of Mary (mariam) (they say: Jesus is Allah’s son
!). I am only servant of Allah and His Messenger!"

6.  Muhammad’s (peace be upon him) impeccable
character so impressed the twice-widowed (Khadija),
that she proposed marriage to him, although she was 15
years his senior. They married when he was 25 and she
was 40. They had six children together, two of whom died
at very young ages. Muhammad (peace be upon him)
took no other wives during their 25-year marriage.
 After( Khadija)’s death in 620 AD, Muhammad (peace be
upon him) contracted other marriages, mostly to
divorced or widowed women for benevolent or strategic
reasons, In all personality types in order to teach us how
to deal with any personal women. Only one boy was
born, but he died in infancy. Nine wives survived the
Prophet (peace be upon him) and the youngest (Aisha) is
credited with narrating more than 2000 hadith, or
accounts of the Prophet's (peace be upon him) sayings
and teachings.

7. Muhammad’s Death and Legacy
• Muhammad (peace be upon him) died in 632 AD,
following an illness. His death severely tested the faith
of his followers. In a famous address, (Abu-Bakr-Al-
Siddiq) admonished them:
(
)" If any of you worship Muhammad, you should
know that Muhammad dead. But those of you who
worship God, let it be known that God is alive and can
not (never) die.
This powerful message affirmed what Muhammad
(peace be upon him) himself insisted and what Allah
revealed in the Qur'an – that Muhammad (peace be
upon him) was simply a man and Allah's Messenger.
Allah alone is deserving of worship and submission.
Non has the right to worship, but Allah.

8. Islam Today
 More than 1433 years later, Muslims now number
more than one billion worldwide. Allah's revelation to
Muhammad (peace be upon him) remains unaltered
in the Holy Qur’an, while thousands of hadith
document the Prophet of Islam's (peace be upon him)
eloquent teachings and example.
 Finally, Muslims invoke Allah's blessings on the
Prophet Muhammad whenever his name is
mentioned they say: ( ) means (peace
be upon him), any one say or is listened Muhammad
and don't invoke Allah's blessings on him, Allah will
damn on this person!
 A lot western scientists after searching of
Muhammad 's life, praised him, thus one of them
said: if had been Muhammad alive, he solves every
world's problems in a cup.

9. Which religion deserving of being
followed ?
 Muhammad (peace be upon him) deleted all religions, therefore anyone after him will follow
each prophet or his religion, he will go (send) in the hell, because God say: anyone choose a
religion without Islam, God do not accept him, and he will become with those people will taste
hell. (Alihimran-85).
 So God say: … ( ) means: I agree with Islam to be your religion. (Al-Ma'ida-3).
 And God say: )O, believers don't love (like) the Christians
and Jewries … . (Al-Ma'ida-51).
 Although the Christians and Jewries changed their books (Bible & Gospel), after that till now they
say: this book (Bible or Gospel) got down beside God! This is lying to Allah. look these A'yat:
 (Al-Baqara-75)
 (Alihimran-78)
 (Al-Ma'ida-7 )

 means : Jews said Uzair the son of God and the Christians call Christ the Son of God with their
mouths saying that imitate what the unbelievers of God I fought deluded(Al-Tawba- )
 Although they don't believe Muhammad & our religion, but we believe Moses's , Jesus's religion
and themselves. God say : (
)(Al-Baqara-136)
 Means : Say We believe in Allah and what was revealed to us and what was
revealed to Ibrahim and Ismail and Isaac and Jacob and the Tribesand Moses and
Jesus came and brought the prophets from their Lord, do not differentiate between one of them
and we are a Muslim.
 Our prophet say:
( )

10. WHAT DO YOU SAY WHEN YOU WANT TO BE A
MUSLIM ?
Means:
I bear witness
that there is no
god but Allah and
that Muhammad is
the Messenger of
Allah