How did the Death of Muhammad impact Islam?
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the death of the prophet Muhammed(PBUH) did not impact on islam because the religion was completed and he had finished his message before his death. it really impacted the muslims because as u know the muslims love thier prophet Muhammed(PBUH) more than thierselves but he also had left his(PBUH) sunnah(legal ways,etc.) to the muslims so  the death of the prophet Muhahammed(PBUH) did not impact our religion,indeed it impacted our feeling(as he(PBUH) is not alive but it is Allah`s will)
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Islam is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the Qur'an. With approximately 1.2-1.3 billion adherents [1][2], it is the world's second-largest religion. Followers of Islam are known as Muslims. Muslims believe that God (Arabic Allāh) revealed his word to humanity through many earlier prophets, and that Muhammad was the final prophet. Muslims believe that the core message of Islam, which is submission to God, has been the central messages in the teaching of all God's prophets.\n\nSecular historians view the religion as being founded by the prophet Muhammad in the 7th century C.E. The faith went through a period of rapid expansion after the prophet's death, and its followers can be found all over the world today.\n\nenet of Islam is found in the shahādatān ("two testimonies"): lā ilāhā illā-llāhu; muhammadu-r-rasūlu-llāhi — "There is no god but God (Allah) and Muhammad is the messenger of God (Allah)." A person who truly believes in the meaning of these words is a Muslim. However, for practical reasons one may need to recite the words in the presence of witnesses to be considered one by other members of their society.\n\nMuslims believe that God (or, in Arabic, Allāh; also in Aramaic Alaha) revealed his direct word for humanity to Muhammad (c. 570–632) and earlier prophets, including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. Muslims believe that Muhammad is the Last, or the Seal, of the prophets and that his teachings for humanity will last until Qiyamah (The Day of the Resurrection). Muslims assert that the main written record of revelation to humanity is the Qur'an (see below), which they believe to be flawless, immutable, and the final revelation of God to humanity. Muslims believe that parts of the Gospels, Torah and Jewish prophetic books have been forgotten, misinterpreted, incorrectly edited by humans, or distorted by their followers and thus their original message has been corrupted over time (tahrif). With that perspective, Muslims view the Qur'an as a correction of Jewish and Christian scriptures, and a final revelation.\n\nMuslims hold that Islam is essentially the same belief as that of all the messengers sent by God to humanity since Adam, with the Qur'an (the text used by all sects of the Muslim faith) codifying the final revelation of God. Islamic texts depict Judaism and Christianity as derivations of the teachings of Abraham and thus acknowledge common Abrahamic roots. The Qur'an calls Jews and Christians (and sometimes people of other faiths) "People of the Book." Historically, the second Caliph Umar ibn Khattab created what came to be known as "the Pact of Umar" in establishing that any people of the book who submitted to Muslim authority as dhimmis during the wars of Muslim expansion retained their freedom of religion and their existing churches.
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Muhammad and Jesus wanted to reform the faith of the people in their society during their respective periods. So Jesus retained what was told up to Moses and wanted to modify the earlier teachings. He was not acceptable to the Jews who continued with their belief. Then Jewish society having rejected him either got him expelled or crucified, as the case may be. \n\nMuch after his death the dissidents among the Jews, perhaps, prefered to see a leader in him.  So he along with other earlier prophets are accepted as prophets by his followers called Christians.\n\nLater came Muhammad who wanted to unify the conflicting Jews and the Christians and take the credit as the last prophet, perhaps thinking that there was no need for another for the conflict is solved by him; little knowing that his efforts have widened the gap and compounded the intra-religious hostility.\n\nSo, by historical analysis, none of the persons portrayed as prophets was an extra-ordinary human species. They all had the common human frailties that was reflected in their conduct. It is only propaganda that made them 'prophets', nothing else.
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If you want a general overview : http://www.carm.org/islam/islamic_doctrine.htm\n\nIf you want some more details :\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Pillars_of_Islam.\nYou can follow the links of five pillars and see more descriptions.\n\nYou will find lots of sources in wikipedia as well one this or on net..\n\nProphet Muhammad as a reformer\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad
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Oh come on!\nyou got the answer to your previous question in detail\nheres the link...read the second answer, you will know all about Muhammad's (PBUH) marriages!\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ag0HGXqz1D3EeNHGeodr88Lsy6IX?qid=1006020908872\n\nas for M.Jackson ... i think thats just a rumor
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It "humanized" muslim prophet Mohammed, same as "The Last Temptation of Christ" humanized Christ, although none of the Christians put out a head contract on anyone, like the silly muslim mullahs did.\n\nThe controversy is about the insecurity that muslims feel about their religion. It was created out of war and strife, and immediately after Mohammed died, his apostles engaged in bloody war. Most muslims are not allowed to interpret Kuran, so they lean on their mullahs to guide them, which causes them to agitate anytime mullahs tell them Islam has been insulted.
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Mohammad had 9 wives all together.  (see explanation below)\n\nHe did not personally kill anyone.  Not even in battle.  He did not wage war on anyone.  The battles that he was involved in were waged against him by the corrupt rulers of Mecca.  He was preaching for equality and abolishing slavery and calling to the worship of the One and Only God, Creator and Sustainer of the Universe.\n\nThe Meccan leaders were profitting quite a bit from the practice of idol worshipping.  They also practiced slavery, gambling, and many other things that God forbids.  They had a lot to loose if people started listening to him.  They chose to fight him to maintain their status and power.\n\nThe reason people thought he was a prophet is the same reason people thought that Abraham, David, Moses, and others were prophets.  He came to call people to denounce the worship of idols, dissolve distinctions between people and establish brotherhood among all, abolish slavery, stop gambling, and put to an end many of the corrupt things the people were doing at the time.\n\nBut the biggest single reason people thought he was a prophet was the Quran.  This revelation did not sound like it came from man; it sounded divine.  Also, before the message was revealed to him by the Angel Gabriel, he was known to be a very kind and trust-worthy person among the Arabs of Mecca.  Plus the fact that he was illiterate which meant that he would have been incapable of producing such marvelous text.\n\nMany agree that Prophet Muhammad is mentioned in the bible.  Jesus (peace be upon him) speaks of a comforter, "the spirit of truth", which will come and lead the people to the worship of the One and Only God.  Many argue that this comforter is the holy spirit.  Well, if I'm not mistaken, the holy spirit is the Angel Gabriel who was the deliverer of the message to Prophet Muhammad.\n\n======== Why 9 wives ========\n\nAs far as his marriage to 9 wives, we have to understand what was going on at the time; each of these marriages was for a reason.  Many of them, the prophet married for protection of these women.  Either their husbands died in battle, or they were old and needed care.  \n\nOthers were for strengthening ties between the different tribes.  There would be ill feelings between certain tribes if the prophet married from one and not the other.  The prophet also married a lady called Mary the Coptic.  She was Christian, and he wanted to let the Muslims know that it would be OK to marry women of the book (i.e. Jews and Christians).\n\nCould he be called a man of fleshly desires because of this?  I say not.  The reason is when he was 25, he married Khadija (who was 40).  He stayed married only to her until her death 25 years later.  If he was truly a sexual deviant (wal-iazu billah), then he would have had many exploits at his prime.  It is also reported that some of his marriages were only to give the women that title; nothing more.\n\nSo before we rush to judgment, let's first understand what was going on at the time and look into it before we hasten to a bad conclusion.  After all, this was 1400 years ago, and he was sent to what may be the most corrupt people in history.\n\nAnd God only knows best.
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Am not a Muslim, but might have a lot to do with the fact that Islam as a religion only started about 1400 years ago, therefor there doctrine would supersede the words of the Mosaic laws as they received the New Words of God at this time!
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First of all, everyone should be quite precise and not insulting in answering this question....Allah is the name for God in The Islamic Religion. Mohammed was the first prophet, who was visited by angel Gabriel and he told him about the "Qu'ran" :the teachings and tenets of being a muslim. Later on Mohhammed married a rich widow and that helped to communicate the word. When he fled from Mecca "the sacred city", the holy words began to influence the people....and teach them about the "5 Pillars of Islam" and the tenets. When Mohammed died, Ali took his place and continued to preach the word. Later on there were three major sects: The Sunni, Sufi and Sh'ite: they had major differences about "Orthopraxy" and "Orthodoxy".....Oh and no, i dont think Allah knew about the future.
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Christianity and Islam
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VERY fair...dead he would be a martyr for islam. He would have been honored as a hero, instead of the TRUE heroes of 9-11 and the war on terror. Now he gets to sit in SHAME for the rest of his life. That is if he doesnt "sacrifice" himself first....one can only pray. =)
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ISLAM is the Way of all of the prophets from the first (Adam, peace be upon him) to Muhammad, peace be upon him. They all called the people to submit their free choice that Allah had given them to the Will of Allah. That is what "Islam" is really all about.\n\nWhen the people begin to corrupt and change the message, they give some name to it that makes it distinct for them. Usually they chose a noun such as a person, place or thing. The examples are many, but let me mention the Hindus, from the nation of Hind, the Jews from the tribe of Judah, the Christians from The Christ, the Buddhists from the name of their Buddha. All of these are "nouns" right? So that is where they took the names.\n\nIslam is from Allah, The Creator and Sustainer of all that exists. As such, it is for Him Alone to command and direct His creation and He Alone is responsible for what He will accept and what He will not accept. It is also for Him Alone to decree what is good and what is bad and He must be the One to show the right path in all things.\n\nEverything in the life of the creations of Allah, especially for those who have choices to make (us), must be dictated and clarified by the One who Created everything in the fist place. We understand from this that Islam must be a complete and total way of living, explaining everything in the life from beginning to end and from birth until death.\n\nIslam is careful to remind us that it not a religion to be paid mere lip service; rather it is an all-encompassing way of life that must be practiced continuously for it to be Islam. \n\nThere are other injunctions and commandments which concern virtually all facets of one's personal, family and civic life. These include such matters as diet, clothing, personal hygiene, interpersonal relations, business ethics, responsibilities towards parents, spouse and children, marriage, divorce and inheritance, civil and criminal law, fighting in defense of Islam, relations with non-Muslims, and so much more. \n\nIn conclusion, we are forced to realize that ISLAM is a complete way of life for the human being. Everything is covered in Islam from birth to death to live in the complete submission to the Will of the One Who Created man in the first place. \n\n(Is that detailed enough for you?)
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I really don't know but that's something I certainly didn't know. Muhammad sounds like a noble Prophet. I learn that he was a Prophet from my Teacher in class about a month ago..
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Islam was founded by Nabi Muhammad saw when he received word from Allah in a prophecy. He began life in Mecca where idolatory was a main fact of life but had to flee to Madinah to escape prosecution in what has come to be known as the Hijrah. Islam spread through his family and friends at first but later his companions known as sahabat continued his work by a number of successful conquests which spread Islam to most of the middle east. Islam reached it high point when Muhammad and his army from Madinah conquered Mecca which was later deemed to the the Holy City.
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check out www.muhammad.net
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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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yes it happened, and there is no rationale to kill your opponenets if you are a prophet, it used to be in reality if you are a politician (although it is not acceptable anymore). This is the problem when faith gets mixed with politics.