Prophet Muhammad
What does ‘Salawaat’ on Prophet Muhammad & his family mean?
Question: What does Salawaat mean, and why does it hold such a high importance in our faith? Answer: The Almighty Allah (SWT) orders in the Holy Qur’an all believers to join Him and the angles in sending Salaam and Salawaat to the Holy Prophet (SAW): إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا “Verily, →
Was Prophet Muhammad’s marriage to Aisha a pedophilic relationship?
Question: A friend of mine is very anti-Islam and has a very negative attitude towards Islam and Muslims. One of his arguments is about the age of Aisha, one of the Prophet’s wives. He says that she was only 9 years old when the Prophet Muhammad married her, while he was much older, and hence →
If Prophet Muhammad could not read or write, why did Angel Jibraeel tell him to “read”?
Question: I wonder if the Holy Prophet (S) could read and write before the age of 40? And →
How old was Ali ibn Abu Talib when he embraced Islam?
Question: How old was Ali ibn Abu Talib when he embraced Islam? Answer: Imam Ali (as) embraced Islam →
If the Prophet (s) wasn’t martyred, then don’t all martyrs gain a virtue that he didn’t?
Question: With regards to the topic of the cause of the Holy Propeht’s death [whether he (s) died of →
Did the wives of the Prophet poison him as narrated by al-Ayyashi?
This is a follow up question from the original question posted here: Was the Holy Prophet poisoned and martyred →
Was the Holy Prophet martyred or did he die a natural death?
Question: Was the Holy Prophet poisoned (or killed) and martyred or did he die a natural death? Answer: →
If Islam’s origin is from prophet Muhammad (s), then what did the other prophets bring?
Question: If Islam’s origin is from Prophet Muhammad (s), then what about the other prophets of our religion, →
Was the Prophet Muhammad illiterate?
Question: Was the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) illiterate? Answer: According to the authentic Hadiths of Ahlul-Bayt (a.s) and our →
Was Islam ‘spread by the sword and violence’?
Question: There is this famous saying amongst the people of the West, that “Islam was spread by the sword →