Islam Under Scrutiny by Ex-Muslims
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Who is Greater? Muhammad or Allah?24 October, 2006
Introduction:
One of the important features of a prophet must be uphold God over his own self, dedication of his life to God's purpose. Even though I am an agnostic, I hope every muslim will agree so in this aspect. So, was Muhammad such a person? who was important for Muhammad, service of god? Or service of his own self? Invariably every muslim would emphatically choose the former one. The purpose of this short yet hard hitting article is to examine this very belief that muslims have. Evidence: As I said I will keep this article short and present a very few instances (in fact a couple) but sufficient enough to dent this belief of Muslims. Ibn Kathir records certain shaih Hadiths regarding surah Al-Fatihah[1]:
Al-Bukhari also records these hadiths as stated by Ibn Kathir, I will present the hadiths of Bukahri here.
and at another place
Observations: Here we see a muslim was praying to Allah in the mosque, Then Muhammad enters and calls him, since the Muslim is praying to Allah he neglects his call and continues to pray (quickly), and then after finishing his prayer, he gets to the prophet, the prophet seemingly upset asks the reason for not responding sooner, he replies "O Messenger of Allah! I was praying". On hearing this Muhammad quotes a verse from the Quran, "O you who believe! Answer Allah (by obeying Him) and (His) Messenger when he () calls you to that which gives you life" and asks the muslim(s)'s attention whenever he calls him/them, even if they are in prayer to Allah. Rendering him more important than Allah. Note, Muhammad didn't call him on for a very important issue that had to be immediately attended on the contrary Muhammad wanted to tell about the most beautiful verse in the Quran which he could have done at anytime. (the irony is Muhammad even forgot that he had to teach the surah and had to be reminded by the muslim) But Muhammad was so much desperate for attention, that he can't bear even the simplest signs of him being avoided, even if it would mean placing him higher than Allah. He was desperate to rule over the minds of people which made him to invent an imaginary deity called Allah and through him gained access into the minds of poor Meccans & others who believed in him and gets things that he wanted done through Allah, but once he realized that this imaginary God of his gets more attention than himself he uses a revelation from Allah and places him at a more important position than Allah. Some objections Answered: When I raised this issue up with muslims, they obviously had to scramble up for the aid of their beloved prophet. I have answered these apologetics of muslims here. Argument #1 Muhammad was a kind and a fair person who wanted none of the Muslims to feel avoided or rejected and would have done the same thing he proposed in the place of Ubayy bin Ka`b Indeed, had he done or acted as he had proposed to the muslim, while he was in the place of the muslim that would have surely made sense vindicating Muhammad, but the question is did he? This moral relativist prophet would rather cite the same reason to a muslim for avoiding him! Al-Bukhari records the incident.
Muhammad ignores a muslims twice, that makes him feel sorry and amazingly cites the same reason that Ubayy bin Ka`b sought as an excuse. Muhammad was himself placed in such a situation but doesn't leave his prayer for his devote follower & still places him and what he does more important than others. But gets furious when he gets treated in the same way. This argument rather than helping the stance of the prophet has only managed to deteriorate his position. Surah Al-Fatihah, is one of the most greatest surah's of the quran, what is the prayer of a muslim worth without it? that's why the prophet did what he did. There are many problems with this argument, firstly, had it been so important at that instance that Ubayy bin ka`b had to abandon his prayer to Allah or more correctly had to be reprimanded for not doing so, I don't understand the logic behind forgetting to teach the surah to Ubayy and needing a remainder from him. Secondly, What does it tell about the nature of Islamic God? Not only does a person who prays needs to go through various processes like ablution before prayer, prostration during prayer, but also a particular surah would make his prayer more beneficial? what does one need for a sucessful prayer in Islam? a pure heart dedicated to God or recitation of particular surah? Thirdly, Muslims claim Quran to be uncreated and eternal, how could a part of Quran be more important than another part which is equally eternal? This excuse just goes to show the dogmatic nature of Islam than vindicating the prophet from placing him more important than Allah. Conclusion: These two instances from the life of the so called prophet, makes it more than evident that Muhammad was an imposter who placed himself above god and brainwashed people in the name of god. If readers wish to make any comments or point out factual errors in the article please feel free to Contact me. References: [1] Abridged Tafsir Ibn Kathir Volume 1 - 10.
http://www.theholybook.org/en [2] University of Southern California MSA, Al-Bukhari Hadith collection.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA
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