Best muhammed in islam books according to redditors
We found 66 Reddit comments discussing the best muhammed in islam books. We ranked the 11 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 66 Reddit comments discussing the best muhammed in islam books. We ranked the 11 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Consider reading:
The Divine Reality
Islam and the Destiny of Man
Being Muslim: A Practical Guide is useful for being a practicing Muslim.
Here is a website to check out, Yaqeen Institute which is useful regarding doubts.
As it pertains to the existence of God, the Divine Reality devotes many pages to it and the following might also be of use:
Arguing God from Being (Video)
How to Rationally Find God? (Video)
The Rationality of Believing in God Part 1
The Rationality of Believing in God Part 2
The Case for Allah’s Existence in the Quran and Sunnah
He completed a book tour for this highly reviewed book he authored: https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Reality-Islam-Mirage-Atheism/dp/0996545387/
You can find more here: https://www.facebook.com/HamzaAndreasTzortzis/
> Hamza starts from the personal story of his own journey to Islam. He delves the history of atheism and new atheism at first and discusses the incompleteness and irrationality of atheistic worldview. The most fascinating is that the book deals with a lot of argument for the existence of God and irrationality of atheism from natural theology but maintains an Islamic flavor from authentic sources and highlights the notable works of classical Islamic scholars and theologians related to these arguments . The book reflects not only an intellectual defence but a spiritual one. Hamza develops a structured case for the reliability of Quran as a Divine book based on epistemic testimony and inference to the best explanation of linguistic inimitability of Quran. He presents a cumulative and persuasive case for Islam in both intellectual and spiritual perspective.
> I think the effort will be a millstone in contemporary Islamic philosophy and apologetics.
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The Divine Reality: God, Islam & The Mirage Of Atheism | Hamza Tzortzis | Amazon.com
This is a difficult question to answer based on the sources we have available, Kralrick - none of which, again, are contemporary to what happened. The Islamic narrative tells us that Muhammad started his career at the same time he was informed that he was a messenger, or Prophet.
The issue surrounding him being the last Prophet of God is a bit different, though. It wasn't one of the earliest Suras which declared Muhammad to be the last of the Prophets - Khātam al-Nabiyyīn. He is described as the "Seal of the Prophets" in the Qur'an in a Sura that is thought to be revealed later in his career. There is a definite discussion to be had over whether it was always intended that he would be the last.
If this is an area you are particularly interested in, I can't recommend David Power's Muhammad is Not the Father of Any of Your Men: The Making of the Last Prophet highly enough. He spends quite a bit of time engaging with this particular verse. It is an extremely engaging read, although not an easy one for a non-specialist.
I think it was this book
The prophet of Islam himself was responsible for the massacre of 900 Jews, massacre of meccan polytheists and sex slavery of their women and girls. Muhammad approved of the ruling to kill all the males and take women and girls as sex slaves, calling it similar to God's judgment. Mohammad himself took a woman as a slave. He was later poisoned by a woman from the same tribe, and suffered the last 3 years of his life before he ultimately died.
Source : https://www.amazon.com/Muhammad-Messenger-Hajjah-Amina-Adil/dp/1930409117
http://www.justislam.co.uk/images/Ibn%20Ishaq%20-%20Sirat%20Rasul%20Allah.pdf (start from page 461)
He was also quoted about 90 times in the Koran as an example of a "perfect muslim"
http://www.inquiryintoislam.com/2010/08/sacredness-of-mohammads-example.html
He was not a peaceful man, or a "perfect man". Yet his morality is the standard for 1.3b muslims today.
According to /u/andtheegyptiansmiled:
> He completed a book tour for this highly reviewed book he authored: https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Reality-Islam-Mirage-Atheism/dp/0996545387/
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> You can find more here: https://www.facebook.com/HamzaAndreasTzortzis/
He also seems to be active with iERA right now.
> What I'm asking is more for people who have genuine philosophical doubts about the very roots of Islam and religion in general.
Get your friend or have them get God, Islam & the Skeptic Mind: A Study on Faith, Science, Religious Diversity, Ethics and Evil. It's available on Amazon.
I also came across The Divine Reality: God, Islam & The Mirage Of Atheism on Amazon but haven't read it myself (just saw it pop up on recommended).
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Thirdly, (Senarai II Jadual 1 perlembagaan persekutuan) (later). IF Pas managed to table and pass a private bill in parliament to amend the act and (Senarai 11 Jadual 9 Perlembagaan Persekutuan) then only can the Hudud law be carried out in full.Senarai II—Senarai Negeri
> Kecuali mengenai Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Labuan dan Putrajaya, hukum Syarak dan undang-undang diri dan keluarga bagi orang yang menganut agama Islam, termasuk hukum Syarak yang berhubungan dengan pewarisan, berwasiat dan tidak berwasiat, pertunangan, perkhawinan, perceraian, mas kahwinafkah, pengangkatan, kesahtarafan, penjagaan, alang, pecah milik dan amanah bukan khairat; Wakaf dan takrif serta pengawalseliaan amanah khairat dan agama, pelantikan pemegang amanah dan pemerbadanan orang berkenaan dengan derma kekal agama dan khairat, institusi, amanah, khairat dan institusi khairat Islam yang beroperasi keseluruhannya di dalam Negeri; adat Melayu; Zakat, Fitrah dan Baitulmal atau hasil agama Islam yang seumpamanya; masjid atau mana-mana tempat sembahyang awam untuk orang Islam, pewujudan dan penghukuman kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh orang yang menganut agama Islam terhadap perintah agama itu, kecuali berkenaan dengan perkara yang termasuk dalam Senarai Persekutuan; keanggotaan, susunan dan tatacara mahkamah Syariah, yang hendaklah mempunyai bidang kuasa hanya ke atas orang yang menganut agama Islam dan hanya berkenaan dengan mana-mana perkara yang termasuk dalam perenggan ini, tetapi tidak mempunyai bidang kuasa berkenaan dengan kesalahan kecuali setakat yang diberikan oleh undang-undang persekutuan; mengawal pengembangan doktrin dan kepercayaan di kalangan orang yang menganut agama Islam; penentuan perkara mengenai hukum dan doktrin Syarak dan adat Melayu.
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UNDANG-UNDANG MALAYSIA PERLEMBAGAAN PERSEKUTUAN Mengandungi pindaan terkini - P.U.(A) 164
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The Eternal Message of Muhammad
The Life of Muhammad
Islamic Perspectives: Studies in Honour of Sayyidd Abul A'la Maudoodi (Perspectives on Islam)
>Muslims have been debunking atheist arguments for over a millennium. I would recommend reading Hamza Tzortzis's "The Divine Reality: God, Islam & The Mirage Of Atheism". The first chapter is available for free on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Reality-Islam-Mirage-Atheism/dp/0996545387/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491918002&sr=8-1&keywords=hamza+tzortzis
>There is also plenty of material that is available online for free as well by Muslim authors, they use the standard arguments (i.e. Teleological, Kalam, Contingency). https://asadullahali.com/2015/08/16/the-rationality-of-believing-in-god-without-evidence-part-1/
>Tzortzis's book takes you from atheism to Islam, succinctly.
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The presence of 'heavenly beauties' in Paradise is established by the Qur'an, as are the accolades and place in Heaven awarded to martyrs. Moreover, the collection of all the above transmissions, whether or not they can be accurately traced back to the Prophet or just to a Companion or other members of the early Muslim community, strongly indicate that reports were circulating among the first Muslim generations enumerating several heavenly compensations given to martyrs and including the companionship of huris. This lies behind al-Albani's decision to rate these narrations collectively as sahih (al-Albani, Silsilat al-ahadith al-sahiha, 7, part 1:647-50, no. 3213).
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As for the specific number of seventy or seventy-two huris for each martyr, however, this hinges on the reliability of 1) the narrations via Bahir, and 2) the solitary narration from Abu Hurayra in al-Tabarani's works. Bahir's narrations fell victim to Ismail bin Ayyash's confusion and are only otherwise known by the unreliable and inaccurate Baqiyya, who was known to take liberties with precisely such extravagant contents. The narration from Abu Hurayra collected by al-Tabarani is unreliable due to the questions surrounding Bakr bin Sahl, its solitary narrator. This collection of evidence does not seem to merit any rating higher than 'weak' (**daif) for both of the Hadith clusters above.
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[**Jonathan A.C. Brown, Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy](http://www.amazon.com/Misquoting-Muhammad-Challenge-Interpreting-Prophets/dp/178074420X) -- Appendix IV
By the way that book is really excellent, Jonathan does a great job at illustrating and tracing how and why such controversies developed through Islamic civilization.
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Would you like a link to my amazon wishlist to see all the books? There are a lot of non-Islamic stuff there to that you might like.
I speak Arabic and own about 7 translations.
My favorite without a doubt is the translation of Leopold Weiss (Muhammad Asad), you can find it here
After that the best translation is the one by Marmaduke Pickthall, that is here
Then Arberry's translation, I believe he was a non-Muslim and I like that fact, that is here
I would rate Yusuf Ali's translation after these, but not too much worse than Arberry or Pickthall.
Still Muhammad Asad's translation stands head and shoulders above the rest for me.
Other great books that I would possibly even read first are:
Mustansir Mir's Coherence in the Quran
Rosalind Gwynne's Logic, Rhetoric, & Legal Reasoning in the Quran
You sound like a Deist, know that from Deism to Islam is not that far off. I would recommend reading Hamza Tzortzis's book: The Divine Reality: God, Islam & The Mirage Of Atheism. It takes you from atheism to Islam, succintly.
I can't answer all of your questions but I can answer this one:
>Also, are there safe and sound resources available for those who question and are seeking answers?
Here are the resources:
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This is a very simplified list so if you want more info, let me know
I don't have one off the top of my head, but this issue is mentioned in several classic books of fiqh under evidence. Easiest is to refer you to my friend Jack Brown's new book Misquoting Muhammad wherein he has a lengthy discussion about verse 4:34 and the way that Sharia courts handled this issue from medieval times until today.
Martin lings: Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
The Path of Muhammad: A Book on Islamic Morals & Ethics by Imam Birgivi (Spiritual Classics)
Relevant: The Quest for the Historical Muhammad (Ibn Warraq)
Also recommend this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Misquoting-Muhammad-Challenge-Interpreting-Prophets/dp/178074420X
Excerpt:
> Until the collision with the modern West, no Muslim scholar of any consequence ever advocated that the Qur’an be read alone. They might dispute on all else, but the varied sects of Islam all agreed that Muslims should under no circumstances read the Qur’an in a vacuum. Islam’s sects shared two foundational principles: that the Sunna of the Prophet rules over and interprets the Qur’an, and that the Prophet’s interpretive authority had been passed on to those authorities who were to lead the community after his death. Where sects diverged was over how and by whom this Sunna was known and who had the authority to speak in the Prophet’s name. For Sunnis it was transmitted and known by the Muslim community as a whole, borne via the twin routes of the Hadiths, which recorded the Prophet’s words, and the inherited teachings of the early Muslim generations, spoken for by the community’s often cacophonous body of ulama. Taken together, this was the Sunni tradition, in which the authority of God and His Prophet could coalesce from the riot of stentorian voices and express itself fully in instances of consensus (ijma‘). Shiites believed that the Prophet’s teachings were inherited by particular lines of his descendants. The esoteric knowledge of the religion and the ability to interpret infallibly the Qur’an’s layers of hidden meaning passed from father to designated son like bloodlines. Those descendants designated in succession as Imams spoke with the authority of the Prophet. Further sectarian splintering into Imami (Twelver) and Ismaili (Sevener) schools followed disagreements over which line transmitted this hidden ‘ilm.
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> Although he had once relished the Ottoman scourge that God sent against the Antichrist Papacy, Luther despised Islam as much as any bishop he condemned. If the Saxon monk had ever managed a visit to Istanbul or Damascus he would have met with a mixed reaction among his Muslim counterparts. His rejection of highly derivative papal canon law, the scholastic theology of Aquinas (with its adoption of pagan Greek logic) and his conviction that Church tradition had departed from the original scripture of the Bible would have endeared him to proto-Salafi contemporaries like the Ottoman iconoclast Shaykh Mehmet Birgili or the followers of Ibn Taymiyya. But the corollary that tradition should be jettisoned and that each believer should return to the original scriptures of the Old and New Testaments would have provoked roars of laughter.
I respect what you’re doing despite being an atheist. There’s a saying of the Prophet Muhammad peace be him which says
“None of you will believe until you love for your brother what you love for yourself." So honestly the greatest thing we possess as Muslims is this religion of ours. Therefore we want to invite others to it. There’s a lot of great contemporary speakers out there who focus on atheism like :
Mohammed Hijab - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHDFNoOk8WOXtHo8DIc8efQ
Abdullah Andalusi
Hamza Tzortzis
Hamza in particular has a book called “ Divine Reality” I would really recommend you give it a read .
The Divine Reality: God, Islam and the Mirage of Atheism https://www.amazon.com/dp/0996545387/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_gU5sDb0ZR486R
If you want, you can dm me and I’ll buy the book for you.
I too am an English speaker, and read translations primarily. I hope to learn Arabic, Insha Allah, that I may read Qur'an in the original language. Not only do I believe it has more benefits (per se), but I understand that the miracle of Qur'an is only ascertained when read in Arabic. This is because it is the most illustrious and multifaceted example of Arabic poetry (which in itself is complex, I'm sure).
So, I would suggest definitely trying to learn Arabic. Continue reading translations as well though, as Allah (swt) surely speaks to us through His Word according to the knowledge we have, and what we have available.
An english translation that best exhibits the poetic nature of the Qur'an is the classic translation by Arthur J. Arberry. This version has received a lot of good commentary on both sides.
>Of course. I try to keep an open mind and I appreciate all recommendations.
I can't stress this enough, read this book if you're able to and I hope it will benefit you the same way it did for me [The Divine Reality] (https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Reality-Islam-Mirage-Atheism/dp/0996545387)
>The descriptions of Heaven and Hell
What's weird about this? Lots of religions have this concept?
>the special privilages of Muhammad
This special privileges are not as big a reward as you think, he also suffered far more than any Muslim. When the Prophet first began preaching the Meccan chiefs promised him gold, rule, women and whatsoever he so desires in return for him dropping Islam, he rejected their proposal.
The Prophet was soo poor that often times there was no food to eat in his house even though he was the leader of the Islamic community and could've made himself very rich had he willed. They aren't that much of a privilege really.
>the focus on how the disbelievers are dumb
You should try to understand the context, God is saying if one sees signs all around him and is blessed with mental faculties of reasoning yet still rejects the truth then such a person is spiritually dumb and blind.
>Abrogation also doesn't make much sense when you consider an omniscient deity - especially when the recitiation is abrogated, but the law is not.
I'm not sure you understand how abrogation works. The reports of abrogation via hadiths from companions of the Prophet and not the Prophet himself are not a good evidence, if you want to be taken seriously then focus on the Quran not the hadith, God promised to protect the Quran not the Hadith. I think you were referencing the hadith about ayat rajm by Umar (r.a)
>I also find it hard to believe that an all-powerful God would give the generally stronger gender the right to physically retailate against the generally weaker gender for "fearing disobedience".
It's not a physical retaliation, just discipline and its very unlikely to happen, if you read the verse you will see that God says to try doing 2 or 3 things before resorting to beating, and any harmful beating is forbidden in Islam.
I think this entire debate is nullified by the fact that the Prophet never beat any of his wives, Muslims are required to follow his example in everything so if any Muslims wants to be like the Prophet they will never beat their wives.
>But, I must also admit I find the ahadith the worse of the two
Don't even begin with the ahadith, they're not transmitted by God and I can't defend them all, they were reported by humans who can and do make mistakes, I can only defend the Quran which I belive to be the entirely preserved word of God with zero alteration or human input.
For your case I recommend a great book. It’s called “the divine reality” by Hamza Tzortis. It selves into the philosophy of existence, purpose, and god, not only from an Islamic POV but from an atheist POV as well. It’s a very good read as well. Highly recommend reading it.
https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Reality-Islam-Mirage-Atheism/dp/0996545387
Try Prof Arberry's if you have a sense of the poetic power and beauty of the qur'an. Here is a sample from the surah waqia (he chose to translate as "the Terror " !) .. otherwise, I would maintain that all translations are just a drop in the ocean.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Koran-Interpreted-A-Translation/dp/0684825074
When the Terror descends,
(and none denies its descending),
abasing, exalting.
When the earth shall be rocked,
and the mountains crumbled,
and becomes dust, scattered.
And you shall be three bands,
Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right!)
Companions of the Left (O Companions of the Left!)
and the Outstrippers; the Outstrippers.
Those are they brought nigh the Throne,
in the Gardens of Delight,
(a throng of the ancients,
and how few of the later folk)..
> 'A nation which placed its affairs in the hands of a woman shall never prosper..." (Bukhari 9, 88, 219).
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Actually, if you read http://www.amazon.ca/Misquoting-Muhammad-Challenge-Interpreting-Prophets/dp/178074420X
the author explains that hadith to have something to with the situation at the time when it was said so it's not a universal rule.
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I appreciate your intellectual honesty and I didn't find any of your question insulting.
As for books/lectures, here's a few links to start things off, some of them might be what you're looking for.
Yasir Qadhi has a YTube channel and gave tons of interesting lectures (check this one in which we talks about the theological legitimacy of groups like Al Qaeda or ISIS)
Tariq Ramadan's work which is focused on Islam and modernity.
And although I haven't read it yet, I only heard good things about Jonathan Brown's "Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy".