Muhammad Quotes
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"The same church must, in my opinion, also respect that the one whose name is absent from the same declaration out of embarrassment, although he and he alone led Muslims to pray to this one God, so that once again through him, Muhammad, the prophet, this God 'has spoken to mankind'."
hans küng— — World Religions 129
According to one tradition, Muhammad insisted that “without the mercy of God no one can attain salvation by virtue of his action.
— Quran, in "Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross (01-Aug-2002)", p.128
Muhammad was the soul of kindness, and his influence was felt and never forgotten by those around him.
— Diwan Chand Sharma, The Prophets of the East, Calcutta, 1935, pp. 12
Tendulkar is to cricket what Michael Jordan is to basketball and Muhammad Ali to boxing.
— Brian Lara [19]
The Prophet Muhammad was sent from the beginning as a Mujaheed but he did not start fighting from the beginning, because Jihad does not only mean fighting. Fighting is a part of Jihad.
— Saudi Sheikh Said Al-Qahtani on the Launching of Jihad in Islam May 2004.
O ye men, whoever amongst you worshipped Muhammad, let him know that Muhammad is dead, and whoever amongst you worshipped Allah, let him know that Allah is Living, there is no death for Him.
abu bakr— Abu Bakr's speech after Muhammad's death; Bukhari, Volume 2, Chapter Manaqibe Abu Bakr; zitiert in: Dawat-ul-Amir, English translation: Invitation to Ahmadiyyat, First Edition, pg. 17-21, by Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad
Freedom of speech was set under the respect for the warlord, rapist and female-abuser Muhammad who murdered and accepted rape as a conquest technique.
carl i. hagen— In his book Ærlig talt (2007) in a chapter revolving around the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, cited in Vårt Land (15 November 2007).
O ye men, whoever amongst you worshipped Muhammad , let him know that Muhammad is dead, and whoever amongst you worshipped Allah , let him know that Allah is Living , there is no death for Him.
— Abu Bakr's speach after Muhammad's death; Bukhari, Vol. 2, Chapter Manaqibe Abu Bakr; zitiert in: Dawat-ul-Amir, English translation: Invitation to Ahmadiyyat, First Edition, pg. 17-21, by Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad
I used to look down upon those ladies who had given themselves to Allah's Apostle and I used to say, "Can a lady give herself (to a man)?" But when Allah revealed: "You (O Muhammad) can postpone (the turn of) whom you will of them (your wives), and you may receive any of them whom you will; and there is no blame on you if you invite one whose turn you have set aside (temporarily).' (33.51) I said (to the Prophet), "I feel that your Lord hastens in fulfilling your wishes and desires."
— Narrated Aisha, in Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 60, Number 311
[The Jews] tried to kill the principles of all religions with the same mentality in which they betrayed Jesus Christ and the same way they tried to betray and kill the Prophet Muhammad.
bashar al-assad— As quoted in "The disappearance of the Jews", The Economist (May 10, 2001)
The die is set, and Malcolm shall not escape, especially after such evil foolish talk about his benefactor, Elijah Muhammad. Such a man as Malcolm is worthy of death.
louis farrakhan— Muhammad Speaks (4 December 1964)
I studied the Koran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as that of Muhammad . So far as I can see, it is the principal cause of the decadence so visible today in the Muslim world and, though less absurd than the polytheism of old, its social and political tendencies are in my opinion to be feared, and I therefore regard it as a form of decadence rather than a form of progress in relation to paganism itself.
alexis de tocqueville— Letter to Arthur de Gobineau, 22 October 1843, Tocqueville Reader, p. 229
Muhammad is more human, more self-doubting, even self-tortured at times. His story is full of adventure , intrigue, betrayal .
— Deepak Chopra, in Nicole Neroulias 10 Minutes with... Deepak Chopra, Beliefnet
Whether this succeeds or not, and I have no personal interest in drawing Muhammad, I support the concept. We must join together to stop injustice.
— Herb Silverman, founder and president of the Secular Coalition for America (May 3, 2010). "In support of Draw Muhammad Day". The Washington Post blog (The Washington Post Company).
Safiyya, the aunt of the Prophet Muhammad , used a pole to kill a Jew in the battle of the Trench.
— Palestinian MP from Hamas Dr. Yunis Al-Astal on the Participation of Women in Jihad Since the Advent of Islam and Until the Female Suicide Bombers of Modern Times June 2007
The Prophet said, "On the Day of Resurrection the Believers will assemble and say, 'Let us ask somebody to intercede for us with our Lord.' … 'Go to Jesus, Allah's Slave, His Apostle and Allah's Word and a Spirit coming from Him.' Jesus will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking, go to Muhammad the Slave of Allah whose past and future sins were forgiven by Allah.' So they will come to me and I will proceed till I will ask my Lord's Permission and I will be given permission.
— Hadith, Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 50, Number 3
I would like to stress that I did not come into contact with any Muslim before I embraced Islam. I read the Qur'an first and realized no person is perfect, Islam is perfect, and if we imitate the conduct of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him), we will be successful. May Allah give us guidance to follow the path of the Ummah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).
— Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), in How I Came To Islam
Allah's Apostle said: "I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle, and offer the prayers perfectly and give the obligatory charity, so if they perform a that, then they save their lives an property from me except for Islamic laws and then their reckoning (accounts) will be done by Allah."
— Narrated by Ibn Umar, in Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 2, Number 24
O ye men, whoever amongst you worshipped Muhammad, let him know that Muhammad is dead, and whoever amongst you worshipped Allah , let him know that Allah is Living, there is no death for Him.
— Abu Bakr's speech after Muhammad's death, quoted in Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 23, Chapter Manaqibe Abu Bakr; as quoted in: Dawat-ul-Amir, English translation: Invitation to Ahmadiyyat, First Edition, pg. 17-21, by Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad
Our enemy is the enemy of my grandfather, Muhammad .
— al-Shahid al-Tustari, Ihqaqul-Haq, vol.11, p.592
The companions of (the Prophet) Muhammad who took part in Badr, told me that their number was that of Saul's (i.e. Talut's) companions who crossed the river (of Jordan) with him and they were over three-hundred-and-ten men. By Allah, none crossed the river with him but a believer. (See Qur'an 2:249)
— Narrated by Al-Bara
— Sahih Al-Bukhari: Volume 5, Book 59, Number 293.
On the day (of the battle) of Badr when we stood in rows against (the army of) Quraish and they stood in rows against us, [ Muhammad ] said, "When they do come near you, throw arrows at them."
— Narrated by Abu Usaid
— Sahih Al-Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 52, Number 149
[ Muhammad ] said at the battle of Badr: When they come near you shoot arrows at them; and do not draw swords at them until they come near you.
— Narrated by Abu Usayd as-Sa'idi
— Sunan Abu Dawud: Book 14, Number 2658
The root of Islamic terrorism is the fundamentalist application of the Quran and the life of Muhammad.
— Mark A. Gabriel, "Journey Into the Mind of an Islamic Terrorist", page. 169.
The Prophet said, "On the Day of Resurrection the Believers will assemble and say, 'Let us ask somebody to intercede for us with our Lord.' … 'Go to Jesus, Allah's Slave, His Apostle and Allah's Word and a Spirit coming from Him.' Jesus will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking, go to Muhammad the Slave of Allah whose past and future sins were forgiven by Allah.' So they will come to me and I will proceed till I will ask my Lord's Permission and I will be given permission.
— Hadith, Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 50, Number 3
And when Isa son of Marium [Jesus son of Mary] said: O children of Israel! surely I am the apostle of Allah to you, verifying that which is before me of the Taurat and giving the good news of an Apostle who will come after me, his name being Ahmad [Muhammad], but when he came to them with clear arguments they said: This is clear magic.
— Original: ?
— The Qur'an (?), Sura 61:6 (The Ranks, ?).
The Prophet said, "On the Day of Resurrection the Believers will assemble and say, 'Let us ask somebody to intercede for us with our Lord.' … 'Go to Jesus, Allah's Slave, His Apostle and Allah's Word and a Spirit coming from Him.' Jesus will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking, go to Muhammad the Slave of Allah whose past and future sins were forgiven by Allah.' So they will come to me and I will proceed till I will ask my Lord's Permission and I will be given permission.
— Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 50, Number 3
