How would the prophet Muhammad fare in our
society today?? I hate to describe the prophet Muhammad with any of our
contemporary descriptions but if I have to, that is how he would be described
today, a liberal. He would be severely criticized by most of today’s
Muslim scholars. The Mullahs, Imams and religious leaders would attack
him and they may even have a fatwah (decree) that calls for his
head. He would be arrested in any of the so-called Islamic countries,
jailed and probably tortured to death. The Mullahs, scholars and religious
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leaders would be disturbed by him following
the Quran alone and refusing all the innovations that filled the Hadith
and Sunnah books and added to today’s Islam 200 years after his
death. He would denounce the Hadith and Sunnah books, those who wrote
them and those who follow them. The prophet Muhammad would have found
himself a stranger among the Muslims today. He would probably feel so
much disappointment, he might tell God what he will be telling Him on
the Last Day as stated in the Quran, “My Lord,
my people have deserted this Quran” (25:30). |
Was the prophet Muhammad really a liberal?
It all depends on the definition of liberal. By the standard of the Muslim
scholars, Mullahs and religious leaders of today, he would be described
as a liberal, far too liberal. But by the standard of the Quran, he would
be very conservative. He followed the book of God to the letter and when
he made mistakes he was admonished by God and corrected loudly and publicly.
After his death and for 200 years innovations were
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