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  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

155 Questions

After the Quran's revelation, did the Prophet continue to be unlettered, or did he acquire the ability to read and write? Can you provide evidence for this?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Allah Has granted the Prophet Muhammad every knowledge which he did not know as we read in Quran ( And He Has Taught you every knowledge which you did not know) Sura 4, Verse 113.

The Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) was never unlettered but for the benefit of the message of Islam, he did not practice reading and writing in front of people  to avoid giving a chance to the enmities of Islam to accuse him copying from previous religious books.(Sura Al-Ankabout, verse 48).

Wassalam.
Is there any account of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) being fed milk by a woman who was not his biological mother?
Amina Inloes

Yes, it is related that the Prophet (S) was put under the care of Halimah bint Harith al-Sa'diyyah, who fed him and looked after him in his early years, and that this was a common custom of the Arabs at the time.
What evidence exists in the form of documentary proof in the sources regarding the birth and death dates of the Prophet Mohammed (S)?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

We follow Ahlul Bayt (AS) who lived with the Prophet (SAWA). No one in this Ummah knows about the Prophet (SAWA) and his teachings more than his own Progeny Ahlul Bayt (AS). Most authentic narrations from Ahlul Bayt (Aas) states that the Prophet was born on 17th of Rabi’ul Awwal, and his martyrdom was on 28 of  Safar year 11 after Hijra. (Al-Kafi by Al-Kulaini, Al-Tahtheeb by Al-Shaikh al-Tousi, Al-Irshad by Al-Shaikh Al-Mofeed and many other authentic books.).

'Wassalam.
What is the evidence for the claim that Prophet Muhammad (s) was also an Imam?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

You need first to know the meaning of the term (Imam). Imam means a divine leader. The divine leader for human beings can be the Prophet of his time, or a successor of a Prophet. Prophet Ibrahim was appointed by Allah as divine leader (Imam).  (2:124). This appointment came long after he was appointed as a Prophet then a messenger.

Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) is greater than Prophet Ibrahim and he Ws appointed as the divine leader for all human beings. His twelve successors are the Imams after him. Imam does need to be a Prophet but divine leader.

Wassalam.