The last Prophet of Islam

Who is Prophet Muhammad the son of ^Abdillah?

Prophet Muhammad was born in Makkah in Arabia in 6th century. His father was ^Abdullah the son of ^Abd al-Muttalib, the son of Hashim the son of ^Abdi Manaf from the tribe of Quraysh- the head of the Arab tribes. His father died while his mother was still pregnant with him. He was raised by his grandfather, the head of Quraysh, after the death of his mother. His uncle Abu Talib, later on took care of him and supported him. He received the revelation in Makkah when he was 40 years old and stayed in Makkah after that for 13 years. He immigrated to al-Madinah and lived there for 10 years before he died there. His age was 63 years old when he died. He was buried in al-Madinah and it is rewardable to visit his grave there. Prophet Muhammad revived the call for Islam after Jesus was raised and after none of the Muslim followers of Jesus were alive.

Prophet Muhammad conveyed that there will be no prophet after him, and Jesus will come back to rule according to his teachings. This was also revealed to the prophet in the Qur'an . Qur'an spoke about other prophets like: Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, Elias, and Jesus. All of those prophets were prophets of Islam.

Prophet Muhammad exerted successful efforts in calling for Islam and was supported by God with miracles. By that, prophet Muhammad proved to others that he is a prophet and truthful. Before the death of prophet Muhammad his companions reached about 100,000 Muslims. Today, the Muslims are about 1 billion. Since the time of the prophet, Muslims have kept, one generation after the other, conveying the teachings and following the rulings of prophet Muhammad. Believing in Islam is not valid if one does not believe in prophet Muhammad and that he is the final messenger.
 

Among his teachings

Prophet Muhammad said: "He who relieves the distress of a believer in this world, God will release him from a distress on the day of judgement. He who facilitates things for someone who is finding difficulties, God will facilitate things for him in this world and in the hereafter and he who covers a Muslim's defect god will cover his defect in this world and in the hereafter.

God grants his slave help as long as his slave in his brother’s help. Allah facilitates a route to paradise for the one who follows a certain route seeking the knowledge of the religion. Whenever a group of people gather in a mosque reciting the book of Allah (Al-Quran) and studying it among themselves tranquility will come down on them, and mercy will spread over them and Angels will surround them and God will lift their status. He who’s deed makes him slow, will not be made quick by his pedigree."

This Hadith further delineates the spirit of brotherhood that should dominate the Muslim Community and gives specific example of how members of that community should treat each other. It states that A Muslim who helps his Muslim brother in any way will have God’s help on his side in this life as well as in the hereafter. The Hadith moreover, stresses the importance of seeking religious knowledge and shows the great reward for those who seek its deserve. Lastly the Hadith decides in clear terms that man’s real value lies more in his deeds than in his kinship. He whose deeds are not good enough to attain success in the hereafter will not succeed because of his kinship.