The Fruits of the prophet Muhammad
By Sami Zaatari
Often times people ask what are the fruits of the prophet Muhammad? So here is
a list of the accomplishments and fruits of the blessed prophet Muhammad:
-The prophet Muhammad completely succeeded in his mission of getting rid of the
overall pagan religion that had poisoned the Arab Hijazi society. He had taken
the society and established order including the elite away from the worst
imaginable polytheism, this reprehensible polytheism was replaced by pure
monotheism, no longer were the 360 idols being worshiped, no longer was any
object or person worshiped alongside the true God, rather all worship became
sincerely for God alone.
-The prophet Muhammad succeeded in bringing social reforms to a backward
people. These were a people who looked down upon the poor as being worthless,
in fact the enemies of the prophet Muhammad used to mock him because most of
his followers were from the poor, and the pagans used this as their proof
against Islam, saying if Islam was the truth then the strong and rich (the
elite) would have been following it, not the weak and poor. Islam completely
got rid of this backward concept, Islam elevated the status of the poor people,
and no longer was this a society that looked down upon the poor, rather they
were looked on as equals, and the society took it as an obligation to
themselves to help the poor, rather than simply look down on them and leave
them as they were.
-The prophet Muhammad elevated the status of women. Prior to Islam the women of
the Hijazi society were paraded around as sexual tools, they would dance half
naked for the drunk and raving pagans, and would often afterwards have to
fornicate with the pagan men. Women also didn't have a legal right to an
inheritance, and often times they wouldn't have a legal right to a voluntary
marriage as well, they would be forced to marry into other family members once
the husband died, and at many times were forced to remain in a marriage against
their will. Islam gave the women the right to an inheritance, and the right to
who she wants to marry, and the right to not be forced to remain in a marriage.
On top of that the hideous act of burying daughters alive was ended once and
for all, and thanks to that the genocide of generations of females had been
averted.
-The prophet Muhammad brought modesty to an immodest people. As stated above,
the women used to be paraded half-naked singing and dancing, and the people
used to perform their religious rites while naked as well! After the prophet
Muhammad these people became some of the most modest people ever known. They
became a people who covered up while praying, the women became a people who
covered their beauty, not displaying it out in the open, rather now it was what
is inside her that counts.
-The prophet Muhammad fixed the backward moral character of the people; they
were a people who loved alcohol, fornication, and gambling. After the advent of
Islam alcohol was gradually forbidden, gambling was outright forbidden, and so
was fornication (even given a punishment if committed). They became a people
who rather than being drunkards, fornicators, and gamblers, to a people who
became religiously committed with observing prayers, fasting, giving charity,
and performing several other religious rites.
-The prophet Muhammad got rid of the tribal culture, before the advent of Islam
people would look after one another based on tribal belongings, after the
advent of Islam it did not matter which tribe you belonged to, you became one
community, all equal, and all under protection of each other. It did not matter
if you were from Makkah, or Medinah, you would not be discriminated against
because of your tribal roots.
-The prophet Muhammad got rid of the backward culture of taking advantage of
the weak, and not looking after them properly. Islam brought strict rules on
treating orphans and the weak, warning of severe punishments if these groups
were mistreated, and if any of their belongings which had been passed down to
them had been abused or withheld from them.
-The prophet Muhammad turned a weak and useless people into one of the
strongest most disciplined society, a society that became feared and respected
by its enemies, and a society that eventually overthrew the oppressive regimes
and the two major world empires of the pagan polytheistic Persians and that of
the Nazi like Byzantine empire, the events of these began to set into motion
during the last years of the prophet Muhammad, and came into complete impact
just a few short years after his death.
So ladies and gentlemen these are some of the many fruits of the prophet
Muhammad, he achieved success on a complete level, both on the theology and
social affairs.
And Allah Certainly Knows Best! And May Allah send his Mercy and Blessings upon
the prophet Muhammad and his family just as he sent his Mercy and Blessings to
Abraham and his family, Ameen.
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