Prophet Muhammad

What does ‘Salawaat’ on Prophet Muhammad & his family mean?

Question: What does Salawaat mean, and why does it hold such a high importance in our faith? Answer: The Almighty Allah (SWT) orders in the Holy Qur’an all believers to join Him and the angles in sending Salaam and Salawaat to the Holy Prophet (SAW): إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا “Verily, →

Was Prophet Muhammad’s marriage to Aisha a pedophilic relationship?

Question: A friend of mine is very anti-Islam and has a very negative attitude towards Islam and Muslims. One of his arguments is about the age of Aisha, one of the Prophet’s wives. He says that she was only 9 years old when the Prophet Muhammad married her, while he was much older, and hence →

If Prophet Muhammad could not read or write, why did Angel Jibraeel tell him to “read”?

Question: I wonder if the Holy Prophet (S) could read and write before the age of 40? And →

How old was Ali ibn Abu Talib when he embraced Islam?

Question: How old was Ali ibn Abu Talib when he embraced Islam? Answer: Imam Ali (as) embraced Islam →

If the Prophet (s) wasn’t martyred, then don’t all martyrs gain a virtue that he didn’t?

Question: With regards to the topic of the cause of the Holy Propeht’s death [whether he (s) died of →

Did the wives of the Prophet poison him as narrated by al-Ayyashi?

This is a follow up question from the original question posted here: Was the Holy Prophet poisoned and martyred →

Was the Holy Prophet martyred or did he die a natural death?

Question: Was the Holy Prophet poisoned (or killed) and martyred or did he die a natural death? Answer: →

If Islam’s origin is from prophet Muhammad (s), then what did the other prophets bring?

Question: If Islam’s origin is from Prophet Muhammad (s), then what about the other prophets of our religion, →

Was the Prophet Muhammad illiterate?

Question: Was the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) illiterate? Answer: According to the authentic Hadiths of Ahlul-Bayt (a.s) and our →

Was Islam ‘spread by the sword and violence’?

Question: There is this famous saying amongst the people of the West, that “Islam was spread by the sword →