Teachings of the Prophet

The Prophets, the conveyers of Islam and its knowledge

Let it be known that Allah sent all the Prophets to convey the message of Islam. Allah revealed to His Prophets knowledge to convey it to people. The Prophets convey the knowledge they were ordered to teach to the fullest extent. Prophets are always truthful in everything they tell about and convey from Allah, and they do not (in any circumstances) err in what they convey. They never make errors in these matters, whether it is about historical accounts of previous nations and the beginning of the creation, rules of permissibility and prohibition, or prophecies of future occurrences.

As for non-religious matters, i.e., worldly matters, that were not revealed to them, Prophets could make mistakes in such matters.

It is commonly known that the belief and message conveyed by all Prophets about God was that no one is God except Allah. They all have the same belief in God. As for the rules of permissibility and prohibition, some matters differed between one Messenger and another. Some of the matters were prohibited in all laws, i.e., from the law of Adam to the law of Prophet Muhammad, i.e., the law lasting till the day of judgement. Some of these matters are: fornication/adultery, eating pork, drinking liquid blood, or eating what was slaughtered improperly (not in the religiously prescribed manner).

Prophet Muhammad, the final Messenger, conveyed several matters from Allah. Among the matters he conveyed are:

Paradise:

The abode that Allah has prepared for the believers. Paradise and the enjoyment of it are the bounty the Muslim receives in the hereafter for dying as a Muslim. Paradise has great enjoyment. The least Muslim in rank receives 10-fold this Dunya. The life of Paradise is better than what any human living on Earth can imagine. Those in Paradise will experience the enjoyment by both body and soul, but the body will be a new body with no defects.

Paradise is not allegorical; it is a very real place. Therein, all people will be married, even the person who died unmarried. Those in Paradise will be in various ranks and levels of enjoyment according to their piety. The person who is rewarded with Paradise will never be sent out of it.

The Day of Judgement:

The Day of Judgement is a day so long, it starts when the people resurrect from their graves and ends when the people Allah willed for to go to Paradise go to Paradise and the people He willed for to enter Hellfire enter Hellfire.

Resurrection:

Resurrection refers to the rising of the dead from their graves. On the Day of Judgement, Allah recreates the bodies that decayed and returns the souls to them. Then the dead will rise out of their graves. Even the person who wasn't buried in a grave, was incinerated, or was thrown in the sea will resurrect on the Day of Judgement.

Assembly:

After the Resurrection, humans and jinn will be assembled (gathered by the angels) in one place, i.e., the changed Earth. The changed Earth is an Earth so flat with no mountains, hills, or valleys.

Presentation of the Deeds (Hisab):

On the Day of Judgement, every person will be presented with their deeds. According to one's deeds, one will be judged on the Day of Judgement. On that day, some will be delighted with their deeds, and some will be sad.

Reward:

The Believers in the Hereafter will be rewarded in return for the good deeds they acquired during this life. This reward is for both body and soul.

Punishment:

Punishment refers to the punishment that one receives in the Hereafter in return for the sins one committed in this life, if one did not repent. The Punishment is also by body and soul.

The Balance:

On the Day of Judgement, the deeds of the people will be weighed in a balance. The good deeds will be weighed in one pan, and in the other, the bad deeds will be weighed. If the person's good deeds are heavier than the bad deeds, one is safe. If it is the other way around, the person deserves punishment, but Allah forgives some Muslim sinners on the day of Judgement. As for the non-believers, they have nothing in the pan of good deeds, since it is a condition for earning rewardable deeds that one must be a Muslim.

The matters mentioned above are some of the matters we learned from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. In our next blogs, we will continue discussing matters that the Prophet conveyed from Allah.

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