jar (& Brian
msg 27),
Where did you hear that Muhammed never died but was lifted to heaven (or rose from the dead)?
I always had him down as dead and buried - he even has a tomb in Medina.
The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) died on Monday, the 12th day of Rabia ul-Awwal in the heat of the noon after the sun had passed the meridian. He was then sixty-three years of age. (As related by most of teh Traditionist) This was the darkest hour for the Muslims, a day gloomy and lamentable for the entire humanity just as his birth had signaled hope and cheerfulness for the whole world. Anas and Abu S’aid al-Khudri (radiallahu 'anhumaa) said that when the Messenger of God (sallalllahu 'alaihi wa sallam) came to Madinah, everything looked better and brighter but no day was worse or darker than the day he died. Some of the people saw Umm Aymaan (radiallahu 'anhaa) weeping when the Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) was bed-ridden. When they asked what had made her weep, she replied, Of course, I know that the Prophet of God will quite leave this world but I am weeping because the revelation from heaven has come to an end. (Ibn Kathir, Vol. IV, pp. 544-46)
source
PE
edited to add: the mistake almeyda is making (IMO) is when he compares the Christian veneration of Jesus, with the Muslim veneration of Muhammed. A much better analogy, is between Jesus and the Quran (both being "pieces" of God on this Earth. And, obviously the Qur'an is still very much extant.
Unlike Jesus.
This message has been edited by Primordial Egg, 05-28-2004 12:42 PM
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