And obey Allah and the Messenger that you may obtain mercy.

Question:
We have heard about the Westerners making fun of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and mocking him. What should our attitude be towards that? How should we defend the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم ?

Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly:
We and every Muslim who feels pride in his religion is grieved by what these fools and criminals have done by mocking our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) who is the best man who ever walked on this earth, and he is the leader of the earlier and later generations, may the blessings and peace of my Lord be upon him.

This insolence is nothing strange on their part, rather it is to be expected of them.

Moreover this crime – although it breaks our hearts and fills them with anger, and we are prepared to sacrifice our lives in defence of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) – is nevertheless something which brings us glad tidings of their doom, and tells us that the end of their supremacy is at hand. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“Truly, We will suffice you against the scoffers”
[al-Hijr 15:95]

Allaah will suffice His Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم against the criminals who mock him. He says (interpretation of the meaning):

“For he who hates you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), he will be cut off (from posterity and every good thing in this world and in the Hereafter)”
[al-Kawthar 108:3]

i.e., he is scorned and humiliated and cut off from all that is good.

“When the Muslims besieged a stronghold and its people resisted, then they heard them mocking and reviling the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم ,they would sense that victory was at hand, and it would only be a short time before Allaah granted them victory, to avenge His Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم “

Al-Saarim al-Maslool (p. 116-117).

There are many historical cases where those who mocked the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم , were destroyed and finished off.

Moreover, why do they resent the leader of mankind, Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم ?

They resent him صلى الله عليه وسلم because he called people to believe in the Oneness of God (Tawheed), and they do not believe that God is One.

They resent him صلى الله عليه وسلم because he venerated his Lord, may He be blessed and exalted, and declared Him to be far above what these fabricators say, as they attributed a wife and son to Him.

They resent him صلى الله عليه وسلم because he called people to the loftiest of morals and to give up the lowest. He called them to virtue and to block all the means that lead to immorality, but they want moral disorder and unlimited sexual liberty.

They want to indulge in the swamp of evil whims and desires, and they have got what they want!

They resent him صلى الله عليه وسلم because he is the Messenger of Allaah! Allaah, may He be exalted, is the One Who chose him above all mankind to convey His message and receive His revelation.

The signs of his Prophethood are innumerable.

Have they not heard about the splitting of the moon? Have they not heard how water sprang from his fingers time after time?

Have they not heard about his greatest sign, which is the Holy Qur’aan, the words of the Lord of the Worlds, which Allaah has protected so that it has not been tampered with by those who would distort it? Whereas their books which were revealed to their Prophets have been tampered with to a large extent.

“Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands and then say, “This is from Allaah,” to purchase with it a little price! Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for that they earn thereby”
[al-Baqarah 2:79].

The greatest proof of the truth of our Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم is the fact that his religion has continued for so many centuries to prevail and be victorious. Throughout his lifetime صلى الله عليه وسلم he continued to prevail over his enemies. The wisdom of Allaah dictates that no liar who lies about him and his religion can ever prevail for a long time.

Indeed, in their books, which their scholars concealed and distorted, it says that the liar who falsely claims to be a prophet will only survive for thirty years or so, then his message will fade away.

We should strive to call these people, for although we look at them through a lens of hatred and resentment, we also look at them with compassion, for soon they will die and will be among the people of Hell, if they die in this state; so we should call them to Islam and salvation, out of mercy and compassion towards them.

We ask Allaah to cause His religion to prevail and to support His close friends, and to humiliate His enemies.

“And Allaah has full power and control over His Affairs, but most of men know not”

[Yoosuf 12:21]

May Allaah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad. صلى الله عليه وسلم

Allaah knows best.

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