BELIEF IN PROPHETS

As we all know that our prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is the khotimul anbia(the seal of all prophets).We as a muslim should also remember that only prohet Muhammad (pbuh) is gifted with an ability of giving the syafaat to all muslims during the day of resurrection.This is prooved in the hadith when a slave of ALLAH went to prophet adam (a.s) asking him for help,prophet Adam(a.s) ask him to go to prophet Muhammad (pbuh) because he is the only one who is able to help the muslims by rewarding them with syafaat.However,in an hadith also says that by prophet Muhammad(pbuh),'i will reward my ummah with syafaat to ones whom i recognised.I recognised them by their remembrance on me (through the selawat).'From these 2 hadith we can see that our beloved prophet has the extreme ability given ALLAH s.w.t in order helping the ummah of the akhir zaman.

Believing in the prophet is very important .As we can see,in our kalimaht of syahadah we adhere that i witness that there are no god except ALLAH n prophet Muhammad(pbuh) is the mesengger of ALLAH swt. Besides syahadah ,in one of the I6 (pillars of iman) ,we learnt that we must also belief in the prophet but believing in one thing strongly with our hearts requires reasons and proves.

There are many prooves and reasons why we should belief the prophet. In the early days of islam, we can see that the kafir quraisy fought that the relegion brougt by prohet Muhammad(PBUH) is not real.This accusation has been prooven untrue when the prophet was isra' and mi'raj by ALLAH during the month of Rejab to see the seven layers of heaven accompanied by jibrail on only 1night.Besides the event of isra' and mi'raj,the prophet also brought a book of guides given by ALLAH called the Al-Quran.This is very simmilar like what we have known before the prophet Muhammad(pbuh) time.A book called injil was given by ALLAH and brougt by prophet Isa(a.s),a book of Taurat given by ALLAH brought by prophet Daud(a.s) and book of Tzabur given by ALLAH brought by prophet Musa(a.s) .Here,it is prooven that the prophet Muhammad(pbuh ) is really the mesengger of ALLAH just like the prophet which become the mesengger of allah before prophet Muhammad(pbuh).

In the hadith,there were stated that our prophet Muhammad(pbuh) prayed to ALLAH asking ALLAh not to punished his umat immedietly when sins are commited for example the ummat of prophet Luth where the ummat practises homosexual in daily life.ALLAH lift up the entire piece of land (where the ummat of prophet Luth live) and cramp the land upside down on them thus destroying the whole ummat. In islam ,practising homosexuality is a very big sin. In the time of sahabat,the general of the army found out that one of the army was practising homosexuality .After the general had a few meetings ,they all decided to kill the army by burning them to death .From here, we can see that islam strictly dissallowed homosexuality. For the ummat of the akhir zaman, we are still here because of the do'a of the prophet to ALLAH by not being destoy eventhough there are so many sins created daily including the people who practises homosexuality in daily life.

Before islam came to Mecca, the main relegion was kafir kuraisy, jews and there are relegions where they worship the fire(majusi). When prophet Muhammad(pbuh) was born, there are a few weird events such as the fire worshiped by the majusi for 40 years extinguish ,the castle of Qisra Parsi perished, and the last event was Mecca was flashed with a very bright white light. These 3 events were the events of the prophethood of Muhammad(pbuh). So, these these 3 events can also be the most solid proof about prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

There are also literal reasons why in the pillars of iman, muslims are emphasized to belief in the prophet .The prophet’s main job is to teach and guide the ummat about the religion of islam. We all know that everything about islam is stated in the Al-Quran because it is syumul(comprehensive). However,it is not too specific because it encourage us to think and find out why and how to do certain things. For example, in the Al-Quran, we were asked to always prya(5times per day) but it is not stated how exactly to perform it. So it is up to the prophet to teach the ummat how exactly to perform prayers from niat(intention) till the salam. So if we don’t belief in the prophet, how are we suppose to know how to perform prayers correctly and precisely?

In conclusion, there are no reasons why ones should not belief and have faith in the prophet of Muhammad (pbuh) wholeheartedly after all the solid proof revealed. The most important thing is that the prophet itself is a normal man and can be seen by eyes, can conversed by voice and we can listen to him by our ears (for those who live during his time) before wafat. All muslim should have a very strong faith and belief in our prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and should defend our belief in him when others questioned about prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and the religion thought by him (islam) because the religion of islam is haniff (straight) and the religion will remains on earth till the end of time (qiamat).