Who was Muhammed?

[Kristina_Muslima]

Salam. Sorry if this answer has been asked else where on the forum, but besides from what Allah swt tells us- is there any historical books ect tbat tell us about Muhammed. The hadith to me show a very contradictory, distorted example. Thanks in advance

[Truth Seeker]

Salaam,


There are early non-Muslim sources that confirm his existence as well as of course the Muslim ones. Joseph has some articles that should help you InshAllah:


http://quransmessage.com/articles/non-muslim%20sources%20FM3.htm

http://quransmessage.com/articles/ibn%20ishaq%20FM3.htm


The Quran is the only source that will tell you about the prophet's character and all the other stories that have been told about him outside this, are superfluous.
If we needed to know more details about him, God would have told us at source. People's obsession for more detail about the messenger has shifted their focus from the message and it has taken second place for many people.

The Muslim sources will have their information based on hadith too and the non-Muslim sources will show him in a bad light so the best thing to do is to check what they say against the Quran, as this is the only reliable source that we have.

[Kristina_Muslima]

salam, thnx 4 ur answer and providing the links. il check them out inshaAllah