Mohammad Elshinawy – Proofs of Prophethood – The Fruits of His Prophethood #05

			In the previous episodes, we spoke about humanity's undying need for prophets. And we spoke a bit
about the historical anticipation of a final prophet being sent by Almighty God for all of humanity.
Now we want to talk about some of the unique qualities of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings
be upon him, which serve as some of the most compelling proofs that him in particular, he must have
been that final prophet of Allah.
		

			Interestingly, even the Bible reports that Jesus Christ peace and blessings be upon him, had given
his followers some very logical criteria on how to differentiate a true prophet from a false
prophet. He was reported to have said, You will know them by their fruits, in the same way that you
do not harvest or glean grapes out of thorn bushes. Likewise, you will not be able to identify a
false prophet from a true prophet without considering what do you harvest from them? What do you
experience from them. And so whether those fruits that Jesus Christ, peace and blessings be upon him
is reported to have spoken of, we're referring to the actions that come out of this prophet, or
		

			claiming to prophethood Do they speak louder than his words in the favor of his prophethood or
against it? Or these fruits were the byproducts of His ministry, what bless it achievements, impact
on the world accomplishments came about from his teachings, or whether those fruits are what he
called the world to the inherent beauty and purity of the message he came with, regardless of what
he meant peace and blessings be upon him. The beautiful thing is these would all apply to the
Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him as well. So we will now cover the unique character
of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him for a few episodes, followed by his
		

			unparalleled achievements and positive impact on the world for a few episodes. And then the purity
and beauty and truth and profundity of his message for a few episodes as well. Let's begin with his
character. One of the great scholars of Islam, Ibni Tamia, Rahim Allah, Allah bestow mercy on him,
he said, it is actually a no brainer when evaluating prophethood to simply look at his character,
because a person who claims to be a prophet of God, as he argues, is one of two people, either one
of the most righteous people ever, the greatest integrity, the greatest virtue, or he's actually one
of the most corrupt people ever, manipulative, opportunistic, exploitative piecing. And since that
		

			is the case, a prophet can only be one of the two, a true prophet this way, and impasse, their false
prophet that way, there is no room for confusion, once you know who this prophet is, and how they
live their life and what their personality and character reflected whether they were actually a
prophet or not, you need not look beyond that. He says, a person may say, though, how do I know that
the character traits of the Prophet Muhammad that are being told to me or I find in the books are
actually accurate, historically established? And that's a valuable question that a critical thinker
should be having. But we should establish here before moving on. We know for certain these are not
		

			pious legends. These are not just exaggerations by his followers, because even non Muslim historians
say the Muslims have every right to be proud of, there is no tradition. You see an Islamic
scholarship our civilization had a unique process for transmitting historical reports, not just
empty hearsay, not just take it in goodwill. There is a rigorous authentication process that Muslim
civilization not just pioneered, but was a standalone in and this was stated by David Margolis, the
famous Orientalist scholar, Bernard Shaw, the famous historiographer This is unlike any other
tradition. And so let's get to it