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mohammad foretold destination - hell? @ bible&quran.com

By ayoola r.k.
Dec 13, 2018, 10:12
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After quoting and joining two hadiths, Vol 1 Book 12 Number770 and Hadith Vol. 1 Book 8 Number 345, in which the Prophet analyzed how Allah will reveal Himself to the Muslims on the day of Judgment and how people will cross the dangerous As-Sirat bridge with different speed according to their piety by which terrible sinners will be hooked by thorns on the crossing and finally land in Hell below and the latter hadith which talks on Al-Miraj (i.e. Ascension of the Prophet to heavens), She said: “This hadith says that Muhammad is not in heaven right now but he is waiting for the day of judgment to go into heaven and he will be the first to cross the bridge  to go heaven…he (Muhammad) saw the Paradise while he was still alive on earth but why he should wait to go to heaven after his death? I asked many Muslims where Muhammad is now and why he is waiting for the day of judgment ...he saw many ancient Prophets and the first human of this planet Adam who lived thousands year before Muhammad. All are in heaven but Muhammad says he will reach heaven on the Day of Judgment, why? But no Muslim could reply these questions!”

I don’t believe that no Muslim could answer this false question. I know scores of them must have replied it, but many would not respond because of the senseless nature of the question, but then with whatever they’ve offered, here is another to be added!

Christians like muddling up issues and give misinterpretation to Islamic facts which always find root in their book of faith- the Bible. First of all, Allah says: “It is Allah who has created seven heavens in harmony, no incongruity can you see in the creation of the Gracious God…”Q67: 3. It is in the Quran that the number of heaven is stated to be seven, nothing like that in the Bible and as a confirmation of that fact, Al-Miraj of the Prophet testifies. It should be noted that all along the narration of the Miraj, the word ‘samaa-i’- heaven was used to indicate the position of each Prophet met on the way to the ultimate throne of Allah ‘Al-Baitul-Mamur’ where the real Paradise and Hell was shown to the Prophet, here the word ‘Al-Janat’ was used, and throughout the Quran Paradise is never expressed as ‘samaa-i’ but ‘janat’.

So those Prophets are only stationed at different levels of the firmaments, and they are yet to enter Paradise. The Prophet didn’t see them in ‘janat’ but in ‘samaa-i’. The striking observation is that while Ibrahim was at the topmost heaven, Jesus and John shared the same heaven just above that of Adam to confirm Allah’s similitude that: “Surely, the case of Isa (‘Jesus’) with Allah is like the case of Adam” Q3:59- so the likes share boundary. The question is where Muhammad now?  We can as well ask, why is he waiting to go Paradise, where did he tell us he will wait till the Day of Judgment? My answer is a question that if Muhammad, while alive as human being can ascended to heavens and reached the highest level of all positions, where and what then do you expect his spiritual soul after his death to be? Quran does not forget to answer his position. Allah says: “Surely, the nearest of men to Abraham are those who followed him, and this Prophet (Muhammad) and those who believe and Allah is the friend of believers” Q3: 68. It means just like Jesus and John shared the second heaven likewise Ibrahim and Muhammad will share the topmost heaven above Jesus. Did Allah not say: “Verily for you (Muhammad) is a reward unfailing” Q68: 3. And that reward is stated: “…soon will your raise you to a station of praise and glory!” Q17: 78.  So Muhammad is right now at the most glorious position with Ibrahim above Jesus waiting with them till Day of judgment when everybody will cross the As-Sirat bridge and Muhammad will be the first to cross.

The question is like asking why Jesus was not in heaven when he told the story of Lazarus and Abraham –Luke 16: 19-25, before his crucifixion? Does that means Jesus would not join other Prophets after his death? Does it mean Muhammad would not join other Prophets in heaven after his death? None of them is yet to be in Paradise but are all at the heavens till the day of Judgment to lead their followers into real Paradise after crossing As-Sirat, and there are hadith of the Prophet to this fact but our Christian critics are blind to such fact.  In addition, the fact that Jesus told his disciples that he is going to heaven to construct Paradise for them after which the project is completed, he would come back to take his beloved ones –John 14: 2-3, means that he is outside Paradise, that is why he refuses to show face! Prophet Muhammad said: “Paradise is not allowed to any Prophet until I enter it, and is not allowed to any nation until my nation enters it.” Is all the above not proofs of this standing order?

She writes: “the hadith says, then Muhammad will say, ‘O Allah save us, O Allah save us’. But the Bible says, that there is no hopes after death for our salvation…this hadith clearly says that the followers  of Allah are going straight to Hell fire as Allah will order the angels to take out of Hell those who worshipped none but Allah alone….how sad it is that they are following a god who promised hell fire for them. How sad it is that they put all their trust and belief on Allah just to go to hell fire!”

She should better sad for her own destruction and that of her Christian faithful, because those to be rescued are the Muslim sinners and their little faith in pure monotheism and worship of true God save them, while others with corrupt faith and distorted worship shall be left there!  Christians cannot do without lying! She quoted hadith that says: “…nobody except the apostles will then be able to speak and they will be saying, ‘O Allah, save us, O Allah, save us!” Now she credited the plural noun apostles for single man Muhammad! That is their trade. Yet like her brothers in the strange faith will be defeated by Islamic truth and fact.

The fact is that the hadith is true even Biblically. It is only that while Muslim sinners would later be rescued from the hell because of their little but pure belief in Allah and worship, disbelievers like Christians will not be shown that mercy because of their concocted Trinity belief. That is why we are solemnly calling every Christian to have a rethink a belief that was not even heard or mentioned by Jesus at once during his life. That mankind shall cross As-Sirat bridge on the day of Judgment under which is Hell is undisputed fact even in the Bible. It seems Allah logically forced His fact into the mouth of Trinity spokesman – Paul without notice and resistance. We read: “Every man’s work shall be made manifest, for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire. And the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. If any man’s work abides, which he has built thereupon he shall receive a reward, if any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire!” 1 Corinthians 3:13-15 (KJV). Easy to read Version put its verse 15 as: “The person will be saved but it will be like he escaped from fire”.

Our sister who said: “after death there is no chance to come out of fire…the Bible says that there is no hope after death for our salvation”.  What does this biblical verse mean to your understanding? Why like save or escape from fire? But there is nothing like ‘escape’ before Allah on that Day except by His order of mercy. What the verses is saying is that, Fire shall try every Christian’s work but some shall be saved yet so as by Fire, Hell Fire under As-sirat is the determinant of individual deeds and faith which shall suffer and consume everybody passing over it to the extent of his/her wrong/evil deeds on earth. Some shall be saved from it either before or later – though these Biblical verses do not say who are those but Quran and the hadith make us realize that some Muslims will pass over it with speed of light without experiencing any itch, some with lesser speed, while some will have difficulty crawling and dragging over yet some scrape through while some will eventually  fall into it- such include Christians with their odd belief and wrong worship and sinful life and some adamant Muslim sinners but who will later be rescued due to their little but correct belief in Oneness of Almighty and His true worship. Prophet Muhammad has said: “Whoever says ‘La ilaha illa Allah’, it will be his salvation someday, no matter what befalls him before that” (Baihaqi).

Now, if by all the enumeration above, Christians say Muhammad destination is hell, then we are bold to say that Jesus is already enjoying the agony and burning of hell before Muhammad joined him. It is the Bible that says: Jesus is the landlord of Hell Fire as we read: “He (Jesus) has the keys of Hell and death” Revealation1: 18, just like Devil –Hebrew 2: 14. One cannot hold a key to an apartment except that he is an occupant or frequent the place - that is biblical Jesus not Isa(AS) of the Quran the slave of Allah! So Christians should pity themselves and sad over what is awaiting them in the hereafter if they fail to abandon unaccredited ‘faith’ of Christ.