1. تزايد عدد المسلمين في البلاد الأوربية، فقبل أكثر من عشر سنوات كان عدد المسلمين في أوربا حوالي (12) مليون مسلماً.
2. انتشار المساجد والمراكز الإسلامية والمدارس.
3. انتشار الحجاب واللباس الشرعي في عواصم الدول الأوربية.
4. إقامة المعارض والندوات الإسلامية، وتأسيس شركات تعنى بالذبح الحلال ودفن الموتى على الطريقة الشرعية.
وغير ذلك كثير.
والله الهادي والموفق.
الإسلام سؤال وجواب
الشيخ محمد صالح المنجد
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He has been asked to research about Islam and its impact on Europe
Question:
Discuss the rise of Islam by exlporing the life and religious ideas of muhammad, as well as development in the century after his death. Explain at lenght Muhammed's religious ideas, placing them in there historical context. That is, how do these ideas reflect Muhammed's personal life expiriences and background, and more generally the environment of seventhy century Arabian society? Then explain how and when Islam spred from Arabia to Europe adressing Islam's inpact on the Christian West as well as arabia and its surrounding regions.
Answer:Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
Our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not produce his ideas by himself, rather the message that he brought came from Allaah – it was Revelation (wahy) which Allaah sent to him.
Secondly:
with regard to his life (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him):
He was the best of all people on earth in terms of lineage, for he was descended from the noblest line. Even his enemies bore witness to that. Hence his enemy Abu Sufyaan testified to that effect before the Byzantine ruler. The noblest of people were his people; the noblest of tribes was his tribe; the noblest of clans was his clan. His full name was Muhammad ibn [son of] ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib ibn Haashim ibn ‘Abd Manaaf ibn Qusayy ibn Kilaab ibn Murrah ibn Ka’b ibn Lu’ayy ibn Ghaalib ibn Fahr ibn Maalik ibn al-Nadar ibn Kinaanah ibn Khuzaymah ibn Mudrikah ibn Ilyaas ibn Mudar ibn Nizaar ibn Ma’d ibn ‘Adnaan… ibn ‘Ismaa’eel ibn Ibraaheem [Abraham] (peace be upon them).
Allaah sent him as a Prophet at the age of forty, which is the age of perfection. The first sign of Prophethood which was sent to the Messenger of Allaah was dreams: he did not see any dream but it would come true like daybreak. It was said that that lasted for six months. The period of his Prophethood lasted for twenty-three years. These dreams were one of the forty-six parts of Prophethood. Then Allaah honoured him with Prophethood, and the angel came to him whilst he was in the cave of Hira’, where he used to love to go to be alone. The first words (of the Qur’aan) to be revealed to him were:
“Read! In the Name of your Lord Who has created (all that exists)”
[al-‘Alaq 96:1 – interpretation of the meaning]
His message came in stages. Firstly, he was appointed as a Prophet; secondly, he warned his nearest kinsmen; thirdly, he warned his people; fourthly, he warned the people to whom no warner had ever come, namely all the Arabs; fifthly, he warned all those whom his message reached, both jinns and humans, until the end of time.
After that (initial revelation), he spent three years calling people to Allaah in secret. Then the following words were revealed to him:
“Therefore proclaim openly (Allaah’s Message Islamic Monotheism) that which you are commanded, and turn away from Al?Mushrikoon (polytheists, idolaters, and disbeliever”
[al-Hijr 15:94 – interpretation of the meaning]
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