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Myth: Muslims worship Muhammad
According to Islamic belief, the Prophet Muhammad was the last Messenger of God. He, like
all of God's prophets and messengers - such as Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus -- was only
a human being. Christians came to the mistaken assumption that Muslims worship Muhammad by
formulating an incorrect analogy - they worship Jesus so they assumed Muslims worship
Muhammad. This is one of the reasons that they called Muslims by the incorrect name "Mohammedans"
for so many years! Muhammad, like Jesus, never claimed divine status. He called people to
worship only Almighty God, and he continually emphasized his humanity so that people would
not fall into the same errors as Christians did in regards to Jesus. In order to prevent
his deification, the Prophet Muhammad always said to refer to him as "the
Messenger of God and His slave". Muhammad was chosen to be God's final messenger
--- to communicate the message not only in words but to be a living example of the
message. Muslims love and respect him because he was of the highest moral character and he
brought the Truth from God - which is the Pure Monotheism of Islam. Even when Islam was in
its very early stages, God revealed that Muhammad "was sent as a mercy to all of
mankind" - thus informing us that the message of Islam would become very
widespread. Muslims strive to follow the great example of Muhammad, peace be upon him, but
they do not worship him in any way. Additionally, Islam teaches Muslims to respect
all of God's prophets and messengers - but respecting and loving them does not mean
worshipping them. All true Muslims realize that all worship and prayer must be directed to
Almighty God alone. Suffice it to say that worshipping Muhammad --- or anyone else ---
along with Almighty God is considered to be the worst sin in Islam. Even if a person
claims to be Muslim, but they worship and pray to other than Almighty God, this cancels
and nullifies their Islam. The Declaration of Faith of Islam makes it clear that
Muslims are taught only to worship God. This declaration is as follows: "There is
nothing divine or worthy of being worshipped except for Almighty God, and Muhammad is the
Messenger and Servant of God".
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