Prophet Muhammad died and was buried in his grave, hence Abu Bakr said: “Whoever used to worship Muhammad, Muhammad has died, but whoever used to worship Allah, Allah is alive and will never die.”

• It is obligatory to believe in all the Books which Allah has revealed and in all the Prophets and Messengers whom Allah has sent. • The Prophets and Messengers are many, of whom Allah has mentioned twenty five in the Quran, and we are obliged to believe in all of them. • There are four heavenly books which Allah sent down. They are the Tawrat (Torah), Injil (Gospel), Zabur (Psalms) and the Quran.

1. The Prophets are the best of mankind and the most noble of creation before Allah. The Prophets were infallible in conveying the message from Allah. They did not conceal anything that Allah had revealed to them, and they did not add anything from themselves. 2. With regard to the Prophets as people, they may make mistakes. This may be discussed as follows: 1- They do not commit major sins; 2- Matters that have nothing to do with conveying the message and the revelation; 3- Unintentional mistakes with regard to some worldly matters.

Muslims love Prophet Muhammad the most for the following reasons: • Allah has commanded us to obey the Prophet. • Allah has told us that obedience to the Prophet is obedience to Him. • Allah has warned us against failing to obey Prophet Muhammad. • The Muslim’s faith cannot be complete unless he loves the Prophet and until the Prophet is dearer to him than his father, his son, his own self and all the people.

Allah the Almighty has told us that He has granted excellence to some of the Prophets over the others. The Ummah unanimously agreed that the Messengers are superior to the Prophets, and the Messengers vary in status. The best of the Messengers and Prophets are five: Muhammad, Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa and `Isa (blessings and peace of Allah be upon all of them).

1- Islam is the religion of all the Prophets. It appeared at the beginning of Prophethood, from the time of our father Adam, and all the messages called to Islam (submission to Allah) in terms of belief and basic rulings. 2- The believers who followed the earlier prophets were all Muslims in a general sense, and they will enter Paradise by virtue of their Islam.