How come Prophet Mohammed was poisoned?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080202023640AAAW2hLI have heard prophet Mohammed was poisoned by a Jewish lady, He became greatly ill after he was poisoned. My question as a rational Muslim is why did God (Allah) or Angel Gabriel did not prevent him from being poisoned? Poison should not have any effect on a Prophet. Muslims please do not report my question.
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If God warned him how come he became seriously ill after eating the piece of poisoned lamb? Why did God not warn him before taking the poisoned piece of lamb in his mouth
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- We believe that all prophets (including Mohammad) were normal humans, but God gave them mission to give a message to people.
- Yes, prophets got miracles, but it is not that they do it with their own power. It is God that does miracle.
- "Say, I am only a human like you, but guided (through angels)" (excuse my translation as I translate from Arabic to English from my memory)
- So, all prophets, were faced with troubles in their lives. Some were hurts, wounded jailed or even killed. When something like this happen to them, it is not that the evil won. It all happens with God will.
- Similarely, all prophets did mistakes in their lives. It is to show that no human, even humans, can be perfect without making single mistake.
Prophet Mohammad mistake was at the early days of Islam, when he was calling for Islam, and a blind man came to listen to him. Prophet was busy with tribe leaders calling them. So, he frowned and got busy preaching the leaders. God sent him Quran verses, blaming him for that. And prophet realized his mistake. That blind man became one of best friends of prophet. He used to tell him:"welcome to the man that God blamed me in him".
- The wisdom of it, that even prophets are not perfect.
- Equality in Islam is very important, as that poor blind man might be better (for God) than the tribe leaders.
..... notice, that prophet got blamed, for frowning on a blind man that won't even see that ...... And i think that was the only misake that mohammad did. (if i am not mistaken almost every prophet had one mistake)
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From Ibn Sa'd page 249:
Verily a Jewish woman presented poisoned (meat of) a she goat to the apostle of Allah. He took a piece form it, put it into his mouth, chewed it and threw it away. Then he said to the Companions: "Halt! Verily, its leg tells me that it is poisoned." Then he sent for the Jewish woman and asked her; "What induced you to do what you have done?" She replied, "I wanted to know if you are true; in that case Allah will surely inform you, and if you are a liar I shall relieve the people of you."
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From Ibn Sa'd pages 251, 252: [different narrator]
....When the apostle of Allah conquered Khaibar and he had peace of mind, Zaynab Bint al-Harith the brother of Marhab, who was the spouse of Sallam Ibn Mishkam, inquired, "Which part of the goat is liked by Muhammad?" They said, "The foreleg." Then she slaughtered one from her goats and roasted it (the meat). Then she wanted a poison which could not fail. .... The apostle of Allah took the foreleg, a piece of which he put into his mouth. Bishr took another bone and put it into his mouth. When the apostle of Allah ate one morsel of it Bishr ate his and other people also ate from it. Then the apostle of Allah said, "Hold back your hands! because this foreleg; ...informed me that it is poisoned. Thereupon Bishr said, "By Him who has made you great! I discovered it from the morsel I took. Nothing prevented me from emitting it out, but the idea that I did not like to make your food unrelishing. When you had eaten what was in your mouth I did not like to save my life after yours, and I also thought you would not have eaten it if there was something wrong.
Bishr did not rise form his seat but his color changed to that of "taylsan" (a green cloth)..........The apostle of Allah sent for Zaynab and said to her, "What induced you to do what you have done?" She replied, "You have done to my people what you have done. You have killed my father, my uncle and my husband, so I said to myself, "If you are a prophet, the foreleg will inform you; and others have said, "If you are a king we will get rid of you.""......
The apostle of Allah lived after this three years till in consequence of his pain he passed away. During his illness he used to say, "I did not cease to find the effect of the (poisoned) morsel, I took at Khaibar and I suffered several times (from its effect) but now I feel the hour has come of the cutting of my jugular vein."
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Once the Holy Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) was given food mixed with poison to eat. He who ate it first expired, but the Holy Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) lived for four years even after taking that food. That food told the Holy Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam): There is poison in me.
The Prophet showed tremendous energy before his death, the poison had no effect on him. When the Prophet conquered Mecca, he was fasting!
AbuBakr ibn AbdurRahman reported on the authority of a Companion of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him): I saw the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) commanding the people while he was travelling on the occasion of the conquest of Mecca not to observe fast. He said: Be strong for your enemy. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) fasted himself. (Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 13, Number 2358)
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he wasnt poisoned, he knew he was going to die, because the death angel came and told him. Peace be Upon Him. and also his time was up . Allah has power over all things, its the same as Prophet moses when he died.
Allah knows when your time is up
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