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The person of Jesus or Isa in (peace be upon him) is of great significance in both and . However, there are differences in terms of beliefs about the nature and life occurrences of this noble Messenger. Source of information about

Most of the Islamic information about Jesus is actually found in the Quran.

The Quran was revealed by to Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and memorized and written down in his lifetime. Today, anyone who calls him or herself a Muslim believes in the complete authenticity of the Quran as the original revealed guidance from God Source of information about Jesus in Christianity

Christians take their information about Jesus from the Bible, which includes the Old and New Testaments.

These contain four biblical narratives covering the is a requirement for anyone who calls him or son, when no man has ever touched me, and I am life and death of Jesus. They have been written, herself a Muslim. A person claiming to be a Muslim not unchaste? He said: So it will be, your Lord says: according to tradition, respectively by Matthew, who, for instance, denies the Messengership of ‘That is easy for Me; and We wish to appoint him Mark, Luke and John. They are placed at the Jesus, is not considered a Muslim. as a sign unto men and a Mercy from Us’: It was a beginning of the New Testament and comprise matter so decreed” (Quran 19:16-21). The Quran says in reference to the status of Jesus close to half of it. as a Messenger: “The (Jesus), son of Mary, 3. Do believe Jesus had a miraculous Encyclopedia Britannica notes that none of the was no more than a Messenger before whom birth? YES sources of his life and work can be traced to many Messengers have passed away; and his The Quran says: “She (Mary) said: ‘O my Lord! How Jesus himself; he did not leave a single known mother adhered wholly to truthfulness, and they shall I have a son when no man has touched me.’ written word. Also, there are no contemporary both ate food (as other mortals do). See how We He (God) said: ‘So (it will be) for God creates what accounts written of his life and death. What can make Our signs clear to them; and see where they He wills. When He has decreed something, He be established about the historical Jesus depends are turning away!” (Quran 5:75). says to it only: ‘Be!’- and it is” (3:47). almost without exception on Christian traditions, 2. Do Muslims believe he was born of a Virgin especially on the material used in the composition It should also be noted about his birth that: “Verily, Mother? YES of the of Mark, Matthew, and Luke, which the likeness of Jesus in God’s Sight is the likeness reflect the outlook of the later church and its faith Like , Muslims believe Mary, Maria in of . He (God) created him from dust, then in Jesus. Spanish, or Maryam as she is called in Arabic, was (He) said to him: ‘Be!’-and he was” (Quran 3:59). a chaste, virgin woman, who miraculously gave Below are the views of Islam and Christianity 4. Do Muslims believe Jesus spoke in the cradle? birth to Jesus. based on primary source texts and core beliefs. YES “Relate in the Book the story of Mary, when she ISLAM “Then she (Mary) pointed to him. They said: ‘How withdrew from her family, to a place in the East. can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?’ 1. Do Muslims believe he was a Messenger of One She screened herself from them; then We sent to He (Jesus) said: ‘Verily! I am a slave of God, He has God? YES her Our spirit ( ) and he appeared given me the Scripture and made me a Prophet; “ before her as a man in all respects. She said: I seek (19:29-30). Belief in all of the Prophets and Messengers of refuge from you in God Most Gracious (come not God is a fundamental article of faith in Islam. Thus, near) if you do fear God. He said: Nay, I am only 5. Do Muslims believe he performed miracles? YES believing in Prophets Adam, Jesus, , and a Messenger from your Lord, to announce to you Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon them) the gift of a pure son. She said: How shall I have a Muslims, like Christians believe Jesus performed 4 miracles. But these were performed by the will and CHRISTIANITY apart from Divine Revelation, but which, even permission of God, Who has power and control when revealed, remains “hidden by the veil of faith over all things. 1. Do Christians believe Jesus was a human being and enveloped, so to speak, by a kind of darkness” and Messenger of God? YES & NO (Const., “De fide. cath.”, iv). The First Vatican “Then will God say: ‘O Jesus the son of Mary! Council further defined that the Christian Faith recount My favor to you and to your mother. With the exception of Unitarian Christians, who contains mysteries strictly so called (can. 4). All Behold! I strengthened you with the like all the early followers of Jesus, still do not theologians admit that the doctrine of the Trinity is (the angel Gabriel) so that you did speak to the believe in the Trinity, most Christians now believe of the number of these. The Catholic Encyclopedia people in childhood and in maturity. Behold! I in the Divinity of Jesus, which is connected to the taught you the Book and Wisdom, the Law and notes that of all revealed truths, this is the most belief in Trinity. They say he is the second member the . And behold: you make out of clay, as impenetrable to reason. of the Triune God, the Son of the first part of the it were, the figure of a bird, by My leave, and you Triune God, and at the same time “fully” God in breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by My leave, 6. Do Christians believe that Jesus was the son of and you heal those born blind, and the lepers by every respect. God? YES My leave. And behold! you bring forth the dead by 2. Do Christians believe he was born of a Virgin “For God so loved the world that He gave His My leave. And behold! I did restrain the children of Mother? YES Israel from (violence to you) when you did show only Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the them the Clear Signs, and the unbelievers among A chaste and pious human woman who gave birth Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but them said: ‘This is nothing but evident magic’ to Jesus Christ, the second member of the Trinity, (5:110). that the world might be saved through Him (Bible: the Son of God, and at the same time “fully” God John 3:16). 6. Do Muslims believe in the Trinity? NO Almighty in every respect. However, it is interesting to note that the term Christians believe however, that while she was a Muslims believe in the Absolute Oneness of God, “son of God” is used in other parts of the Bible virgin, she was married to a man named Who is a Supreme Being free of human limitations, to refer to Adam (Bible: Luke 3:38), Israel (Bible: (Bible: Matthew:1:18). According to Matthew 1:25, needs and wants. He has no partners in His Exodus 4:22) and (Bible: 2:7) as well. Joseph “kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Divinity. He is the Creator of everything and is The creatures of God are usually referred to in the Son; and he called His name Jesus”. completely separate from His creation. Bible as children of God. 3. Do Christians believe he had a miraculous birth? God says in the Quran regarding the Trinity: The role of Paul of Tarsus in shaping this belief and YES “ ( and Christians)! Do not the belief in Trinity “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows. exceed the limits in your religion, and attribute to The notion of Jesus as son of God is something When His mother Mary had been betrothed to God nothing except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, that was established under the influence of Paul Joseph, before they came together, she was found son of Mary, was only a Messenger of God, and of Tarsus (originally named ), who had been to be with child by the Holy Spirit” (Bible: Matthew His command that He conveyed unto Mary, and an enemy of Jesus, but later changed course and 1:18) a spirit from Him. So believe in God and in His joined the disciples after the departure of Jesus. Messengers, and do not say: ‘God is a Trinity.’ Give 4. Do Christians believe he performed miracles? up this assertion; it would be better for you. God is Later, however, he initiated a number of changes YES indeed just One God. Far be it from His glory that into early Christian teachings, in contradiction, for He should have a son. To Him belongs all that is in “And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant instance, to disciples like Barnabas, who believed the heavens and in the earth. God is sufficient for a to thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness, in the Oneness of God and who had actually lived guardian” (Quran 4:171). while thou stretches out thy hand to heal, and sign and met with Jesus. and wonders are performed through the name of 7. Do Muslims believe that Jesus was the son of Paul is considered by a number of Christian thy holy servant Jesus (Bible: Acts 4:30). God? NO scholars to be the father of Christianity due to his Christians believe that Jesus performed these additions of the following ideas: “Say: “God is Unique! God, the Source [of miracles because he was the Son of God as well as everything]. He has not fathered anyone nor was that Jesus is the son of God, the incarnation of God. He fathered, and there is nothing comparable to the concept of Atonement, Him!” (Quran 112:1-4). 5. Do Christians believe in the Trinity? YES the renunciation of the Law of the .

The Quran also states: “Such was Jesus, the son of With the exception of the Unitarian Christians, who Paul did these things in hopes of winning over Mary; it is a statement of truth, about which they do not believe in the Divinity of Christ, the Trinity, the Gentiles (non-Jewish people). His letters are vainly dispute. It is not befitting to the majesty of according to the Catholic encyclopedia, is the another of the primary sources of information on God, that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! term used for the central doctrine of the Christian Jesus according to the Christian tradition. When He determines a matter, He only says to it, religion. The belief is that in the unity of the The original followers of Prophet Jesus opposed ‘Be’ and it is” (Quran 19:34-35). Godhead there are Three Persons, the Father, the these blatant misrepresentations of the message Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three Persons or 8. Do Muslims believe Jesus was killed on the of Jesus. They struggled to reject the notion of the beings are distinct from each another, while being cross then resurrected? NO Divinity of Jesus for close to 200 years. similar in character: uncreated and omnipotent. ““They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, but One person who was an original follower of Jesus The First Vatican Council has explained the they thought they did.” (Quran 4:156) “God lifted was Barnabas. He was a born in Cyrus and meaning to be attributed to the term mystery in him up to His presence. God is Almighty, All-Wise” a successful preacher of the teachings of Jesus. theology. It lays down that a mystery is a truth (Quran 4:157) . Because of his closeness to Jesus, he was an which we are not merely incapable of discovering important member of the small group of disciples 5 in who had had gathered together 7. Do Christians believe he was killed on the cross? Luke’s Gospel says Jesus walked with the following the disappearance of Jesus. YES disciples to Emmaus, appeared to Peter and to the assembled disciples in Jerusalem. In John’s Gospel, The question of Jesus’s nature, origin and This is a core Christian belief and it relates to the Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene, to the ten relationship with God was not raised amongst concept of atonement. According to this belief, Apostles on Easter Sunday, to the Eleven a week Barnabas and the small group of disciples. Jesus Jesus died to save mankind from sin. However, this later, and to seven disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. was considered a man miraculously endowed by is not stated explicitly in the four gospels which God. Nothing in the words of Jesus or the events form the primary source texts of Christianity. It is Another account of the resurrection by St. Paul is in his life led them to modify this view. found, however, in Romans 6:8,9. found in Bible: Corinthians 15: 3-8.

The Gospel of Barnabas was accepted as a Christians believe Jesus was spat on, cut, According to Christian belief, Resurrection is a Canonical Gospel in the Churches of Alexandria humiliated, kicked, striped and finally hung up on manifestation of God’s justice, Who exalted Christ till 325 CE Iranaeus (130-200) wrote in support of the cross to endure a slow and painful death. to a life of glory, as Christ had humbled himself pure monotheism and opposed Paul for injecting unto death (Phil., 2: 8-9). This event also completes According, to Christian belief, the original sin of into Christianity doctrines of the pagan Roman the mystery of Christian salvation and redemption. Adam and of eating from the forbidden tree religion and Platonic philosophy. He quoted The death of esus frees believers from sin, and was so great that God could not forgive it by extensively from the Gospel of Barnabas in with his resurrection, he restores to them the most simply willing it, rather it was necessary to erase it support of his views. This indicates that the Gospel important privileges lost by sin (Bible: Romans with the blood of a sinless, innocent Jesus. of Barnabas was in circulation in the first and 4:25). second centuries of Christianity. Resurrection More importantly, the belief in the resurrection In 325 (CE), a council of Christian leaders met at The four Gospels and the Epistles of St. Paul are of Jesus indicates Christian acknowledgment of Nicaea and made Paul’s beliefs officially part of the main sources of Christianity which discuss Christ as the immortal God, the cause of believers’ Christian doctrine. It also ordered that all original the Resurrection of Jesus after his . own resurrection (Bible: I Corinthians 4: 21; Phil., Gospels in Hebrew script which contradicted According to St. Matthew, Jesus appeared to the 3:20-21), as well as the model and the support of a Paul’s beliefs should be destroyed. An edict was holy women, and again on a mountain in Galilee. new life of grace (Bible: Romans 4: 4-6; 9-11). issued that anyone in possession of these Gospels Mark’s Gospel tells a different story: Jesus was would be put to death. seen by Mary Magdalene, by the two disciples at Emmaus, and the Eleven before his Ascension into Photo Attribution: http://commons.wikimedia.org/ The Gospel of Barnabas has miraculously survived heaven. wiki/File:Hagia_Sophia_weekend.jpg though.

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(Continued from last week) Muhammad ibn Maslamah and the four with him reached Amr, Umar sent a message saying, “Let me remind you Kab’s house. They called out to him. As he got out of that I am sending Muhammad ibn Maslamah to you to Both Muhammad ibn Maslamah who was in fact a bed, his wife held him and warned: “You are a man at help you distribute your wealth. Accommodate him and nephew of Kab by fosterage and Abu Nailah then went to war. People at war do not go down at such an hour.” “It forgive any harshness of his towards you.” Kab’s residence. Muhammad ibn Maslamah was the first is only my nephew Muhammad ibn Maslamah and my to speak: “This man (meaning the Prophet, peace be on foster brother, Abu Nailah...” Kab came down with his Ibn Maslamah went to Amr in (near present-day him) has asked us for sadaqah (charitable tax) and we drawn. He was heavily scented with the perfume Cairo).. He sat at his table but did not touch the food. cannot even find food to eat. He is oppressing us with his of musk. Amr asked him: “Did Umar prevent you from tasting my laws and prohibitions and I thought I could come to you food?” “No,” replied ibn Maslamah, “he did not prevent to ask for a loan.” “I have not smelt such a pleasant scent as today,” me from having your food but neither did he command greeted Muhammad ibn Maslamah. “Let me smell your me to eat of it.” He then placed a flat loaf of bread on “By God, I am much more dissatisfied with him,” head.” Kab agreed and as Muhammad bent over, he the table and ate it with salt. Amr became upset and confessed Kab. “We have followed him but we do not grasped Kab’s head firmly and called on the others to said: “May God bring to an end the time in which we want to leave him until we see how this whole business strike down the enemy of God. work for Umar ibn al-Khattab! I have witnessed a time will end. We would like you to lend us a wasaq or two of when al-Khattab and his son Umar were wandering gold,” continued Muhammad ibn Maslamah. (Details of this incident vary somewhat. Some reports around wearing clothes which could not even cover them state that it was Abu Nailah who gave the command properly while Al-Aas ibn Wail (Amr’s father) sported “Isn’t it about time that you realize what falsehood you to strike down Kab and this was done after Kab had brocade lined with gold...” are tolerating from him? asked Kab as he promised to emerged from his house and walked with them for some give them the loan. “However,” he said, “you must provide time. ) “As for your father and the father of Umar, they are in security (for the loan).” ,” retorted Muhammad ibn Maslamah, because they The elimination of Kab ibn al-Ashraf struck terror into did not accept Islam. “As for you, if Umar did not give “What security do you want?” they asked. “Give me your the hearts of those, and there were many of them in you an appointment, you would have been pleased with wives as security,” he suggested. “How can we give you Madinah, who plotted and intrigued against the Prophet. what you got from their udders,” continued Ibn Maslamah our wives as security ,” they protested, “when you are the Such open hostility as Kab’s diminished for a time but obviously disabusing Amr’s mind of any ideas he might most handsome of ?” certainly did not cease. have of appearing superior because he was the governor of . “Then give me your children as security,” Kab suggested. At the beginning of the fourth year of the hijrah, the “How can we give you our children as security when any Prophet went to the Jewish tribe of on the “Assemblies must be conducted as a form of trust,” one of them would thereafter be ridiculed by being called outskirts of Madinah to seek their help on a certain said Amr in an attempt to diffuse the situation and a hostage for one or two wasaqs of gold. This would be matter. While among them, he found out that they were Muhammad ibn Maslamah replied: “Oh yes, so long as a disgrace to us. But we could give you our (means of) planning to kill him then and there. He had to take Umar is alive.” He wanted to impress upon people the protection (meaning weapons) since you know that we decisive action. The Banu Nadir had gone too far. Straight justice of Umar and the egalitarian teachings of Islam. need them.” away, the Prophet went back to the center of the city. Muhammad ibn Maslamah was a veritable scourge against He summoned Muhammad ibn Maslamah and sent him all arrogant and haughty behavior. Kab agreed to this suggestion which they had made to to inform the Banu Nadir that they had to leave Madinah disabuse his mind of any notion that they had come within ten days because of their treacherous behavior and On another occasion and at another end of the Muslim armed. They promised to come back to him again to that any one of them seen after that in the city would state under his , Umar heard that the famous bring the weapons. forfeit his life. Sad ibn Abi Waqqas was building a palace at . Umar sent Muhammad ibn Maslamah to deal with the Meanwhile, Abu Nailah also came up to Kab and said: One can just imagine Muhammad ibn Maslamah situation. On reaching Kufa, Muhammad promptly burnt “Woe to you, Ibn Ashraf. I have come to you intending addressing the Banu Nadir. His towering stature and his the palace down. One does not know whether people to mention something to you and you do not encourage loud and clear voice combined to let the Banu Nadir were more surprised by the instructions of Umar or by me.” Kab asked him to go on and Abu Nailah said: “The know that the Prophet meant every word he said and that the humiliation of Sad ibn Abi Waqqas, the famed fighter, coming of this man to us has been a source of affliction they had to stand the consequences of their treacherous conqueror at Qadisiyyah, and the one praised by the to our Arab customs. With one shot he has severed our acts. The fact that the Prophet chose Muhammad ibn Prophet himself for his sacrifices at Uhud. ways and left families hungry and in difficulties. We and Maslamah for the task is a tribute to his loyalty, courage our families are struggling.” Kab replied: “I, Ibn al-Ashraf, and firmness. Sad did not say a word. This was all part of the great by God, I had told you, son of Salamah, that the matter process of self-criticism and rectification which helped would end up as I predicted.” Abu Nailah replied: “I wish Further details of the expulsion of the Banu Nadir from to make Islam spread and establish it on foundations of you could sell us some food and we would give you Madinah do not concern us here: their plan to resist justice and piety. whatever form of security and trust required. Be good to the Prophet with outside help; the Prophet’s siege of us. I have friends who share my views on this and I want their district and their eventual surrender and evacuation Muhammad ibn Maslamah served Umar’s successor, to bring them to you so that you could sell them some mainly to in the north. Two of the Banu Nadir ibn Allan, faithfully. When, however, the latter food and deal well towards them. We will come to you though became MusIims - Yamin ibn Umayr and Abu Sad was killed and civil war broke out among the Muslims, and pledge our shields and weapons to you as security.” ibn Wahb. this happened exactly one year after the Muhammad ibn Maslamah did not participate. The sword “There is loyalty and good faith in weapons,” agreed Kab. elimination of Kab ibn al-Ashraf. which he always used and which was given to him by the Prophet himself he deliberately broke. During the With this they left promising to return and bring the Both during the time of the Prophet and after, time of the Prophet, he was known as the “Knight of the required security for the loan. They went back to the Muhammad ibn Maslamah was known for carrying out Prophet”. By refusing to use the sword against Muslims Prophet and reported to him what had happened. That any assignment he accepted exactly as he was ordered, he preserved this reputation undiminished. night, Muhammad ibn Maslamah, Abu Nailah, Abbad ibn neither doing more nor less than he was asked to do. It Bisnr, Al-Harith ibn Aws and Abu Abasah ibn Jabr all set was these qualities which made Umar choose him as one Subsequently, he made a sword from wood and fashioned off for Kabs house. The Prophet went with them for a of his ministers and as a trusted friend and guide. it well. He placed it in a scabbard and hung it inside his short distance and parted with the words: house. When he was asked about it he said: “I simply When Amr ibn al-Aas requested reinforcements during hang it there to terrify people.” Muhammad ibn Maslamah “Go forth in the name of God.” And he prayed: “O Lord, his expedition to Egypt, Umar sent him four detachments died in Madinah in the month of Safar in the year 46 AH. help them.” The Prophet returned home. It was a moonlit of one thousand men each. 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11 Help Hidaya’s In-Kind Collection Center Stay Open

Alhamdulillah, for the past 20+ years, Hidaya Foundation has been operating a warehouse in-kind collection center every weekend for donors in the Bay Area, who are blessed with so much, to drop their excess and outgrown items for benefit of the poor overseas, who have next to nothing. To date we have shipped nearly 400 40ft. containers, and in normal times, we average shipping more than a container per month from our San Jose Warehouse. Since we do not sell any of the in-kind donations, we depend on donors to make additional monetary donations (tax-deductible) to chip in towards the shipments and operation costs of this project, so it can sustain itself. In a growing trend, we are seeing an increase in the amount of in-kind donations (meaning more shipments and labor), and decrease in the amount of monetary donations towards the project. If this trend continues, we will have to think hard about if we will be able to continue operating our warehouse year round. If you like and appreciate this effort, please donate monetarily towards it, so we can continue providing this service in shaa Allah!

Yearly Expenses for Warehouse and Shipments:

$130,000 (approximately) Shipping Containers: $75,000 (about $5,000/Container) Warehouse Rent: $40,000 Labor: $15,000

Please help us continue these efforts by donating towards: “Container Shipment for In-Kind Donations” project Donate by: Cash, Check, or Card at time of drop-off, or set-up a profile on our secure website to make quick donations or monthly recurring donations!

(408) 244-3282 | www.hidaya.org | [email protected]

Hidaya Foundation is a non-profit 501(C)(3) charitable organization with Tax ID # 77-0502583