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Reason #54: Prophecies foretold by Prophet Muhammad in his deathbed

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One day while Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was in his last days, his only child still alive, Fatimah (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهَا) came to visit. He told her privately that Angel Gabriel used to review the Qur’an with him once each year, and this time, he reviewed it twice. Prophet Muhammad told his daughter that he believes it means that his time has arrived. He also told her that she will be the first of his family to catch up with him. [Source: Sahih Bukhari 3623]

As one scholar explained, there is two prophecies in what the Prophet said: one regarding his death and one regarding daughter’s death. Prophet Muhammad, like anyone, had multiple sicknesses in his life, and they were intense in nature. Yet, there’s no report of him saying he would pass away in any of them. This was the only time he did and that’s what happened.

With his daughter, there are several interesting factors to keep in mind. For one, she was only in her 20’s. For one to predict an upcoming death for someone that young is bold in itself. As well, Prophet Muhammad had a lot of other family members of various ages. Predicting Fatimah to be first to pass away amongst all of them says a lot. Yet, that’s what also happened. Within a few months after Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) passed away, Fatimah too fell ill and passed away.

Reason #53: Muslims don’t deny Prophets, while others do?

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In the Qur’an God says,

“The Messenger firmly believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, and so do the believers. They all believe in Allah, His angels, His books, and His messengers [and proclaim], “We make no distinction between any one of His Messengers.”

[Qur’an 2:285]

In Islam, for one to be a Muslim, he HAS to believe in all the Prophets. That includes Prophets Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and the last one, Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon them all. To be a true Muslim, you MUST accept that they were chosen by God to guide their people and are great role models.

A Muslim cannot be selective. One cannot say, “I like Prophet Muhammad, but I don’t like Prophets Moses and Jesus.” To dislike them is to say God chose a bad person. To deny them is to deny what God said in the Qur’an.

Thus, the question arises – why do Christians and Jews believe in so many prophets, but deny one or two of them? What in their creeds have allowed them to be selective? If a person has all the proofs of prophethood, isn’t denying him denying God’s message? After all, when Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) proclaimed the message to the Christians and Jews of his time, several accepted, including the most knowledgeable Jewish scholar of Madinah, Abdullah ibn Salam رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُ. To this day, many who have studied their religions and were humble in finding the truth regard of what that might be, have accepted Islam.