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- Title
Hz. Muhammed'in Nübüvvetine Delil Olan İnsanî Özellikler.
- Authors
TOPRAK, İbrahim
- Abstract
Prophethood is one of the three Islamic belief principles, along with divinity (ulûhiyyet) and eschatology. Issues related to prophethood have become one of the most important themes of Mutakallim scholars, especially after belief discussions with members of other religions. As a result of this, all the schools of kalam emphasized the need of man for a prophet and tried to base prophethood on it/this idea. In this study, the physical and moral characteristics of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as proofs for his prophethood are discussed. Miracles are generally used in the proof of prophethood in kalam. However, to prove the Prophet Muhammad's prophethood, his physiognomy and superior moral qualities also discussed and were widely used, especially in the late period of kalam. The study consists of an introduction and three parts. In the introduction, the subject, purpose, method, and sources of the study are explained. In the first part, the thoughts of the schools of kalam, Sufis, and Islamic philosophers regarding the physical and moral characteristics of the Prophet Muhammad as evidence of his prophethood are included. In addition, the views of scholars who accepted other evidence besides miracles as the proof of prophethood are interpreted and evaluated. Moreover, whether the shamail and life of the Prophet Muhammad can be accepted as evidence for his prophethood is discussed. If so, what kind of criteria is accepted, whether it is considered to be as the evidence supports the miracle or whether it is sufficient alone itself to prove prophethood, and finally, whether these features can be regarded as miracles have been tried to be clarified. In the second part, first of all, it is emphasized the fact that the Prophet Muhammad is a human being. Then, the Prophet Muhammad's physical and moral superiorities accepted as evidence of the proof of prophethood are extensively explained, and the function of these features in proving the prophethood is evaluated. Later, the characteristics of prophet Muhammad's senses, which are accepted as evidence for his prophethood, and his physical characteristics such as his odor, softness of his skin, his tall appearance, the seal of prophethood in his body, and his prophetic whiteness are discussed, then the validity of these features in proving the prophethood are evaluated. In the last part of the study, by mentioning the moral superiority and life of the Prophet Muhammad, the place of these features in proving his prophethood is explained. The qualities of the Prophet such as being truthful, reliable, intelligent, continuing his duty of preaching under all circumstances, his integrity, mercy, modesty, patience, courage, altruism, simple life, and his capacity to make up for the deficiencies are discussed and evaluated in terms of being evidence of his prophethood. Then, the orientalists' claims against the morality of the Prophet Muhammad are broadly evaluated. As a result, it can be said that the method of proving his prophethood by accepting some of the features of the Prophet Muhammad's body as a miracle is not correct; but his moral characteristics are the strongest and the most consistent rational evidence that proves his prophethood after the miracle of the Quran.
- Subjects
MUHAMMAD, Prophet, d. 632; RELIGIOUS adherents; PROPHETS; PROPHECY; HUMAN beings; ISLAMIC theology; INTEGRITY; PHILOSOPHERS
- Publication
KADER, 2021, Vol 19, Issue 1, p424
- ISSN
2602-2710
- Publication type
Article