Why is it whenever a Muslim person writes about Biblical people, whenever they write the person's name, they always put next to it (peace be unto him) or (pbuh)? I'm just curious about that.
2007-03-26 03:16:14 · 14 answers · asked by mormon_4_jesus 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's just, the main reason I ask is because I believe that all God's prophets, etc., ARE in a place of peace. That's why. Do you, as Muslims, believe that they may be not in a place of peace, or something? Or is it to tell others that they (as I have heard it) should not speak ill of the dead, especially those who died in God's service?
I sort of thought it was a sign of respect, I just was curious. Thanks for all your explanations.
2007-03-26 04:22:45 · update #1
In the name of Allah, Most Benefit, Most Merciful
All praise be to Allah, the Lord of all worlds
May Allah's peace and blessing be upon His prophet Muhammad, his family and companions
Muslims say the words 'peace be upon him' because they respect prophets. The arabic version is: alayhi-s-salaam.
For the sahaba's - companions of Muhammad SAWS we usualy say: radiyaAllahu 'anhu (for male), and 'anhaa (for female, because of grammar). Also due to Arabic grammar, we say radiyAllah 'anhumaa (for 2 people), and radiyAllahu 'anhum (for more of them). All of these meanings are: May Allah be pleased with him/her/them both/all of them
For famous scholars we usualy say: rahmatoullahi 'alayh or rahimehullahu, which means: May Allah's mercy be upon him.
For people who are still alive, we usualy say: hafizahullahu - MAy Allah protect him.
Concerning Ivri_Anokhi's comment:
Yes PBUH is the english version of SAWS - salla Allah alayhi wa sallam. But the word 'salla' has more menaings so, why did Ivri choose the one which he could comment the best? 'salla' means: salaat - daily prayer, duaa' - prayer in general sense, but also 'salawaat' - blessing. And if you take for example Yusuf Ali's translation of meaning of this ayat:
''Allah and His Angels send blessing on the Prophet: o ye that believe send ye blessings on him, and salute him with all respect.'' [Qur'an, 33:56]
And all praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of all worlds,
And may Allah's peace and blessing be upon His swt prophet and his family and companions.
2007-03-26 03:58:48 · answer #1 · answered by Hurricane 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know the answer to your question. But after reading the answers here, and agreeing with Hurricane's answer, I'm left with only one thought.
Given the great discrepency between Hurricane and Ivri's answers, no wonder many Muslims say due to the possibility of translation errors that the only true Quran is one that is in Arabic. We Christians seem to have umpteen gillion translations and versions of the Bible, yet we can not agree on what a verse of scripture in the Bible really means. At least the Muslims have cut down on that type of squabbeling, because even though there are translation into other languages, they have a true translation in Arabic to refer to.
2007-03-26 16:15:35 · answer #2 · answered by Tonya in TX - Duck 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because prophets had endured hardship just to relay the messege of God, so, we just say that peace be upon them as a sign of appreciation and respect.
2007-03-26 10:21:01 · answer #3 · answered by Adia Azrael 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I'm glad you asked.
This cryptic word is accepted by Muslims as an abbreviation for "peace be upon him." It is respectfully spoken of as well as written after repeating the name of Mohammed.
Although it is alleged to be the rendering of an Arabic phrase, it is actually not a true translation - only half of it is. The Arabic phrase is Salla-llahu 'wassalam. It occurs in the Quranic text and literally reads, "Lo! Allah and His angels pray upon the prophet. Oh yea who believe, pray on him and salute him with peace."
One is utterly confounded when the literal and real translation is understood. Why do our Muslim friends hide the real meaning of pbuh? Is it because the Arabic statement is embarrassing since it contradicts Muslim doctrine?
How is Allah supposed to pray to Mohammed and greet Him or anyone else for that matter? Does Allah pray? And if He does, to whom does he pray? Is this passage not contrary to Muslim theology, which teaches that Allah is prayed to but He never prays to anyone else? Or does Allah really pray to other human beings or only to Mohammed, Allah's own prophet?
The confusion of this popular Islamic expression leaves one perplexed and hanging in the air.
2007-03-26 10:25:10 · answer #4 · answered by Ivri_Anokhi 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
As Muslims, we show great respect for Prophets and this is one of the ways we show it.
2007-03-26 10:46:56 · answer #5 · answered by سيف الله بطل جهاد 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Praise be to Allah.
I read the answers and I guess they answered well.
But, I comment on Ivri's answer, and I'm asking him to read this article:
http://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ref=69944&ln=eng
By the way Anis Shroush is a big liar (this is the least to say about him)
2007-03-26 21:40:10 · answer #6 · answered by Khalid H 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because we should say it after mentioning the name of any prophet, we have to respect our Prophets.
2007-03-26 10:24:50 · answer #7 · answered by sky7th_7 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All the prophets in the Injeel are prophets in Islam.
2007-03-26 10:25:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
After all the hard works...they deserve some respect and prayer from us..they are human too!
2007-03-26 10:56:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sign of respect.
2007-03-26 10:22:29 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋