Can islam exists without Muhammad? Can you call yourself a muslim if you deny Muhammad's prophethood?

Answer 1

Islam means submission to the will of God and obedience to His law. Muslims are called those who follow Islam. "Faith" is the first pillar of Islam among the five. one has to declare the faith first to be a Muslim and the declaration is "there is no god worthy of worship except God and Muhammad is His messenger".This declaration of faith is called the Shahada. So, if one deny Muhammad(pbuh), he/she is denying the faith and he/she no longer be a Muslim.

Answer 2

I would think no, just a like Christians cannot call themselves Christian if they deny the divinity of Christ but I am not a Muslim so that may be a shot way off in the dark.

Answer 3

Yes, if you understand that everyone is called to 'prophethood' - whatever one's gifts/talents or field of interest. That there is no higher level to achieve than this intuitive state of consciousness through which you become a conduit for the 'divine/perfect order/greater good' and contribute this holistic understanding to your specific field of interest or purpose.

Each of the Abrahamic religions offers a piece of the puzzle regarding our relationship to reality.

Judaism's 'perfect altruism' and the messiah within, Christianity's ego transcendence/rebirth of Christ Self, Islam's 'unselfing' of the little identity for the greater good (abolishment of idol worship, including Muhammad)- all provide powerful perspectives on achieving unity with God/Reality.

But followers' attachment to Muhammad and Islam has become worshipful and idolatrous - in the same way as Christianity evolved into worship of Jesus as God rather than following his path for individual transformation and empowerment. In Islam, rather than transcending one's little identity - for greater contribution to the whole as occurred during it's Golden Age - most followers now appear conditioned to submerge themselves into Islam's "specialness."

Individual "belief" in being 'little cogs' in the larger whole of perfect Islam has subverted its powerful message into a 'leveling' of individual creative power. Feelings of pious 'specialness' are always the greatest temptation of the imprinted ego identity and literally SEPARATE you and your group from others. This has been a severe problem for Judaism throughout their history. But, it is interesting that their individual accomplishments - at least in modern times - has not been thwarted by religious dogma.

But, unfortunately you have only to look at the fundamentalist components of all three religions to see how followers' submission to dogmatic doctrine destroys the capacity to create and contribute to the whole of humanity. Instead they have become a reactionary destructive force.

Answer 4

No, we muslim has to believed in Allah (God). and follow the teaching of His Last Messenger (Mohamed).

Among other messengger before Mohamed is Jesus, Moses, Jacob, Abraham etc.

Answer 5

I am not Muslim, but i think answer is YES. Islam is only religion which name is not bc of prophet.