Was Mohammed copying the Jews?

Question

Most of his religion he copied from the Jews, one god, eating taboos, one day a week off etc..
The theory is that in the month of Ramadan he fasted for one whole day (like the jews on yom kippur) but it could never be established which day it was, so Muslims now fast the whole lunar month.
Is this true?

Marty , thanks for your contribution but what's you point?

Isn't it wonderful how you can never ask a simple question without some moron trying to explain his whole f****** religion and quoting some meaningless scripture, as if that's going to convert me!

Answer 1

Maybe, it's a good question though

Answer 2

did Jesus copy the jews with bible? No, neither did Muhammad. Islam is nothing more than a correction of the previous, just like Jesus came to correct what the jews changed. What is the reason for prophets but to remind the people what they forgot. Since the christians became polytheist, trinity, Muhammad was sent to remind humanity about monotheism.

Answer 3

Muslims are more like Jews than they are like Christians.
Biblically, their ancestors were half-brothers. The progenitor of the Arabic peoples is Ismael, who was the slavegirl's son.
The Bible says that Ismael and the children of Abraham would be at odds, and truly, they are! The Israelites are afraid of Iran, in particular, of all the Muslim world.

Answer 4

Great! This should be a great eviden that Mohamed was send by the same God who send Moses.

Therefore NO COPYING business, Mohamed just SCANNING the same from God who teach Abraham, Moses and David.

Answer 5

Well Muhammad did study with rabbis for many years in his search for the one universal religion--he thought Judaism was it, until he heard the words Shma Yisrael (Hear O Israel). If it was a universal religion, it would have been Shma HaOlam (Hear O Universe/World) but it's not. It's Yisrael. So, Muhammad set out to create his own universal religion, drawing heavily on what he learned from the rabbis. For instance:

The Five Pillars of Islam are all based off things in Judaism.

1. Shahada--declaration of faith. In Judaism, we have something called the Shma, which we are called to recite several times a day, just as Muslims must recite the Shahada...although the Shma is much longer than the Shahada, they both serve the same purpose.

2. Salah--praying 5 times a day. In Judaism, Jewish males are required to pray three times a day.

3. Zaka--almsgiving. In Judaism, we have tzdekah, which translates to justice, but is charity. We are required to give between 10 and 20% of our income to the less fortunate.

4. Sawm--fasting. In Judaism, we fast to remember the horrible things that have befallen the Jewish people and also to make ourselves closer to G-d on Yom Kippur.

5. Hajj--pilgrimage. Just as Muslims are required to make a pilgrimage to Mecca once in their lives, so are Jews required to make pilgrimages to Jerusalem three times a year (if they can)


Muhammad then came back to the Jews he studied with with his new religion--they wouldn't join, so he scorned them and hated them.

Answer 6

There is a difference between Islam and other religion-the solat(prayer).Besides,not only jews fast..buddhist,hindus.

Answer 7

No, that's not a true theory. Islam and Judaism are similar because they are both from One God, not because Muhammad copied anything.

Answer 8

No, Mohammad pbuh belived in Jesus as a messenger of god which the jews did not

Answer 9

So Tom and Jerry was based on Jews and Arabs. Nice theory mate.

Answer 10

Copy the Jews and you will die with them.
Copy the Bible and you will die with it when Christ chucks it in the pit
Copy the Koran and you will die with it when Christ chucks that in the pit also
Copy ANY words of men and you eat the words of Adam just like he did in the garden of Eden that broought sin into the world.
Eat the Words of Christ, that came to save us from the words of men, and you will live

Answer 11

Much Midrashic and Talmudic plagiarism, some Christian, and some Zoroastrian.