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Did the prophet muhammad (SAW) worship idols?

 Did the prophet muhammad (SAW) worship idols?




This allegation is backed up by using chapter 74:5



“˹Continue to˺ shun idols.”


  •  Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran



Now this is just simply a reminder, a warning to not do this action, that doesn't mean he did it, Allah is just reminding him to not do it. For example, our parents continue to say “do not do drugs” “stay away from committing adultery” etc. we did not do these types of things but our parents are just simply reminding/warning us to stay away from these things.


You may think that this is just my interpretation, well no, because according to our sources, muhamed (SAW) did not worship any idols before and after prophethood.


(Arabic) Tafsir al Qurtubi for chapter 42 verse 52:


  1. “Al Qaadi said: and none of the people of knowledge have ever reported from any of the prophets that they were mushriks (pagans) or disbelievers  before they received the revelations of prophethood.” 



  1. “The prophet was a believer in Allah before his prophethood and never prostrated to an idol nor did he commit shirk ( disbelief) nor did he commit adultery and nor did he drink alcohol.” 



  2. “I say (Al Qurtubi said) that the correct belief is that the prophet muhammed (SAW) was a believer in Allah from the time he was created until the time of his prophethood and then until his death. “




As you can see he did not worship any idols before and after prophethood. 


Now there is a hadith that tries to support their claim:



“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Gabriel (ﷺ) came to me and said: I came to you last night and was prevented from entering simply because there were images at the door, for there was a decorated curtain with images on it in the house, and there was a dog in the house. So order the head of the image which is in the house to be cut off so that it resembles the form of a tree; order the curtain to be cut up and made into two cushions spread out on which people may tread; and order the dog to be turned out.”


  • Sunan Abi Dawud 4158



Now imam al Nawawi commented on a narration similar to this, in his sharh


Imam al nawawi said: “and this was before pictures and statues were forbidden (as decorations) and so when the prophet entered the house of aisha, he used to see statues  and pictures and he did not forbid her for,  until it was revealed to him that pictures and statues was forbidden.”


  • Fath al munim sharh sahih muslim volume 8 page 383


So those statues and pictures were used as decorations and not for worshiping and, it later got revealed  that it’s forbidden to hang them up, so he took them down. 


That's why in this hadith he ripped up a curtain with images on it:


Narrated Al-Qasim:

Aisha said that she hung a curtain decorated with pictures (of animals) on a cupboard. The Prophet (ﷺ) tore that curtain and she turned it into two cushions which remained in the house for the Prophet (ﷺ) to sit on.


  • Sahih al-Bukhari 2479



It's clear he did not worship any idols nor did he respect any as well. 



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