/islam/ - 8ch Masjid

>>17005

https://www.amazon.com/Common-Ground-Between-Islam-Buddhism/dp/1891785621

decide for yourself

>>17005

why take the risk? even if he was a prophet he wasn't to the whole mankind just his people.

>>17007

he wasn't sent*

>>17007

all prophets are sent to the whole of mankind in some sense.

No because even if he was his message would have been diluted by now.

Prophet? No. Messenger? Maybe.

And for every Ummah (a community or a nation), there is a Messenger; when their Messenger comes, the matter will be judged between them with justice, and they will not be wronged. (Qur'ân 10:47)

And verily, We have sent among every Ummah (community, nation) a Messenger (proclaiming): "Worship Allah (Alone), and avoid (or keep away from) Taghut (all false deities, etc. i.e., do not worship Taghut besides Allah)." Then of them were some whom Allah guided and of them were some upon whom the straying was justified. So travel through the land and see what was the end of those who denied (the truth). (Qur'ân 16:36)

Kaffir here. I'll tell ya what: I've tried listening to the Qur'an being recited with tajwid and everything.

For me, still doesn't come close to this classic mantra celebrating the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara.

I recommend starting 38 seconds in. It's repetitive; a mantra, after all.

>>17005

If you don't know 100% if he was a prophet then you shouldn't. So no.

>>17092

An alternate if the style of the first one doesn't suit you

>>17092

>>17121

That's nice, but this isn't /buddha/ or /rel/. We don't do comparative religious studies here and this isn't a springboard to convert Muslims to other religions.

>>17136

>No way.

You're claiming knowledge of the unseen. Don't do that.

>>17137

Siddharta Gautama believed in reincarnation. Buddhist beliefs are fundamentally incompatible with Islamic ones.

Yes, Islam tells us not to claim knowledge of the uneen. But we can -see- that Buddhist beliefs contradict the Quran.

>>17138

>Siddharta Gautama believed in reincarnation.

1. Reincarnation is a disputed belief within Buddhism to this very day.

2. We have no idea what Buddha believed. The earliest Buddhist scriptures were not written until centuries after his death.

We cannot say whether Buddha was a prophet or not. It's a complete unknown.

>>17138

>But we can -see- that Buddhist beliefs contradict the Quran.

Christian beliefs contradict the Qur'an. That doesn't mean Sayyidina Isa ibn Maryam (alayhis salam) wasn't a prophet.

>>17140

Buddha is not mentioned in Qur'an. Jesus is mentioned in Qur'an.

That's all the answer you need. Otherwise, >>>/rel/

Buddha teaches a much purer form of spiritualism. If you want pure spiritualism, learn about him. Do not bother trying to understand modern Buddhist. They're egotistical.

>>17246

what do you mean by spiritualism?

>>17248

Spiritualism is the belief in a divine presence without actually believing in God. Like those people who meditate on the trees, but refuse to acknowledge the Creator.

>>17141

Muslim's also believe that 124,000 prophets were sent to people around the world.

They weren't all mentioned by name in the Qur'an.

>>17266

>124,000

Check your sources, friend. That comes from a very weak hadith.

>>17393

>>17394

The Buddha taught some very nice and useful things, but he's not a Prophet in Islam. My father taught me some nice and useful things, but he certainly wasn't a Prophet.

>>17394

then look for another religion

>>17270

It's authentic, actually.

>>17466

Every source I've checked puts it as a weak hadith.

Buddhism wasn't even a religion when it started out, ffs. Gautom was a prince who was surprised by food webs and started meditating. After some time, he came to the conclusion that everything dies and is reborn as something else and this is a continuous cycle.

That was nothing but a half-assed philosophical theory and since indians are so obsessed with their sadhus and stuff, they later started to worhip him. Buddhists' idea of god is very different from our idea of God.

They are basically polytheists. And that whole thing about all buddhists being completely pacifist is exaggerated as well. They literally have temples high in the mountains where they teach children to fight from a young age. Asians throughout history have recruited buddhist monks as mercenaries to fight in their wars.

tl;dr, buddha was basically a prince who became a philosopher and people took every far-fetched thing he said, even further.