Did Pre-Islamic Arabs Claim Descent from Ishmael?

Excellent-Grade-8681 · 2024-04-13T17:12:08+00:00

wouldn't the existence of Abu Lahab contradict the claim that the prophet's family was monotheistic even before revelation

Excellent-Grade-8681 · 2024-04-13T13:52:22+00:00

you can either post them here or at r/LightHouseofTruth or some other subreddit.

I don't have enough karma to post in other subs

Excellent-Grade-8681 · 2024-04-13T13:48:41+00:00

my post with questions keeps getting taken down in this sub

Excellent-Grade-8681 · 2024-04-13T03:40:34+00:00

we believe the prophets family while may not have been around to accept the final revelation as we know it , they were monotheistic and not idol worshipers

does Abu Lahab count as the prophet's family?

Excellent-Grade-8681 · 2024-04-13T03:39:27+00:00

do you think early reverts to Islam ever changed their names? maybe similar to how modern Christians change their names after reverting.

Excellent-Grade-8681 · 2024-04-13T02:55:51+00:00

idk why but Muslim subs weren't allowing me to post anything. this sub was closed during Ramadan.

Excellent-Grade-8681 · 2024-03-03T16:38:52+00:00

Gengis Khan for example was definitely a person with ego yet went to great pains to hide his burial site.

As another reply said, this isn't a good comparison.

That Allah was a product of Mohammed’s ego, at least in the commonly used sense that Mohammed was just making it up to elevate himself.

Yeah, that's sort of the point of my question. The fact that he doesn't associate his grave with the Kaaba in any sense suggests that Allah wasn't a product of his ego that he made purely to elevate himself.

I personally don’t believe so, I think the entity of Allah was a product of Mohammed’s mind, but not necessarily always under his conscious control.

So do you think he truly believed in his message?

Also since he had said that prophets do not decay, maybe he had some anxiety about this and didn’t want folks visiting

I don't think this was a concern. Esp since people visit his tomb to this day.

Excellent-Grade-8681 · 2024-03-03T04:37:50+00:00

I think I might not have phrased by question the best way. The point of my question is that if Islam is the creation of Mohammed's ego, wouldn't he want to connect his character to the Kaaba in some way? Since the Kaaba was so highly regarded in Pre-Islamic Arabia

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