From Algeria to Indonesia to Pakistan, Muslims love Michael H. Hart.
In debates and online forums, Muslims appeal to the authority of Michael H. Hart as evidence for how great and remarkable their prophet is.
Although most Muslims really know next to nothing about Michael H. Hart ~ his nationality, his occupation, his books or probably even how he looks like ~ all Muslims know one thing about him. He produced a “sacred” list in his book “The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History” in 1978.
The prophet of Islam, Muhammad was ranked at Number 1. Hart attributes this to the fact that Muhammad was “supremely successful” in both the religious and secular realms. This great accolade has been celebrated for decades and trumpeted for generations by Muslims and memes passed down from father to son.
Firstly, Michael H. Hart ranked 100 personalities based on his personal opinions on the most influential persons. Obviously someone else would rank them differently based on their own opinions. This is a subjective exercise and no one can claim that theirs is the definitive or one true list. There is a book on Amazon entitled “Hitler, Stalin, Muhammad: Who ranks as the most evil human ever?” written by Dov Ivry. You can buy the book and see for yourself if you want to but I’ll tell you who ranks at number 1 as “most evil human ever.” Muhammad. What does this prove? Only that it is merely someone’s opinion. To insist that a claim is true just because someone said it, is indulging in fallacy known as argumentum ad verecundiam or Appeal to Authority.
Secondly, Michael H. Hart is hardly the spokesperson of mankind. Hart has described himself as a white separatist. What is a white separatist? A racist. White separatists believe that white people are superior to those of other races and therefore should subjugate and dominate them. He proposed the partitioning of the United States to separate states for people according to their skin color. A white state, a black state, a Hispanic state, and an integrated mixed-race state (1).
Thirdly, most Muslims probably don’t even realize Michael H. Hart is a Jew. Muslims all over the world spew hatred on the Jews. The Quran labels them as “the worst of creatures” and insults them as “apes and swine” and “easily deceived.” Ironically, it is Muslims who have been easily deceived to embrace the words of a racist.
What exactly does a list of “most influential people” mean? Does it mean it is a list of the greatest people? Does it mean it is a list of good morally upright people? That’s what most Muslims think; that it’s a list of the greatest people. Or a list of the best people. That is not true. That’s only what they have been told.
Adolf Hitler was influential. His atrocities influenced the whole world. Hitler is on Michael Hart’s list. So is Joseph Stalin, who butchered millions of his own people. So is Genghis Khan, conquering barbarian warlord. They were all influential according to Michael Hart. Is it necessarily something to be proud of that you are at number one on a list together with Hitler and Stalin and Genghis Khan? It’s embarrassing. But what do Muslims care? As long as Muhammad is number #1, that’s all that matters.
The cruel blood-thirsty barbarian conqueror. Estimated 20 to 60 million people died during his reign. If only he had also founded a religion, Michael H. Hart might have ranked him higher in his list.
- (Interview with Michael H. Hart by Russell K. Neili, April 14, 2000. Carol M. Swain; Russ Nieli (24 March 2003). Contemporary Voices of White Nationalism in America. Cambridge University Press. p. 201.
Muhammad is actually the best of mankind no with saying of michiel even he insult him it will not change his position michiel is not the one who appointed muhammad on his position so that he can remove him by insulting him, or add because of his praise
I agree with you that Michael Hart’s personal opinion about Muhammad doesn’t affect Muhammad’s status.
You should tell this to Muslims who celebrate the opinion of Michael Hart about Muhammad.
As for your opinion that Muhammad is the best of mankind, I disagree with you. He was immoral. I can show you many evidences from your sources.
Have you studied about the life of Muhammad?
Let me ask you.
Was Muhammad a sinner? Most Muslims will answer, “No”, because they have been brainwashed to accept all his immoralities.
The koran teaches that Muhammad was a sinner. He was repeatedly told to ask for forgiveness of his sins.
Read 40:55, 47;19, 48:2.
It will be helpful to read about the life of the prophet from many resources rather than just the propaganda references. His life’s study is called Seerah and you can also find out the science of preserving the seerah. Then you’d need to study the background of the negative views, where they originate, how do their authenticity rate compared to the authenticity of seerah.
The goal has to be to learn the truth, not to praise someone or put down someone.
You literally believe that Prophet Lot got drunk and had sex with his own daughters and got them pregnant. According to your standards of Prophethood, yes, he was sinless.
To address your point: “And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.” Mark 1:4–5
BUT Jesus was a sinless man
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.” 1 Peter 2:22
But yet Jesus had to be Baptised according to Christianity even though he was a sinless man. Why? Because Prophets are our guides and example. They repent so that we know how to repent. But while we repent for sins, they repent for mistakes (
1. First of all, we do not believe Lot was a prophet. He was Abraham’s nephew.
2. All man, including prophets, were sinners. The only one sinless is Jesus.
3. Baptisms are not for the purpose of cleansing sins. Baptism is a symbolic act of death and resurrection. Jesus was sinless. he had nothing to repent for.
His baptism is an example for us to follow, to symbolize the newness of life we have in him, through his death and resurrection.
Bro i ve just read that verses now listen carefully some times when you don’t study quran verse explanation you get a little confused now i will tell you why in these verse tells that MUHAMMAD was asked for repentence bcz in first it tells that oh MUHAMMAD if any short comming comes from you just ask forgiveness now i will tell you why becz whenever a prophet do less worship like miss even an optional prayer the would just feel like they made some mistake the same goes for another verses like ALLAH is telling him that ask forgiveness for the short commings in your worship becz prophet would regret about that so in easy way just ask forgiveness as we believe ALLAH will always forgive no matter how much you sinned
Bro, my point was that Muhammad was a sinner who needed to repent and ask for forgiveness.
You have admitted that Muhammad was a sinner and needed to ask for forgiveness.
Thank you
Hart did NOT claim that Mohammed was “the best of mankind”.
Hart did NOT claim that Mohammed was “the best of mankind”.
I am really stunned with the stupidity of the author. A mixture of ignorance and arrogance is really hard to handle. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world and the insults you and other idiots do to the Prophet PBUH are just an exposure of your hatred and mental illness. Despite all what the Western media and people like you do, it’s still the fastest growing religion. Deal with it and go find a job or something.
Mah,
When you have to resort to personal insults, it shows you have already lost the argument.
Muslims like to say that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world.
So? Fastest growing does not prove that Islam is true.
Even weeds grow fast. It’s a nuisance in the garden.
The reason why Islam is growing fast is because of high birth rates.
You need to read more about Islam. Islam is not just an idea; it is a religion that provides a sense of justice worth following.
Mohamed,
Islam is a cult built around one man’s words and fantasies.
You have done much lying and insulting yourself.
Islam has the highest conversion rate, and Muslims are the only practicing believers in the world. Nobody else prays. Nobody else observes jurisprudence. Nobody else fasts. Except a few.
1. What is the lie? Go ahead and show me.
2. Does having the highest conversion rate prove that Islam is true?
This is a fallacy. Look up Bandwagon fallacy.
3. “Muslims are the only practising believers in the world; no one else prays or fasts.”
This is another logical fallacy. Hasty generlization.
Bro all your arguments are fallacies. Please come up with better arguments in defending your religion if you want to be taken seriously.
Muhammad is greater than Yeshua because…
M..slaughtered many people, Y killed no one
M.. slept with 9 year old girls, Y… only raised them from the dead,
M…flew on a winged horse..Y.. only walked on water…
M became rich, accumalated much wealth from looting and pillaging , Y… was poor and received only a few gifts from women,
M..had the energy to service his 13 wives in one night…. Y…did not even have one wife..
If you know something, it doesn’t mean you know everything. The piece of knowledge will direct you to satan(devil), full, detailed knowledge will direct you to the God(single creator of all universes). If your purpose is to find the righteous path, read more original books about prophet Muhammad(p.b.u.h), which are written by Muslim or non-Muslim, kind, conscientious, honest writers, scholars, not by low-educated, sellout scientists. If your purpose is not to find the righteous path, going to hellfire, then, devil will help you! Then, you will wright such kind of bad things against Islam. If you are against Islam, you are against humanity!
Anowen,
What JosephGeo stated in his comments about Muhammad are from your own authentic books, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, etc.
Those books are not authentic, Shia Islam is the truth.
You say Shia Islam is the truth.
Sunni Muslims (which make up 95% of the all Muslims) say Sunni Islam is the truth and all Shia are kafir.
This is your problem to resolve.
The prophet of Islam is indeed the most influential n the greatest personality to ever on d earth.Am saying this because Islam is a culmination of all devine religions including true Christianity. Even St. Paul confessed in NT 1 Corinthians 13: 9-11 that all his knowledge n prophecies were incomplete. That one in future, d true knowledge will come n d incomplete knowledge they had shall b put aside. D holy Quran emphasizes that to b a true Muslim,you should believe in all prophets of God from Abraham through Moses, David, Jesus n himself. Any rejection on this shall render a person an unbeliever.
Mohamad Fofanah,
Islam is a mixup of various beliefs that Muhammad adapted into his invented religion. He stole ideas from the pagan Arabs, Zoroastrians, Sabians, Hindus, the occult, Jews and Christians. You can call it culmination if you like. It doesn’t make Islam the truth.|
It’s funny that you claim that Paul prophesied about Muhammad. You must be the only Muslim who believes Paul was a prophet.
If that’s the case then Prophet Jesus stole from Judaism
Stole what?
Jesus was a Jew!
He fulfilled the Law.
Alright,so as u said about prophet Muhammad… I’m really astonished by ur arrogance and false interpretations of Quranic versus as I went thru the comments, aight
1. If u really read and know Qur’an should also know that man will be punished for a single sin (punishment differs according to sin committed) whereas if a prophet commits a sin,they have to bear double the punishment for a single sin as compared to a normal man..
Cz what a prophet does will be followed by righteous believers ,his every action etc
2. If U refer da Hadith , we get to know that prophet Muhammad used to pray for prolonged hours during night times
Narrated `Aisha:
I did not see the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting (the Qur’an) in the night prayer while sitting except when he became old; when he used to recite while sitting, and when thirty or forty verses remained from the Sura, he would get up and recite them and then bow.
Narrated Abu Salma bin `Abdur Rahman:
I asked `Aisha, “How is the prayer of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) during the month of Ramadan.” She said, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) never exceeded eleven rak`at in Ramadan or in other months; he used to offer four rak`at– do not ask me about their beauty and length, then four rak`at, do not ask me about their beauty and length, and then three rak`at.” Aisha further said, “I said, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Do you sleep before offering the witr prayer?’ He replied, ‘O `Aisha! My eyes sleep but my heart remains awake’!”
Nigt prayer was compuslory and mandatory for prophets whereas it’s optional for us muslims…this won’t because we don’t follow his actions instead these are the two options given by ALLAH to us…it’s upon us whether we pray during night to or not (after midnight till Fajr prayer)
3. As u earlier said in comments tht how can a religion be established based on a man’s actions and words…the hadith and sunnah are the two main aspects …the hadiths well are the words of prophet Muhammad but prophet Muhammad never did an action of his own or spoke anythin of his own except for ALLAH’S guidance and knowledge
4. Imagine u are going to a city to eradicate or clear the foolishness of those peopel living in city,they deny it and send u back out of city peltering u wid stones,making u bleed from head to toe by throwing stones…blood dripping from every part of ur body ….how would I feel? Anger? Revenge? Or just die by accepting ur fate?
Instwad when prophet Muhammad went to the city of taif ,after this eevnets mentioned above , he took shelter in a place bleeding from head to toe,the angel of mountian approached him and offered him ,if he wishes they would crush the city of taif between two mountains by the permission of ALLAH yet prophet Muhammad wished for mercy and guidance of his lord(ALLAH) on those fellow people of taif
On reaching Taif, He ﷺ visited the 3 chieftains of the clan separately, and placed before each of them the message of Allah, and called upon them to stand by his Prophet’s ﷺ side.
Instead of accepting his message, they refused even to listen to him, treating him with the most contemptuous and rude manner. They plainly told him that they didn’t like his stay in their town.
Muhammad ﷺ, who was a rock of steadfastness and perseverances, did not lose heart over them and tried to approach the common people, but nobody wanted to listen to him. Instead they asked him to clear off from their town and go wherever else he liked. When He ﷺ realized efforts being made mean nothing, he decided to leave but they wouldn’t let him depart in peace, rather they set the street urchins after him, to hiss, to hoot, to jeer at and to stone him. He was so much pelted at with stones that his whole body was covered with blood, and his shoes were clogged to his feet. Muhammad ﷺ left the town in this woeful plight.
When he was away from the town, safe from the rabble, he prayed to Allah;The Heavens were moved by the prayer and Jibrail (AS) appeared before Muhammad ﷺ , greeting him with Assalamu’alaikum and said;
“Allah knows all that has passed between you and these people. He has deputed an angel in charge of the mountains to be at your command.”
Saying this, Jibrail (AS) ushered the angel before the Prophet ﷺ. The angel greeted him and said;
“O, Prophet of Allah! I am at your service. If you wish, I can cause the mountains overlooking this town on both sides to collide with each other, so that all the people therein would be crushed to death, or you may suggest any other punishment for them.”
Muhammad ﷺ said;
“Even if these people do not accept Islam, I do hope from Allah that there will be persons from among their progeny who would worship Allah and serve His cause.”
Now ,after giving u these many references,do u really think tht islam is based on the words and actions of a single man ….nayy everything was done wid the permission of ALLAH alone…
Leon,
Thank you for posting a long comment. However, there is nothing in your comment that shows Muhammad was a true prophet.
You said he prayed long hours. So what? People from false religions can pray long hours.
Zoroastrians prayed 5 times a day. The pagan Arabs kissed the black stone and encircled the kaabah. Muslims do the same thing today.
You claimed Muhammad did not retaliate against a town that persecuted him. So what?
Paul also didn’t retaliate against cities that persecuted, stoned, whipped him, etc.
You claimed Muhammad never did an action of his own except for ALLAH’S guidance.
Once, a blind man approached Muhammad to ask about Islam. Muhammad frowned and turned away from him in arrogance. (Read 80:1-2)
Is Muhammad’s behaviour guided by Allah?
Nayy,
1. Based on the Prophet’s marriage wid Aisha
They are many hadiths conflicting wid each other but it’s still not known what her age was at tht time…in some hadith it says she was 12-13 whereas in some it says she was 18-19 like in her adolescence…there’s no clear eveidence to this day about her age
2. Prophet Muhammad slaughtered the enmies of Islam ….cz the corruption and hatred of idol worshippers grew so much tht thry alnnes to eradicate islam once and for all which led to a series of wars ….yet in tht case Allah gave muslims the permission for self defense and right to fight back…u can the example of battle of trench where muslims used pure self defence against an army of 10k idol worshippers
3.prophet Muhammad was never rich, if u do some research u would know his meal was mainly dates ,water ,oil and bread. Instead he used to distribute wealth aming the poor and needy ones..like inspite of being the ruler of arabia ,his meal was as simple as this
4. There is a reason behind why prophet Muhammad married 13 wives
5. The point where prophet Muhammad rode on a Pegasus ( called “a burraakh” in Arabic) was a means of transport for the journey of al isra and al Miraj….the journey from mecca to Masjid Al aqsa ( Jerusalem) a joruney people at time used to travel for 2months or so
And from jerusalem to the 7sky’s wid the permission of Allah alone….the speed of the Pegasus was like tht of speed of light as far as the eye can see ….indeed it was nothin but a miracle from Allah alone….
Now I’ve given the reason for every point tht has been mentioned…if uve got more? C’mon go ahead and ask..if it’s in my knwoledge I will answer but if it’s not I’ll seek more knowledge and then give u answer later on
Leon,
1. You claimed there is no clear evidence of Aisha’s age.
It was narrated that ‘Aishah said:
“The Messenger of Allah married me when I was six, and consummated the marriage with me when I was nine, and I used to play with dolls.”
Grade: Sahih: Sunan an-Nasa’i 3378
Isn’t this clear evidence? You are obviously embarrassed so you have to lie to yourself that there is no clear evidence. Give me your hadith that specifically mentions she was 12-13 or 18-19.
2. Muhammad was a violent barbaric warlord. You claim it was just pure self defense. That is false. He slaughtered the entire tribe of Banu Qurayza, beheading over 700 men and boys; and sold their women and daughters in exchange weapons and horses. You can find the reference in Ibn Kathir’s commentary. Muhammad commanded Muslims to kill Jews and Christians. Terrorists like Hamas, Al-Qaeda, ISIS are the true Muslims carrying out Muhammad’s command.
3. He had 13 wives and 13 houses. He took for himself 20% of the war booty. He gave gold to some Jews to bribe them them to accept Islam. Read Sahih Bukhari 3344. The Quraysh and Ansar Arab muslims were upset and Muhammad told them he did it to attract their hearts to islam. You think tis is a poor man?
4. Yes, there is a reason why Muhammad married 13 women including a 6 year old girl and his own daughter in law and had numerous sex slaves. Because he was a lustful man.
5. Who was the witness to Muhammad’s alleged flight on the buraq to Jerusalem? Yesterday my uncle flew on a donkey to Uranus. Do you believe him? Mashalla it must be a miracle of Allah! Dont be so gullible, my friend.
Doesn’t care Michae.H or anyone tells for us prophet MUHAMMAD is the best human ever and you will see in the end i will give you an advise why don’t you read Out your self about MUHAMMAD and then came here tell me bro just once read a real biography about him i am sure you will also accept this fact that he is the best human on EARTH till now.
Ali,
I have read about Muhammad and I have found that he was immoral. He made up revelations to satisfy his own lusts like the “revelation” to marry the wife of his own adopted son.
What’s the point of this revelation in the Quran? How does it help you become a better Muslim?
Muhammad was also suicidal, attempted to kill himself at least three times. This is the example of your best human? Why don’t you follow this example?
Muhammad also became bewitched. Have you prayed so that you will become bewitched like your role model?
I can give you a lot more stories about Muhammad that you have never been told by your teachers.
For example, did you know that Muhammad cut off the limbs of some criminals and then gouged out their eyes and threw them in the desert to die of thirst in the heat?
Now I will tell you about your theory of 9 years old.
Did you ever imagine why the people at that time like Jews and Arabs (non-Muslims) who were against Islam and Muhammad used this theory against him — that how can he be true if he is marrying a 9-year-old girl?
Look, so this proves that this was normal at that time.
Secondly, Prophet never did anything except for if it was from Allah.
So something must be there, like one reason I got — that she became such a knowledge provider to the Muslim Ummah.
She was like a mother to every Muslim.
Now the other thing about killing people — look at first, just check out what rules did Prophet set before going to any war, then speak here.
And after all, if I come to tell you that how is it possible that Quran is the only book in the world that is still in its original words — that was 1400 years ago.
There’s no book on Earth that is not changed yet except Quran.
“Now I will tell you about your theory of 9 years old.”
1. It isn’t a theory bro. This is what your own books say. You cant even admit it and call it my theory! You should learn more about Muhammad and how immoral he was..
“The Messenger of Allah married me when I was six, and consummated the marriage with me when I was nine, and I used to play with dolls.” Grade: Sahih: Sunan an-Nasa’i 3378
Your prophet was a pedophile who married a 6 year old girl and had sex with her when she was 9 while she was still playing with dolls!
2. You claimed the prophet never did anything except if it was from Allah.
OK. When he tried to commit suicide, was it from Allah?
3. You said Aisha became such a knowledge provider to Muslim. So what? This doesnt explain why Muhammad needed to marry a 6 year old. What about all his other wives? Did they also become knowledge providers?
4. Muhammad beheaded 700 men and boys of the Banu Qurayza, and sold their women and daughters. What were the rules Muhammad was following?
5. You claimed Quran is unchanged for 1400 years. This is false. During the time of Uthman, there were so many Qurans that Uthman ordered all the qurans to be burned. He commissioned his version of the quran to be written. The strange thing is you don’t even have Uthman’s version today. You have Hafs version used in most Muslim countries. Some countries like Morocco use a different Quran known as the Warsh version.