Dear Tim, Perhaps you may like to have a look at the writings of late Dr. Ali Shariati (Iran) and Javed Ghamidi (Pakistan). Cheers,

ALL Brothers in Humanity,
Greeting!
I am not here to accuse anyone or state I am a Muslim, therefore I am holy & others are unholy.
Every person is born in Islam but later they change to other religions due to their family connection or otherwise.
Islam press no compulsion in Religion.
But We must not forget we are born to obey ALMIGHTY GOD alone & glorify HIM Alone by Prostrating before HIM as tought by Holy Prophets : Abraham, Moses, Jesus & last Prophet Mohammed .May ALMIGHTY shower blessing on all of them.
We misconstrue Islam as a new Religion. Islam came with Prophet Adam .Any one that believed in ALMIGHTY GOD alone without setting a partner with HIM is a Muslim, for
HE is the Supreme ruler of this Universe!
Donot be critic of Dr .Zakir but of our ownselves. As a MUSLIM I believe I am worst of a person,if ALMIGHTY does not grant me solvation in the day of judgement.
Humbleness & self criticm is the best Jehad of all period of times.
Be Wahbi, hamali, Maliki or Sunni
or Shia , We all believe in one ALMIGHTY GOD & same holy Quran.
I will pray in any Mosque belong to any group for my heart must be clean without hate against anyone.
ALLAH will not accept any prayer if I enter Holy Mosque with enmity in my heart against any human being
be they christian or Hindus.
ALMIGHTY GOD loves all humanbeing &
set a date for Judgement.
We can never claim Paradise but only on the will of ALMIGHTY GOD.
Yes we can pray to forgive us for the sake of HIS beloved Prophets:
Abraham, Ismael, Ishaq, Moses, Jesus & Prophet Mohammed. There were advent of 124,000 prophets in this glober.All of them loved by ALLAH SWT.
We must know Islam through Holy Quran & through teaching of Holy Prophet Mohammed .He was guided by ALLAH SWT & tought us how to pray, give zakat, fast & perform pilgrimage.
In addittion, Please read the gospel of ST.Barnabas who gave descriptive information what Holy Jesus said about Holy Prophet Mohammed ,how Jesus was taken away to Heaven in perfect body, how Juda turned to Jesus appearence how Juda was crucified.
All were miracles from ALMIGHTY GOD.
Why Christians donot accept that Holy Jesus had infuriated Jews as
He told truth that ALMIGHTY GOD had promised to Holy Ishmael the first son of Holy Abraham not to Ishaq that His nation will floourish & that ALMIGHTY had created the Holy Soul of Prophet Mohammed & said”Ya Mohammed ,If I would not have created your soul, I would not have created the vast Universe” How right ALMIGHTY ALLAH .
Out of all 124,000 Prophets only the disciples of Holy Prophet Mohammed are catching one true
Golden rope of ALLAH & therefore ALMIGHTY GOD had sent all previous prophets to their respective tribes but sent Holy Mohammed as a true blessing of mankind.
ALLAH is the creator of the vast universe & Holy prophet Mohammed
is the blessing to the mankind.
May ALMIGHTY ALLAH guide us to the true path.
Badr Ahmed. PHD Member ,LawSociety

@ Sadia Muneer

Zakir Naik is a hypocrite hate preacher.
The problem with him is that he is distorting historical facts. He admires Yazid bastard and I’m sure Zakir Naik must himself be a bastard !

Shame on you as you are calling Osama as a great man !
Osama is a terrorist who is responsible for the killing of thousands of innocent American, Pakistani, Iraqi and other countries people.
He’s a coward person, why doesn’t he go to Afghanistan to fight with American troops like a MAN ????

Dr.Zakir Naik is a very intelligent scholar and I respect and love his intelligence. As far as saying Peace be upon him(Yazeed), it is agreed upon by Ummah that Yazeed was a kaffir. 1. He was the murderer of Prophet's family and 2. He was the destroyer of Islamic way of government which is caliphate and governed as a King which is absolutely haram in Islam.

Secondly as far as asking for anything from Prophet or other personalities is concerned and in other videos the references are concerned.

Al-Ma'idah – 5:116
And (remember) when Allâh will say (on the Day of Resurrection): “O 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)! Did you say unto men: 'Worship me and my mother as two gods besides Allâh?' ” He will say: “Glory be to You! It was not for me to say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, You would surely have known it. You know what is in my inner­self though I do not know what is in Yours, truly, You, only You, are the All­Knower of all that is hidden and unseen. (Al-Ma'idah 5:116)

1. Virtues and Merits of the Prophet and his Companions.

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Narrated 'Aisha and Ibn 'Abbas: On his death-bed Allah's Apostle put a sheet over his-face and when he felt hot, he would remove it from his face. When in that state (of putting and removing the sheet) he said, “May Allah's Curse be on the Jews and the Christians for they build places of worship at the graves of their prophets.” (By that) he intended to warn (the Muslim) from what they (i.e. Jews and Christians) had done.

In another instance Umar bin Al Khattab once said facing the Black Stone of Ka'aba, Hajre Aswad. “I kiss you because my prophet kissed you. Otherwise you are just a stone”. He also ordered to cut and remove a huge tree which was once considered as of possessing special powers in the time of ignorance before the coming of Islam.

Visitng graves for the sake of saying Fateha prayers for the forgiveness of that holy personality from God is permitted. Visiting graves for reminding oneself that one day we will be in their so we should prepare ourselves by doing the good deeds and following the right path is permitted. Distributing food to the hungry and needy on graves is permitted. Talking about the history and life of that holy personality and how he persuaded people towards Islam with love and how he used to live his life as a role model of a good muslim practitioner is permitted. Calling people towards Islam at holy graves is permitted. But never ever it is allowed to worship or ask favors from the people inside the grave. Worshiping living or dead idols is Haram in Islam. Islam came for the very elimination of this concept of idolatory and polytheism.

I support in this state of Zakir fully that we should not ask anything from anyone but Allah.

I am a born Hindu. And before you judge, I go by reasoning and not by the lessons of the religion. About Zakir Naik, he surely teaches Wahhabism. India is the only country where love and mutual respect surpasses the religious differences. If it were not so, the great Mughal Emperor Jalaluddin Akbar would not have started his own religion Din-e-Ilahi.

Zakir Naik forgets that in this country people have learned, and are also still learning further to coexist, despite occassional undesired bitter conflicts. What Zakir Naik preaches comes from the teachings of Al-Taymiyya, that went to Al Wahhab, and is practiced in Saudi Arabia. Although I do not hold him in bad light because of his remarks on Osama bin Laden(who certainly hasn't been proven to have had hand in 9/11 tragedy), but Zakir Naik is required to explain to the people why he thinks a Kafir like Yazid be considered almost as holy as Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) himself. Also, if Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)cannot grant us anything anymore merely because he is dead (?), then what really is the difference between the (dead) Prophet (PBUH) and rest of the mankind? Zakir Naik is neither a scholar nor a Mufti, nor a Mulla, what right does he have to carry out such Ijtehad? Such Ijtehad, without having the right authority puts himself under the catagory of Kaffirs. In plain simple words, this is blasphemy. If he were in any other country except a tolerant India or an extremely Wahhabi Saudi Arabia, he would have been charged and rightly punished on the grounds of blasphemy.