Six Covenants of Prophet Muhammad With the Christians of His Time

John Andrew Morrow (ed.)

Paperback

9781621380023

This book was one of the titles selected for the Wardah Books Islamic Civilisation Book Club 2021.

The Primary Documents

It is a blessing, a warning, and a sign that these Six Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of His Time have resurfaced at this particular moment in history. Renewed by caliphs and sultans, supported by scores of fatwas, and accepted as law for nearly 1400 years, these documents were common knowledge to educated Muslims and Christians until the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, after which they virtually disappeared from collective consciousness.

Their rediscovery will certainly open a new field in both Islamic Studies and interfaith relations. As the written words of the Prophet Muhammad himself, peace and blessings be upon him, and a central part of the Sunnah, they should sit side by side with the Qur'an in both mosque and home. If Muslims are ever to recover the reality of Islam and undergo a collective awakening, these covenants of hope will play a major part in that restoration.

Those wishing to familiarize themselves with Dr. Morrow's exhaustive arguments supporting the authenticity of these Covenants should refer to The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians.

Contents

1. The Covenant of the Prophet Muhammad with the Monks of Mount Sinai

2: The Covenant of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of Persia

3: The Covenant of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of Najran

4: The Covenant of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of the World (Mount Carmel Manuscript)

5: The Covenant of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of the World (Cairo Manuscript)

6: The Covenant of the Prophet Muhammad with the Assyrian Christians