Muhammad was not from the progeny of Ismael, but from the Arabs of Yemen

Submitted by Veg, Aug 12, 2019 at 03:17

Muslims deceive and claim:
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Some Pre-Islamic poetry mentions Ishmael, his father Abraham, and the sacrifice story, such as the Pre-Islamic poet "Umayyah Ibn Abi As-Salt", who said in one of his poems: بكره لم يكن ليصبر عنه أو يراه في معشر أقتال ([The sacrifice] of his first-born of whose separation he [Abraham] could not bear neither could he see him surrounded in foes).[18][19][20]

"Zayd ibn Amr" was another Pre-Islamic figure who refused idolatry and preached monotheism, claiming it was the original belief of their [Arabs] father Ishmael.[21][22]

Also, some of the tribes of Central West Arabia called themselves the "people of Abraham and the offspring of Ishmael", as evidenced by a common opening of speeches and harangues of reconciliation between rival tribes in that area.[23][24]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael
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Please Note:
(1) Umayyah Ibn Abi As-Salt didn't belong to Pre-Islamic poet. No, he met with Muhammad in Mecca after Muhammad had already claimed the prophethood, and Umayyah accepted his prophethood (although for short period of time).
Therefore, no wonder if Umayyah repeated the claim of Muhammad of being from progeny of Ismael.
As compared to Umayyah (who lived in Taif), the Quraysh knew nothing about them being from the progeny of Ismael, although Quraysh lived in Mecca (as compared to Taif) and Kaba was in Meca, and every year thousands of Arabs visited Kaba.

(2) This Umayyah was a Drama Queen himself. Firstly he worshipped idols. Then he met with Zayd bin 'Amr and became follower of "Religion of Hanif". Then Umayyah met with Muhammad and became Muslim himself. But then he wanted to become himself a prophet, thus he started refuting prophethood of Muhammad. He joined hands with Kuffar of Mecca and lastly became idol worhsippper once again and died in this state.
(3) And Dr. Taha Hussain wrote about Umayyah: "These poems are a fogeries which are ascribed to Umayyah. Muslims fabricated them later in order to show that even the pre-Islamic period people knew about Islam and coming of Muhammad (Ref: Fi al-Adab al-Jahili by Dr. Taha Hussain).
Therefore, no other poem is found by Umayyah about Ismael, and not a single other Pre-Islamic Poet knew anything about idol worshipper Arabs being from progens of Ismael, or about stories of Kaba and Zamzam and Ismael.
Is it not strange that Quraysh, who lived in Mecca (as compared to Umayyah who live in Taif) knew nothing about them being from progeny of Ismael, despite Kaba being in Mecca and thousands of people coming for Haj every year to Mecca.

Second Reference of Zayd bin 'Amr:

Again this is a desception by Muslims when they claim that Zayd claimed that Ismael was the father of Arabs.

Zayd knew nothing about Deen-e-Hanafi or Ibrahim/Ismael. He came to know about it only and only after asking questions from the Christian Priests. This has been recorded in Sahih Bukhari:

Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 58, Number 169 :
https://www.sahih-bukhari.com/Pages/Bukhari_5_58.php

Therefore, Zayd didn't even know about Abraham and became aware of him only after the Jewish and Christian priests told him about Abraham. How could then Zayd claim that Arabs were from the progeny of Ismael?

3rd Reference: Some Arab Tribes of Central West Arabia claimed themselves to be from the progeny of Ismael

Again it is no proof while many Jewish tribes migrated to Madina and other parts of Arab and settled there. And these Jewish tribes (who became Arab Jews tribes later by settling in Arab) may claim themselves to be from the progeny of Ismael as has been written in the old testament.
But the main fact remains unchanged that Quraysh, who lived in Mecca directly, and had Kaba and thousands of people visiting this Kaba every year, didn't know anything about Ibrahim or Ismael as their forefathers.

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