Conference on The Prophet of Mercy, may Allah exalt his mention

23 - 24/10/1431H

2-3/10/2010

Praise be to Allah, and may He exalt the mention the Prophet who will be followed by no other Prophet, and may Allah exalt the mention of his household and Companions.

The Saudi Scholastic Society of the Sunnah and its Sciences plans, with the leave of Allah, to hold an international conference, the theme of which is: The Prophet of Mercy, Muhammad, may Allah exalt his mention. This is because the Messenger of Allah and his Sunnah are being targeted, at this time and age, by a heinous attack by some malicious westerners who tried to depict the Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention, in disrespectful and malicious manner.

The believers, as well as the unprejudiced non-Muslims have condemned it as a hostile attack against the office of Prophethood, and because it flagrantly contradicts his authentic Sunnah and biography, and the Previous Scriptures that confirm his Prophethood, and his fine qualities, and the incumbency of believing in and following him.

The Muslims around the world stood in one line against this aggression, and tried their best to oppose it, and expose its fallacy, and its defiance to the divine religions, and the international laws. They all called for revering him, and recognizing his office, which Allah has commissioned. Their appreciated endeavors have indeed, yielded fruitful results by the grace of Allah.

Nevertheless, and in all fairness, the observer finds many of their endeavors were momentary, or a sheer inadvertent reaction that has passed away. He also finds many of the relevant programs and activities were not based on theological principles that deal with the roots of the problem. In fact, some of those activities consisted of many errors, legal flaws, and incongruities, albeit the planners' good will.

Because of the afore-mentioned, the Society's Board felt the dire need for scholarly activities that are based on convincing logic to counter such attacks by solidifying efforts, and applying a sound method in dealing with the relevant events. Such activities will also project significant aspects of the Prophet's biology; namely, mercy in its entirety in terms of time, place, faith, race, and life at large; thus to strengthen the believer's commitment to his faith, and diffuse his confusion, and clear the image of Islam from the charges of terrorism. Moreover, to present to the Western people, and the intellectuals among them in particular, the true nature of the Prophet's mission in order to correct the misconceptions about him and his Message with scholastic facts, and proper method.

The objectives:

1- To present the Message of Islam, and the aspect of Mercy to the worlds, which included in its laws.

2- To introduce the Prophet as a person, and the aspects of mercy in his biography.

3- To study opinion trends in the West about Islam, and its Prophet and Message.

4- To defend the Prophet's status in a sound method based on legal proofs, and rational convincing, and the exemplarity in his biology.

5- To correct the Western world's misconceptions and confusion about Islam and its Prophet.

6- To correct some Muslims' behavior that contradicts the Prophet's instructions and guidance.

The themes and topics:

The 1st theme: The aspects of mercy of the person of the Prophet, and his biology.

1- Mercy and the indicatives of Prophethood.

2- The Prophet's descriptions in the previous Scriptures.

3- The aspects of mercy in the Prophet's manners.

4- The aspects of mercy in the Prophet's relationship with his community.

5- The aspects of mercy in the Prophet's relationship with his family.

6- The aspects of mercy in the Prophet's relationship with his opponents.

The 2nd theme: The aspects of mercy in the Shari'ah of the Prophet of mercy, may Allah exalt his mention.

1- The aspects of mercy in the Prophet's rituals.

2- The aspects of mercy in the Prophet's Jihad.

3- The aspects of mercy in the Prophet's enjoining virtue and preventing vice.

4- The aspects of mercy in the economical regulations and transactions.

5- The aspects of mercy in the family laws.

6- The aspects of mercy in punishment and castigations.

7- The aspects of mercy in human's rights.

8- The aspects of mercy in the women's rights.

9- The aspects of mercy in the rights of the disinherited and the orphans.

10- The aspects of mercy in the rights of the Muslims, and those of special needs.

11- The aspects of mercy in treating animals.

The 3rd theme: Evaluative study of the opinions of the non-Muslim writers about Islam and its Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention.

1- Evaluative study of their stance in regards to the divine revelation.

2- Evaluative study of their stance in regards to the Prophetic Hadeeth.

3- Evaluative study of their stance in regards to the Prophet of mercy.

4- Evaluative study of their stance in regards to Islam.

5- Evaluative study of their stance in regards to accusing Islam of terrorism.

The 4th theme: The Prophet's rights between excessiveness and negligence

1- The rights of the Prophets and the relevance of Muhammad's Message to their Messages.

2- The belief in the Prophet, including believing in his Prophethood, his Message, the finality of Prophethood, and his infallibility.

3- The love of the Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention.

4- The real concept of adhering to the Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention.

The 5th theme: The means of defending the Prophet between excessiveness and negligence.

1- The legal guidelines of defending the Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention.

2- Preaching within legal methods.

3- Effective dialogue

4- Refuting dubious issues raise against the Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention.

5- Defending the Prophet through legal and rational proofs that indicate the genuineness of his Prophethood and Message.

6- Correcting misconceptions in defending the Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention.

7- Correcting erroneous works in defending the Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention.

The 6th theme: The endeavors of the Pious Predecessors, and Muslim scholars in the defense of the Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention.

1- The endeavors of the former Muslim scholars in the defense of the Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention.

2- The endeavors of the Muslim scholars of the latter generations in the defense of the Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention.

3- The endeavors of the contemporary Muslim scholars in the defense of the Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention.

The 7th theme: The role of the media and modern technology in highlighting the aspects of mercy in Islam and the biology of its Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention.

1- The role of the print media.

2- The role of the audio-visual media.

3- The role of global networks (the internet).

The 8th theme: The role of the scholastic and the propagational institutions and individuals in highlighting the aspects of mercy in Islam and the biology of its Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention.

1- The role of the governmental institutions.

2- The role of the Islamic organizations, centers and societies.

3- The role of individuals (kings, rulers, thinkers and businessmen, etc..)

Conditions and rules

A - the accepted language of researches are: Arabic, English, French, German, Urdu, Chinese, and Japanese.

B - A researcher should send an abstract (one of the languages of the conference) which should not exceed (250 words), with his brief resume to the (Scholastic Committee).

C - Abstract should be sent by e-mail or postal mail. If sent by postal mail, it should include a (CD) which contains the abstracts and the resumes written on (MS WORD).

D - Abstracts should be sent no later than [1 / Safar / 1430 H] corresponding to [20 / October 2009].

Y - If the abstract is approved, the complete research (according previous specifications) should be forwarded, provided it does not exceed (30 pages) While the deadline for accepting the researches the 10th of Safar, 1431 H corresponding to 25/ January 2010].

T - The final summary of the research should be attached the research along with the proposed recommendations.

G - All work papers, in terms of acceptance, will be subject to the opinion of the Scholastic Committee; and the deadline for accepting work papers will be on [10 / Safar / 1431H] corresponding to [25 / January 2010].

Q - Every researcher will be allowed (15 minutes) to present his research. In the meantime, the approved researches will be published in the Special journal of the Conference.

U - All research and work papers and abstracts should be forwarded to the Society's (the electrical or postal) address, care of Dr. Abdullah al-Shigari.

V- The Society's addresses:

1- The e-mail: هذا البريد الإلكتروني محمي من المتطفلين و برامج التطفل، تحتاج إلى تفعيل جافا سكريبت لتتمكن من مشاهدته

2- The postal address: The Saudi Scholastic Committee of the Sunnah and its Sciences

P. O. Box 46811 Riyadh, 115142

Tel. 009661/2582749 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 009661/2582749 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Fax. 009661/ 2582743