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A review by yousrabushehri
First Muslim : Story of Muhammad: The Story of Muhammad by Lesley Hazleton
2.0
It's weird to say I'm disappointed in a book based on the Prophet Mohammed's life. But I am. I was honestly expecting something a long the line of a clear and as much factual based as possible. But this book was full of phrases like 'one can imagine' 'it's quite possible' 'this could have happened'. Not those words exactly, but the point is, there were a lot of assumptions and fill-in-the-blanks.
I understand why she did it. Hazleton tried to normalize the Prophet and I can see why that would be an attractive thing to do. But as a Muslim reading this book I found it a little disrespectful since we believe that the Prophet was extraordinary (along with all the other prophets). And to say that the Prophet erred in anyway, to us Muslims, is not something we can believe in.
I think taking my review to heart would be a mistake. As a muslim, as I mentioned before, I can't help but have a personal and spiritual stake in this. I still think it's a book worth reading. And I also have her other book about the muslim split after the Prophet's death which I can't wait to get into.
I understand why she did it. Hazleton tried to normalize the Prophet and I can see why that would be an attractive thing to do. But as a Muslim reading this book I found it a little disrespectful since we believe that the Prophet was extraordinary (along with all the other prophets). And to say that the Prophet erred in anyway, to us Muslims, is not something we can believe in.
I think taking my review to heart would be a mistake. As a muslim, as I mentioned before, I can't help but have a personal and spiritual stake in this. I still think it's a book worth reading. And I also have her other book about the muslim split after the Prophet's death which I can't wait to get into.