A critical study of “Muhammad and his Power” by “P De Lacy Johnstone”

The objective of this article is to draw the general public's notice to P De Lacy Johnstone’s book "Muhammad and His Power." He addressed a number of criticisms leveled towards Muhammad (PBUH). A specific school of thought is preaching this enmity toward Islam under the misleading appearance of hypocrisy, alluding to the well-being and benefit of the people. They are executing their annoying work in a cryptic, covert, and crafty manner, since they are mistaken by the public for educated and modern religious experts with the expertise and solutions to the age's issues. This article analyses Johnstone’s (1901) allegations against the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The focus is to answer main three allegations he has put on the Holy Prophet (PBUH) from the perspective of the Holy Quran and Sunnah. In these allegations, Johnston states that during the first ten years the Prophet Muhammad did not oppose “Kufar and Shirk”; an indication of likeness towards evil. Secondly, the Prophet married Hazrat Khadija (RA) without the consent of her father. Thirdly, he (PBUH) is not the founder of Islam rather it is a distorted form of Christianity and Judaism. These allegations have been concocted mere on heresy or citing inauthentic sources. This article refutes these allegations using authentic sources of the time and also excerpts from the Holy Quran and the Sunnah. This awful tumult could not penetrate the brains of ordinary people because they are unaware of Muhammd's Seera. It is thanks to the savants of Islam's ceaseless and unrelenting battles and strives that this horrible tumult could not reach the minds of ordinary people. The qualitative analysis of anti-Islamic actions is done using the subject-focused research approach.