How can one respond to accusations from a Christian website that describes the Qur’an as false and the Prophet as consuming unlawful things, based on texts from Musnad Imam Ahmad and Sahih Al-Bukhari, knowing that this website appears in search results under the name "The Lie of Scientific Miracles in the Qur'an" and that these doubts have affected some Muslims?
The response to a website promoting the specious claim that "the Messenger ate forbidden food" is that this website is part of the attempts of the enemies of religion, and a Muslim must trust that this religion is preserved. It is more appropriate to focus on presenting the virtues of Islam rather than responding to every specious claim.
Regarding the specious claim that "the Messenger ate forbidden food," the hadith cited (the encounter with Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl) contains distortions and a misleading title. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, refrained from eating what was sacrificed to idols (nusus) and on which the name of Allah was not mentioned. This occurred before his prophethood, and such refraining is a virtue, not a flaw. The hadith does not indicate that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, owned idols before his prophethood.
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