A cat legend

Singh wrote:

It is said that as the Prophet Mohammed was studying scripture, a kitten
crawled into the sleeve of his robe. In peace with the Prophet and the
quiet atmosphere of spiritual study, the kitty curled up and slept in
the sleeve; and Mohammed, very touched by this gesture, cut the sleeve
from the robe rather than awaken the kitten. And then, as a sign of
favor, the Prophet set his initial on the kitty's forehead for her and
her descendants to carry forever.

I'm also often very touched by kitties, so maybe in the future, we'll
see lots of cats with the letter "T" on their foreheads.

This reminds me how once I was telling a friend how it's interesting
that you never see any sculptures or paintings of Mohammed, and how
that makes his legends somewhat more difficult to visualize. I
thought it would be a great idea if someone could start a business
specializing in likenesses of Mohammed, but he thought that was a dumb
idea.

Singh wrote:

It is said that as the Prophet Mohammed was studying scripture, a kitten
crawled into the sleeve of his robe. In peace with the Prophet and the
quiet atmosphere of spiritual study, the kitty curled up and slept in
the sleeve; and Mohammed, very touched by this gesture, cut the sleeve
from the robe rather than awaken the kitten. And then, as a sign of
favor, the Prophet set his initial on the kitty's forehead for her and
her descendants to carry forever.

I'm also often very touched by kitties, so maybe in the future, we'll
see lots of cats with the letter "T" on their foreheads.

This reminds me how once I was telling a friend how it's interesting
that you never see any sculptures or paintings of Mohammed, and how
that makes his legends somewhat more difficult to visualize. I
thought it would be a great idea if someone could start a business
specializing in likenesses of Mohammed, but he thought that was a dumb
idea.

Takayuki had some very interesting things to
say about A cat legend:

This reminds me how once I was telling a friend how it's interesting
that you never see any sculptures or paintings of Mohammed, and how
that makes his legends somewhat more difficult to visualize. I
thought it would be a great idea if someone could start a business
specializing in likenesses of Mohammed, but he thought that was a dumb
idea.

I may be wrong, not being an expert on Islam, but ISTR that images of
actual people are highly frowned on in that religion.

--
"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be
doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding.
:-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL

Takayuki had some very interesting things to
say about A cat legend:

This reminds me how once I was telling a friend how it's interesting
that you never see any sculptures or paintings of Mohammed, and how
that makes his legends somewhat more difficult to visualize. I
thought it would be a great idea if someone could start a business
specializing in likenesses of Mohammed, but he thought that was a dumb
idea.

I may be wrong, not being an expert on Islam, but ISTR that images of
actual people are highly frowned on in that religion.

--
"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be
doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding.
:-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL

Takayuki had some very interesting things to
say about A cat legend:

This reminds me how once I was telling a friend how it's interesting
that you never see any sculptures or paintings of Mohammed, and how
that makes his legends somewhat more difficult to visualize. I
thought it would be a great idea if someone could start a business
specializing in likenesses of Mohammed, but he thought that was a dumb
idea.

I may be wrong, not being an expert on Islam, but ISTR that images of
actual people are highly frowned on in that religion.

--
"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be
doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding.
:-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL

Takayuki wrote:

This reminds me how once I was telling a friend how it's interesting
that you never see any sculptures or paintings of Mohammed, and how
that makes his legends somewhat more difficult to visualize. I
thought it would be a great idea if someone could start a business
specializing in likenesses of Mohammed, but he thought that was a dumb
idea.

If Islam is like Judaism (from which it sprang), then they wouldn't
allow images to be worshipped. There is a prohibition in Judaism against
"idolatry" - the worship of statues, pictures, etc, representing a
deity or other being. So, for example, you don't see images of Moses
or Abraham or any other figure important in Judaism, when you're in a
temple, or even in a Jewish home. Christianity broke from that tradition,
of course, but I don't know enough about Islam to say whether that's true
for that religion as well. Maybe someone here does know?

Joyce

Takayuki wrote:

This reminds me how once I was telling a friend how it's interesting
that you never see any sculptures or paintings of Mohammed, and how
that makes his legends somewhat more difficult to visualize. I
thought it would be a great idea if someone could start a business
specializing in likenesses of Mohammed, but he thought that was a dumb
idea.

If Islam is like Judaism (from which it sprang), then they wouldn't
allow images to be worshipped. There is a prohibition in Judaism against
"idolatry" - the worship of statues, pictures, etc, representing a
deity or other being. So, for example, you don't see images of Moses
or Abraham or any other figure important in Judaism, when you're in a
temple, or even in a Jewish home. Christianity broke from that tradition,
of course, but I don't know enough about Islam to say whether that's true
for that religion as well. Maybe someone here does know?

Joyce

Takayuki wrote:

This reminds me how once I was telling a friend how it's interesting
that you never see any sculptures or paintings of Mohammed, and how
that makes his legends somewhat more difficult to visualize. I
thought it would be a great idea if someone could start a business
specializing in likenesses of Mohammed, but he thought that was a dumb
idea.

If Islam is like Judaism (from which it sprang), then they wouldn't
allow images to be worshipped. There is a prohibition in Judaism against
"idolatry" - the worship of statues, pictures, etc, representing a
deity or other being. So, for example, you don't see images of Moses
or Abraham or any other figure important in Judaism, when you're in a
temple, or even in a Jewish home. Christianity broke from that tradition,
of course, but I don't know enough about Islam to say whether that's true
for that religion as well. Maybe someone here does know?

Joyce

This was such a lovely story. Thank you.

Tweed




"Singh" wrote in message
...
Have you ever looked at a tabby cat's face and noticed the mark above
the eyes that looks like an M? There is a legend about this that some
call the Mark of Mohammed, and was probably brought into Europe by
merchants who traded with Arabs and the Arabic-speaking peoples of North
Africa.

It is said that as the Prophet Mohammed was studying scripture, a kitten
crawled into the sleeve of his robe. In peace with the Prophet and the
quiet atmosphere of spiritual study, the kitty curled up and slept in
the sleeve; and Mohammed, very touched by this gesture, cut the sleeve
from the robe rather than awaken the kitten. And then, as a sign of
favor, the Prophet set his initial on the kitty's forehead for her and
her descendants to carry forever.

I told my husband and he joked with me that it should have been the
Arabic M-letter, but I figured that this legend came into Europe through
Spain, via the Moors and traders who dealt with Muslim merchants.

Blessed be,
Baha

This was such a lovely story. Thank you.

Tweed




"Singh" wrote in message
...
Have you ever looked at a tabby cat's face and noticed the mark above
the eyes that looks like an M? There is a legend about this that some
call the Mark of Mohammed, and was probably brought into Europe by
merchants who traded with Arabs and the Arabic-speaking peoples of North
Africa.

It is said that as the Prophet Mohammed was studying scripture, a kitten
crawled into the sleeve of his robe. In peace with the Prophet and the
quiet atmosphere of spiritual study, the kitty curled up and slept in
the sleeve; and Mohammed, very touched by this gesture, cut the sleeve
from the robe rather than awaken the kitten. And then, as a sign of
favor, the Prophet set his initial on the kitty's forehead for her and
her descendants to carry forever.

I told my husband and he joked with me that it should have been the
Arabic M-letter, but I figured that this legend came into Europe through
Spain, via the Moors and traders who dealt with Muslim merchants.

Blessed be,
Baha