Waste of Money??

Dubai releases 1,000-kg book on Prophet Mohammad

Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashed Al Maktoum has launched the world’s largest book on the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).




The launching ceremony was attended by a constellation of the UAE’s top officials, diplomats, VIPs, high-profile businessmen and investors as well as prominent scholars and researchers and media figures.

“This Is Mohammad” highlights the lifetime achievements of Islam’s Prophet and the everlasting great influence of Islam on the international and humanitarian scene.
The most important goal of this project is to disseminate public awareness about Islam and Muslims, and to highlight aspects of the life of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), said the owner and publisher of the great book.

The 420-page book weighs 1,000 kgs and is five metres in height and four metres in width.

Given its rich religious and cultural value, the new book has already entered the Guinness Book of Records.

Sheikh Hamdan has ordered the publishing of 50,000 copies of the prophetic book at his own expense as a prelude to handing them out to all targeted categories and foreign communities in order to help them get better acquainted with the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). Saudi Arabia’s most popular singer Mohammad Abdu performed an operetta entitled “This Is Mohammad” during the ceremony.

Source : Arab Times Daily

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“The book, weighing over 1,500kg, and consisting of 420 pages, costs up to Dh11 million.”

Around 100 people worked on the contents of the almost 5-metre long book which was made of a fine mixture of paper and leather in collaboration with the Awassem International and The World Body of the Definition of the Holy Prophet.

“It took 16 months to pen and print out around one million copies in four languages, including brail and is to be printed into Italian and Danish,” Dr Al Awlaki, the man behind this mind boggling record, added.

Shaikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance, unveiled the book which spotlights in a simple and transparent style the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and Islam as a divine message with humanitarian content.

“The book, a new world record, has been made of a fine mixture of paper and leather, and printed out in Germany,” said Hossam Hamid, Advisor to Mshahed Group Dubai. Renowned Saudi Scholar Dr Shaikh Mohammed Al Urifi said he took the opportunity to urge all Muslims to follow the steps of the Prophet to attain and maintain happiness in the life here and the Hereafter.

Guests got the opportunity to participate in the ‘One Million Signatures Campaign’, and spectators were able to take pictures, sign on it and purchase a mini version of the book. The book will travel around the world to collect signatures from across all nations.

The event saw the presence of members from the Royal families of the seven Emirates, ambassadors and ministers from different departments of the UAE government, as well as diplomats and representatives of various National and International companies.

Source: Khaleej Times

Dubai is obsessed with records and gagantuan projects
Money is better spent on Dawah
Where is the PDF version of it?
They could have translated majmo fataawaa and put it on the net

May Allah, the source of goodness, guide us

dubai has the tallest building in the world, making the upper most floor a mosque so that the highest place to be in the world is a mosque.

I prefer to keep quiet on matters as this. Somehow, I love to feel that there's something gigantic being done by someone for the sake of God? I'd appreciate d money being spent on better things though, like poverty alleviation in other parts of d world, especially the Muslim world.