When the Prophet (peace be upon him) migrated to Madinah, he noticed that the Jews who also lived there fasted on the same day he would fast in Makkah: the Ashura. Upon inquiry he found that the Jews were expressing their gratitude to God for the victory given to Moses, their Prophet, and his people over Pharaoh and his disbelieving nation. The Prophet’s response defines the relationship between Him, Muslims and Moses in that he said, “we have more right to Moses than you.”He commanded the Companions to fast on the day, and henceforth fasting Ashurah was made compulsory on Muslims although it was later abrogated when fasting the month of Ramadan was made compulsory on Muslims in the second year of Hijrah. Muhammad (peace be upon him), Islam and Muslims are closer to Moses, Jesus, and all the other Prophets they attribute themselves to than others who claim to follow Abrahamic faiths. All Prophets came with Islam, the pure Islam - pure Christianity is in fact Islam and the same goes for Judaism. Christianity and Judaism here mean the original religions brought by Moses and Jesus respectively. However, Islam as a religion is, and should be, superior to any other religion in all matters. The Qur’an confirmed these principles in numerous verses; in the Quran we read, 

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The Rights of the Prophet

Umm Abdur-Rahman Hirschfelder (Al Jumuah Magazine Volume 11, Issue 3)

Prophet Muhammad, sallalahu allayhe wa salam, deserves special rights, which are due only to the final Prophet and Messenger. These rights have been enjoined upon us by Allah and are part of safeguarding the perfect religion of Islam. Unfortunately many Muslims today have become confused with regard to these rights and have innovated practices that have no basis in Islam. The Prophet himself knew that such practices would happen and warned against them, "Beware of newly invented matters [in religion, that is] for every invented matter [in religion] in a cursed innovation which leads astray." (Tirmidhi and Abu Dawood) So as Muslims we must stick to giving our Prophet, sallalahu allayhe wa salam, his rights as commanded by Allah and stay away from the innovations that either ignore these rights or take them to extremes.

Allah sent Muhammad, sallalahu allayhe wa salam, to all of mankind, with the divine message of la ilaha illa Allah (there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah). He brought glad tidings of Paradise to the believers and warning of the punishment of the Hellfire to the disbelievers. He called to tawheed, the belief that Allah is the sole Creator and Lord of the universe, and therefore He alone should be worshipped. Believing in Allah is also believing in His Messenger.

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