One in every five people on this earth firmly believes that the Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) is the last Messenger of God. He was a Muslim and there are more than 1.3 billion such Muslims today.
There are 54 such Muslim states today, ranging from those as large as Indonesia and Bangladesh. Even in non-Muslim countries, large Muslim populations as much as 120 million in India and 20 million in China. Islam, the religion brought by the Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh), has become the second largest religion in most European countries, as also in America and Canada. Whether in Asia , Europe, Africa or America, you are sure to find Muslims. They have lived and died, believed , raised families, worshipped and ruled, just as he did or taught them to do. Indeed, never in history has a man influenced mankind, even beyond his death, so deeply and so pervasively as he has. He is the ultimate norm and the perfect example for them. Faith in Allah and His Messenger is their mainstay and Allah is their chief source of support and comfort.
In short, Muslims believe that through him, a human like themselves, God has spoken to them, and guided him to live amongst them, setting an example and a model for all times to come.