Terrifying Brilliance of Islam: Amplification of Key
Concepts
CitizenWarrior asked me to create supplemental documentation
for
The Terrifying Brilliance of
Islam.
I was not able to add anything to a few of the 28 major
concepts
in Citizen Warrior's post. Those I could amplify are listed here, in
serial order. Each concept has a named anchor so that Citizen
Warrior can link to them individually. There is some
overlap, so
I thought it best to allow the user to have access to the entire
document through any incoming link.
[Edited 04-01-15 to repair broken links.]
[Edited
04-01-17 to add
alternative links and
supplemental information.]
My usual practice is to link Qur'an quotes to a table of ten parallel
translations at http://www.quranbrowser.com/ .
In this case I linked to the King Fahd Complex for easier scrolling
through the context.[That site is no longer available] With one
exception, ahadith are linked to the
Muslim Student Association at USC. [Frequent web site changes make
their links fail, so I switched to Quran Explorer.] Links to
Shari'ah go to a
30mb. pdf file which may take a moment to load but will open to a
specified page in each case. {Reliance
Of The Traveller is pulled down faster than I can fix links. Buy it
from Amazon and see the
alternatives
from the archive.}
[External site changes have broken links to the King Fahd
Comples, Qur'an Explorer and the USC-MSA database. I will
substitute YAQB or Islam Awakened for links to the
King
Fahd Complex and may provide alternate links to the Hilali/Khan
translation
and several tafsirs. Links to the USC-MSA and Quran Explorer
hadith data base are broken. Where possible, I will
substitute
links to Muslim Access. Alternative links to the texts will be
provided at the end of the file.
You can search for Qur'an verses
through the alternative links and for
ahadith at
http://www.sunnah.com/
note: Sunnah uses the USC-MSA database as its source for
Sahih
Bukhari, which is Bowdlerized. Some ahadith in Sunan Abu Dawud
&
Sunan Ibn Majah do not exactly match the wording in the texts. ]
*
Emphasis has been added to many quotes to enhance clarity. Bold blue
underlined text is hyper linked to source documents. Links will open in
a new tab or window. [Alternate
Links will open to a new section containing lists of links to external
sites or pdf files containing scanned texts.]
*
1.
A standardized version of the idea-collection is written down
At the time of Muhammad's death, several fragmentary copies of the
Qur'an existed. They were not standardized and had some differences.
It is claimed that there were seven variant readings. 7th century
Classical Arabic
had neither vowels nor diacritical marks. You needed to know it to read
it. [
http://answering-islam.org/Gilchrist/Jam/index.html]
[Search
sunnah.com for "was
revealed" to obtain clues about the 'divine' origin of the Qur'an!]
*
To make matters worse, two hadith raise issues of
inconsistency.
According to Muhammad, Gabriel recited the Qur'an in
different
ways.
Sahih
Bukhari Volume 4, Book 54, Number 442:
Narrated Ibn
Abbas:
Allah's
Apostle said, "Gabriel read the Qur'an to me in one way (i.e. dialect)
and I continued asking him to read
it
in different ways till he read it in seven different ways." [Emphasis
added.]
but
Gabriel was not the only one who taught variations. Muhammad
taught the same surah to two believers two
different ways.
Sahih
Bukhari Volume
9,
Book 93, Number 640:
Narrated
'Umar bin Al-Khattab:
I
heard Hisham bin Hakim reciting Surat-al-Furqan during the lifetime of
Allah's Apostle, I listened to his recitation and noticed that he
was reciting in
a way that
Allah's Apostle had not taught me.
I was about to jump over him while He was still in prayer, but I waited
patiently and when he finished his prayer, I put my sheet round his
neck (and pulled him) and said, "Who has taught you this Sura which I
have heard you reciting?" Hisham said, "Allah's Apostle taught it to
me." I said, "You are telling a lie, for he taught it to me in a way
different from the way you have recited it!" Then I started leading
(dragged) him to Allah's Apostle and said (to the Prophet), " I have
heard this man reciting Surat-al-Furqan in a way that you have not
taught me." The Prophet said: "(O 'Umar) release him! Recite, O
Hisham." Hisham recited in the way I heard him reciting. Allah's
Apostle said, "It was revealed like this." Then Allah's Apostle said,
"Recite, O 'Umar!" I recited in the way he had taught me, whereupon he
said, "It
was revealed like this," and added, "The Quran has been revealed to be
recited in seven different ways, so recite of it whichever is easy for
you ." (See Hadith No. 514, Vol. 6) [Emphasis
added.]
For a hint about how the Qur'an was written, see: Sahih
Bukhari 4.52.84. To
learn about the codification of the Qur'an, see Sahih
Bukhari 6.60.201 and
John
Gilchrist's Codification of the Qur'an Text.
The Qur'an was supposed to be dictated by Allah to Gabriel
and by
Gabriel to Muhammad. Muslims therefore believe it to be the
word
of Allah written by a pen commanded to write before the creation of the
world. See Ibn Kathir's Tafsir: Which
was
revealed in Makkah and Allah
created the Heavens and the Earth in Six Days.
The Qur'an describes itself: a
Book (that makes things) clear, full
of wisdom,
a
Revelation sent down by the AllMigty and, perfected.
It records Allah's commandments inclear
verses,
and it can
not be changed.
Two of the major translations are available on line with the
translator's footnotes: Abdullah
Yusuf Ali's Meaning of the Noble Qur'an and
Hilali
& Khan's Noble Qur'an.
The latter includes bracketed and parenthetical expressions borrowed
from three tafsirs. Tafsirs explain the meaning of verses, by
comparing them with parallel verses and related hadith. is the
most widely accepted
and often the most loquacious.
2.
The Quran includes instructions for its own spread.
Surah Al-Anfal
39 commands
Muslims to fight
pagans until only Allah is worshiped in the whole world. Surah
At-Taubah 29 commands
them to wage war against Jews & Christians until they are
subjugated and submit to extortion. Those commands are mandatory,
not optional. Islamic law requires a minimum of one or two
military expeditions against disbelievers in every year. You
can
find that requirement stated in Reliance
of the Traveller, Book o9.1.
After detailing the communal obligation, it states the
requirement somewhat obliquely.
If none of those concerned perform
jihad,
and it does not happen at all, then everyone who is aware that it is
obligatory
is guilty of sin, if there was a possibility of
having performed it. In the time of the Prophet (Allah bless him and
give him peace) jihad was a communal obligation after his emigration
(hijra) to Medina. As for subsequent times, there are two possible
states in respect to non-Muslims.
The first is when they are in their own countries,
in
which case jihad (def:
o9.8) is a communal obligation,
and this is
what our author is speaking of when he says, "Jihad is a communal
obligation," meaning upon the Muslims each
year. [Emphasis
added.]
A
ruling by the jurist behind that school of Islamic law makes
it
abundantly clear, leaving nothing to the imagination. {For
a full
discussion of the individual and communal jihad obligations, see page
18 of
The
Book Of Jihad"}
Muslims and their apologists will deny that Islam was spread by the
sword. But any Islamic history will tell you otherwise.
Hilali
& Khan, in their footnote to 2:190,
make the fact abundantly clear.
..."By Jihâd Islâm is established,
Allâh’s Word is made superior,
(His Word
being Lâ
ilaha
illallâh which
means none has the right to be worshipped but Allâh), and His Religion (Islâm) is
propagated."...
[Emphasis added.]
Muhammad dictated extortion letters to his scribes and sent them to
various regional kings & emperors. When the letters
were
rejected, he sent his army. One of those letters, to the
rulers
of Aqaba, is relatively explicit, others leave more to the imagination.
In
the name
of ALLAH the compassionate, the Merciful
From Muhammad, Prophet of Allah
To the People of Aqaba
May peace be on you. I praise Allah who is one and except whom there is
nobody else to be worshipped.
I do not intend to wage
war against
you till you receive my written reason for it. It is better for you, either to accept
Islam or
agree
to pay Jiziya and
consent to remain obedient to Allah, His prophet and his messengers. My
messengers deserve honour. Treat them with respect. Whatever pleases my
messengers, will also please me.
These people have been informed of the orders about Jiziya. If you
desire that there should be peace and security in
the
world, obey Allah and His Prophet.
Thereafter none in Arabia and Ajam (Iran) shall dare cast an evil eye
on you. But the rights of Allah and His Prophet can at no time be
waived.
If you do not accept
these terms and
set them aside, I do
not need your presents and gifts. In that case, I shall have to wage
war (to
establish peace and security). Its result would be that the big ones
shall be killed in war and the commoners shall be taken prisoners.
I
assure you that I am a true Prophet of Allah. I believe in Allah, and
His Books, and His Prophets and am of the faith that Maseeh (Messiah)
son of Mariam (Mary), is a Prophet of Allah and His word.
Hurmala
(Raziallah AnhoA.) who brought to me 3 wasaq (about 6 quintals) of
barley, recommended your case. Had it not been in compliance of the
command of Allah and the good opinion of Hurmala for you, it would not
have been necessary for me to correspond with you and instead of it,
there would have been a war. If you will obey my messengers, you shall
immediately have my support and the help and support of everyone who is
attached to me.
My messengers are Shuraih-beel, Obaiy, Hurmala
and Hurais (Raziallah AnhoA.) and whatever decision they take in
respect of you, shall be acceptable to me.
Your people are under the protection and responsibility of Allah and
His Prophet.
Supply provisions to the Jews of Maqna, for their journey to their
country.
If you accept obedience, may peace be on you.'
Seal: Allah's Prophet Muhammad . [Emphasis
added.]
http://alquraan.net/letters/letters_3.html#LETTER%20TO%20THE%20CHIEFS%20OF%20AQABA
That source no longer exists. Ibn Sa'd uses a different name
but the content and meaning are unchanged.
http://www.soebratie.nl/religie/hadith/IbnSad.html#01.2.73.3
3.
The idea-collection includes instructions for its own preservation,
protection, and replication fidelity. Muhammad uses
disbelievers
as a negative exemplar.
3:78.
And verily, among them is a party who
distort the Book with
their
tongues (as
they
read), so that you may think it is from the Book, but it is not from
the Book, and they say: "This is from Allâh,"
but it is not from Allâh;
and they
speak a lie against Allâh while they know it.
[Emphasis
added.]
Those seeking an Islamic reformation want the violent ayat removed or
"reinterpreted". Unfortunately, it ain't possible.
Allah's
word is perfected,
and perfection can only be defiled, never improved. Allah
explicitly forbids changing his word.
6:115.
And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice.
None can change His
Words.
And He is the AllHearer, the AllKnowe
10:64.
For them are glad tidings, in the life of the present world (i.e.
righteous dream seen by the person himself or shown to others), and in
the Hereafter.
No change can there
be in the
Words of Allâh, this is indeed the supreme success.
30:30.
So set you (O Muhammad ) your face towards the religion of pure Islâmic
Monotheism Hanifa (worship none but Allâh Alone) Allâh's Fitrah (i.e.
Allâh's Islâmic Monotheism), with which He has created mankind.
No change let there
be in
Khalqillâh
(i.e. the Religion of Allâh Islâmic Monotheism), that is the straight
religion, but most of men know not. [Tafsir AtTabarî, Vol 21, Page
41] .
[Emphasis added.]
4.
Islam commands its followers to create a government that supports it.
Muhammad assumed temporal power. He settled disputes, judged
sinners & criminals and issued sentences. He also
arranged
marriages. He also established his rule as a precedent: Allah
and
his Messenger make the decisions, which are final.
33:36.
It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allâh and His Messenger
have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their
decision. And whoever disobeys Allâh and His Messenger, he has indeed
strayed in a plain error.
Shari'ah is derived from the Qur'an & hadith and the
consensus of the Ulema. Its highest expression is found in a
codification of the Shafi'ite school: Reliance
of the Traveller,
a 1251 page book. In it, you will find the rules for prayer,
how
to wipe your butt, rules for marriage & divorce,
issues of
apostasy and rules of war. It also contains rules for
commercial
transactions and the assessment & payment of zakat.
Allah's word must be made superior[9:33]
Man made law is deemed to be sinful and tyrannical, it must
be
replaced with Shari'ah and Allah must have a monopoly. Ibn
TayMiyyah said:
"Since
lawful warfare is essentially Jihaad and since its aim is that the
religion is entirely for Allaah U [2:189, 8:39] and the word of Allaah
U is uppermost [9:40], therefore, according to all Muslims, those who stand in the way of
this aim must
be fought." [Emphasis added.]
.
Ibn
Khaldun said
something similar. Note the first two sentences, which
establish
the reason for the union of temporal and spiritual power.
I
emphasized one clause in the penultimate sentence because it is
extremely important: Muslims areobligated
to gain power over other nations!
"In
the Muslim community, the holy war is a religious duty, because of the
universalism of the (Muslim) mission and (the obligation to) convert
everybody to Islam either by persuasion or by force. Therefore, caliphate and royal
authority
are united in (Islam),
so that the person in charge can devote the available strength to both
of them 408 at the same time.
The
other religious groups did not have a universal mission, and the holy
war was not a religious duty to them, save only for purposes of
defense. It has thus come about that the person in charge of religious
affairs in (other religious groups) is not concerned with power
politics at all. (Among them,) royal authority comes to those who have
it, by accident and in some way that has nothing to do with religion.
It comes to them as the necessary result of group feeling, which by its
very nature seeks to obtain royal authority, as we have mentioned
before,409 and not because they
are under
obligation to gain power over other nations, as is the case with Islam. They
are merely required to
establish their religion among their own (people)."
5.
Permission to spread the religion by war. It is an
obligation,
second in importance to the obligation to pray five times
each
day.
8:39.
And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief and polytheism:
i.e. worshipping others besides Allâh) and the religion (worship) will
all be for Allâh Alone [in the whole of the world ]. But if they cease
(worshipping others besides Allâh), then certainly, Allâh is All-Seer
of what they do.
9:29.
Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allâh, (2) nor in the Last
Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allâh and His
Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e.
Islâm) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until
they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves
subdued.
These curseworthy commands are generally applicable, without geographic
or chronological limits, and are unambiguous. They are clarly
imperatives, neither allegorical nor metaphorical. Ibn
Kathir's Tafsir of 9:29 leaves
no doubt.
..."This
honorable Ayah was revealed with the order to fight the
People of
the Book,
after the pagans were defeated, the people entered Allah's religion in
large numbers, and the Arabian Peninsula was secured under the Muslims'
control. Allah commanded His
Messenger
to fight the People of the Scriptures, Jews and Christians,
on the ninth year of Hijrah, and he prepared his army to fight the
Romans and called the people to Jihad announcing his intent and
destination. The Messenger sent his intent to various Arab areas around
Al-Madinah to gather forces, and he collected an army of thirty
thousand".... [Emphasis added.]
.
Muhammad confirmed them.
Sahih
Bukhari Volume 1, Book 8, Number 387:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle said,
"I
have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the
right to be worshipped but Allah.' And if they say so, pray like our
prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood
and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them
except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah."
Narrated
Maimun ibn Siyah that he asked Anas bin Malik, "O Abu Hamza! What makes
the life and property of a person sacred?" He replied, "Whoever says,
'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah', faces our Qibla during
the prayers, prays like us and eats our slaughtered animal, then he is
a Muslim, and has got the same rights and obligations as other Muslims
have."
They are codified in Reliance of the Traveller. In the case
of
9:29,
it is explicitly named as the scriptural
basis for o9.8.
o9.8:
The Objectives of Jihad
The
caliph (o25) makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians (N:
provided he has
first invited them to enter Islam in faith and
practice, and if they will not, then invited them to enter
the social
order of Islam by paying the non-Muslim poll tax (jizya, def: o11.4)
-which is the significance of their paying it, not the money
itself-while remaining in their ancestral religions) (O: and the war
continues) until they become Muslim or else pay the non-Muslim poll tax
(O: in accordance with the word of Allah Most High,
"Fight
those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day and who forbid not
what Allah and His messenger have forbidden-who do not practice the
religion of truth, being of those who have been given the Book-until
they pay the poll tax out of hand and are humbled" (Koran 9.29),
the time and place for which is before the
final descent of Jesus (upon whom be peace). After
his final coming, nothing but Islam will be accepted from them, for
taking the poll tax is only effective until Jesus' descent (upon him
and our Prophet be peace), which is the divinely revealed law of
Muhammad. The coming of Jesus does not entail a separate divinely
revealed law, for he will rule by the law of Muhammad. As for the
Prophet's saying (Allah bless him and give him peace),
"I am the last, there will be no prophet
after me,"
this
does not contradict the final coming of Jesus (upon whom be peace),
since he will not rule according to the Evangel, but as a follower of
our Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) ).
o9.9
The
caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim (O: because
they are not a people with a Book, nor honored as such, and are not
permitted to settle with paying the poll tax (jizya) ) (n: though
according to the Hanafi school, peoples of all other religions, even
idol worshippers, are permitted to live under the protection of the
Islamic state if they either become Muslim or agree to pay the poll
tax, the sole exceptions to which are apostates from Islam and idol
worshippers who are Arabs, neither of whom has any choice but becoming
Muslim (al-Hidaya
sharh Bidaya al-mubtadi' (y21), 6.48-49) ). [Emphasis and link added.]
To read the definition of Jihad, the description of its religious
obligation, the requirement that it be performed annually and other
related rules, click the link to o9.8 and scroll up to o9.0.
Note the clause highlighted in yellow: Dawah is a precondition for
attack! That obviates the claim that Jihad is exclusively
defensive. Hedaya and Risala confirm that requirement.
6.
Lands must be conquered. The conquest imperatives found in Surah
Al-Anfal 39 & At-taubah 29 are detailed above. I have
not
found direct proof of irridentism, but it must be based on the
sovereignty of Allah,who owns the entire world by right of creation.
One ayeh, contains a pretty clear
hint.
13:41.
See they not that We gradually reduce the land (of disbelievers, by
giving it to the believers, in war victories) from its outlying
borders. And Allâh judges,
there is none to put
back His
Judgement and
He
is Swift at reckoning. [Emphasis added.]
7.
The idea-collection provides for new soldiers by allowing polygamy.
4:3.
And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the
orphangirls, then marry (other) women of your choice, two or three, or
four but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly (with
them), then only one or (the captives and the slaves) that your
right hands possess.
That is nearer
to prevent you from doing injustice. [Emphasis added.]
There is a hint of something terrible in that ayeh. Copy the phrase
which I emphasized and paste it into the search window at
http://www.quranbrowser.com/ .
If you think that
ain't so bad, read this
related hadith.
Muhammad had nine
wives,
and another special
privilege,
Allah let him accept volunteers.
8.
It is a punishable offense to criticize Islam.
33:57.
Verily, those who annoy Allâh and His Messenger () Allâh has cursed
them in this world, and in the Hereafter, and has prepared for them a
humiliating torment.
That
ayeh is not an exact hit, but see Ibn
Kathir's Tafsir.
Here is another hint for you, click the link to read the
entire
story.
Sahih
Muslim Book 019, Number 4436:
It
has been narrated on the authority of Jabir that the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) said: Who will kill Ka'b b. Ashraf? He has
maligned Allah, the Exalted, and His Messenger.
Reliance of the Traveller, Book o, Chapter 8.7 lists 20 acts
which
entail apostasy. o8.1
specifies the penalty for apostasy.
o8.1 When a
person who has
reached puberty and is sane voluntarily apostatizes from Islam, he
deserves to be killed.
o8.2
In such a case, it is obligatory for the caliph (A: or his
representive) to ask him to repent and return to Islam. If he does, it
is accepted from him, but if he refuses, he is immediately killed.
o8.7
-4- to revile Allah or His messenger (Allah
bless him and give him peace);
-5-
to deny the existence of Allah, His beginingless eternality, His
endless eternality, or to deny any of His attributes which the
consensus of Muslims ascribes to Him (dis: v1);
-6- to be sarcastic about Allah's name, His
command, His interdiction, His promise, or His threat;
-7-
to deny any verse of the Koran or anything which by scholarly consensus
(def: b7) belongs to it, or to add a verse that does belong to it;
9.
You can't leave Islam once you're in. Refer to the
item
immediately above. apostates must be executed.
4:88.
Then what is the matter with you that you are divided into two parties
about the hypocrites? Allâh has cast them back (to disbelief) because
of what they have earned. Do you want to guide him whom Allâh has made
to go astray? And he whom Allâh has made to go astray, you will never
find for him any way (of guidance).
4:89.
They wish that you reject Faith, as they have rejected (Faith), and
thus that you all become equal (like one another). So take not Auliyâ'
(protectors or friends) from them, till they emigrate in the Way of
Allâh (to Muhammad ).
But if they turn back
(from
Islâm), take (hold) of them and kill them wherever
you find them, and
take neither Auliyâ' (protectors or friends) nor helpers from them.
[Emphasis added.]
Sahih
Bukhari Volume
9, Book 84, Number 57:
Narrated 'Ikrima: Some
Zanadiqa (atheists) were brought to 'Ali and he burnt them. The news of
this event, reached Ibn 'Abbas who said, "If I had been in his place, I
would not have burnt them, as Allah's Apostle forbade it, saying, 'Do
not punish anybody with Allah's punishment (fire).' I would have killed
them according to the statement of Allah's Apostle, 'Whoever changed his
Islamic
religion, then kill him.'" [Emphasis added.]
10.
Islam must be your first allegiance. Allah is sovereign, he
owns
the world and everything on it, especially his slaves.
9:111.
Verily, Allâh has purchased of the believers their lives and their
properties; for the price that theirs shall be the Paradise. They fight
in Allâh's Cause, so they kill (others) and are killed. It is a promise
in truth which is binding on Him in the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel
(Gospel) and the Qur'ân. And who is truer to his covenant than Allâh?
Then rejoice in the bargain which you have concluded. That is the
supreme success .
A Muslim
is a Muslim, first, last and always.
11.
Dying while fighting for Islam is the ONLY way to guarantee a man's
entrance into Paradise. Allah has a balance in which he will
weigh
your sins against your good deeds.
101:6.
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
101:7. He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise)*.
101:8. But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
101:9. He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell)*.
101:10. And what will make you know what it is?
101:11. (It is) a hot blazing Fire!
*For the details of Paradise & Perdition, see
Surah
78.
Muslims need a Get Out of Hell card, and Allah, in his great mercy, has
provided it.
61:10. O You
who believe! Shall I
guide you to a commerce that will save you from a painful torment.
61:11.
That you believe in Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad ), and that you
strive hard and fight in the Cause of Allâh with your wealth and your
lives, that will be better for you, if you but know!
61:12.
(If you do so) He will forgive you your sins, and admit you into
Gardens under which rivers flow, and pleasant dwelling in Gardens of
'Adn Eternity ['Adn (Edn) Paradise], that is indeed the great success.
61:13.
And also (He will give you) another (blessing) which you love, help
from Allâh (against your enemies) and a near victory. And give glad
tidings (O Muhammad ) to the believers.
There is a hadith which I am unable to locate, but whch is
quoted
in Ibn
Kathir's Tafsir.
Jews & Christians need to be aware of this.
(When
the Day of Resurrection comes, Allah will appoint for every Muslim a
Jew or Christian, and it will be said, "This is your ransom from the
Fire.'') `Umar bin `Abd Al-`Aziz asked Abu Burdah to swear by Allah
besides Whom there is no other God, three times, that his father told
him that from the Prophet , and he swore that oath. [
http://www.quranexplorer.com/Hadith/English/Hadith/muslim/037.6665.html]
Ibn Kathir, Syuti and others used
parallel verses and relevant ahadith to determine the meanings of the
ayat. Moe showed us what many of them mean on the battlefield. See the
tafsir links in the alternative links.
13.
You must pray five times a day. The five compulsory prayers
are
not clearly prescribed in the Qur'an, the fantastic story is in
Sahih
Bukhari 1.8.345.
And Muhammad was deadly serious about it.
Sahih
Bukhari Volume 1, Book 11, Number 617:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's
Apostle said, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is I was about to order for
collecting fire-wood (fuel) and then order Someone to pronounce the
Adhan for the prayer and then order someone to lead the prayer then I
would go from behind and burn
the houses of men
who did not present themselves for the (compulsory congregational)
prayer. By Him, in Whose Hands my soul is, if anyone of them had known
that he would get a bone covered with good meat or two (small) pieces
of meat present in between two ribs, he would have turned up for the
'Isha' prayer.'
.
15.
A woman is in a thoroughly subordinate position. She is
chattel,
literally a field to be plowed and seeded by her
husband.
2:223.
Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth (have sexual
relations with your wives in any manner as long as it is in the vagina
and not in the anus), when or how you will, and send (good deeds, or
ask Allâh to bestow upon you pious offspring) before you for your
ownselves. And fear Allâh, and know that you are to meet Him (in the
Hereafter), and give good tidings to the believers (O Muhammad ).
Men are superior, women inferior and must obey their husbands.
4:34. Men
are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allâh has made one
of them to excel the other, and because they spend (to support them)
from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient
(to Allâh and to their husbands), and guard in the husband's absence
what Allâh orders them to guard (e.g. their chastity, their husband's
property, etc.). As to those women on whose part you see illconduct,
admonish them (first), (next), refuse to share their beds, (and last)
beat them (lightly, if it is useful), but if they return to obedience,
seek not against them means (of annoyance). Surely, Allâh is Ever Most
High, Most Great.
Women are deficient in intelligence and religion.
Sahih
Bukhari Volume 1, Book 6, Number 301:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
Once
Allah's Apostle went out to the Musalla (to offer the prayer) o
'Id-al-Adha or Al-Fitr prayer. Then he passed by the women and said, "O
women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of
Hell-fire were you (women)." They asked, "Why is it so, O Allah's
Apostle ?" He replied, "You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your
husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and
religion than you. A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some
of you." The women asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What is deficient in our
intelligence and religion?" He said, "Is not the evidence of two women
equal to the witness of one man?" They replied in the affirmative. He
said, "This is the deficiency in her intelligence. Isn't it true that a
woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses?" The women replied
in the affirmative. He said, "This is the deficiency in her religion."
Women are like domestic animals or
prisoners,
depending on which author you follow. The Life of Muhammad, A.
Guillaume
pg. 651.
Tabari IX pg. 113.
16.
The only way a woman can get into Paradise for sure is if her husband
is happy with her when she dies.
Sahih
Bukhari Volume
4, Book 54, Number 460:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's
Apostle said, "If a husband calls his wife to his bed (i.e. to have
sexual relation) and she refuses and causes him to sleep in anger, the
angels will curse her till morning.
Sahih
Bukhari Volume
1, Book 2, Number 28:
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
The
Prophet said: "I was shown the Hell-fire and that the majority of its
dwellers were women who were ungrateful." It was asked, "Do they
disbelieve in Allah?" (or are they ungrateful to Allah?) He replied,
"They are ungrateful to their husbands and are ungrateful for the
favors and the good (charitable deeds) done to them. If you have always
been good (benevolent) to one of them and then she sees something in
you (not of her liking), she will say, 'I have never received any good
from you."
17.
Allah gives Himself permission to edit his own work. Two ayat
specifically deal with this, a necessity because Moe's preaching varied
with his circumstances. In Mecca, he was outnumbered and overpowered,
so he preached tolerance & forbearance. In Medina, he
developed an army and began preaching defense, retaliation and
offensive jihad. he needed some way to reconcile the contradictions.
2:106.
Whatever a Verse (revelation) do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten,
We bring a better one or similar to it. Know you not that Allâh is able
to do all things?
16:101.
And when We change a Verse [of the Qur'ân, i.e. cancel (abrogate) its
order] in place of another, and Allâh knows the best of what He sends
down, they (the disbelievers) say: "You (O Muhammad ) are but a
Muftari! (forger, liar)." Nay, but most of them know not.
18.
The Quran uses the carrot and stick to reinforce behavior The
carrot is eternal fun in Allah's celestial carnal house. The
term
reward is frequently used, and gardens frequently mentioned.
They
contain trees always loaded with low hanging fruit, always in season,
rivers of constantly fresh water, wine, milk and honey and every kind
of meat you could desire. They also contain
perpetual
virgins, who grow new hymens every day. And they never need Kleenex,
Aspirin or Pepto Bismol. And the wine is served by little
boys,
"preserved", "fresh as pearls" [read "who never bleed"].
Start reading here,
and then here,
next, then.
Here is a sample from another Surah.
2:25.
And give glad tidings to those who believe and do righteous good deeds,
that for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). Every
time they will be provided with a fruit therefrom, they will say: "This
is what we were provided with before," and they will be given things in
resemblance (i.e. in the same form but different in taste) and they
shall have therein Azwâjun Mutahharatun (purified mates or wives),
(having no menses, stools, urine, etc.) and they will abide therein
forever.
But what is the stick? You should be able to guess.
Start here,then, next, and, followed
by, and 78:21.
All of which are referred to by the common
expression
"painful torment". See 9:38-39.
And the only sure way to avoid the fire and obtain
a good
seat in the bordello is to achieve Shaheed status ie.
martyrdom.
19.
It provides a huge and inspiring goal. That
is the ostensible mission, in reality it is a strategy, not a mission.
The real mission is the personal emolument Muhammad
and his
caliphs through the perpetuation of war from which flows booty and
tribute.
Bukhari 88 on page 108:
...It
is mentioned from Ibn 'Umar from the
Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, "My provision has been placed
under the shadow of my spear, and abasement and humility have been
placed on the one who disobeys my command.
Sahih
Bukhari Bukhari Volume 3, Book 37, Number 495:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Whenever a dead man in debt was brought to Allah's Apostle he would
ask, "Has he left anything to repay his debt?" If he was informed that
he had left something to repay his debts, he would offer his funeral
prayer, otherwise he would tell the Muslims to offer their friend's
funeral prayer. When
Allah made the
Prophet wealthy
through conquests,
he said, "I am more rightful than other believers to be the guardian of
the believers, so if a Muslim dies while in debt, I am responsible for
the repayment of his debt, and whoever leaves wealth (after his death)
it will belong to his heirs. " [Emphasis added.]
Three
ayat tell the core of the story.
8:1.
They ask you (O Muhammad) about the spoils of war. Say:
"The spoils are for
Allâh and
the Messenger." So
fear Allâh and adjust all matters of difference among you, and obey
Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad), if you are believers.
8:41. And know that whatever of
war-booty that
you may gain, verily one-fifth (1/5th) of it is assigned to Allâh, and
to the Messenger,
and to the near relatives [of the Messenger (Muhammad)], (and also) the
orphans, Al-Masâkin (the poor) and the wayfarer, if you have believed
in Allâh and in that which We sent down to Our slave (Muhammad) on the
Day of criterion (between right and wrong), the Day when the two forces
met (the battle of Badr) - And Allâh is Able to do all things.
8:67.
It is
not for a Prophet that he should
have
prisoners of war (and
free them with ransom)
until he had made a great
slaughter (among
his enemies) in the
land.
You desire the good
of this
world (i.e.
the money of ransom for freeing the captives), but Allâh desires (for
you) the Hereafter. And Allâh is All-Mighty, All-Wise. [Emphasis added.]
One
hadith provides the background information.
20.
Non-Muslims must pay a large tax. Ostensibly one Dinar per
year
(4.235 grams of gold) it ranged as high as 50% of annual agricultural
production. The exegetes will all tell you that its purpose
was
symbolic of subjugation to Islamic supremacy; humiliating punishment
for not being Muslim.
Sahih
Bukhari Volume 4, Book 53, Number 385:
Alternate Link
Narrated 'Amr bin 'Auf Al-Ansari:
(who
was an ally of Bam 'Amr bin Lu'ai and one of those who had taken part
in (the Ghazwa of) Badr): Allah's Apostle sent Abu 'Ubaida bin
Al-Jarreh to Bahrain to
collect the Jizya.Allah's
Apostle had established peace with the people of Bahrain and appointed
Al-'Ala' bin Al-Hadrami as their governor.
When Abu 'Ubaida came from
Bahrain with the
money,
the Ansar heard of Abu 'Ubaida's arrival which coincided with the time
of the morning prayer with the Prophet. When Allah's Apostle led them
in the morning prayer and finished, the Ansar approached him, and he
looked at them and smiled on seeing them and said, "I feel that you
have heard that
Abu. 'Ubaida has brought
something?"
They said, "Yes, O Allah's Apostle' He said, "Rejoice and hope for what
will please you! By Allah,
I
am not afraid of your poverty but I am afraid that you will lead a life
of luxury as past nations did, whereupon you will compete with each
other for it, as they competed for it, and it
will destroy you as it destroyed them."
[Emphasis added.]
Sahih
Bukhari Volume 4, Book 53, Number 390:
Alternate link
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle once said to me, "
If
the revenue of Bahrain came, I would give you this much and this much."
When Allah's Apostle had died, the revenue of Bahrain came, and Abu
Bakr announced, " Let whoever was promised something by Allah's Apostle
come to me." So, I went to Abu Bakr and said, "Allah's Apostle said to
me, 'If the revenue of Bahrain came, I would give you this much and
this. much." On that Abu Bakr said to me, "Scoop (money) with both your
hands."
I
scooped money with both my hands and Abu Bakr asked me to count it. I
counted it and it was five-hundred (gold pieces). The total amount he
gave me was one thousand and five hundred (gold pieces.)
Narrated Anas: Money from Bahrain was brought to the Prophet . He said,
"Spread it in the Mosque."
It was the biggest amount that
had ever
been brought to Allah's Apostle .
In the meantime Al-'Abbas came to him and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Give me, for I gave the ransom of myself and Aqil." The Prophet said
(to him), "Take."
He scooped money with
both
hands and poured it in his garment and tried to lift it, but he could
not and
appealed to the Prophet, "Will you order someone to help me in lifting
it?" The Prophet said, "No." Then Al-'Abbas said, "Then will you
yourself help me carry it?" The Prophet said, "No." Then Al 'Abbas
threw away some of the money, but even then he was not able to lift it,
and so he gain requested the Prophet "Will you order someone to help me
carry it?" The Prophet said, "No." Then Al-'Abbas said, "Then will you
yourself yelp me carry it?" The Prophet said, 'No." So, Al-'Abbas threw
away some more money and lifted it on his shoulder and went away. The
Prophet kept on looking at him with astonishment at his greediness till
he went out of our sight. Allah's Apostle did not get up from there
till not a single Dirham remained from that money.
[Emphasis added.]
21.
A Muslim is forbidden to make friends with an infidel. The
Qur'an
is explicitly clear about this.
3:28.
Let not the believers take the disbelievers as Auliyâ (supporters,
helpers, etc.) instead of the believers, and whoever does that will
never be helped by Allâh in any way,
except if you indeed
fear a
danger from them. And Allâh warns you against Himself (His
Punishment), and to Allâh is the final return.
3:118.
O you who believe! Take not as (your) Bitânah (advisors, consultants,
protectors, helpers, friends, etc.) those outside your religion
(pagans, Jews, Christians, and hypocrites) since they will not fail to
do their best to corrupt you. They desire to harm you severely. Hatred
has already appeared from their mouths, but what their breasts conceal
is far worse. Indeed We have made plain to you the Ayât (proofs,
evidences, verses) if you understand.
4:89.
They wish that you reject Faith, as they have rejected (Faith), and
thus that you all become equal (like one another). So take not Auliyâ'
(protectors or friends) from them, till they emigrate in the Way of
Allâh (to Muhammad ). But if they turn back (from Islâm), take (hold)
of them and kill them wherever you find them, and take neither Auliyâ'
(protectors or friends) nor helpers from them.
4:144.
O you who believe! Take not for Auliyâ' (protectors or helpers or
friends) disbelievers instead of believers. Do you wish to offer Allâh
a manifest proof against yourselves?
5:51.
O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as Auliyâ'
(friends, protectors, helpers, etc.), they are but Auliyâ' to one
another. And if any amongst you takes them as Auliyâ', then surely he
is one of them. Verily, Allâh guides not those people who are the
Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrongdoers and unjust).
5:57.
O you who believe! Take not for Auliyâ' (protectors and helpers) those
who take your religion for a mockery and fun from among those who
received the Scripture (Jews and Christians) before you, nor from among
the disbelievers; and fear Allâh if you indeed are true believers.
9:23.
O you who believe! Take not for Auliyâ' (supporters and helpers)
your
fathers and your
brothers if they prefer disbelief to Belief. And
whoever of you does so,
then he is one of the Zâlimûn (wrong-doers, etc.).
60:1.
O you who believe! Take not My enemies and your enemies (i.e.
disbelievers and polytheists, etc.) as friends, showing affection
towards them, while they have disbelieved in what has come to you of
the truth (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism, this Qur'ân, and Muhammad ), and
have driven out the Messenger (Muhammad ) and yourselves (from your
homeland) because you believe in Allâh your Lord! If you have come
forth to strive in My Cause and to seek My Good Pleasure, (then take
not these disbelievers and polytheists, etc., as your friends).
You
show friendship to them in secret, while I am All-Aware of what you
conceal and what you reveal. And whosoever of you (Muslims) does that,
then indeed he has gone (far) astray, (away) from the Straight Path .
60:13.
O you who believe! Take not as friends the people who incurred the
Wrath of Allâh (i.e. the Jews). Surely, they have been in despair to
receive any good in the Hereafter, just as the disbelievers have been
in despair about those (buried) in graves (that they will not be
resurrected on the Day of Resurrection). [Emphasis added.]
Whomever claims friendship with Muslims is either a fool or a liar
unless his 'friend' is not really a practicing Muslim. Surah
At-Taubah 23 orders Muslims to reject their parents and
siblings
who do
not believe in Islam. How much more will they reject Kuffar?
22.
The Quran counsels the use of deceit when dealing with infidels
3:28
is one scriptural basis for al-taqiyya. It
gives Muslims
permission to fake friendship for self protection and the promotion of
Islam.
2:225.
Allâh will not call you to account for that which is unintentional in
your oaths, but
He will call you to
account for
that which your hearts have earned.And Allâh is
Oft-Forgiving,
Most-Forbearing.
16:106.
Whoever disbelieved in Allâh after his belief,
except him who is
forced
thereto and whose heart is at rest with Faith but
such as open their
breasts to disbelief, on them is wrath from Allâh, and theirs will be a
great torment.
40:28.
And a believing man of Fir'aun's (Pharaoh) family,
who hid his faith said:
"Would you kill a man because he says: My Lord is Allâh, and he has
come to you with clear signs (proofs) from your Lord? And if he is a
liar, upon him will be (the sin of) his lie; but if he is telling the
truth, then some of that (calamity) wherewith he threatens you will
befall on you." Verily, Allâh guides not one who is a Musrif (a
polytheist, or a murderer who shed blood without a right, or those who
commit great sins, oppressor, transgressor), a liar!
[Emphasis
added.]
Shari'ah is not silent on the matter.
r8.2 This
is an explicit statement that lying is sometimes permissible for a
given interest, scholars having established criteria defining what
types of
it are lawful. The best analysis of it I have seen is by
Imam Abu Hamid Ghazali, who says: "Speaking is a means to achieve
objectives. If a
praiseworthy aim is attainable through both telling
the truth and lying, it is unlawful to accomplish through lying because
there is no need
for it. When it is possible to achieve such an aim by lying but not by
telling the truth, it is permissible to
lie if
attaining the goal is permissible (N:
i.e.when the purpose of lying is to circumvent someone who is
preventing one from doing something permissible), and obligatory to lie
if the goal is
obligatory [Emphasis added.]
Backed up by hadith.
Also backed up by Ibn
Kathir's Tafsir quoting
hadith.
"...(unless
you indeed fear a danger from them) meaning, except those believers who
in some areas or times fear for their safety from the disbelievers. In
this case, such believers are allowed to show friendship to the
disbelievers outwardly, but never inwardly. For instance, Al-Bukhari
recorded that Abu Ad-Darda' said, "We smile in the face
of some
people although our hearts curse them.'' Al-Bukhari said
that
Al-Hasan said, "The
Tuqyah
is allowed until the Day of Resurrection...."
[Emphasis
added.]
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Sira
- These are biographies of the Profit. The Sealed Nectar is
as close as you can come to an authorized version.
Guillaume's translation of Hisham's rescension: The Life Of
Muhammad, is the oldest and, while Bowdlerized, contains vital
information. Ibn Kathir's The Life Of The Prophet Muhammad
adds tafsir and other info to Ishaq. If nothing else, read page 31 of
vol. 4 which explains 9.29 with extreme clarity.
Only the first two volumes of Ibn Sa'd are readily available
but they are packed full of info. including the Satanic Verses, Miraj
and the largest collection of Moe's extortion letters. Ash-Shifa is
lesser known but very powerful. Learn the consequences of drinking
Moe's body fluids. There is a chapter on the necessity of
killing anyone who disses Moe, read it and curse Islam Hot stuff around
pg. 717 if memory serves. Hayat al-Qulub, Vol. 2 is a Shi'a
sira. Did you know that Mary, Mother of Jesus is married to
Moe by Allah in Jannah?
History
Tabari's
Tahrik is the king of encycloipedic histories in 38
volumes. The most interesting stuff is between volumes 6 & 13.
The
Prophet Of Doom is 1000 pages packed with vital fact and
opinion. The
In His Own Words Appendix of
quotes including qur'an, hadith, sira & tahrik is the best
part. Winn melds five Quran translations for clarity, so
don't quote those because they will not match any of the translations
exactly. His other quotes are accurate and authentic. You should not go
into debate without reading them.
