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The
more I read, the more I questioned Muhammad�s sense of justice. The
following is very disturbing. I
dare say any man who reads it and is not taken aback with disgust has a
long way to go to become a human.
Sunan
Abu-Dawud Book 38, Number 4348
Narrated
Abdullah Ibn Abbas:
A blind man had a slave-mother who used to abuse the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him)
and disparage him. He forbade her but she did not stop. He rebuked her but
she did not give up her habit. One night she began to slander the Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) and abuse him. So he took a dagger, placed it on her
belly, pressed it, and killed her. A child who came between her legs was
smeared with the blood that was there. When the morning came, the Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) was informed about it.
He assembled the people and said: I adjure by Allah the man who has done
this action and I adjure him by my right to him that he should stand up.
Jumping over the necks of the people and trembling the man stood up.
He sat before the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and said: Apostle of Allah!
I am her master; she used to abuse you and disparage you. I forbade her,
but she did not stop, and I rebuked her, but she did not abandon her
habit. I have two sons like pearls from her, and she was my companion.
Last night she began to abuse and disparage you. So I took a dagger, put
it on her belly and pressed it till I killed her.
Thereupon the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Oh be witness, no
retaliation is payable for her blood.
I
felt the above story was a manifest injustice. Muhammad condoned a man
killing a pregnant mother and his own unborn child just because he said
that she insulted the Prophet!
(Arabs used to sleep with their maid slaves. Qur�an
perpetuates this tradition Q.33:
52. Muhammad himself slept with Mariyah,
the maid slave of his wife Hafsa, without marrying her.)
Forgiving someone for killing another human being just because he said she
insulted Muhammad is unacceptable. What
if that man was lying to escape punishment? What
does this story say about Muhammad�s sense of Justice? During
the past 1400 years, how many husbands escaped punishment for killing
their innocent wives by accusing them of blaspheming the prophet of God
and this Hadith allowed them get away with it?
Here is another one:
Sunan
Abu-Dawud Book 38, Number 4349
Narrated
Ali ibn AbuTalib:
A Jewess used to abuse the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and disparage him.
A man strangled her till she died. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
declared that no recompense was payable for her blood.
It
was not easy to read these stories and not be moved. There
is no reason to believe that all these stories were fabricated. Why
should believers, who have tried to depict their prophet as a
compassionate man fabricate so many stories that would make him look like
a ruthless tyrant?
I
could no longer accept the brutal treatment of those who chose not to
accept Islam, or that those who criticize any religion must be put to
death. Faith is a personal
matter.
See
how Muhammad dealt with unbelievers:
Sunan
Abu-Dawud Book 38, Number 4359
Narrated
Abdullah ibn Abbas:
The verse "The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His
Apostle, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is
execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from
opposite side or exile from the land...most merciful" was revealed
about polytheists. If any of them repents before they are arrested, it
does not prevent from inflicting on him the prescribed punishment, which
he deserves.�
How
could a messenger of God maim and crucify people because they resist
accepting him? Could such a
person really be a messenger of God? Wasn�t
there a worthier man with moral and ethical fortitude to bear this mighty
responsibility?
I could not accept the fact that Muhammad slaughtered 900 Jews in one day,
after he captured them in a raid that he started. I read the following
story and I shivered:
Sunan
Abu-Dawud Book 38, Number 4390
Narrated
Atiyyah al-Qurazi:
I was among the captives of Banu Qurayzah. They (the Companions) examined
us, and those who had begun to grow hair (pubes) were killed, and those
who had not were not killed. I was among those who had not grown hair
Also,
I found following story shocking:
Sunan
Abu-Dawud Book 38, Number 4396
Narrated
Jabir ibn Abdullah:
A thief was brought to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him). He said: Kill him.
The people said: He has committed theft, Apostle of Allah! Then he said:
Cut off his hand. So his (right) hand was cut off. He was brought a second
time and he said: Kill him. The people said: He has committed theft,
Apostle of Allah! Then he said: Cut off his foot.
So his (left) foot was cut off.
He was brought a third time and he said: Kill him.
The people said: He has committed theft, Apostle of Allah!
So he said: Cut off his hand. (So his (left) hand was cut off.)
He was brought a fourth time and he said: Kill him.
The people said: He has committed theft, Apostle of Allah!
So he said: Cut off his foot. So his (right) foot was cut off.
He was brought a fifth time and he said: Kill him.
So we took him away and killed him. We then dragged him and cast him into
a well and threw stones over him.
It
seems that Muhammad passed judgment before hearing the case. Also
by cutting a thief�s hand he is left with no other means to earn his
bread except begging, which would be difficult since he is defamed as a
thief and so hated by people. Therefore re-offending becomes his only
means of livelihood.
After
living many years in the West and being received kindly by people of other
religions or of no religion, who loved me and accepted me as their friend,
who let me into their lives and hearts, I could no longer accept the
following mandates of the Qur�an as the words of God:
Q.58:
22
You will not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day,
making friendship with those who oppose Allah and His Messenger�
Q.3:
118-120
O you who believe! Take not as (your) bitaanah (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 clear to you the aayaat (proofs, evidence, verses), if
you understand. Lo! You are the ones who love them but they love you not,
and you believe in all the Scriptures [i.e., you believe in the Tawraat
and the Injeel, while they disbelieve in your Book (the Qur�an)]. And
when they meet you, they say, �We believe.� But when they are alone,
they bite the tips of their fingers at you in rage. Say: �Perish in your
rage. Certainly Allah knows what is in the breasts (all the secrets).�
If a good befalls you, it grieves them, but some evil overtakes you, they
rejoice at it�
And
Q.5:
51
O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as awliya�
(friends, protectors, helpers, etc.), they are but awliya� to one
another�
I also found the above statement false. Evidence
the Bosnia-Kosovo crisis; where a Christian country waged war against
another Christian country to liberate Muslims. Many
Jewish doctors volunteered to help the Kosovo refugees, despite the fact
that during the WWII, the same Albanian Muslims took sides with Hitler and
helped him in his holocaust against the Jews.
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