Post by iris89 on Jul 31, 2008 8:51:29 GMT -5
Hate Among Different Flavors of Islam
INTRODUCTION:
Seems like the different flavors of Islam instead of showing kindness to other members of Islam per the Qur'an actually hate each other. This is definitely NOT in keeping with either the Qur'an or the Bible. In fact, the Qur'an, say, using three different versions of the Qur'an:
Sura 5:13 AL-MAEDA (THE TABLE, THE TABLE SPREAD)
YUSUFALI: But because of their breach of their covenant, We cursed them, and made their hearts grow hard; they change the words from their (right) places and forget a good part of the message that was sent them, nor wilt thou cease to find them- barring a few - ever bent on (new) deceits: but forgive them, and overlook (their misdeeds): for Allah loveth those who are kind.
PICKTHAL: And because of their breaking their covenant, We have cursed them and made hard their hearts. They change words from their context and forget a part of that whereof they were admonished. Thou wilt not cease to discover treachery from all save a few of them. But bear with them and pardon them. Lo! Allah loveth the kindly.
SHAKIR: But on account of their breaking their covenant We cursed them and made their hearts hard; they altered the words from their places and they neglected a portion of what they were reminded of; and you shall always discover treachery in them excepting a few of them; so pardon them and turn away; surely Allah loves those who do good (to others).
REALITY CHECK:
Neither what the Bible or the Bible takeoff, the Qur'an, says really matter:
Many are just fooling themselves, it is not what either the Bible or the Bible takeoff the Qur'an actually say, but how religious leaders be they priest and/or imams or muftis or what ever teach the people is the interpretation of what is written either in the Bible or the bible takeoff the Qur'an that matters and governs actions. It matters not what the Bible and/or the Bible takeoff really say. People go by what they are taught by their religious leaders. Take the genocide committed by the Roman Catholic Church at the direction of their supreme religious leader, the pope, what mattered was not that the Bible clearly said at Exodus 20:13, "Thou shalt not kill." (Authorized King James Bible; AV), but what their religious leaders told them. Therefore, it is the religion at fault, irregardless of what their particular holy book, be it the Bible or the Bible takeoff the Qur'an may say. Neither in so called Christianity or in Islam are most individuals actions really governed in any way by what their particular holy book really says, but they are governed by the interpretation of their religious leaders. Thus, knowing this reality, one would be either just plain stupid and/or dumb to even bother looking at a particular religion's holy book and expect the members would conform to it. Take the Rig Vede and find me for example a Hindu actually conforming to it instead of the interpretation given to it by his religious leaders, like looking for a needle in the haystack per K.S. Lal, India's greatest historian."
THE EMPLAR CASE - THE HAZARAS OF AFGHANISTAN:
Yet, the lack of love and kindness between various flavors of Islam is clearly shown in the case of the Hazara of Afghanistan and how they were/are treated by the Sunni Taliban. Let's just look at some salient examples. The Taliban (Sunnis) see the Hazaras as infidels, animals, and worse. They just do not look the way Afghans should look, nor worship the way Muslims should worship per the Taliban. A saying of the Taliban,
<<<" "Tajiks to Tajikistan, Uzbeks to Uzbekistan, and Hazaras to 'goristan, (the graveyard)" [source - February 2008, National Geographic, page 118] ">>>
In fact the Sunni Taliban have slaughtered many Hazaras for no offense whatsoever. The modern ill treatment of the Hazaras started in 1890 when Sunni King Abdur Rahman launched a bloody anti-Hazara program in and around Hazarajat. To wit,
<<<" "Fueled by chauvinism, armed with fatwas from Sunni mullahs who declared the Hazaras infidels, Rahman's forces killed many thousands and took slaves from among the survirors. Throngs of Hazaras were driven from lowland farms up into the central highlands. Later rulers used force, law, and manipulation to keep the Hazaras confined, physically and psychologically, to those highlands." [source - February 2008, National Geographic, page 120]">>>
In even more modern times, the Sunni Taliban went on a killing spree against the Hazaras as follows:
<<<" "In early 2001, in the coldest day of a brutal Hazarajat winter, the horror came to the district of Yakawlang. On January 8, the Taliban rounded up young Hazara men in Nayak, the district center. 'People were thinking they would be taken to court,' recalls Sayed Jawhar Amal, a teacher in the nearby village of Kata Khona. 'But at 8 A.M. they were killed. All of them.' The men were lined up and shot in public view. When elders from Kata Khona inquired about [the] young men from their community, they were also killed. In all, Human Rights Watch concluded, more than 170 were executed in four days. 'Because we were Shia. That was the only reason,' says Mohsin Moisafid, 55, of Kata Khona, who lost two brothers that day." [source - February 2008, National Geographic, page 120/121]">>>
So as can be seen, many in Islam do NOT follow the Qur'an, but their religious leaders. The above is DEFINITELY NOT the kindness called for in Sura 5:13 AL-MAEDA (THE TABLE, THE TABLE SPREAD).
NO AGREEMENT AMONG MEMBERS OF ISLAM ON HISTORICAL REALITY:
Of course, some Shia say:
<<<" "ayesha [[Aisha]] is an evil person and an evil doer and a liar
and woow man you are showing me as proof a sunni book ????? " ">>>
But history and many Hadiths (mostly those recognized by Sunni) clearly show that Aisha was only six (6) years old when married and only nine (9) years old when the marriage was consummated. Let's look at some facts from an encyclopedia:
<<<" Aisha bint Abu Bakr (Arabic ????? Transliteration: ?a?'isha, IPA: [?a????æh] "she who lives", also transcribed as A'ishah, Ayesha, 'A'isha, or 'Aisha, Turkish Ayse, Ottoman Turkish Âise etc.) was a wife of Muhammad. In Islamic writings, she is thus often referred to by the title "Mother of the Believers" (Arabic: ??? ???????? umm-al-mu'minin), per the description of Muhammad's wives as "Mothers of Believers" in the Qur'an (33.6), and later, as the "Mother of Believers", as in Qutb's Ma'alim fi al-Tariq (pps6). She is quoted as source for many hadith, sacred traditions about the prophet Muhammad's life, with Muhammad's personal life being the topic of most narrations.
Early life
Aisha was the daughter of Um Ruman and Abu Bakr of Mecca. Abu Bakr belonged to the Banu Taym sub-clan of the tribe of Quraysh, the tribe to which Muhammad also belonged. Aisha is said to have followed her father in accepting Islam when she was still young. She also joined him in his migration to Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in 615 AD; a number of Mecca's Muslims emigrated then, seeking refuge from persecution by the Meccans who still followed their pre-Islamic religions.
According to the early Islamic historian Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Aisha's father tried to spare her the dangers and discomfort of the journey by solemnizing her marriage to her fiance, Jubayr ibn Mut'im, son of Mut'im ibn 'Adi. However, Mut'am refused to honor the long-standing betrothal, as he did not wish his family to be connected to the Muslim outcasts. The emigration to Ethiopia proved temporary and Abu Bakr's family returned to Mecca within a few years. Aisha was then betrothed to Muhammad.
Marriage to Muhammad
Aisha was initially betrothed to Jubayr ibn Mut'im, a Muslim whose father, though pagan, was friendly to the Muslims. When Khawla bint Hakim suggested that Muhammad marry Aisha after the death of Muhammad's first wife (Khadijah bint Khuwaylid), the previous agreement regarding marriage of Aisha with ibn Mut'im was put aside by common consent.[1] Watt suggests that Muhammad hoped to strengthen his ties with Abu Bakr;[1] the strengthening of ties commonly served as a basis for marriage in Arabian culture.[2]
Aisha was six or seven years old when betrothed to Muhammad. She stayed in her parents' home until the age of nine, when the marriage was consummated [1][3][4][5] The marriage was delayed until after the Hijra, or migration to Medina, in 622. Aisha and her older sister Asma bint Abi Bakr only moved to Medina after Muhammad had already migrated there. Abu Bakr gave Muhammad the money to build a house for himself. After this, the wedding was celebrated very simply. After the wedding, Aisha continued to play with her toys, and Muhammad entered into the spirit of these games.[6]
Status as "favorite wife"
Most early accounts say that Muhammad and Aisha became sincerely fond of each other. Aisha is usually described as Muhammad's favorite wife, and it was in her company that Muhammad reportedly received the most revelations.[7] Some accounts claim it was the curtain from her tent that Muhammad used as his battle standard.[8]
Accusation of adultery
Aisha was traveling with her husband Muhammad and some of his followers. Aisha claimed that she had left camp in the morning to search for her lost necklace, but when she returned, she found that the company had broken camp and left without her. She waited for half a day, until she was rescued by a man named Safwan ibn Al-Muattal and taken to rejoin the caravan. This led to speculation that she had committed adultery with Safwan. Muhammad's adopted son Zayd ibn Harithah defended Aisha's reputation. Shortly after this, Muhammad announced that he had received a revelation confirming Aisha's innocence and directing that charges of adultery be supported by four eyewitnesses.[9] These verses also rebuked Aisha's accusers,[10] whom Muhammad ordered to receive forty lashes. [11][12]
Story of the honey
Ibn Kathir wrote in his biography of Muhammad that Muhammad's wife Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya was given a skin filled with honey, which she shared with her husband.[13] He was fond of sweets and stayed overlong with Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya; at least in the opinion of Aisha and her co-wife Hafsa bint Umar. Aisha and Hafsa conspired. Each of them was to tell Muhammad that the honey had given him bad breath. When he heard this from two wives, he believed that it was true and swore that he would eat no more of the honey. Soon afterwards, he reported that he had received a revelation, in which he was told that he could eat anything permitted by God.[14] In the following verses, Muhammad's wives are rebuked for their unruliness: "your hearts are inclined (to oppose him)".
Word spread in the small Muslim community that Muhammad's wives were tyrannizing him, speaking sharply to him and conspiring against him. Umar, Hafsa's father, scolded his daughter and also spoke to Muhammad of the matter. Muhammad, saddened and upset, separated from his wives for a month. By the end of this time, his wives were humbled and harmony was restored.
When Muslim commentators on the Qur'an explicate Sura 66, it is usually this story that is told to explain the "occasion of revelation."
Death of Muhammad
Ibn Ishaq, in his Sirah Rasul Allah, states that during Muhammad's last illness, he sought Aisha's apartments and died with his head in her lap. It highlighted Muhammad's fondness for Aisha. [15] Aisha never remarried after Muhammad's death. A passage in the Qur'an forbids any Muslim to marry a widow of Muhammad:
Nor is it right for you that ye should annoy God's Apostle, or that ye should marry his widows after him at any time. Truly such a thing is in God's sight an enormity.
-Qur'an 33:53
After Muhammad
Aisha's father becomes the first caliph
After Muhammad's death in 632 AD, Aisha's father, Abu Bakr, became the first caliph, or leader of the Muslims. This matter of succession to Muhammad is extremely controversial to the Shi'aas. Shia believe that Ali had been chosen to lead by Muhammad; Sunni maintain that the community chose Abu Bakr, and did so in accordance with Muhammad's wishes.
Battle of Bassorah
Main article: Battle of Bassorah
Abu Bakr's reign was short, and in 634 AD he was succeeded by Umar, as caliph. Umar reigned for ten years, and was then followed by Uthman Ibn Affan in 644 AD. Both of these men had been among Muhammad's earliest followers, were linked to him by clanship and marriage, and had taken prominent parts in various military campaigns. Aisha, in the meantime, lived in Medina and made several pilgrimages to Mecca.
In 656 Uthman was killed by rebellious Muslim soldiers. The rebels then asked Ali to be the new caliph. Many reports absolve Ali of complicity in the murder. He is reported to have refused the caliphate. He agreed to rule only after his followers persisted.
Aisha raised an army which confronted Ali's army outside the city of Basra. Professor Leila Ahmed claims that it was during this engagement that Muslim slaughtered Muslim for the first time.[7] Battle ensued and Aisha's forces were defeated. Aisha was directing her forces from a howdah on the back of a camel; this 656 battle is therefore called the Battle of the Camel.
Ali captured Aisha but declined to harm her. He sent her back to Medina under military escort.
Her respect as scholar and role model
historians see Aisha as a learned woman, who tirelessly recounted stories from the life of Muhammad and explained Muslim history and traditions. She is considered to be one of the foremost scholars of Islam's early age with some historians accrediting up to one-quarter of the Islamic Sharia (Islamic religious law), based on the collection of hadiths, to have stemmed from her narrations. Aisha became the most prominent of Muhammad's wives and is revered as a role model by millions of women.[7]
Death
After Khadijah al-Kubra (the Great) and Fatimah az-Zahra (the Resplendent), Aishah as-Siddiqah (the one who affirms the Truth) is regarded as the best woman in Islam. Because of the strength of her personality, she was a leader in every field in knowledge, in society, in politics and in war. She often regretted her involvement in war but lived long enough to regain position as the most respected woman of her time. She died in the year 58 AH in the month of Ramadan and as she instructed, was buried in the Jannat al-Baqi in the City of Light, beside other companions of the Prophet.
REFERENCES (FOR THOSE WISHING TO DO FURTHER STUDY):
* Barlas, Asma, Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an, pp. 125-6, University of Texas Press, 2002, ISBN 0292709048.
* Guillaume, A. -- The Life of Muhammad, Oxford University Press, 1955
* Rodinson, Maxime -- Muhammad, 1980 Random House reprint of English translation
* Spellberg, D.A. -- Politics, Gender, and the Islamic Past: the Legacy of A'isha bint Abi Bakr, Columbia University Press, 1994
* Aisha bint Abi Bakr, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, Oxford University Press, 2000
* Rizvi, Syed Saeed Akhtar. -- The Life of Muhammad The Prophet, Darul Tabligh North America, 1971.
* Askri,Mortaza--'Role of Ayesha in the History of Islam'(Translation),Ansarian publication,Iran
[source - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] ">>>
SOME HADITH ACCOUNTS: [[Hadiths are sacred books explaining various aspects of Islam.]]
Sahih Bukhari Volume 8, Book 73, Number 151 Narrated 'Aisha:
I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet, and my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's Apostle used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide themselves, but the Prophet would call them to join and play with me. (The playing with the dolls and similar images is forbidden, but it was allowed for 'Aisha at that time, as she was a little girl, not yet reached the age of puberty.) (Fateh-al-Bari page 143, Vol.13)
Sahih Muslim Book 008, Number 331:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) married her when she was seven years old, and he was taken to his house as a bride when she was nine, and her dolls were with her; and when he (the Holy Prophet) died she was eighteen years old.
The holy Prophet died when he was 63. So he must have married Ayesha when he as 51 and went to her when he was 54.
Sahih Bukhari Volume 8, Book 73, Number 33 Narrated 'Aisha:
I never felt so jealous of any woman as I did of Khadija, though she had died three years before the Prophet married me, and that was because I heard him mentioning her too often, and because his Lord had ordered him to give her the glad tidings that she would have a palace in Paradise, made of Qasab and because he used to slaughter a sheep and distribute its meat among her friends.
[source - Aisha the Child Wife of Muhammad, www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/sina/ayesha.htm on 7/30/2008 ]
Yet some members of Islam have the audacity to criticize the prophets of the Bible.
BIBLE PROPHETS CALLED PERVERTS BY SOME MEMBERS OF ISLAM:
<<<" why are the prophets in the bible some of them are portrayed as perverts and bad people" [source - a Shia Muslim]>>>.
He was referring to Lot.
My response to his reference to lot:
First, You have failed to show any of the prophets in the Bible were perverts so you have made an unwarranted false accusation. But now consider the fact that someone who marries an under age girl is a pedophile so what of a prophet of Islam that married a girl at the age of six (6) and consummated it at the age of nine (9)???
Second, He next said,
<<< "so according to u lot getting drunk and knocking up his two daughters is not perversion ??? wow" [source - a Shia Muslim]>>>.
To which I responded:
<<<"But, let's look at the circumstances which this poster conveniently failed to mention as found at Genesis 19:30-38,
"And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day." (Authorized King James Bible, AV).
Now, Lot did not knowingly act, but was tricked into this wrong; hence not responsible. Clearly this was in no way held against him by Almighty God (YHWH) as clearly shown at,
Suras 7:80-84, "The Elevated Places"
"7.80": And (We sent) Lut when he said to his people: What! do you commit an indecency which any one in the world has not done before you?
"7.81": Most surely you come to males in lust besides females; nay you are an extravagant people.
"7.82": And the answer of his people was no other than that they said: Turn them out of your town, surely they are a people who seek to purify (themselves).
"7.83": So We delivered him and his followers, except his wife; she was of those who remained behind.
"7.84": And We rained upon them a rain; consider then what was the end of the guilty.
[source - The Qur'an in the translated version by M. H. Shakir]
And, consider also,
Suras 29:25-26, "The Spider"
"29.25": And he said: You have only taken for yourselves idols besides Allah by way of friendship between you in this world's life, then on the resurrection day some of you shall deny others, and some of you shall curse others, and your abode is the fire, and you shall not have any helpers.
"29.26": And Lut believed in Him, and he said: I am fleeing to my Lord, surely He is the Mighty, the Wise."
[source - The Qur'an in the translated version by M. H. Shakir]>>>.
Yes, the Bible told it as it was, complete honesty, whereas, other so called holy books 'sugar coated' reality - that is why one can be sure that the Inspired Word of Almighty God (YHWH), Creator of all that exist, the Bible, truly is what it claims to be. Here is a research product of mine on the subject:
Discourse on Candor Proves Bible the Word of God (YHWH):
The Bible unlike other so called 'holy books' was inspired by God (YHWH) who is NOT a liar or obfuscator so his inspired scribes unlike human writers with their own agenda wrote exactly what happened including their own short comings. This candor is actually one of the things that clearly shows the Bible to be truly the only book ever inspired by God (YHWH). The prophets even wrote their own shortcomings/weaknesses down under divine inspiration; this is quite unlike all other ancient writers who always built up themselves and never recorded their own shortcomings.
CONCLUSION:
Many in Islam are unaware of reality and ignorant of the fact that the Bible is NOT the product of one committee or strongman. It has over 40 individual writers who wrote under divine inspiration/guidance putting the thoughts of God (YHWH) into the words of men much as transcribing secretaries today taking transcription and then later typing it out. In other words one real author, God (YHWH), and many scribes each of whom wrote in his own style over a period of approximately 1,600 years. All of what people call or consider inconsistencies are really not such, but most often just a problem of translation and/or understanding, i.e., lack of understanding of what the original writer writing in his own language and culture meant/said in his original writing. What is remarkable, is the writers over such a period of time all wrote in harmony when even most writers today can not stay in harmony with themselves over a period of a few years, let alone in harmony with other contemporaries. They, the writers of today, can not even stay on track or subject over a period of a few days and/or weeks at most with the original subject of the a thread or article. This fact of harmony over a period so great as to almost stagger the imagination shows that it had one guiding force or author who divinely inspired its writers as humans of their own volition can not keep on track over short periods of time.
To wit, the Bible is the ONLY book God (YHWH) ever inspired men to write as his scribes. In other words, God is its author and men only put his thoughts given to them by divine inspiration into their own words, the words of men. Not only that, all the other writers of later so called religious guidance books borrowed from it and made changes in accord with their strong man or so called prophet. Take the example of Joseph Smith who borrowed from it to write the Book of Mormon, but failed to give credit or source to the Bible and twisted some borrowed things into bizarre distortions. Other examples are of course the bizarre writings of David Koresh the Prophet of the Branch Dividians of Waco, Texas; and the Quran.
Your Friend in Christ Iris89
INTRODUCTION:
Seems like the different flavors of Islam instead of showing kindness to other members of Islam per the Qur'an actually hate each other. This is definitely NOT in keeping with either the Qur'an or the Bible. In fact, the Qur'an, say, using three different versions of the Qur'an:
Sura 5:13 AL-MAEDA (THE TABLE, THE TABLE SPREAD)
YUSUFALI: But because of their breach of their covenant, We cursed them, and made their hearts grow hard; they change the words from their (right) places and forget a good part of the message that was sent them, nor wilt thou cease to find them- barring a few - ever bent on (new) deceits: but forgive them, and overlook (their misdeeds): for Allah loveth those who are kind.
PICKTHAL: And because of their breaking their covenant, We have cursed them and made hard their hearts. They change words from their context and forget a part of that whereof they were admonished. Thou wilt not cease to discover treachery from all save a few of them. But bear with them and pardon them. Lo! Allah loveth the kindly.
SHAKIR: But on account of their breaking their covenant We cursed them and made their hearts hard; they altered the words from their places and they neglected a portion of what they were reminded of; and you shall always discover treachery in them excepting a few of them; so pardon them and turn away; surely Allah loves those who do good (to others).
REALITY CHECK:
Neither what the Bible or the Bible takeoff, the Qur'an, says really matter:
Many are just fooling themselves, it is not what either the Bible or the Bible takeoff the Qur'an actually say, but how religious leaders be they priest and/or imams or muftis or what ever teach the people is the interpretation of what is written either in the Bible or the bible takeoff the Qur'an that matters and governs actions. It matters not what the Bible and/or the Bible takeoff really say. People go by what they are taught by their religious leaders. Take the genocide committed by the Roman Catholic Church at the direction of their supreme religious leader, the pope, what mattered was not that the Bible clearly said at Exodus 20:13, "Thou shalt not kill." (Authorized King James Bible; AV), but what their religious leaders told them. Therefore, it is the religion at fault, irregardless of what their particular holy book, be it the Bible or the Bible takeoff the Qur'an may say. Neither in so called Christianity or in Islam are most individuals actions really governed in any way by what their particular holy book really says, but they are governed by the interpretation of their religious leaders. Thus, knowing this reality, one would be either just plain stupid and/or dumb to even bother looking at a particular religion's holy book and expect the members would conform to it. Take the Rig Vede and find me for example a Hindu actually conforming to it instead of the interpretation given to it by his religious leaders, like looking for a needle in the haystack per K.S. Lal, India's greatest historian."
THE EMPLAR CASE - THE HAZARAS OF AFGHANISTAN:
Yet, the lack of love and kindness between various flavors of Islam is clearly shown in the case of the Hazara of Afghanistan and how they were/are treated by the Sunni Taliban. Let's just look at some salient examples. The Taliban (Sunnis) see the Hazaras as infidels, animals, and worse. They just do not look the way Afghans should look, nor worship the way Muslims should worship per the Taliban. A saying of the Taliban,
<<<" "Tajiks to Tajikistan, Uzbeks to Uzbekistan, and Hazaras to 'goristan, (the graveyard)" [source - February 2008, National Geographic, page 118] ">>>
In fact the Sunni Taliban have slaughtered many Hazaras for no offense whatsoever. The modern ill treatment of the Hazaras started in 1890 when Sunni King Abdur Rahman launched a bloody anti-Hazara program in and around Hazarajat. To wit,
<<<" "Fueled by chauvinism, armed with fatwas from Sunni mullahs who declared the Hazaras infidels, Rahman's forces killed many thousands and took slaves from among the survirors. Throngs of Hazaras were driven from lowland farms up into the central highlands. Later rulers used force, law, and manipulation to keep the Hazaras confined, physically and psychologically, to those highlands." [source - February 2008, National Geographic, page 120]">>>
In even more modern times, the Sunni Taliban went on a killing spree against the Hazaras as follows:
<<<" "In early 2001, in the coldest day of a brutal Hazarajat winter, the horror came to the district of Yakawlang. On January 8, the Taliban rounded up young Hazara men in Nayak, the district center. 'People were thinking they would be taken to court,' recalls Sayed Jawhar Amal, a teacher in the nearby village of Kata Khona. 'But at 8 A.M. they were killed. All of them.' The men were lined up and shot in public view. When elders from Kata Khona inquired about [the] young men from their community, they were also killed. In all, Human Rights Watch concluded, more than 170 were executed in four days. 'Because we were Shia. That was the only reason,' says Mohsin Moisafid, 55, of Kata Khona, who lost two brothers that day." [source - February 2008, National Geographic, page 120/121]">>>
So as can be seen, many in Islam do NOT follow the Qur'an, but their religious leaders. The above is DEFINITELY NOT the kindness called for in Sura 5:13 AL-MAEDA (THE TABLE, THE TABLE SPREAD).
NO AGREEMENT AMONG MEMBERS OF ISLAM ON HISTORICAL REALITY:
Of course, some Shia say:
<<<" "ayesha [[Aisha]] is an evil person and an evil doer and a liar
and woow man you are showing me as proof a sunni book ????? " ">>>
But history and many Hadiths (mostly those recognized by Sunni) clearly show that Aisha was only six (6) years old when married and only nine (9) years old when the marriage was consummated. Let's look at some facts from an encyclopedia:
<<<" Aisha bint Abu Bakr (Arabic ????? Transliteration: ?a?'isha, IPA: [?a????æh] "she who lives", also transcribed as A'ishah, Ayesha, 'A'isha, or 'Aisha, Turkish Ayse, Ottoman Turkish Âise etc.) was a wife of Muhammad. In Islamic writings, she is thus often referred to by the title "Mother of the Believers" (Arabic: ??? ???????? umm-al-mu'minin), per the description of Muhammad's wives as "Mothers of Believers" in the Qur'an (33.6), and later, as the "Mother of Believers", as in Qutb's Ma'alim fi al-Tariq (pps6). She is quoted as source for many hadith, sacred traditions about the prophet Muhammad's life, with Muhammad's personal life being the topic of most narrations.
Early life
Aisha was the daughter of Um Ruman and Abu Bakr of Mecca. Abu Bakr belonged to the Banu Taym sub-clan of the tribe of Quraysh, the tribe to which Muhammad also belonged. Aisha is said to have followed her father in accepting Islam when she was still young. She also joined him in his migration to Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in 615 AD; a number of Mecca's Muslims emigrated then, seeking refuge from persecution by the Meccans who still followed their pre-Islamic religions.
According to the early Islamic historian Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Aisha's father tried to spare her the dangers and discomfort of the journey by solemnizing her marriage to her fiance, Jubayr ibn Mut'im, son of Mut'im ibn 'Adi. However, Mut'am refused to honor the long-standing betrothal, as he did not wish his family to be connected to the Muslim outcasts. The emigration to Ethiopia proved temporary and Abu Bakr's family returned to Mecca within a few years. Aisha was then betrothed to Muhammad.
Marriage to Muhammad
Aisha was initially betrothed to Jubayr ibn Mut'im, a Muslim whose father, though pagan, was friendly to the Muslims. When Khawla bint Hakim suggested that Muhammad marry Aisha after the death of Muhammad's first wife (Khadijah bint Khuwaylid), the previous agreement regarding marriage of Aisha with ibn Mut'im was put aside by common consent.[1] Watt suggests that Muhammad hoped to strengthen his ties with Abu Bakr;[1] the strengthening of ties commonly served as a basis for marriage in Arabian culture.[2]
Aisha was six or seven years old when betrothed to Muhammad. She stayed in her parents' home until the age of nine, when the marriage was consummated [1][3][4][5] The marriage was delayed until after the Hijra, or migration to Medina, in 622. Aisha and her older sister Asma bint Abi Bakr only moved to Medina after Muhammad had already migrated there. Abu Bakr gave Muhammad the money to build a house for himself. After this, the wedding was celebrated very simply. After the wedding, Aisha continued to play with her toys, and Muhammad entered into the spirit of these games.[6]
Status as "favorite wife"
Most early accounts say that Muhammad and Aisha became sincerely fond of each other. Aisha is usually described as Muhammad's favorite wife, and it was in her company that Muhammad reportedly received the most revelations.[7] Some accounts claim it was the curtain from her tent that Muhammad used as his battle standard.[8]
Accusation of adultery
Aisha was traveling with her husband Muhammad and some of his followers. Aisha claimed that she had left camp in the morning to search for her lost necklace, but when she returned, she found that the company had broken camp and left without her. She waited for half a day, until she was rescued by a man named Safwan ibn Al-Muattal and taken to rejoin the caravan. This led to speculation that she had committed adultery with Safwan. Muhammad's adopted son Zayd ibn Harithah defended Aisha's reputation. Shortly after this, Muhammad announced that he had received a revelation confirming Aisha's innocence and directing that charges of adultery be supported by four eyewitnesses.[9] These verses also rebuked Aisha's accusers,[10] whom Muhammad ordered to receive forty lashes. [11][12]
Story of the honey
Ibn Kathir wrote in his biography of Muhammad that Muhammad's wife Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya was given a skin filled with honey, which she shared with her husband.[13] He was fond of sweets and stayed overlong with Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya; at least in the opinion of Aisha and her co-wife Hafsa bint Umar. Aisha and Hafsa conspired. Each of them was to tell Muhammad that the honey had given him bad breath. When he heard this from two wives, he believed that it was true and swore that he would eat no more of the honey. Soon afterwards, he reported that he had received a revelation, in which he was told that he could eat anything permitted by God.[14] In the following verses, Muhammad's wives are rebuked for their unruliness: "your hearts are inclined (to oppose him)".
Word spread in the small Muslim community that Muhammad's wives were tyrannizing him, speaking sharply to him and conspiring against him. Umar, Hafsa's father, scolded his daughter and also spoke to Muhammad of the matter. Muhammad, saddened and upset, separated from his wives for a month. By the end of this time, his wives were humbled and harmony was restored.
When Muslim commentators on the Qur'an explicate Sura 66, it is usually this story that is told to explain the "occasion of revelation."
Death of Muhammad
Ibn Ishaq, in his Sirah Rasul Allah, states that during Muhammad's last illness, he sought Aisha's apartments and died with his head in her lap. It highlighted Muhammad's fondness for Aisha. [15] Aisha never remarried after Muhammad's death. A passage in the Qur'an forbids any Muslim to marry a widow of Muhammad:
Nor is it right for you that ye should annoy God's Apostle, or that ye should marry his widows after him at any time. Truly such a thing is in God's sight an enormity.
-Qur'an 33:53
After Muhammad
Aisha's father becomes the first caliph
After Muhammad's death in 632 AD, Aisha's father, Abu Bakr, became the first caliph, or leader of the Muslims. This matter of succession to Muhammad is extremely controversial to the Shi'aas. Shia believe that Ali had been chosen to lead by Muhammad; Sunni maintain that the community chose Abu Bakr, and did so in accordance with Muhammad's wishes.
Battle of Bassorah
Main article: Battle of Bassorah
Abu Bakr's reign was short, and in 634 AD he was succeeded by Umar, as caliph. Umar reigned for ten years, and was then followed by Uthman Ibn Affan in 644 AD. Both of these men had been among Muhammad's earliest followers, were linked to him by clanship and marriage, and had taken prominent parts in various military campaigns. Aisha, in the meantime, lived in Medina and made several pilgrimages to Mecca.
In 656 Uthman was killed by rebellious Muslim soldiers. The rebels then asked Ali to be the new caliph. Many reports absolve Ali of complicity in the murder. He is reported to have refused the caliphate. He agreed to rule only after his followers persisted.
Aisha raised an army which confronted Ali's army outside the city of Basra. Professor Leila Ahmed claims that it was during this engagement that Muslim slaughtered Muslim for the first time.[7] Battle ensued and Aisha's forces were defeated. Aisha was directing her forces from a howdah on the back of a camel; this 656 battle is therefore called the Battle of the Camel.
Ali captured Aisha but declined to harm her. He sent her back to Medina under military escort.
Her respect as scholar and role model
historians see Aisha as a learned woman, who tirelessly recounted stories from the life of Muhammad and explained Muslim history and traditions. She is considered to be one of the foremost scholars of Islam's early age with some historians accrediting up to one-quarter of the Islamic Sharia (Islamic religious law), based on the collection of hadiths, to have stemmed from her narrations. Aisha became the most prominent of Muhammad's wives and is revered as a role model by millions of women.[7]
Death
After Khadijah al-Kubra (the Great) and Fatimah az-Zahra (the Resplendent), Aishah as-Siddiqah (the one who affirms the Truth) is regarded as the best woman in Islam. Because of the strength of her personality, she was a leader in every field in knowledge, in society, in politics and in war. She often regretted her involvement in war but lived long enough to regain position as the most respected woman of her time. She died in the year 58 AH in the month of Ramadan and as she instructed, was buried in the Jannat al-Baqi in the City of Light, beside other companions of the Prophet.
REFERENCES (FOR THOSE WISHING TO DO FURTHER STUDY):
* Barlas, Asma, Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an, pp. 125-6, University of Texas Press, 2002, ISBN 0292709048.
* Guillaume, A. -- The Life of Muhammad, Oxford University Press, 1955
* Rodinson, Maxime -- Muhammad, 1980 Random House reprint of English translation
* Spellberg, D.A. -- Politics, Gender, and the Islamic Past: the Legacy of A'isha bint Abi Bakr, Columbia University Press, 1994
* Aisha bint Abi Bakr, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, Oxford University Press, 2000
* Rizvi, Syed Saeed Akhtar. -- The Life of Muhammad The Prophet, Darul Tabligh North America, 1971.
* Askri,Mortaza--'Role of Ayesha in the History of Islam'(Translation),Ansarian publication,Iran
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SOME HADITH ACCOUNTS: [[Hadiths are sacred books explaining various aspects of Islam.]]
Sahih Bukhari Volume 8, Book 73, Number 151 Narrated 'Aisha:
I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet, and my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's Apostle used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide themselves, but the Prophet would call them to join and play with me. (The playing with the dolls and similar images is forbidden, but it was allowed for 'Aisha at that time, as she was a little girl, not yet reached the age of puberty.) (Fateh-al-Bari page 143, Vol.13)
Sahih Muslim Book 008, Number 331:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) married her when she was seven years old, and he was taken to his house as a bride when she was nine, and her dolls were with her; and when he (the Holy Prophet) died she was eighteen years old.
The holy Prophet died when he was 63. So he must have married Ayesha when he as 51 and went to her when he was 54.
Sahih Bukhari Volume 8, Book 73, Number 33 Narrated 'Aisha:
I never felt so jealous of any woman as I did of Khadija, though she had died three years before the Prophet married me, and that was because I heard him mentioning her too often, and because his Lord had ordered him to give her the glad tidings that she would have a palace in Paradise, made of Qasab and because he used to slaughter a sheep and distribute its meat among her friends.
[source - Aisha the Child Wife of Muhammad, www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/sina/ayesha.htm on 7/30/2008 ]
Yet some members of Islam have the audacity to criticize the prophets of the Bible.
BIBLE PROPHETS CALLED PERVERTS BY SOME MEMBERS OF ISLAM:
<<<" why are the prophets in the bible some of them are portrayed as perverts and bad people" [source - a Shia Muslim]>>>.
He was referring to Lot.
My response to his reference to lot:
First, You have failed to show any of the prophets in the Bible were perverts so you have made an unwarranted false accusation. But now consider the fact that someone who marries an under age girl is a pedophile so what of a prophet of Islam that married a girl at the age of six (6) and consummated it at the age of nine (9)???
Second, He next said,
<<< "so according to u lot getting drunk and knocking up his two daughters is not perversion ??? wow" [source - a Shia Muslim]>>>.
To which I responded:
<<<"But, let's look at the circumstances which this poster conveniently failed to mention as found at Genesis 19:30-38,
"And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day." (Authorized King James Bible, AV).
Now, Lot did not knowingly act, but was tricked into this wrong; hence not responsible. Clearly this was in no way held against him by Almighty God (YHWH) as clearly shown at,
Suras 7:80-84, "The Elevated Places"
"7.80": And (We sent) Lut when he said to his people: What! do you commit an indecency which any one in the world has not done before you?
"7.81": Most surely you come to males in lust besides females; nay you are an extravagant people.
"7.82": And the answer of his people was no other than that they said: Turn them out of your town, surely they are a people who seek to purify (themselves).
"7.83": So We delivered him and his followers, except his wife; she was of those who remained behind.
"7.84": And We rained upon them a rain; consider then what was the end of the guilty.
[source - The Qur'an in the translated version by M. H. Shakir]
And, consider also,
Suras 29:25-26, "The Spider"
"29.25": And he said: You have only taken for yourselves idols besides Allah by way of friendship between you in this world's life, then on the resurrection day some of you shall deny others, and some of you shall curse others, and your abode is the fire, and you shall not have any helpers.
"29.26": And Lut believed in Him, and he said: I am fleeing to my Lord, surely He is the Mighty, the Wise."
[source - The Qur'an in the translated version by M. H. Shakir]>>>.
Yes, the Bible told it as it was, complete honesty, whereas, other so called holy books 'sugar coated' reality - that is why one can be sure that the Inspired Word of Almighty God (YHWH), Creator of all that exist, the Bible, truly is what it claims to be. Here is a research product of mine on the subject:
Discourse on Candor Proves Bible the Word of God (YHWH):
The Bible unlike other so called 'holy books' was inspired by God (YHWH) who is NOT a liar or obfuscator so his inspired scribes unlike human writers with their own agenda wrote exactly what happened including their own short comings. This candor is actually one of the things that clearly shows the Bible to be truly the only book ever inspired by God (YHWH). The prophets even wrote their own shortcomings/weaknesses down under divine inspiration; this is quite unlike all other ancient writers who always built up themselves and never recorded their own shortcomings.
CONCLUSION:
Many in Islam are unaware of reality and ignorant of the fact that the Bible is NOT the product of one committee or strongman. It has over 40 individual writers who wrote under divine inspiration/guidance putting the thoughts of God (YHWH) into the words of men much as transcribing secretaries today taking transcription and then later typing it out. In other words one real author, God (YHWH), and many scribes each of whom wrote in his own style over a period of approximately 1,600 years. All of what people call or consider inconsistencies are really not such, but most often just a problem of translation and/or understanding, i.e., lack of understanding of what the original writer writing in his own language and culture meant/said in his original writing. What is remarkable, is the writers over such a period of time all wrote in harmony when even most writers today can not stay in harmony with themselves over a period of a few years, let alone in harmony with other contemporaries. They, the writers of today, can not even stay on track or subject over a period of a few days and/or weeks at most with the original subject of the a thread or article. This fact of harmony over a period so great as to almost stagger the imagination shows that it had one guiding force or author who divinely inspired its writers as humans of their own volition can not keep on track over short periods of time.
To wit, the Bible is the ONLY book God (YHWH) ever inspired men to write as his scribes. In other words, God is its author and men only put his thoughts given to them by divine inspiration into their own words, the words of men. Not only that, all the other writers of later so called religious guidance books borrowed from it and made changes in accord with their strong man or so called prophet. Take the example of Joseph Smith who borrowed from it to write the Book of Mormon, but failed to give credit or source to the Bible and twisted some borrowed things into bizarre distortions. Other examples are of course the bizarre writings of David Koresh the Prophet of the Branch Dividians of Waco, Texas; and the Quran.
Your Friend in Christ Iris89