Response to the slanderous article : The true life of Muhammed

[محمد سني 1989]

The writer goes on with the lie:


MYTH: MUHAMMAD WAS TORTURED AT MECCA THE HIJRA, THE FLIGHT FROM MECCA TO MEDINA
The death of his uncle Abu Talib, in 619 left Muhammad without a protector against the Meccan leadership, which was gradually losing patience. The true agitator in this situation however is quite clearly Muhammad himself, as even Muslim historians note. Consider this account of what happened at Abu Talib's deathbed as the Meccans implored a final time for peace with his nephew Muhammad. Chief adversary Abu Sufyan, with other sundry notables, went to Abu Talib and said, "You know the trouble that exists between us and your nephew, so call him and let us make an agreement that he'll leave us alone and we'll leave him alone; let him have his religion and we'll have ours." (Ibn Ishaq 278).Muhammad rejected the offer of peaceful co-existence. His new religion was obviously intended to dominate the others, not to be on an equal standing with them. Meanwhile Muslims were beginning to become violent with the people around them.Muhammad's search for political alliances led him to make a treaty of war against the Meccans with the people of Medina, another Arab town far to the north (Ibn Ishaq 299-301). This was the last straw for the Meccans, who finally decided to capture Muhammad and put him to death.


RESPONSE TO THIS LIA:


First of all it was the Meccans who initiated the persecution against the prophet here are some examples as a response to this load of lia:


Narrated `Urwa bin Az-Zubair:
I asked `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`As to inform me of the worst thing the pagans had done to Allah's Apostle. He said: "While Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was praying in the courtyard of the Ka`ba, `Uqba bin Abi Mu'ait came and seized Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) by the shoulder and twisted his garment round his neck and throttled him severely. Abu Bakr came and seized `Uqba's shoulder and threw him away from Allah's Apostle and said, "Would you kill a man because he says: 'My Lord is Allah,' and has come to you with clear Signs from your Lord?" (40.28)
saheeh Albukhary vol 6, book 60 , hadeeth 339


2. Narrated `Abdullah:
While the Prophet (ﷺ) was prostrating, surrounded by some of Quraish, `Uqba bin Abi Mu'ait brought the intestines (i.e. Abdominal contents) of a camel and put them over the back of the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) did not raise his head, (till) Fatima, came and took it off his back and cursed the one who had done the harm. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Allah! Destroy the chiefs of Quraish, Abu Jahl bin Hisham, `Utba bin Rabi`al, Shaba bin Rabi`a, Umaiya bin Khalaf or Ubai bin Khalaf." (The sub-narrator Shu`ba, is not sure of the last name.) I saw these people killed on the day of Badr battle and thrown in the well except Umaiya or Ubai whose body parts were mutilated but he was not thrown in the well.
Saheeh Al bukhary Vol 5, book 58, hadeeth 193


3. Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:
"Indeed I have feared for the sake of Allah, such that no one has feared, and I have been harmed for the sake of Allah, such that no one has been harmed. Thirty days and nights have passed over me, and there was no food with Bilal and I forced something with a liver to eat, except what Bilal could conceal under his armpit."
Jami'a Al tarmithy, Vol 4 , Book 11, Hadeeth 2472


These were just examples which shows that the prophet was in fact persecuted by himself


Second as for your accusation that the prophet rejected the peace offering , I have to say that I laughed when hearing such a lia, because either the writer has no clue of the historical account of the death of Abu talib or he is just lying to the naive reader . The writer obviously mixed up and added his own lia in the historical context:


one : The prophet never initiated any physical attack nor did the meccans accuse him of such , this offer was on the basis of him cursing the pagan Gods and idols howver the prophet's response was :


Spare me and yourself and put not burden on me that I can’t bear". Muhammad thought that his uncle would let him down and would no longer support him, so he replied: "O my uncle!by God if they put the sun in my right hand and the moon in my left on condition that I abandon this course, until God has made me victorious, or I perish therein, I would not abandon it." Muhammad got up, and as he turned away, his uncle called back and then said "Go and preach what you please, for by God I will never forsake you.".
Sira ibn hisham vol 1 , page 266


When prophet Muhammed continued preaching with the proptection of his uncle they offered another offer to Abu talib ; one which contains the murder of the prophet which also indicates that the prophet was persecuted not for physical attacks nor preaching hate but for preaching against the idols and the worship of it :


Quraish said:
Your nephew has insulted our gods, called our great men as insane and reckoned our fathers to be deviated ones. Therefore, you surrender him to us or else, there shall occur a war between us
Abu Talib replied:
May your mouths be shut forever. I swear by Allah that I shall never surrender him to you.
They said:
Emara-ibn-Walid-ibn-Mughaira is the most handsome and noble young man among the Quraish. You may keep him as your son instead of Muhammad and surrender Muhammad to us so that we can kill him. Let us exchange our man with your man.
Abu Talib replied:
Woe be upon you people. May Allah turn your face dark and gloomy. I swear by Allah that you have indeed spoken the evil. Do you mean that I should hand over my son to you so that you can kill him and will give me your son in exchange so that I take care of him! I swear by Allah that if I do so, I would be but an evil man.
Thereafter he said:
I would like you to separate the baby-camels from their mother. If the mother camel gets attracted towards the other baby-camels (and not her own ones) then, I shall hand over Muhammad to you.
Sirah ibn hisham page 267


The account of the death of Abu talib however has nothing to do with such deligations:






reported by Sa'id b. Musayyib who narrated it on the authority of his father (Musayyib b. Hazm) that when Abu Talib was about to die, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to him and found with him Abu Jahl ('Amr b. Hisham) and 'Abdullah b. Abi Umayya ibn al-Mughirah. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
My uncle, you just make a profession that there is no god but Allah, and I will bear testimony before Allah (of your being a believer), Abu Jahl and 'Abdullah b. Abi Umayya addressing him said: Abu Talib, would you abandon the religion of 'Abdul-Muttalib? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) constantly requested him (to accept his offer), and (on the other hand) was repeated the same statement (of Abu Jahl and 'Abdullah b. Abi Umayya) till Abu Talib gave his final decision and be stuck to the religion of 'Abdul-Muttalib and refused to profess that there is no god but Allah. Upon this the Messenger of Allah remarked: By Allah, I will persistently beg pardon for you till I am forbidden to do so (by God), It was then that Allah, the Magnificent and the Glorious, revealed this verse: " It is not meet for the Prophet and for those who believe that they should beg pardon for the polytheists, even though they were their kith and kin, after it had been made known to them that they were the denizens of Hell" (ix. 113) And it was said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): " Verily thou canst not guide to the right path whom thou lovest. And it is Allah Who guideth whom He will, and He knoweth best who are the guided" (xxviii, 56)
Saheeh Muslim Book 1 , hadeeth 24


So the writer did not have a clue or simply lied


Third: The writer goes on with his lie to claim that the muslims started to become violent!!!???


An obvous lie since the prophet and his followers never physically initiated any attack nor did the prophet ordered them in the meccan period to fight rather he asked them to have patience , how could they fight if they were mostly slaves and people from the lower class in Mecca!!!:


NarratedKhabbaba:
Icame to the Prophet (ﷺ)while he was leaning against his sheet cloak in the shade of theKa`ba. We were suffering greatly from the pagans in those days. isaid (to him). "Will you invoke Allah (to help us)?" He satdown with a red face and said, "(A believer among) those whowere before you used to be combed with iron combs so that nothing ofhis flesh or nerves would remain on his bones; yet that would nevermake him desert his religion. A saw might be put over the parting ofhis head which would be split into two parts, yet all that wouldnever make him abandon his religion. Allah will surely complete thisreligion (i.e. Islam) so that a traveler from Sana to Hadra-maut willnot be afraid of anybody except Allah." (The sub-narrator,Baiyan added, "Or the wolf, lest it should harm his sheep.")




sahehal bukhary Vol. 5, Book 58, Hadith 191




How could they be causing problems if they themselves were borcotted and surrounded for three years:




.The Quraysh gathered together to confer and decided to draw up a document in which they undertook not to marry women from Banu Hashim and the Banu al Muttalib, or to give them women in marriage, or to sell anything to them or buy anything from them. They drew up a written contract to that effect and solemnly pledged themselves to observe it. They then hung up the document in the interior of the Kaaba to make it even more binding upon themselves. When Quraysh did this, the Banu Hashim and the Banu al-Muttalib joined with 'Abu Talib, went with him to his valley and gathered round him there; but 'Abu Lahab 'Abd al Uzza b. 'Abd al-Muttalib left the Banu Hashim and went with the Quraysh supporting them against 'Abu Talib. This state of affairs continued for two or three years, until the two clans were exhausted, since nothing reached any of them except what was sent secretly by those of the Quraysh who wished to maintain relations with them


Tarikh al-Tabari, Volume 6 page 81


All of this provoked the migration to Abysinia to the court of Al Najashy were The prophet's cousin explaned to The king Al najashy the situation :




O King! We were ignorant people and we lived like wild animals. The strong among us lived by preying upon the weak. We obeyed no law and we acknowledged no authority save that of brute force. We worshipped idols made of stone or wood, and we knew nothing of human dignity. And then God, in His Mercy, sent to us His Messenger who was himself one of us. We knew about his truthfulness and his integrity. His character was exemplary, and he was the most well-born of the Arabs. He invited us toward the worship of One God, and he forbade us to worship idols. He exhorted us to tell the truth, and to protect the weak, the poor, the humble, the widows and the orphans. He ordered us to show respect to women, and never to slander them. We obeyed him and followed his teachings. Most of the people in our country are still polytheists, and they resented our conversion to the new faith which is called Islam. They began to persecute us and it was in order to escape from persecution by them that we sought and found sanctuary in your kingdom.
Sirah ibn hisham , vol 1 page 337




Fourth : the writer suggests that the prophet made a pact with the medina people for war!!!Another one of these unrelied lies, lets see on what grounds did the medians make their pledge to the prophet peace be upon him :
Ka'ab ibn Malik narrated:
We set out for pilgrimage and struck a rendezvous in mid Tashreeq Days. We were accompanied by a celebrity and a notable of ours called ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin Haram, who was still a polytheist. We disclosed to him our intention of meeting Muhammad and exhorted him to join our ranks and give up polytheism lest he should serve as wood for Hell in the Hereafter. He promptly embraced Islam and witnessed the serious meeting at Al-‘Aqabah.
That very night we slept with our people in our camps. After a third of the night had elapsed, we began to leave stealthily and met in a hillock nearby. We were seventy three men and two women Nusaibah bint Ka‘b from the Najjars and Asma’ bint ‘Amr from Bani Salamah. We waited for the Messenger of Allâh Muhammad until he came in the company of his uncle Al-‘Abbas RaziAllahu Anhu bin ‘Abdul Muttalib Alaihis Salaam who (though himself not a Muslim yet) adjured us not to draw his nephew away from the protection of his own kindred unless we were fully prepared to defend him even at the risk of our lives. He was the first to speak:
"O you people of the Khazraj — the Arabs used to call the Ansâr (Helpers) Khazraj, whether from Khazraj or Aws — you all know the position that Muhammad holds among us. We have protected him from our people as much as we could. He is honoured and respected among his people. He refuses to join any party except you. So if you think you can carry out what you promise while inviting him to your town, and if you can defend him against the enemies, then assume the burden that you have taken. But if you are going to surrender him and betray him after having taken him away with you, you had better leave him now because he is respected and well defended in his own place."
Ka‘b replied: "We have heard your words, and now O Messenger of Allâh, it is for you to speak and take from us any pledge that you want regarding your Lord and yourself.


Sirah ibn Hisham vol 1 , page 442












Now lets go back to the writers pile of lies:




MYTH: MUHAMMAD FLED MECCA BECAUSE OF PERSECUTION
Although this sounds harsh against Western standards, its important to note the contrast between the Meccan reaction, and that of Muhammad when he had the opportunity to deal with perceived treachery in Medina at a later date with people who hadn't even harmed anyone.The Meccans limited their deadly aggression to Muhammad himself. This is quite clear from the episode in which Muhammad escapes his home by using his son-in-law Ali to trick his would-be assassins into thinking that they had him trapped. (Ibn Ishaq 326). No harm was done to Ali or his wife, both of whom remained in the city for several days to complete the transfer of Muhammad's family business to Medina.Compare this to the episode of the Banu Qurayza (below), in which Muhammad slaughtered an entire tribe of people based on their leader having switched loyalties in a conflict in which none of them even participated.Muhammad fled Mecca for Medina in 622, marking the beginning of the Muslim calendar.




RESPONSE:


First Ali was not married at that time , this just shows how much lack of information the writer has


Second: Bani Quraytha :


One: Bani Quraytha have betrayed the constitution of Madina which the prophet established with all parties in Madina including the Jews , one of the conditions of the constitution is :


Article 20 :


A Jew, who obeys us( the state) shall enjoys the same right of life protection( as the believers do), so long as they (the believers) are not wronged by him. (the Jews), and he does not help (others) against them


Article 25:


No idolater ( or any non-believer among the clans of Madina) shall give protection for property and life to ( any of the ) Quraysh ( because of their being hostile to the state of Madina) nor shall intervene on his behalf against any believer.


Sirah ibn hisham vol 1 page 501


The article 25 was breached by the side of the Jews of Qurayzah :


the poorphet sent two men to check the validity of the rumor about their betrayel , he sent Sa'ad ibn Muad and Sa'ad ibn ubadah and the jews confirmed it to them . Sirah ibn hisham vol 2 page 222


Then the prophet after the defeat of the pagans in the battle went on to fight the Qurayza tribe for their treturious betrayel .


The prophet layed siege and then they asked from the prophet that there ally in preislamic times , Sa'ad ibn Muad to pass the judgement on them , the prophet agreed to the jews' proposition. Sa'ad ibn muad declared that there men be killed and the women and children be captured as booty . Sirah ibn Hisham vol 2 page 240


They , the jews , have already agreed to the judgement of Sa'ad ibn Mua'd and they were the ones who betrayed and breached the agreement of Madina . Such a judgement was fare. The women and children were kept alive and the those men who converted to Islam. Sirah ibn Hisham vol 2 page 240


But lets stop and see what the bible has to say :


Make ready to slaughter his sons for the guilt of their fathers; Lest they rise and posses the earth, and fill the breadth of the world with tyrants. (Isaiah 14:21 NAB)


"Then I heard the LORD say to the other men, "Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead is not marked. Show no mercy; have no pity! Kill them all – old and young, girls and women and little children. But do not touch anyone with the mark. Begin your task right here at the Temple." So they began by killing the seventy leaders. "Defile the Temple!" the LORD commanded. "Fill its courtyards with the bodies of those you kill! Go!" So they went throughout the city and did as they were told." (Ezekiel 9:5-7 NLT)


"You are my battle-ax and sword," says the LORD. "With you I will shatter nations and destroy many kingdoms. With you I will shatter armies, destroying the horse and rider, the chariot and charioteer. With you I will shatter men and women, old people and children, young men and maidens. With you I will shatter shepherds and flocks, farmers and oxen, captains and rulers. "As you watch, I will repay Babylon and the people of Babylonia for all the wrong they have done to my people in Jerusalem," says the LORD. "Look, O mighty mountain, destroyer of the earth! I am your enemy," says the LORD. "I will raise my fist against you, to roll you down from the heights. When I am finished, you will be nothing but a heap of rubble. You will be desolate forever. Even your stones will never again be used for building. You will be completely wiped out," says the LORD. (Jeremiah 51:20-26)


Rape and Kill women and Babies in the name of God!!!!!! show no compasion!!!!:


Anyone who is captured will be run through with a sword. Their little children will be dashed to death right before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked and their wives raped by the attacking hordes. For I will stir up the Medes against Babylon, and no amount of silver or gold will buy them off. The attacking armies will shoot down the young people with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for the children. (Isaiah 13:15-18 NLT)




Kill everything even infants!!!!:


This is what the Lord of hosts has to say: 'I will punish what Amalek did to Israel when he barred his way as he was coming up from Egypt. Go, now, attack Amalek, and deal with him and all that he has under the ban. Do not spare him, but kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and asses.' (1 Samuel 15:2-3 NAB)


But the territory of the Danites was too small for them; so the Danites marched up and attacked Leshem, which they captured and put to the sword. Once they had taken possession of Lesham, they renamed the settlement after their ancestor Dan. (Joshua 19:47 NAB)


Kill , Kill and Kill till you wipe out the entire population of the city !!!!!!:


Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Point your spear toward Ai, for I will give you the city." Joshua did as he was commanded. As soon as Joshua gave the signal, the men in ambush jumped up and poured into the city. They quickly captured it and set it on fire. When the men of Ai looked behind them, smoke from the city was filling the sky, and they had nowhere to go. For the Israelites who had fled in the direction of the wilderness now turned on their pursuers. When Joshua and the other Israelites saw that the ambush had succeeded and that smoke was rising from the city, they turned and attacked the men of Ai. Then the Israelites who were inside the city came out and started killing the enemy from the rear. So the men of Ai were caught in a trap, and all of them died. Not a single person survived or escaped. Only the king of Ai was taken alive and brought to Joshua.
When the Israelite army finished killing all the men outside the city, they went back and finished off everyone inside. So the entire population of Ai was wiped out that day – twelve thousand in all. For Joshua kept holding out his spear until everyone who had lived in Ai was completely destroyed. Only the cattle and the treasures of the city were not destroyed, for the Israelites kept these for themselves, as the LORD had commanded Joshua. So Ai became a permanent mound of ruins, desolate to this very day. Joshua hung the king of Ai on a tree and left him there until evening. At sunset the Israelites took down the body and threw it in front of the city gate. They piled a great heap of stones over him that can still be seen today. (Joshua 8:19-29 NLT)


Destroy Jericho do not leave anyone alive!!!!:


When the people heard the sound of the horns, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly, the walls of Jericho collapsed, and the Israelites charged straight into the city from every side and captured it. They completely destroyed everything in it – men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, donkeys – everything. (Joshua 6:20-21 NLT)




The men of Israel withdrew through the territory of the Benjaminites, putting to the sword the inhabitants of the city, the livestock, and all they chanced upon. Moreover they destroyed by fire all the cities they came upon. (Judges 20:48 NAB)


Then, with Micah's idols and his priest, the men of Dan came to the town of Laish, whose people were peaceful and secure. They attacked and killed all the people and burned the town to the ground. There was no one to rescue the residents of the town, for they lived a great distance from Sidon and had no allies nearby. This happened in the valley near Beth-rehob.Then the people of the tribe of Dan rebuilt the town and lived there. They renamed the town Dan after their ancestor, Israel's son, but it had originally been called Laish. (Judges 18:27-29 NLT)


But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. Luke 19: 27


Usually christians say that this passage is spiritual rather than literal , but what those naive christians don't know is that they do not know that this in fact is a metaphore which is used to refer to the punishment of the jews who do not accept Jesus :


Verse 27. - But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. An obvious reference to the Lord's dealings with the chosen people, and an unmistakable reference to the awful ruin and disaster which was so soon to overwhelm the city and temple and the whole nationality. But behind this temporal reference there looms in the background the vast shadow of a terrible eternal doom reserved for the enemies of the Redeemer. Godet has a beautiful and suggestive note on the signification of the ten and five cities, the reward of the faithful toiler here. "They," the "cities," "represent mortal beings in a lower state of development, but whom the glorified faithful are commissioned to raise to their Divine destination."
Source : pulpit cpmmentary


This shows the pther face of christians , the one involved with killing and hipocracy different than the “love your enemies” face which they usually try to trick people with


It is evident that the bible sees no trouble in killing innocents and women and children even infant babies!!! while that is prohibited in Islam :


It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah that a woman was found killed in one of the battles fought by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He disapproved of the killing of women and children.
Source Saheeh Muslim :
Book 19, Hadith 4319

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.


Sunan Abu Dawud , Hadeeth 4404


In fact the moral which the prophet gave hsi commanders before going to war contained the prohibitation of killing innocent women and children :


t has been reported from Sulaiman b. Buraid through his father that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) appointed anyone as leader of an army or detachment he would especially exhort him to fear Allah and to be good to the Muslims who were with him. He would say:
Fight in the name of Allah and in the way of Allah. Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy war, do not embezzle the spoils; do not break your pledge; and do not mutilate (the dead) bodies; do not kill the children. When you meet your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to three courses of action. If they respond to any one of these, you also accept it and withold yourself from doing them any harm. Invite them to (accept) Islam; if they respond to you, accept it from them and desist from fighting against them. Then invite them to migrate from their lands to the land of Muhairs and inform them that, if they do so, they shall have all the privileges and obligations of the Muhajirs. If they refuse to migrate, tell them that they will have the status of Bedouin Muilims and will be subjected to the Commands of Allah like other Muslims, but they will not get any share from the spoils of war or Fai' except when they actually fight with the Muslims (against the disbelievers). If they refuse to accept Islam, demand from them the Jizya. If they agree to pay, accept it from them and hold off your hands. If they refuse to pay the tax, seek Allah's help and fight them. When you lay siege to a fort and the besieged appeal to you for protection in the name of Allah and His Prophet, do not accord to them the guarantee of Allah and His Prophet, but accord to them your own guarantee and the guarantee of your companions for it is a lesser sin that the security given by you or your companions be disregarded than that the security granted in the name of Allah and His Prophet be violated When you besiege a fort and the besieged want you to let them out in accordance with Allah's Command, do not let them come out in accordance with His Command, but do so at your (own) command, for you do not know whether or not you will be able to carry out Allah's behest with regard to them.


Saheeh Muslim , Book 19, Hadeeth 4294

Islam prohibits the murder of young children and women unlike the bible.