Quran's STUNNING Divine Miracles: [1] Allah Almighty also promised in several Divine Prophecies that He will show the Glorious Quran's Miracles to mankind: 1- The root letters for "message" and all of its derivatives occur 513 times throughout the Glorious Quran. Yet, all Praise and Glory are due to Allah Almighty Alone, the Prophets' and Messengers' actual names (Muhammad, Moses, Noah, Abraham, Lot etc....) were also all mentioned 513 times in the Glorious Quran. The detailed breakdown of all of this is thoroughly listed here. This Miracle is covered in 100s (hundreds) of Noble Verses.2- Allah Almighty said that Prophet Noah lived for 950 years. Yet, all Praise and Glory are due to Allah Almighty Alone, the entire Noble Surah (chapter Noah) is exactly written in 950 Letters. You can thoroughly see the accurate count in the scanned images.Coincidence? See 1,000s of examples [1]. Quran's Stunning Numerical & Scientific Miracles. |
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9/11: The biggest lie in history!
Watch these videos from White-Americans (not Arab-Muslims) proving that the Pentagon bombing was done by a Global Hawk drone! No bodies and no airplane-debris were found! Also, no noise was either recorded or detected by any ordinary person!
Listen to my, Osama Abdallah's, AUDIO rebuttal to Christian_Prince regarding this subject.
Most of the Hadiths (Sayings of Prophet Muhammad) I used came from this article.
Also, this article inspired me, Osama Abdallah, to generate the AUDIO rebuttal above.
The Prophet Prohibited The Killing of Women and Children: But What About Those Night Raids?
This article will be divided into three sections:
1) The Prophet Prohibited the Killing of Women and Children
2) The Prophet made some exceptions to the Killing of Women and Children
3) Killing of Women and Children According to the Bible
The Prophet Prohibited the Killing of Women and Children
There are so much hadith where the Prophet condemned the killing of innocent women and children during time of war that it is impossible to deny them.
Saheeh Bukhari
Volume 004, Book 052, Hadith Number
257.
Narrated By 'Abdullah : During some of the
Ghazawat of the Prophet a woman was found killed. Allah's Apostle disapproved the killing of women and children.
Volume 004, Book 052, Hadith Number
258.
Narrated By Ibn 'Umar : During some of the
Ghazawat of Allah's Apostle a woman was found killed, so Allah's Apostle forbade the killing of women and children.
Saheeh Muslim
Book 019, Hadith Number 4319.
Chapter : Prohibition of killing women
and children in war.
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 (may peace be upon him). He disapproved of the killing
of women and children.
Book 019, Hadith Number 4320.
Chapter : Prohibition of killing women
and children in war.
It is narrated by Ibn 'Umar that a woman was found killed in one of these battles; so the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) forbade the killing of women and children.
Sunan Abu Dawood
Book 008, Hadith Number 2663.
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Chapter : Not known.
Narated By Rabah ibn Rabi' : When we were with the Apostle of Allah (pbuh) on an
expedition, he saw some people collected together over something and sent a man and said:
See, what are these people collected around? He then came and said: They are round a woman
who has been killed. He said: This is not one with whom fighting should have taken place.
Khalid ibn al-Walid was in charge of the van; so he sent a man and said: Tell
Khalid not to kill a woman or a hired servant.
Maliks Muwatta
Book 021, Hadith Number 008.
Section : Prohibition against Killing
Women and Children in Military Expeditions.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn
Shihab that a son of Kab ibn Malik (Malik believed that ibn Shihab said it was Abd
ar-Rahman ibn Kab) said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, forbade those who fought ibn Abi Huqayq (a treacherous jew from Madina) to kill
women and children. He said that one of the men fighting had
said, 'The wife of ibn Abi Huqayq began screaming and I repeatedly raised my sword against
her. Then I would remember the prohibition of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, so I would stop. Had it not been for that, we would have been rid of
her.'"
Book 021, Hadith Number 009.
Section : Prohibition against Killing
Women and Children in Military Expeditions.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi
from Ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saw
the corpse of a woman who had been slain in one of the raids, and he disapproved of it and forbade the killing of women and children.
Book 021, Hadith Number 010.
Section : Prohibition against Killing Women and Children in Military Expeditions.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya
ibn Said that Abu Bakr as-Siddiq was sending armies to ash-Sham. He went for a walk with
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan who was the commander of one of the battalions. It is claimed that
Yazid said to Abu Bakr, "Will you ride or shall I get down?" Abu Bakrsaid,
"I will not ride and you will not get down. I intend these steps of mine to be in the
way of Allah."
Then Abu Bakr advised Yazid, "You
will find a people who claim to have totally given themselves to Allah. Leave them to what
they claim to have given themselves. You will find a people who have shaved the middle of
their heads, strike what they have shaved with the sword.
"I advise you ten things| Do not kill women or children or an aged, infirm person. Do not cut down
fruit-bearing trees. Do not destroy an inhabited place. Do not slaughter sheep or camels
except for food. Do not burn bees and do not scatter them. Do not steal from the booty,
and do not be cowardly."
The Prophet made some exceptions to the Killing of Women and Children
Saheeh Bukhari
Volumn 004, Book 052, Hadith Number 256.
Narated By As-Sab bin Jaththama : The Prophet passed by me at a place called Al-Abwa or
Waddan, and was asked whether it was permissible to attack the pagan warriors at night
with the probability of exposing their women and children to danger. The Prophet replied,
"They (i.e. women and children) are from them (i.e. pagans)." I also heard the
Prophet saying, "The institution of Hima is invalid except for Allah and His
Apostle."
Saheeh Muslim
Book 019, Hadith Number 4321.
Chapter : Permissibility of killing women and children in the night raids, provided it is
not deliberate.
It is reported on the authority of Sa'b b. Jaththama that the Prophet of Allah (may peace
be upon him), when asked about the women and children of the polytheists being killed
during the night raid, said: They are from them.
There are many possible meanings for these Hadith. I was kind of surprised when I read it at first. But we don’t know the EXACT situation or what the Prophet truly meant. Maybe, maybe THOSE particular women and children were planning to fight against the Muslims with the enemy.
Maybe the Muslim army just could not have blown this chance to attack the enemy that they still had to attack them no matter at what cost in order to stop the risk of more blood shed (do a little bad for the greater good).
The very fact that the companions of the Prophet asked the Prophet's permission shows that the Prophet used to be strict regarding his prohibition on the killing of women and children. However, when a situation arises and there is no choice, things could get ugly. The Prophet even forbade the cutting down of palm trees in war, however during the siege of Banu Nadir the Prophet had to make an exception. So exceptions do arise unfortunately.
Imam Ibn Hajar Al Asaqalani says in Fath Al- Baari that the point is not to target the women and children intentionally but if there is absolutely no other way to kill the enemy than by injuring the women and children because they are mixed with the men then there is no other choice. (Source: http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=0&Rec=4747)
Another possibility is that the hadith has been abrogated and that even if women and children accompany the enemy during war then they still should not be killed. (See http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=0&Rec=4747 for the evidence)
Imam Nawawi says in his tafseer of Saheeh Muslim that women and children are only killed only if they cannot be distinguished. But because it was so dark and they could not be distinguished, the Muslims had not choice. (Source: http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=1&Rec=4215)
The tafseer of Abu Dawud says the same thing here (Source: http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=4&Rec=3291)
Killing of Women and Children According to the Bible
If Muslims ever get any trouble from a Christian that says Islam advocates for the killing of innocent women and children then give him a taste of his own Bible.
1 Samuel 15:2,3
2 This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt.3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy [a] everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.' "
Numbers 31:17,18
17 Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man,18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.
Deuteronomy 20:16
16 However, in the cities of the nations the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.
Islam and the Noble Quran - Questions and Answers.
The Prophet prohibited the killing of women and children. (By Karim)
Prophet Muhammad's, peace be upon him, section.
The Laws of War, treatment of Captives, and prohibition of killing innocents in Islam.
Brother Bassam Zawadi's section.
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Quran's STUNNING Divine Miracles: [1] Allah Almighty also promised in several Divine Prophecies that He will show the Glorious Quran's Miracles to mankind: 1- The root letters for "message" and all of its derivatives occur 513 times throughout the Glorious Quran. Yet, all Praise and Glory are due to Allah Almighty Alone, the Prophets' and Messengers' actual names (Muhammad, Moses, Noah, Abraham, Lot etc....) were also all mentioned 513 times in the Glorious Quran. The detailed breakdown of all of this is thoroughly listed here. This Miracle is covered in 100s (hundreds) of Noble Verses.2- Allah Almighty said that Prophet Noah lived for 950 years. Yet, all Praise and Glory are due to Allah Almighty Alone, the entire Noble Surah (chapter Noah) is exactly written in 950 Letters. You can thoroughly see the accurate count in the scanned images.Coincidence? See 1,000s of examples [1]. Quran's Stunning Numerical & Scientific Miracles. |