lovepeaceandpray: Muhammad in the Holy Bible..

lovepeaceandpray: Muhammad in the Holy Bible..: Muhammad may blessings and Peace of Allah upon him in the Holy Bible........ . http://www.alislam.org/books/in-bible/index.html ا...

Muhammad in the Holy Bible..

Muhammad may blessings and Peace of Allah upon him in the Holy Bible........

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اللھم صل علی محمد و علی ال محمد کما صلیت علی ابراھیم و علی ال ابراھیم انک حمید مجید

اللھم بارک علی محمد و علی ال محمد کما بارکت علی ابراھیم و علی ال ابراھیم انک حمید مجید

Prophet Muhammad s.a.w Freer of Slaves

let me be honoured with presenting another beautiful part of the life of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w

and that is:

Prophet Muhammad s.a.w Freer of Slaves

He will always be known as the savior of the slaves. He made such rules so no slave could always  be slave. He made sure that every slave get his rights (actually there were no rights for slaves in that time they were treated as animals, he made rules for them and made sure that they are being applied, for example he said: do not put upon your slaves beyond their strength and if you do so than help them out yourself. etc) and respectful place in the society, in result they were freed, not freed only but most of them got high status in the society, some of them got wealthy, some of them led Muslim troops in battles  some of them became scholars in “Fiqqah” some of them became scholars in “Hadith” some of them became scholars in “Tasawwuff” etc.
Hazrat Zaid bin Harisa r.a was a slave, got freed and went on to led the Muslim troops while likes of Khalid bin waleed were also there.
Hazrat Salim bin Ma’qal r.a was a slave, was freed and became one of those four companions of whom Prophet Muhammad s.a.w said If you want to learn Qura’an, learn from them.
Among them is Muhammad bin seerin r.a he became a well known scholar in “Hadith” and “Fiqqah”
Among them is Muhammad bin Ishaaq r.a he became a great scholar in “History” and is a appreciated by masters in “history”. Etc

All of this is the result of the planning and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w . and this shows  his mental approach. He truly was the FREER OF SLAVES. May peace and blessings of Allah always be on him.

Karen Armstrong an Orientalist cant stop herself from praising Prophet Muhammad s.a.w

     Karen Armstrong an Orientalist cant stop herself from praising Prophet Muhammad s.a.w

She says:

     "In Mecca he was known as Al-Amin, the reliable one: all his life he had the ability to inspire confidence in others. He had grown up to be good-looking, with a compact, solid body of about average height. His hair and beard were thick and curly and he had a luminous expression which was particularly striking and is mentioned by in all sources. He had a decisive and whole-hearted character, which made him give his full attention to whatever he was doing, and this was also expressed in his physical bearing. Thus he never looked over his shoulder, even if his mantle were caught on a thorny bush....
     If he turned to speak to somebody, he never inclined partially towards them but would turn his whole body -and address him full face. When he shook hands, he was never the one to withdraw his own first."

                                                       (Muhammad A biography of Prophet by Karen Armstrong page 78-79)

even Orientalists find it an honour to be some how connected with prophet Muhammad s.a.w

famous author biographer D.S. Margoliouth considers it an honour even to write upon Prophet s.a.w "The biographers of the Prophet Mohammad from a long series which it is impossible to end but it would be honourable to find a place." 

(Mohammed and the rise of Islam by D.S. Margoliouth page 1)

THE PROPHET'S s.a PRECEPTS ABOUT WAR

"THE PROPHET'S

s.a

PRECEPTS ABOUT 

WAR

Muslim teaching, however, does not consist only of precepts laid down in the Qur’an. It also includes the precepts and example of the Prophet s.a
. What he did or what he taught in concrete situations is also an essential part of the Islamic teaching. We append here some sayings of the Prophet s.a on the subject of war and peace.

(i) Muslims are forbidden altogether to 

mutilate the dead (Muslim). 

(ii) Muslims are forbidden to resort to 

cheating (Muslim). 

(iii) Children are not to be killed, nor women 

(Muslim). (iv) Priests and religious functionaries and 

religious leaders are not to be interfered with 

(Tahavi). 

(v) The old and decrepit and women and 

children are not to be killed. The possibility of 

peace should always be kept in view (Abu

Dawud). 

(vi) When Muslims enter enemy territory, 

they should not strike terror into the general 

population. They should permit no ill-

treatment of common folk (Muslim). 

(vii) A Muslim army should not camp in a 

place where it causes inconvenience to the 

general public. When it marches it should take 

care not to block the road nor cause 

discomfort to other wayfarers. 

(viii) No disfigurement of face is to be 

permitted (Bukhari and Muslim). 

(ix) The least possible losses should be 

inflicted upon the enemy (Abu Dawud). 

(x) When prisoners of war are put under 

guard, those closely related should be placed 

together (Abu Dawud). 

(xi) Prisoners should live in comfort. 

Muslims should care more for the comfort of 

their prisoners than for their own (Tirmidhi). 

(xii) Emissaries and delegates from other 

countries should be held in great respect. Any 

mistakes or discourtesies they commit should 

be ignored (Abu Dawud, Kitab al jihad).

 (xiii) If a Muslim commits the sin of ill-

treating a prisoner of war, atonement is to be 

made by releasing the prisoner without ransom. 

(xiv) When a Muslim takes charge of a 

prisoner of war, the latter is to be fed and 

clothed in the same way as the Muslim himself 

(Bukhari). 

The Holy Prophet s.a was so insistent on 

these rules for a fighting army that he declared 

that whoever did not observe these rules, 

would fight not for God but for his own mean 

self (Abu Dawud). 

Abu Bakrra  the First Khalifa of Islam, 

supplemented these commands of the Prophet s.a

by some of his own. One of these commands appended here also constitutes 

part of the Muslim teaching: 

(xv) Public buildings and fruit-bearing trees 

(and food crops) are not to be damaged 

(Mu’atta). 

From the sayings of the Prophet s.a and the commands of the First Khalifa of Islam it is 

evident that Islam has instituted steps which have the effect of preventing or stopping a war or reducing its evil. As we have said before, the principles which Islam teaches are not pious
precepts only; they have their practical illustration in the example of the Prophet s.a and the early Khalifas of Islam. As all the world knows, the Prophet s.a not only taught these principles; he practised them and insisted on their observance. Turning to our own time we must say that no other teaching seems able to solve the problem of war and peace. The teaching of Moses a.s
is far from our conceptions of justice and fair-play. Nor is it possible to act upon that teaching today. The teaching of Jesus a.s is impracticable and has ever been so. Never in their history have Christians tried to put this teaching into practice. Only the teaching of Islam is practicable; one which has been both preached and practised by its exponents, and the practice of which can create and maintain peace in the world.
In our time, Mr. Gandhi apparently taught that even when war is forced on us we should not go to war. We should not fight. But this teaching has not been put into practice at any time in the history of the world. It has never been put in the crucible and tested. It is impossible, therefore, to say what value this teaching may have in terms of war and peace. Mr. Gandhi lived long enough to see the Indian Congress attain to political independence. Yet the Congress Government has not disbanded either the army or the other armed forces of India. It is only making plans for their
Indianization. It also has plans for the reinstatement of those Indian officers who constituted themselves into the Indian  National Army (and who were dismissed by the British authorities) during the Japanese attack on Burma and India in the last stages of the recent World War. Mr. Gandhi has himself, on many occasions, raised his voice in extenuation of crimes of violence, and urged the release of those who committed such crimes. This shows at least that Mr. Gandhi's
teaching cannot be put into practice and that Mr. Gandhi knows it as well as all his followers. No practical example at least has been offered to show the world how non-violence can be applied when armed disputes arise between nation and nation and State and State, or how non-violence can prevent or stop a war. To preach a method of stopping wars, but never to be able to afford a practical illustration of that method indicates that the method is impracticable. It would, therefore,
seem that human experience and human wisdom point to only one method of preventing or stopping war; and that method was taught and practised by the Prophet s.a of Islam." 

(Life of Muhammad a.s by Hazrat Mirza Bashir ud din Mahmood Ahmad page 182 to 186)

TEACHINGS OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY ABOUT WAR

"TEACHINGS OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY ABOUT WAR 

The teaching of the Old Testament.......... Moses a.s is commanded to enter the land of Canaan by force, to defeat its population and to settle his own people in it (Deut.  20: 10-18). In spite of this teaching in the Book of Moses as , and in spite of its reinforcement by practical example of the Prophets Joshua a.s, David as and others, Jews and Christians continue to hold their Prophets in reverence and to regard their books as the Books of God. At the end of the Mosaic tradition, we had Jesus a.s who taught; But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also (Matthew 5: 39). Christians have often cited this teaching of Jesus a.s and argued that Jesus a.s preached against war. But in the New Testament, we have passages which purport to teach quite the opposite. One passage, for instance, says: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword (Matthew 10: 34). And another passage says:Then said he unto them. But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one (Luke 22: 36). Of the three verses the last two contradict the first. If Jesus as came for war, why did he teach about turning the other cheek? It seems we have either to admit a contradiction in the New Testament, or we have to explain one of the contradictory teachings in a suitable manner. We are not concerned here with the question whether turning the other cheek can ever be practicable. We are concerned only to point out that, throughout their long history, no Christian people have ever hesitated to make war. When Christians first attained to power in Rome, they took part in wars both defensive and aggressive. They are dominant powers in the world today, and they continue to take part in wars both defensive and aggressive. Only now the side which wins is canonized by the rest of the Christian world. Their victory is said to be the victory of Christian civilization. Christian civilization has come to mean whatever tends to be dominant and successful. When two Christian powers go to war, each claims to be the protector of Christian ideals. The power which wins is canonized as the true Christian power. It is true, however, that from the time of Jesus as to our time, Christendom has been involved—and indications are that it will continue to remain involved—in war. The practical verdict of the
Christian peoples, therefore, is that war is the
real teaching of the New Testament, and that
turning the other cheek was either an
opportunist teaching dictated by the
helplessness of early Christians, or it is meant
to apply only to individuals, not to States and
peoples.
Secondly, even if we assume that Jesus a.s
taught peace and not war, it does not follow
that those who do not act upon this teaching
are not holy and honoured. For Christendom
has ever revered exponents of war such as
Moses a.s, Joshua
asand David a.s
. Not only this,
the Church itself has canonized national
heroes who suffered in wars. They were made
saints by the Popes. "

(Life of Muhammad s.w by hazrat Mirza Bashir ud din Mahmood Ahmad page 168 to 170)