Saturday, March 12, 2011

Peace And The Last Prophet



When Prophet Muhammad started propagating Islam, staying at Mecca for Muslims was difficult. He suggested them to migrate to Ethopia then later to Medina to avert fellow Arab’s cruelties and to save their lives and religion. He also joined them later. Prophet made an accord with Medina Jews, fought defensive wars with Meccans and Jews, made a historical Hudaibiya compromise deed with his Meccan enemies and gained exemplary bloodless entry into Mecca in 8th Hegira year.
Addressing the largest public gathering in his last historic Haj pilgrimage, Prophet Muhammad said: ‘I can imagine that I shall see you all gathered here, never again.’ He gave many important orders and told them to quit evils and bad customs of past illiteracy era. He said: ‘Oh my people! I trample every bad thing of past illiteracy era under my foot. Likewise he ordered to abandon self-made bad practices, family pride, economic and racial discriminations. He spoke: ‘Oh listeners! Undoubtedly your creator is one and your father is one, of course, listen to me! No Arabic upon any non-Arabic, no red on any black and no black upon any red bears any supremacy but for restraint and good deeds.
In Islamic history books, one is unable to find a single piece of evidence, Prophet permitting anybody to kill a Muslim in war or in piece.
Abusing Muslim is a sin and killing him is infidelity Kufr for someone who believes it is permitted in Islam.
Inviting Bani Jazima tribe for Islam during war, what Khalid bin Walid, a companion of Prophet spoke or did with them, is enough to take a lesion: When Khalid got close with the tribe he asked them: Who are you, a Muslim or disbeliever? They answered: we are Muslims, perform prayers, testify Prophet Mohammad, have Mosques, where we give a call for prayer.
But they failed to project what they really meant, they failed to explain that they had accepted Islam instead they said that they had changes their religion. Khalid asked back: Why are you taking arms with you? They replied that they had enmity with some Arab tribals. They sensed a danger assuming them to belong to the same, that is why they were armed. Khalid ordered them to disarm, they obeyed him. He ordered his men to take them into custody and to kill them the next morning. This was a decision taken in hurry. When this news broke to Prophet, he prayed twice addressing Allah: Oh Allah! I express my acquittal in Thy court for what Khalid had done.
An other companion of The Prophet, Osama bin Zaid has been reported to describe in famous Hadis book Bukhari: ‘Prophet of Allah ordered us to march for Harqa, we reached there in morning and defeated them all. I and another companion followed an enemy, when we overpowered him he uttered: ‘There is no God but Allah’. The companion stopped but I killed him with a spear. On reporting back to Prophet, he reacted painfully: Oh Osama! Why did you kill him after he testified that there is no God but Allah? I answered ‘Oh Prophet of Allah! He was uttering so for reason to save his life’. The Prophet kept on repeating this. I wished I would not accept Islam until this moment passed away’.
Another report says that the Prophet of Allah told: ‘Why did not you open his heart to know he was truthful or lying?’ Osama bin Zaid concluded: ‘I shall never kill a person who testifies there is no God but Allah.’
Killing disbeliever Kafir, except in war, is condemnable act, and is put in class of ‘worst forbidden acts’ and the killer if be a Muslim shall have to give full compensation asked by the next of the kin of the murdered person.
A great fourth century Arabian Sufi Ghazali writes in his famous book ‘Revelation of Heart Makashifat-ul-Qulub’: ‘once Prophet Mohammad addressed his companions, who were returning from a military jihad: ‘Welcome! Now you have turned up from minor jihad to a major one’. They asked: ‘Oh prophet of Allah! What is a major jihad?’ The Prophet answered back: ‘Jihad with your inner-selves is a major jihad.’- what a strong answer to Al-Qaida and Taliban.


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