Wednesday 30 November 2011

9 Questions for traditional muslims

Peace to the world,

This post is meant to raise questions for your inner self. Not for the person that others know as "you". But for the person that you and God alone knows as "you". The true "you", your inner self. I would assume that you can read, if not write aswell.

Imagine a room inside which you can find instructions that will give you eternal success. Imagine that the room is known as a miracle of God. Imagine that the informations in that room are given by God Himself and is preserved by Him for you. Imagine God giving you not only permission to enter, but an invitation to enter the room.

Now Imagine that only few people that you consider as "smart" go inside the room to see the instructions. When these people come out of the room, they claim to have recieved the instructions. However, they dont agree between each other on details of the instructions.

  1. If you have never been to the room yourself, can you honestly say who among the ones that entered the room is correct ?
  2. You can always have faith in one of the people that go to that room, BUT, is faith in that person the same as faith in God ?
  3. If your reason for having faith in your favourtie person that visited the room is that the person is very knowledgeable, do you not know that scientists like Isaac Newton was Christian, Albert Einstein was agnostic Jew and Stephen Hawking does not believe in God ? What does this tell you about blind faith on smart people to understand what God kept in that room ?
  4. If smart people are correct in their opinion, why do many of their opinions go against each other ?
  5. If having different opinions is not a big deal, why can't "you" have your own opinion ?
  6. You can't have your opinion because you are not "as smart as those few people that enter the room" ?
  7. If it is guaranteed that their opinion is better than yours, why would God give you permission with an invitation to that room ?
  8. Did God mistakenly give you the permission and invitation to the room ?
  9. Or did you make the mistake of not accepting the invitation and putting your faith in a human being instead of God ?
The room that we are talking about in this post is the kitaab(book) from God. Muslims know this book as Al-Qur'an.  God detailed His book and invited you to read and learn it. God asked you to spread the message. Think about what your trusted people told you about what is inside the Qur'an.. Ask your self these 9 questions . Are you really on the Straight Path of God ? or you risk your life following a human being who can be wrong ? Do you want to simply repeat what you hear from them instead of checking God's message yourself ? Just because alot of people do that ? Just because your family taught you that ?

"And if they are told: "Follow what God has sent down," they say: "No, we will follow what we found our fathers doing!" What if their fathers did not comprehend anything and were not guided? And the example of those who disbelieve is like one who repeats what he has heard of calls and cries; deaf, dumb, and blind, they do not comprehend."
[Qur'an 2:170-171]


May God increase you in knowledge and open your eyes so that you be guided to success in this life and the next.

Peace be on you
-------------------- Student of Allah


Thursday 10 November 2011

Misquoting God: Take what Muhammad gives you and abstain from what he forbids.

PEACE TO THE WORLD,

In this post, we will look into a classic example of misquoting God. Ever heard from the sheikhs/scholars/imams that Allah commanded us to take whatever Muhammad gives and stay away from whatever Muhammad forbids ? This has been used to justify their injection of man made pagan laws into Islam in the name of God and His messenger. These people claim to be scholars, yet, the ayaat that they quote is not even quoted by them fully. Let us look at the ayaat with context and see why Allah found it necessary all of a sudden to share His Godhood with Muhammad:

The way these scholars present the ayaat:

"And you may take what the messenger gives you, but do not take what he prohibits you from taking."
[Qur'an 59:7]


My view:

Allah never asked you to take whatever Muhammad gives you in the sense that you are supposed to take whatever God gives you. This ayaat is about the fair and just distribution of war booty among both rich and poor people who are needy. These scholars/imams not only misquote, they dont even provide you the full ayaat for God's sake. Let me provide you the full picture:

"Glorifying God is everything in the heavens and the earth; and He is the Noble, the Wise. He is the One who drove out those who disbelieved among the people of the Book from their homes at the very first mobilization. You never thought that they would leave, and they thought that their fortresses would protect them from God. But then God came to them from where they did not expect, and He cast terror into their hearts. They destroyed their homes with their own hands and the hands of the believers. So learn from this, O you who possess vision. And had God not decreed to banish them He would have punished them in this world; and in the Hereafter they will face the retribution of the Fire. This is because they challenged God and His messenger. And whoever challenges God, then God is severe in punishment. Whether you cut down a tree or left it standing on its root, it was with the permission of God. He will surely humiliate the wicked. And what God provided to His messenger, without you having to battle for it on horses or on foot, was because God sends His emissaries against whoever He wills. And God is capable of all things. Whatever God bestowed upon His messenger from the people of the towns, then it shall be to God and His messenger, and the relatives, and the orphans, and the poor, and the wayfarer. Thus, it will not remain monopolized by the rich among you. And you may take what the messenger gives you, but do not take what he prohibits you from taking. And be aware of God, for God is mighty in retribution. For the immigrants who are poor and were driven out of their homes and deprived of their properties; they were seeking a grace from God and acceptance, and they supported God and His messenger; these are the truthful ones. And those who provided them with shelter, and were believers before them; they love those who immigrated to them, and they find no hesitation in their hearts in helping them, and they readily give them priority over themselves, even when they themselves need what they give away. Indeed, those who overcome their desires are the successful ones. And those who came after them saying: �Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us to the faith, and do not place in our hearts any animosity towards those who believed. Our Lord, You are Compassionate, Merciful.       
[Qur'an 59:1-10 ]

So, we see in context that it was never about taking what the messenger gives you in a Godly sense. In context, we are detailed by God in His kitaab(book) that there were people who supported the messenger with all they had, there were needy people. The booty of the war will be monopolized by the rich and powerful, which is not the system of Allah as shown in the above ayaats. Allah wants to make sure that the resources gained do reach the ones in real need. So the order was given that Muhammad will honestly distribute it to the real needy.

It shocks me as to how many traditional muslims are misquoted this ayaat by their imams/scholars/sheikhs. Seriously, does this not open your eyes to the hypocrisy and evil that your sheikhs preach while they know they are lying ? It is amazing how they quote only part of a single ayaat where the ayaat is totally binded with the surrounding. How can they twist their tongues with the book of God to promote their lies ? Here is what Allah says about them:

"And from among them is a group who twist their tongues with the Book so that you may think it is from the Book, while it is not from the Book, and they say it is from God while it is not from God, and they say about God lies while they know."
[Qur'an 3:78]


PEACE
--------------------------------- Student of Allah  

Do you need hadith because Qur'an lacks details and examples ?

PEACE TO THE WORLD,

This Student of Allah would like to make clear the issues of this post. It is well known in the traditional islamic zone that we need hadiths to explain Qur'an. One of the biggest reason quoted by the scholars/sheikhs/imams is that the Qur'an lacks in clarity and details. So, hadiths are used to explain the Qur'an. As for me, the common sense approach stops anything unprotected by God to be used to explain the Qur'an. If you cant explain the Qur'an using the Qur'an, it is very doubtful in my view. That is too dishonest a thing to do. But today, we will let the Qur'an speak about itself. After all, if God wrote a book, wouldn't He be smart enough to make it sufficient for you ? Lets look at what God had to say on the issue:

"Alif Laam Mim, a kitaab(book) whose ayaats (verses/signs) are perfected and explained in detail- from One Who is wise, informed"
[Qur'an 11:01]

"....We have detailed the ayaats for people who remember."
[Qur'an 06:126]

"And We had certainly brought them a kitaab(book) which We detailed by knowledge - as guidance and mercy to a people who believe."
[Qur'an 07:52]

"Know that Allah revives the earth/land after it had died. We have made clear Our ayaats (verses/signs) for you, that you may understand."
[Qur'an 57:17]

"This Qur'an could not have been produced without Allah; but it is a confirmation for what was before it, and to give details of the kitaab in which there is no doubt, from the Lord of the worlds."
[ Qur'an 10:37]

"And when Our clear ayaats were recited to them, those who do not wish to meet us said: 'Bring a Qur'an other than this, or change it !!' Say:' It is not for me to change it of my own accord, I simply follow what is inspired to me. I fear, if I disobeyed my Lord, the retribution of a great day !' "
[Qur'an 10:15]

So we see that God Himself perfected and detailed the kitaab with His knowledge. However, there are people who wants to change it or use some other kitaab (example: Bukhari/Abu dawood/etc). Let us look further into what God had to say:

"Ha mim. A revelation from the Almighty, the Merciful. A kitaab(book) whose ayaats are detailed, an Arabic Qur'an for a people who know. A bearer of good news, and a warner. But most of them turn away; they do not hear."
[Qur'an 41:01-04]

"Thus We have sent down clear ayaats and Allah guides whoever He wishes."
[ Qur'an 22:16]

"In their stories is a lesson for those who possess intelligence. It is not a narration tha has been invented, but an authentication of the existing, and a detail explanation of all things, and a guidance and a mercy for people those who believe."
[Qur'an 12:111]

"And the Day We send to every nation a witness against them from themselves, and We have brought you as a witness against these. and We have sent down to you the Book as a clarification for all things, and a guidance and a mercy and good tidings to those who have submitted."
[Qur'an 16:89]

"And We have repeated for humankind, in this Qur'an, every kind of example, but the majority of humankind do not consent to anything but denying."
[Qur'an 17:89]

"And We have certainly presented for the people in this Qur'an from every example- that they might remember."
[Qur'an 39:27]

So God sends a book as clarification of all things, not a few, all things. Everything He wanted to address. However, we keep on rejecting that he explained and detailed. God surely states that he presented from every example but most would deny, do you deny ? Atleast the traditionalist scholars do deny. Let us look further.

"Say: 'Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah which He produced for His servants and the good things of His providing ? ' Say: These are meant for those who believe during worldy lives, and such on the day of ressurection, will only be for those who believed during the life of the world. Thus do We detail our ayaats for people who have knowledge."
[Qur'an 07:32]

"Surely those who conceal what We have sent down to them of the clarities and the guidance, after We had made it clear for the people in the kitaab(book); these will be cursed by Allah and be cursed by those who curse."
[Qur'an 02:159]

Very stong words in the above ayaat. When you say that God did not clarify for you His ayaats, in the above ayaat, we see that God curses such people and says that such people deserve cursing by those who curse. Yet would you say that God didnt clarify his ayaats because you cant find your innovations in His book ?

"Is it not enough for them that We have sent down to you the Kitaab(book) that is being recited to them ? In that is a mercy and reminder for people who believe."
[Qur'an 29:51]

So, wasnt this book enough for you too ??? If you say yes, you have to discard the hadiths that you inject into the book. If you say no, you are against this ayaat. So far, I have presented my views using the Qur'an, the highest source in the islamic world. What do we call someone who would reject these statements of God that I presented for the sake of worshipping Bukhari ? Let us see how my Lord puts the same question in His grand style:

"These are the ayaats of Allah that We recite to you with truth. In what Hadith(hadythim) after Allah and His ayaats do you believe ?"
[ Qur'an 45:06]

As for me, after Allah and His ayaats, I do not believe in any other narrations/hadiths. But the question is , do you ? What is your justification ? My justification is:

"Shall I seek other than God as a judge when He has sent down to you the Book fully detailed? Those to whom We have given the Book know it is sent down from your Lord with the truth; so do not be of those who have doubt."
[Qur'an 6:114]

No, I do not seek others as judge when the Lord of the universe has already given me a fully detailed Book. :) The question is, do you ?

Peace
--------------------------------- Student of Allah

Saturday 5 November 2011

Authentic Lies about messengers of God 3

Peace to the world,
This Student of Allah welcomes you to share the findings on lies attributed to messengers of God by the hadith narrators/collectors and their supporters. This is the 3rd post of this series. As usual, we will look into the so called "Authentic Hadiths" that are Authentic lies ,conjectures and are being promoted by the sheikhs/imams/scholars of Islam as truth in the name of the messenger of God. The topic is STONING TO DEATH (rajm).

The hadiths (from Sahih-Bukhari):
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 829 :
Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Umar
The Jews came to Allah's Apostle and told him that a man and a woman from amongst them had committed illegal sexual intercourse. Allah's Apostle said to them, "What do you find in the Torah (old Testament) about the legal punishment of Ar-rajm (stoning)?" They replied, (But) we announce their crime and lash them." Abdullah bin Salam said, "You are telling a lie; Torah contains the order of rajm." They brought and opened the Torah and one of them solaced his hand on the Verse of rajm and read the verses preceding and following it. Abdullah bin Salam said to him, "Lift your hand." When he lifted his hand, the Verse of rajm was written there. They said, "Muhammad has told the truth; the Torah has the Verse of rajm. The Prophet then gave the order that both of them should be stoned to death. ('Abdullah bin 'Umar said, "I saw the man leaning over the woman to shelter her from the stones."
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 79 :
Narrated by 'Abdullah bin Umar
The Jews brought to the Prophet a man and a woman from among them who had committed illegal sexual intercourse. The Prophet said to them, "How do you usually punish the one amongst you who has committed illegal sexual intercourse?" They replied, "We blacken their faces with coal and beat them," He said, "Don't you find the order of Ar-rajm (i.e. stoning to death) in the Torah?" They replied, "We do not find anything in it." 'Abdullah bin Salam (after hearing this conversation) said to them. "You have told a lie! Bring here the Torah and recite it if you are truthful." (So the Jews brought the Torah). And the religious teacher who was teaching it to them, put his hand over the Verse of Ar-rajm and started reading what was written above and below the place hidden with his hand, but he did not read the Verse of Ar-rajm. 'Abdullah bin Salam removed his (i.e. the teacher's) hand from the Verse of Ar-rajm and said, "What is this?" So when the Jews saw that Verse, they said, "This is the Verse of Ar-rajm." So the Prophet ordered the two adulterers to be stoned to death, and they were stoned to death near the place where biers used to be placed near the Mosque. I saw her companion (i.e. the adulterer) bowing over her so as to protect her from the stones.
Volume 9, Book 92, Number 424 :
Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas
I used to teach Qur'an to 'Abdur-Rahman bin Auf. When Umar performed his last Hajj, 'Abdur-Rahman said (to me) at Mina, "Would that you had seen Chief of the believers today! A man came to him and said, "So-and-so has said, "If Chief of the Believers died, we will give the oath of allegiance to such-and-such person,' 'Umar said, 'I will get up tonight and warn those who want to usurp the people's rights.' I said, 'Do not do so, for the season (of Hajj) gathers the riffraff mob who will form the majority of your audience, and I am afraid that they will not understand (the meaning of) your saying properly and may spread (an incorrect statement) everywhere. You should wait till we reach Medina, the place of migration and the place of the Sunna (the Prophet's Traditions). There you will meet the companions of Allah's Apostle from the Muhajirin and the Ansar who will understand your statement and place it in its proper position' 'Umar said, 'By Allah, I shall do so the first time I stand (to address the people) in Medina.' When we reached Medina, 'Umar (in a Friday Khutba-sermon) said, "No doubt, Allah sent Muhammad with the Truth and revealed to him the Book (Quran), and among what was revealed, was the Verse of Ar-rajm (stoning adulterers to death).'" (See Hadith No. 817,Vol. 8)
Volume 9, Book 93, Number 633 :
Narrated by Ibn 'Umar
A Jew and Jewess were brought to the Prophet on a charge of committing an illegal sexual intercourse. The Prophet asked the Jews, "What do you (usually) do with them?" They said, "We blacken their faces and disgrace them." He said, "Bring here the Torah and recite it, if you are truthful." They (fetched it and) came and asked a one-eyed man to recite. He went on reciting till he reached a portion on which he put his hand. The Prophet said, "Lift up your hand!" He lifted his hand up and behold, there appeared the verse of Ar-rajm (stoning of the adulterers to death). Then he said, "O Muhammad! They should be stoned to death but we conceal this Divine Law among ourselves." Then the Prophet ordered that the two sinners be stoned to death and, and they were stoned to death, and I saw the man protecting the woman from the stones. (See Hadith No. 809, Vol. 8) 

Based on this, what the mullah/scholars/sheiks of Islam want to say is that Muhammad judged using other kitaab. When clearly , he was ordered to judge using Qur'an (5:48). Muhammad was given a law for adultery in the Qur'an. What this hadith followers want to say is that Muhammad asked not to follow that law. Let me present God's law from the Qur'an:

"The adulteress and the adulterer, you shall lash each of them with one hundred lashes, and do not let any pity overtake you regarding the system of God if you believe in God and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment."
[Qur'an 24:02]

So, the punishment according to God is 100 lashes, not stone to death. The hadith based scholars and imams argue saying that STONE TO DEATH is sunna. How ignorant a person must be to say that going against God's law is a sunnah of God's messenger. When God gives a law, He is aware of it. Let us see how the hadith follower sheikh/imam/scholar would fall in more trouble according to Qur'an:

"And whoever of you cannot afford to marry the independent female believers, then from those maintained by your oaths of the believing young women. And God is more aware of your faith, some of you to each other. You shall marry them with the permission of their parents and give them their dowries in kindness; to be independent, not for illicit sex or taking lovers. When they become independent, then any of them who come with lewdness shall have half of what is the punishment for those independent. This is for those who are concerned about deviating from among you. But if you are patient it is better for you, and God is Forgiver, Merciful."
[Qur'an 4:25]

So Allah COMMANDS that if the women you married was not independent, her punishment for illegal sex is halved. Now explain to me, if the punishment for adultery for married person is STONE TO DEATH, how you will half-StoneToDeath in this case ? Can you give someone half punishment of STONE TO DEATH ? That makes no sense. But unlike these liest the Qur'an does make sense. Here is how it does:

For independent person the punishment        = 100 lashing
For dependent person = half of independent = 100/2 = 50 lashing

Allah does not contradict his rules. So, when He gives a law, He is aware of its implication elsewhere in the kitaab. Who do you trust more ? God ? or your personal favourite scholar and sheikhs ?

Now that we have it out of the way, let me share how by following your sheikhs/imams you are more christian than a muslim. That is, let me expose these scholars a bit more.


What is the source of these brutal punishments and laws in the hadiths ?
 
 ‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife-with the wife of his neighbor-both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

[ Leviticus 20:10 ]





If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her, you shall take both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death?the girl because she was in a town and did not scream for help, and the man because he violated another man's wife. You must purge the evil from among you. 

[Deuteronomy 22:23-24]

It is of no surprise, the source is the Holy Bible !!!!! The Qur'an never advises stoning to death, the only examples of stoning someone in the Qur'an are examples of what the KAFIRS do. Let me share them here with you:

They said: If you do not cease, O Noah, you will be of those who are stoned.
[Qur'an 26:116]




He said: Have you abandoned my gods O Abraham? If you do not stop this, I will stone you; and let me be.
[Qur'an 19:46]

If they discover you, they will stone you or return you to their creed. Then you will never be successful.
[Qur'an 18:20]

They said: We have welcomed you better than you deserve. If you do not cease, we will stone you, and you will receive a painful retribution from us!
[Qur'an 36:18]

They said: O Shuayb, we do not understand most of what you say, and we see you as weak among us; and if it were not for who your family is, we would have stoned you, and you would not be proud against us.
[Qur'an 11:91]

Therefore, in the Qur'an's literature, only the musriks (idol worshippers) STONE people. Please consider the Qur'an with care, and this lie about STONE TO DEATH being promoted by the devils wearing beard. If the laws about adultery (24:02 , 4:25) that I have shown in the Qur'an are not to be followed, what you are saying is that Bukhari and your scholars wrote a book which is superior to the book of God. You may not have said that with your tongue, but that is what you imply when you substitute Allah's ayaats with Bukhari's hadith. And if that is the way you judge, let me give you warning of the final day of which only God and God alone is the dominator.

All praise belongs to God.

Peace be on you

------------------------------------ Student of Allah