Muhammad the coward He also encourages his men to believe that they will be safe, even to the point of being reckless in battle: [Auf bin Harith asked] “O Allah’s apostle, what makes Allah laugh with joy at his servant?” He answered, “When he plunges into the midst of the enemy without mail. ” (Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 445) As it turns out, Auf took his advice and did exactly that: Auf drew off the mail-coat that was on him and threw it away: then he seized his sword and fought the enemy till he was slain . (Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 445) Auf’s fate at the Battle of Badr must have made an impression on Muhammad because the next time the prophet of Islam went into battle (at Uhud) he was sure to put on two coats of armor beforehand! (Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 560) Other parts of the Battle of Uhud seem to support the idea that Muhammad was having second thoughts about the ability of Allah and his angels to protect him. He not only planted himsel...
Muslims as Refugees. Present day world is divided on the issue Muslim refugees, whether western countries should take in refugees from war torn Islamic countries or not. So called 'liberal' left is eager to take in Muslims to prove that they are not Islamophobic and partly justifying it that western powers have been major reason for the troubles there. But the other side, the right wingers, think that Muslims will be threat to law and order and cultural values of their countries and they refuse to mingle into the culture of these countries. So I thought of compiling how Muslims have behaved historically as a refugees or how they have behaved when someone approcahed them as refugee or how they have cause others to take refuge from them. Muhammad is the person whom Muslims idoli...
Forced Conversions http://sunnah.com/bukhari/64/383 " When Jarir reached Yemen, there was a man who used to foretell and give good omens by casting arrows of divination. Someone said to him. "The messenger of Allah's Messenger is present here and if he should get hold of you, he would chop off your neck." One day while he was using them (i.e. arrows of divination), Jarir stopped there and said to him, "Break them (i.e. the arrows) and testify that None has the right to be worshiped except Allah, or else I will chop off your neck." So the man broke those arrows and testified that none has the right to be worshiped except Allah." In his book, "The Biography of the Prophet" (part 3, p. 113), Ibn Hisham relates this episode: "Ali Ibn Abi Talib encountered a man called 'Umru and told him, 'I indeed invite you to Islam.' 'Umru said, 'I do not need that.' 'Ali said, 'Then I call you to fight.' (This w...
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