Good Muslims Kill

Alas, Islam was not all murder, plunder, and lust. There was war. Tabari VII:105 “In this year there was the expedition of the Messenger to Uhud. In year three of the Islamic Era (March, 625) the Quraysh were provoked against the Messenger because he had killed their nobles and chiefs at Badr.” The Meccans had witnessed the prophet’s demented behavior at the pit. “Muhammad has bereaved us and killed our best men. So help us defend ourselves against him and perhaps we will obtain vengeance for those he has slain.”

They wanted to prevent the onslaught from continuing. Yet today, Muslims raise shrill voices protesting that Uhud was proof that the Meccans were the aggressors and that Muhammad was forced into defending his flock. But their own scriptures say otherwise, putting Islam in a difficult position.

If these Hadiths are accurate, their prophet was a warmongering terrorist and a ruthless pirate. But if these Traditions are not true, they have no prophet and thus no religion—for nothing else is known about him or of Islam’s beginnings. While we are on the subject, I’d like to bring your attention to the format I have been using to present the events that comprise the Islamic Era.

I have woven the Hadiths of Ishaq, Tabari, and Bukhari together with the Qur’an because I want you to appreciate the similarities between the four sources. Although there are some subtle differences, all four paint the same portrait, and it’s the only picture of Muhammad and his Companions that can be drawn. Nothing predates these books. Any statement about Muhammad or Islam that contradicts what you are reading is opinion—either wishful thinking or purposeful deception. That said, occasionally some positive words are sprinkled in amidst the horror; although they are few and far apart.

For example: Tabari VII:106 “Abd Allah al-Jumahi had been treated kindly by the Messenger on the day of Badr, being a poor man with daughters. He was among the captives, and said, ‘Muhammad, I am a poor family man with needs of which you are aware; so treat me well.’ The Prophet treated him kindly.” I suppose that it bears mentioning that he was a pagan named Slave-to-Allah. Being poor, he was of no value to the “profit.” And the only reason he was a prisoner in Medina was because he was kidnapped during a Muslim raid. The following chat allegedly took place between a militant and his victim. Tabari VII:106 “Abu Azzah, you are a poet, so aid us with your tongue. Join our expedition and I swear before Allah I will make you a rich man.’” The first Muslims were mercenaries. According to the Sira: Ishaq:372 “The opinion of Abd Allah bin Ubayy was the same as the Prophet. He should not go out to meet the Meccans camped near Uhud.

Yet some [the soon-to-be dead] Muslims whom Allah ennobled with martyrdom on the day of Uhud and others who had missed Badr jumped at the chance to fight. Yet Abd Allah said, ‘We have never gone out of Medina to meet an enemy but that they have inflicted severe losses on us; and no enemy has ever entered Medina but that we inflicted severe losses on them. Leave them alone.’” Abd Allah laid out the perils of invading a city. “If they enter Medina, the men will fight them face to face, and the women and boys will hurl stones at them from above. They will retreat, wishing they had not come.” But unfortunately, Muhammad had oversold his ability to command angelic help as well as the value of martyrdom.

The newly minted Muslims roared: “O Messenger of Allah, do not deprive us of Paradise!” Bukhari:V4B52N61 “My uncle Anas said, ‘Allah’s Apostle! We were absent from the first battle you fought against the pagans. If Allah gives us a chance to do battle, no doubt, He will see how bravely we fight.’”

Unable to give Muslims a reason to live, Muhammad gave them a reason to die. Bukhari:V4B52N72 “The Prophet said, ‘Nobody who enters Paradise likes to go back to the world even if he got everything on the earth, except a Mujahid [Islamic fighter] who wishes to return so that he may be martyred ten times because of the dignity he receives.’ Our Prophet told us about the message of Allah: ‘Whoever among us is killed will go to Paradise.’ Umar asked the Prophet, ‘Is it not true that our men who are killed will go to Paradise and those of the Pagan’s will go to Hell?’ The Prophet said, ‘Yes.’” Bukhari:V4B52N73 “Allah’s Apostle said, ‘Know that Paradise is under the shade of swords.’”

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