The Alleged Poisoning of Muhammad

By Abdullah Smith

[Part I] [Part II]

All praises are due to Allah and blessings on the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. Today, Christian missionaries are using fabricated Hadiths to attack Islam; they are seriously misquoting the Quran, and claiming that Muhammad was a false prophet because he was “poisoned”.

We shall prove that Muhammad was not false for consuming the poison; he’s actually a greater Prophet to Jesus for making prophecies about the future. Jesus hardly made any prophecies; he only preached the Kingdom of God and made several false prophecies in the Bible.

Consider the following facts that prove Muhammad was true: 

(1)   The Bible says false prophets can perform miracles (Matt. 24:24), the Prophet Muhammad’s greatest miracle was a Book, the Holy Quran.

(2)   John the Baptist performed no miracles (John 10:41), yet he was a true Prophet.

(3)   Jesus was poisoned on the cross; he was a true Prophet. 

(4)   Many true Prophets were killed (Matt. 23:7), but they were still true Prophets.

(5)   The Prophets of the Bible are guilty of major sins, e.g. incest, fornication, drunkenness, nudity, and they were True Prophets!

(6)   There are pre-Islamic predictions of Muhammad (peace be upon him)

Let us discuss the facts we have presented so far. The Bible says that even false prophets can perform miracles, the Israelite prophets did miracles, but the Prophet Muhammad’s miracle is the Holy Quran.

Most of the miracles of the previous Prophets were of a physical nature, whereas the greatest miracle of Muhammad (peace be upon him) is intellectual. We are referring to the Qur’ân. Perhaps the reason for this is that this miracle is for the lasting Message and must remain visible to all insightful people of every generation until the Day of Judgment. The miracles of the other Prophets have passed into history; no one experienced them except for those that were present at that time. The miracle of the Qur’ân, however, remains until the Day of Judgment. [1]

John the Baptist was a true Prophet but performed no miracles:

And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true. (John 10:41)

The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.  (Matthew 21:25-26)

Yet the Prophet Muhammad performed several miracles, by the power of God.

Narrated 'Abdullah:

We used to consider miracles as Allah's Blessings, but you people consider them to be a warning. Once we were with Allah's Apostle on a journey, and we ran short of water. He said, "Bring the water remaining with you." The people brought a utensil containing a little water. He placed his hand in it and said, "Come to the blessed water, and the Blessing is from Allah." I saw the water flowing from among the fingers of Allah's Apostle, and no doubt, we heard the meal glorifying Allah, when it was being eaten (by him). (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 56, Number 779)

Narrated Ibn Masud:

During the lifetime of Allah's Apostle the moon was split into two parts; one part remained over the mountain, and the other part went beyond the mountain. On that, Allah's Apostle said, "Witness this miracle." (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 60, Number 387)

Let us discuss the poisoning of Jesus. According to the Gospels, Jesus was given a sponge full of vinegar, and immediately died seconds later.

Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. (John 19:29-30)

This proves Jesus was poisoned, the vinegar is supposed to have stimulating effects, yet it killed Jesus instantly!

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The Bible confesses that Jesus was a repentant sinner:

John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. (Mark 1:4)

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. (Matthew 3:13)

The Bible degrades the Prophets of God by vilification:

For a Muslim, many of the claims to be found in the Bible with regard to the prophets of God, and even God himself, are monstrous and preposterous. One is hard pressed to find a single prophet or messenger who was not a drunkard, an idolater, an adulterer, guilty of incest, a liar, and so forth. The Bible practically overflows with such stories from almost every Tom, Dick, and Harry. The messengers of God are even made to be guilty of multiple cases of adultery and worse. Abraham (pbuh) is alleged to be a liar and worse (Genesis 12:13). Noah (pbuh) a drunkard (Genesis 9:21). Lot (pbuh) a drunkard and guilty of incest (Genesis 19:30-38). Solomon (pbuh) a worshipper of idols in his old age (1 Kings 4-9), King David (pbuh) commits adultery with Uriah's wife and then murdered her husband (2 Samuel 11:3-4,15-18), David's son Ammon is guilty of incest and the rape of his half sister (2 Samuel 13:14). Aaron (pbuh) fashions an idol (the golden calf) for the Jews to worship (Exodus 32:1-4), to name but a very few of the many allegations to be found in the current Bible. (Misha’al Ibn Abdullah Al-Kadhi, What Did Jesus Really Say? [online Source]

Strangely, Christians defend the false portrayal of God and His prophets, yet have the audacity to charge the Prophet Muhammad with falsehood!

Here is a brief summary:

Noah got drunk, Lot committed incest, Moses was a murderer, Aaron built the calf, David committed adultery, and Solomon was guilty of idol-worship. Yet the Prophet Muhammad is not guilty of any of these crimes!

Was Muhammad poisoned?

Christian missionaries forge their own interpretations to divert Believers away from Islam, the solution to mankind’s problems. The Holy Quran is absolutely free of rubbish and obscene material. The Prophets of God are respected in the highest level; Christians do not discredit their prophethood for corruption and sin, yet they discredit the Prophet Muhammad for “eating poison”. Yet the biographies of Muhammad are clear that he lived for many years after consuming the poison. The Prophet displayed tremendous energy after eating the poison, showing that the poison had no effect on him. The Prophet detected the poison whereas the companions failed to detect it.

The Prophet lived for four years after the poison!

Once the Holy Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) was given food mixed with poison to eat. He who ate it first expired, but the Holy Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) lived for four years even after taking that food. That food told the Holy Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam): There is poison in me.  [1]

The Prophet showed tremendous energy before his death, the poison had no effect on him. When the Prophet conquered Mecca, he was fasting!

AbuBakr ibn AbdurRahman reported on the authority of a Companion of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him): I saw the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) commanding the people while he was travelling on the occasion of the conquest of Mecca not to observe fast. He said: Be strong for your enemy. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) fasted himself. (Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 13, Number 2358)

Where did the Prophet acquire the strength to fast? He was truly a Prophet of God because he continued to fast during Ramadan!

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to count the days in Sha'ban in a manner he did not count any other month; then he fasted when he sighted the new moon of Ramadan; but if the weather was cloudy he counted thirty days and then fasted. (Narrated Aisha Ummul Mu'minin:, Sunan Abu-Dawud, [2]

The Prophet even had the strength to destroy the idols.

Most Meccans converted to Islam, and Muhammad destroyed the idols in the Kaaba. Henceforth the pilgrimage would be a Muslim pilgrimage and the shrine a Muslim shrine. [1]

Needles to say, the companions of the Prophet helped him destroy the idols because there were over 300 of them!

According to Aisha, the Prophet used to heal himself using the Quran:

Whenever Allah's Apostle became ill, he used to recite the Muawidhatan and blow his breath over himself (after their recitation) and rubbed his hands over his body. So when he was afflicted with his fatal illness. I started reciting the Muawidhatan and blowing my breath over him as he used to blow and made the hand of the Prophet pass over his body. (Narrated by Aisha, Sahih Bukhari, [2]

There are past instances where the Holy Prophet became sick, and was healed by God, so obviously the poison did not to affect him.

Pre-Islamic Predictions of Muhammad:

The Jews expected the Last Prophet to descend from Ishmael; he would destroy idol-worship and restore the true and pure worship of God. The following account reports the circumstances surrounding the conversion of the erudite rabbi Abdullah bin Salam to Islam:

I was told the story of Abdullah bin Salam, a learned Rabbi, by one of his family. He said: “When I heard about the Apostle I knew by his descriptions, name, and the time at which he appeared that he was the one we were waiting for, and I rejoiced greatly thereat, though I kept silent about it until the Apostle came to Madinah [after the Hijrah). When he stayed in Quba’ among the Banu ‘Amr bin ‘Auf [tribe] a man came with the news while I was working at the top of a palm-tree and my aunt Kahlida bint al-Harith was sitting below. When I heard the news I cried ‘Allahu Akbar’ and my aunt said, ‘Good gracious, if you had heard that [Prophet] Moses bin ‘Imran had come you could not have made more fuss!’ Indeed, aunt, ‘I said, ‘he is the brother of Moses and follows his religion, being sent with the same mission’. She asked, ‘Is he really the Prophet who we have been told will be sent at this very time?’ And she accepted my assurance that he was. Straightway I went to the Apostle and became a Muslim, and when I returned to my house I ordered them to do the same”.

‘Abdullah bin Salam took refuge in the Prophet’s house, for he trusted not his own people, because he believed they would lie against him. When the Jews came to the house of the Prophet he asked them about ‘Abdullah’s standing among them:

They replied: “He is our chief, the son of our chief; our rabbi and our learned man.” [Abdullah narrates] when they said this I emerged [from the Prophet’s house] and said: “O Jews, fear God and accept what he has sent to you. For by God you know that he is the Apostle of God!

This narration from the life of Abdullah bin Salam provides a good “summary” of the facts surrounding the knowledge of the Prophet to come [Muhammad] and his description in the Holy Scriptures.

(Source: Ibn Ishaq’s Biography of the Prophet quoted in Faisal Siddiqui, The Bible’s Last Prophet, pp. 104-105)

Was Jesus Poisoned?

[Part I] [Part II]

Jesus was born into a very troubled stage of the Roman Empire, when thousands of crucifixions were taking place each week. The military leader Judas of Galilee (6 CE) founded the Zealot sect that determined to destroy the Roman government, the Gospels describe the Roman occupation as very peaceful, yet the opposite was true according to historians. The Pharisee leader Judas of Galilee caused a rebellion against Roman taxes in 6 CE, and the self-claimed “Messiah” Bar Kochba (132-135 CE) caused another insurrection. The Zealots were carrying out assassinations on a daily basis, dispatching groups that murdered Roman officials and caused political uprising, they were known as the Sicarii, or dagger-men. There is a possibility the Romans considered Jesus a political leader disguised as a spiritual teacher, the Gospels record at least two disciples of Jesus were Zealots, so the Romans had good reason to suspect Jesus. They were Simon and Judas Iscariot; both carried swords and traveled with Jesus.

These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. (Mark 3:16-19)

The word Iscariot is a corruption of Sicarii. The disciples John and James are described as “sons of thunder”, which means they were Zealots, yet the Gospels are clear that Judas and Simon were undoubtedly Zealots.

The Zealots were opposed to Roman rule and sought to eliminate/destroy it by violent means; the portions of the Zealots who engaged in violence were called the Sicarii. Their activities included raids on Jewish settlements and eliminating Jewish collaborators, as well as inciting the Jews to fight Rome and each other if necessary. Josephus paints a very bleak picture of their murderous activities as they instituted a "reign of terror" in the build-up to the Temple's destruction. [1]

The New Testament was written much later but its narrative is set during those times. Some have speculated that the name of Jesus’ ' disciple Yehuda Ish-Kerayot (Judas Iscariot) means that he was a sicarius, "daggerman" - "Judas the Zealot". [2]

The Gospels portray Jesus as a spiritual teacher, the Romans eventually considered him a threat, and the Pharisees also wanted to kill Jesus for their own reasons. Jesus was sent to restore the Jewish Law (Matt. 5:17-20), and crucifixion was never his purpose (Matt. 9:13, 12:7, John 17:4). Yet the Romans suspected Jesus of political motives when he drove out the money changers at the Temple, causing disorder.

The Romans had a strong force near at hand, since it was the time of the annual festival and the feast of the Passover was approaching. The Romans who at that time of year were always ready for minor disturbances, were even more alert than usual. In addition, there were the temple police who guarded the sacred place. The entrance made by Jesus was so well-planned that the Roman soldiers were taken completely by surprise, and Jesus took over the control of the temple. (Muhammad Ataur-Raheem, Jesus Prophet of Islam, 1992 edition, p. 34)

The Jews expected the Messiah to destroy the Roman government; they considered Jesus a false prophet because he failed to liberate Palestine.

Jesus and his immediate followers were Pharisees. Jesus had no intention of founding a new religion. He regarded himself as the Messiah in the normal Jewish sense of the term, i.e. a human leader who would restore the Jewish monarchy, drive out the Roman invaders, set up an independent Jewish state, and inaugurate an era of peace, justice and prosperity (known as 'the kingdom of God,) for the whole world. Jesus believed himself to be the figure prophesied in the Hebrew Bible who would do all these things. He was not a militarist and did not build up an army to fight the Romans, since he believed that God would perform a great miracle to break the power of Rome. This miracle would take place on the Mount of Olives, as prophesied in the book of Zechariah. When this miracle did not occur, his mission had failed. He had no intention of being crucified in order to save mankind from eternal damnation by his sacrifice. He never regarded himself as a divine being, and would have regarded such an idea as pagan and idolatrous, an infringement of the first of the Ten Commandments. (Hyam Maccoby, The Problem of Paul)

The Pharisees expected the Messiah to restore the Davidic kingdom. Yet we must be grateful to Islam for destroying the Roman occupation after so many failed attempts by Jewish leaders (Judas of Galilee, Bar Kochba). The Prophet Muhammad foretold the conquest of Jerusalem and Constantinople! [1].

Concerning the trial of Jesus, the Pilate refused to crucify Jesus at first, he said “I find no fault in this man” (John 19:4) but eventually the Pilate sentenced Jesus and washed his hands (Matt. 27:24), signifying the innocence of Rome. The Gospel of Matthew records the Jews saying "Let his blood be on us and on our children!” the verse has been to justify many atrocities. The Romans only crucified for political charges, not religious charges, or blasphemy. The Jews had to press false charges against Jesus in order to get him crucified, though they knew the charges were false, the Pilate denied the charges altogether.

Jesus was condemned by the Pharisees for blasphemy, claiming to be God’s son, and working on the Sabbath. The Jews also insisted that Jesus claimed to be a political King, which is an acceptable charge, since the Romans abolished the Jewish monarchy.

Jesus was a man who was born into Jewish society in Galilee; he was not a divine being who descended from outer space in order to suffer death on behalf of mankind. If we want to know why Jesus was killed, we have to ask why a Jew from Galilee in those times might meet his end on a Roman cross.

Many Jews from Galilee died in the same way during this period. Judas of Galilee was a Jewish patriot who led an armed rebellion against the Romans. Many hundreds of his supporters were crucified by the Romans. At one time, while Jesus was a boy, four thousand Jews were crucified by the Romans for an insurrection against Roman taxes. Crucifixion was the cruel form of execution which the Romans used for rebels against their rule. Galilee was always a centre of rebellion, partly because it was not under direct Roman rule and, therefore, like Vichy France during the last World War, gave some scope for the organization of resistance.

The presumption is, therefore, that Jesus the Galilean who died on the cross did so for the same reason as the others: because he was a threat to the Roman occupation. The Gospels indeed tell us that this was the charge made against him. The actual charge, according to Luke was as follows, ‘We found this fellow perverting the nation, and, forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King’ (Luke 23:2). On his cross, the charge for which he was executed was affixed, according to Roman usage: it was that he claimed to be ‘King of the Jews’, a capital offence at a time when the Romans had abolished the Jewish monarchy. To ‘pervert the nation’ meant to disturb them from their allegiance to Rome. The use of the term ‘Christ’ (Messiah) here in its original political sense is interesting, for it shows that despite Christian editing of the Gospels, which ensured that the term was de-politicalized in almost every instance, editorial vigilance could occasionally slip. (Hyam Maccoby, The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity, pp. 46-47)

The Gospels indicate that Jesus was secretly poisoned; the passage speaks for itself. The Romans poisoned Jesus to avoid leaving his body over the Sabbath, which began at evening (John 19:31). According to the Torah, a man “shall not remain all night upon the tree”; they must bury him that same day.

Christian tradition reports Jesus as having died for the sis of the world shortly prior to Friday sunset, leading to the celebration of ‘Good Friday’. This also explains why the Jews were under pressure to expedite the death of the three crucified before sunset, for the Friday sunset ushered in the Jewish Sabbath (according to Hebraic lunar calendar, the day ends at sunset. Hence, Friday sunset heralds the beginning of Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath). The problem facing the Jews was that a crucified man can live for days on the cross…Most crucifixes were constructed with small seats, enough to partially bear the weight of the body in order to prolong the torture. (Dr. Lawrence B. Brown, The First and Final Commandment, p. 209)

Historically the Jews followed Pharisee leaders who claimed to be Messiah, they were Judas of Galilee (6 CE), Theudas (46 CE), and Bar Kochba (132-135 CE), so the Romans did not want to take any chances, they suspected Jesus and thereby poisoned him. There was no need to break his legs because they saw he was already dead by ingesting the poison (John 19:32-33). It took several days to die by crucifixion; the Romans knew Jesus would survive the cross if they did not poison him.

Crucifixion was a slow death. It usually lasted several days. Death followed from exhaustion, inability to respire property as a result of being in an upright position or attacks by wild animals.

In the year A.D. 297, by the order of Emperor Maximian, seven Christians at Samosata were subjected to various tortures and then crucified. According to Alban Butler, (5) in

Hipparchus [one of them], a venerable old man, died on the cross in a short time. James, Romanus, and Lollianus, expired the next day being stabbed by the soldiers while they hung on their crosses. Philotheus, Habibus and Paragrus, were taken down from their crosses while they were still alive. The emperor being informed that they were alive, commanded large nails to be driven into heads--by which they were at length dispatched.

There are a number of cases in which men were cruelly tortured, and then crucified head down, yet surviving for 24 hours or more. [*]  [*]

Scholars agree that no man could die within three hours, the Jews were probably ignorant of this fact, but the Romans were experts at crucifixion, they knew Jesus was alive, so they poisoned him.   The Pilate knew Jesus was harmless, yet he did not know about the poisoning that caused his death.

Jesus was a healthy man who traveled throughout Palestine and its cities. How could a healthy man die so fast?

Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. (Matthew 9:35)

After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, (Luke 8:1)

Even if Jesus was not poisoned, it’s impossible for him to die in three hours, the Gospels are clear that Jesus was very healthy.

Crucifixion was a slow death. It usually lasted several days. Death followed from   exhaustion, inability to respire properly 

as a result of being in an upright position or attacks by wild animals. Why did Jesus, who was a fit and healthy man 

used to walking the countryside for long distances, die so quickly in only a matter of a few hours? (online Source) 

Jesus was “filled with the Holy Spirit” on the cross, yet the poison killed him instantly, the Holy Spirit departed from his body immediately after the vinegar was consumed:

Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. (John 19:29-30)

There are only two alternatives to explain Jesus’ death, either he was crucified as a false prophet (Deu. 13:5), or he was saved by God and never crucified (Ps. 20:6). We have evidence to support the latter, God promised to save the Messiah from death (Ps. 20:6), He will never forsake the Messiah (Ps. 37:28), Christians will argue to the contrary that Jesus’ poisoning does not discredit his prophethood, and that he “died for their sins”, the Jews conspired to kill Jesus to prove he was false. But why do Christians discriminate Muhammad for eating poison when Jesus was also poisoned? In fact, the Bible confirms Jesus died instantly from the poison whereas Muhammad died four years later! The poison had such a grave effect on Jesus that he cried out:

And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. (Mark 15:36-38)

Why didn’t Jesus refuse the vinegar? Why didn’t he spit out the poison? He obviously did not know it was poisoned, so therefore he was not All-knowing. Yet the Prophet Muhammad tasted the poison and immediately SPAT it out.

The Bible teaches that false prophets should be put to death (Deuteronomy 13:5, 18:19), so does this mean Jesus and Muhammad were poisoned false prophets? Absolutely not, even true Prophets were murdered (Matt. 23:27, Rom. 11:3). So if Jesus and Muhammad died from ingesting poison, they are still true Prophets!

Jesus was a Pharisee belonging to the Shammiate sect, and the Pharisees loyal to Jesus considered his death as martyrdom. Muslim scholars assert that Prophet Muhammad’s death was martyrdom.

It has been assumed by most scholars that Paul’s interpretation of the verse in Deuteronomy (i.e. that anyone hanged on a gibbet is under a curse) was part of contemporary Pharisee exegesis of that verse, and that consequently Paul took his basis for argument from the Pharisee stock, though he developed it in his own way. This, however, is an error. The idea that anyone hanged on a gibbet is under a curse was entirely alien to Pharisee thought, and the Pharisee teachers did not interpret the verse in Deuteronomy in this way. Many highly respected members of the Pharisee movement were crucified by the Romans, just like Jesus, and, far from being regarded as under a curse because of the manner of their death, they were regarded as martyrs. The idea that an innocent man would incur a curse from God just because he had been unfortunate enough to die an agonizing death on the cross was never part of Pharisee thinking, and only a deep contempt for the Judaism of the Pharisees has led so many scholars to assume that it was. The Pharisees never thought that God was either stupid or unjust, and he would have to be both to put a curse on an innocent victim. (Hyam Maccoby, The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity, p. 67)

 A hadith sherif, which our mother Aisha as-Siddiqa (radi-Allahu anha) related, says “I suffer the pain of the poisonous meat I ate at Khaibar. Because of that poison my aorta almost fails to function now”. This hadith sheriff shows that, in addition to prophethood, Allahu tal’ala has given the status of martyrdom to Muhammad the Highest of Mankind (alaihi salam).  (Waqf Ikhlas, The Sunni Path, p. 78)

 The fact that Allah protected the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) from dying from the poison right away and had him live long enough in order to finish his duty of spreading the message of Islam and then Allah had the Prophet die from the poison four years later so that the Prophet could die as a martyr, which is the most honorable death that a person in Islam could have proves that he was a Prophet. (1)

If Jesus was crucified and poisoned, the Pharisees considered him a martyr, the Jews considered him a false prophet, and the Romans considered him a political threat. Yet Islam absolves Jesus from the charge of crucifixion; the Holy Quran says what actually happened – Jesus was not crucified at all. (4:157)

 The Stimulating Effects of Vinegar:

According to the Gospels, Jesus was given a sponge full of vinegar. The ancient civilizations believed that vinegar had stimulating effects on the body, the senses were aroused and the body twitched.

The Gospels show that Jesus immediately died after drinking the vinegar:

Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. (John 19:29-30)

This proves Jesus was poisoned, the vinegar is supposed to have stimulating effects, yet it killed Jesus instantly!

Crucifixion was a slow death. It usually lasted several days. Death followed from exhaustion, inability to respire property as

a result of being in an upright position or attacks by wild animals. Why did Jesus, who was a fit and healthy man used to 

walking the countryside for long distances, die so quickly in only a matter of a few hours? [1] 

Within the canonical texts certain clues may be found that shows that the biblical crucifixion was a less then transparent affair. In the Fourth Gospel Jesus, hanging

on the cross, says that he thirsts and is given a sponge allegedly soaked in vinegar. Tradition has it that this act was an act of derision, but in actuality vinegar - or soured wine – 

was a temporary stimulant with effects similar to smelling salts. It was often used to resuscitate exhausted galley slaves. For an exhausted man, a sniff or taste of vinegar 

would induce a restorative, rejuvenating effect. Surprisingly, in Jesus' case the effect is exactly the opposite. As soon as he tastes or inhales the sponge he expires. 

Corey Gilkes, The Crucifixion Demystified, [online Source]  

We must contend that Jesus was poisoned, and this does not disqualify his prophethood. Yet Muslims do not believe Jesus was crucified, so Christians are responsible for solving this dilemma. The only explanation is that Jesus was not crucified, (Al-Quran 4:157), therefore he was not poisoned.

The discovery of Gnostic texts at Nag Hammadi, Egypt unearthed a book called The Second Treatise of the Great Seth, where Jesus states:

I did not succumb to them as they had planned. But I was not afflicted at all. Those who were there punished me. And I did not die in reality but in appearance, lest I be put to shame by them because these are my kinsfolk. I removed the shame from me and I did not become fainthearted in the face of what happened to me at their hands. I was about to succumb to fear, and I suffered according to their sight and thought, in order that they may never find any word to speak about them. For my death, which they think happened, (happened) to them in their error and blindness, since they nailed their man unto their death. For their Ennoias did not see me, for they were deaf and blind. But in doing these things, they condemn themselves. Yes, they saw me; they punished me. It was another, their father, who drank the gall and the vinegar; it was not I. They struck me with the reed; it was another, Simon, who bore the cross on his shoulder. It was another upon Whom they placed the crown of thorns. But I was rejoicing in the height over all the wealth of the archons and the offspring of their error, of their empty glory. And I was laughing at their ignorance. The Treatise of the Great Seth [online Source]

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Islamic Laws of Inheritance

Dr. Abid Hussain

       This article gives an overview of the Islamic laws of inheritance with the aim of increasing the awareness of the Muslim community living in the west regarding this important aspect of Islamic law. The scope of this article is confined to traditional Sunni Islamic law.

When a Muslim dies there are four duties which need to be performed. These are:

1. payment of funeral expenses
2. payment of his/ her debts
3. execution his/ her will
4. distribution of remaining estate amongst the heirs according to Sharia

It is assumed that the preliminary issues have been resolved and we shall confine ourselves principally to discussing the fourth and last duty. The task is to firstly, determine which of the relatives of the deceased are entitled to inherit and secondly, to determine the quantum share entitlement of each of the heirs concerned.

Needless to say Muslims must follow all the commandments of Allah (SWT) as Allah the Almighty says, "It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any opinion in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, has indeed strayed into a plain error." [Quran 33:36]

The particular importance of the Islamic laws of inheritance is obvious from the verses immediately following those verses giving specific details on inheritance shares, "These are limits (set by) Allah (or ordainments as regards laws of inheritance), and whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger will be admitted to Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise), to abide therein, and that will be the great success.

And whosoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, and transgresses His limits, He will cast him into the Fire, to abide therein; and he shall have a disgraceful torment." [Quran 4:13-14]

The laws of inheritance take on an even greater prominence in Islam because of the restriction placed by Sharia on the testamentary power of the testator as we shall see later in this article.

The divine justness and equitability of the Islamic laws of inheritance have been correctly appreciated by many non-Muslim scholars such as Professor Almaric Rumsey (1825-1899) of King's College, London, the author of many works on the subject of the Muslim law of inheritance and a barrister-at-law, who stated that the Muslim law of inheritance, "comprises beyond question the most refined and elaborate system of rules for the devolution of property that is known to the civilised world.¹"

To understand the Islamic laws of inheritance as a whole it is necessary to consider the system of inheritance that operated within the Arabian peninsula prior to the revelation of the Quranic injunctions on inheritance. Although we do not have the exact details of the system that operated prior to the Quranic revelations we do know that the system of inheritance was confined to the male agnate relatives ("asaba") of the deceased. In this old customary system only the male agnates (asaba) were entitled to inherit. Amongst the male agnates there were rules of priority, which determined which of the surviving male agnates were entitled to inherit. It is likely that the rules of priority that operate amongst the asaba in Sharia are a carry-over of the old customary agnatic system. In Islamic law the son takes priority over the father who in turn takes priority over the brothers who in turn take priority over the paternal uncles.

As we shall see the Quran does not expressly state the share of the male agnate relatives as such, although it does enact that the share of the male is twice that of a female. The Sunni jurists take the view that the intention of the Quranic injunctions was not to completely replace the old customary agnatic system entirely but merely to modify it with the objective of improving the position of female relatives. The Sunni Islamic law of inheritance is therefore, an amalgamation of the Quranic law superimposed upon the old customary law to form a complete and cohesive system. The rights of the asaba were recognised by the Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) himself. Abdullah ibn Abbas (RA) reported that the Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) said, "Give the Faraid (the shares of the inheritance that are prescribed in the Quran) to those who are entitled to receive it. Then whatever remains, should be given to the closest male relative of the deceased." (Sahih al-Bukhari)

The Shia jurists on the contrary took the view that since the old agnatic customary system had not been endorsed by the Quran it must be rejected and completely replaced by the new Quranic law.

By specifying clear cut entitlement and specific shares of female relatives, Islam not only elevated the position of women but simultaneously safeguarded their social and economic interests as long ago as 1400 years. The Quran contains only three verses [4:11, 4:12 and 4:176] which give specific details of inheritance shares. Using the information in these verses together with the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) as well as methods of juristic reasoning, the Muslims jurists have expounded the laws of inheritance in such meticulous detail that large volumes of work have been written on this subject.

"Allah commands you regarding your children. For the male a share equivalent to that of two females. " [Quran 4:11]

This first principle which the Quran lays down refers to males and females of equal degree and class. This means that a son inherits a share equivalent to that of two daughters, a full (germane) brother inherits twice as much as a full sister, a son’s son inherits twice as much as a son’s daughter and so on. This principle is however, not universally applicable as we shall see later in verse 4:12, the descendants of the mother notably the uterine brother and uterine sister inherit equally as do their descendants.

"If (there are) women (daughters) more than two, then for them two thirds of the inheritance; and if there is only one then it is half." [Quran 4:11]

Women in this context refers to daughters. The Quran gives the daughter a specific share. In legal terminology the daughter is referred to as a Quranic heir or sharer (ashab al-faraid). The Quran mentions nine such obligatory sharers as we shall see later. Muslims jurists have added a further three by the juristic method of qiyas (analogy). So in Islamic jurisprudence there are a total of twelve relations who inherit as sharers.

If there are any sons the share of the daughter(s) is no longer fixed because the share of the daughter is determined by the principle that a son inherits twice as much as a daughter. In the absence of any daughters this rule is applicable to agnatic granddaughters (son's daughters). The agnatic granddaughter has been made a Quranic heir (sharer) by Muslim jurists by analogy.

If there is only a single daughter or agantic granddaughter her share is a fixed one-half, if there are two or more daughters or agnatic granddaughters then their share is two-thirds. Two or more daughters will totally exclude any granddaughters. If there is one daughter and agnatic granddaughters, the daughter inherits one-half share and the agnatic granddaughters inherit the remaining one-sixth, making a total of two-thirds. If there are agnatic grandsons amongst the heirs then the principle that the male inherits a portion equivalent to that of two females applies.

"And for his parents for each of them there is one-sixth of the inheritance if he has a child, but if he does not have a child and the parents are the heirs then for the mother one-third." [Quran 4:11]

The Arabic word "walad" has been variously translated as child, son, children and offspring by translators. However, there is universal agreement amongst the Sunni Muslim jurists that "walad" here refers to any child or agnatic grandchild (grandchild through son).

If there is a child or agnatic grandchild amongst the heirs then each of the parents inherits one-sixth. In the absence of a child or agnatic grandchild the mother inherits one-third, the share of the father is not mentioned under these circumstances. The father in fact inherits as a residuary (a residuary heir gets whatever remains of the inheritance after the Quranic sharers have been allocated their shares, residuary heirs are generally male agnates) under these circumstances.

To these two Quranic heirs, the mother and the father, the maternal grandmother and paternal grandfather have been added by analogy. The maternal grandmother substitutes the mother in the latter's absence.

"… but if he has brothers (or sisters) then for the mother one-sixth" [Quran 4:11]

The consensus of opinion is that the word "akhwatun" used in the Quranic text means two or more brothers or sisters of any kind. So that any combination of full, consanguine or uterine brothers and sisters, if two or more will mean that the mother inherits a one-sixth share.

"And for you there is one-half of what your wives leave behind if there is no child, but if they leave a child then for you there is one-fourth of what they leave behind; … " [Quran 4:12]

Again according to Islamic law the word "walad" here is interpreted as child or agnatic grandchild. The husband, another Quranic heir, inherits one-half in the absence of a child or agnatic grandchild and one-quarter in the presence of a child or agnatic grandchild.

"And for them one-fourth of what you leave behind if you did not have a child, but if you have a child then for them one-eighth of what you leave behind; …" [Quran 4:12]

This statement gives us the ruling on the share of the wife (widow). The share of the wife is one-quarter in the absence of a child or agnatic grandchild and one-eighth in the presence of a child or agnatic grandchild. Two or more wives share equally in this prescribed share.

Before continuing with the translation of verse 4:12 let us consider a situation where a woman dies leaving behind a husband and both parents as the only heirs.

The husband inherits one-half of the estate, there is no argument on this point. However, if we give the mother a one-third share then the father is left with only one-sixth. Should the male (father) not get twice the share of the female (mother) of equal degree and class?

This problem arose during the caliphate of Umar ibn Khattab (RA). After consultation with the learned companions the majority opinion was that the father should get twice the share of the mother, that is to say, the principle that the male inherits the share of two females is upheld. The father therefore, inherits one-third and the mother one-sixth

In light of this ruling the sentence of verse 4:11 on this matter which reads, "...but if he does not have a child and the parents are the heirs then for the mother one-third." is interpreted to mean, "...but if he does not have a child and the parents are the (only) heirs then for the mother one-third."

"And if a kalala man or woman (one who has neither ascendants nor descendants) is inherited from, and he (or she) has a (uterine) brother or (uterine) sister then for each of them (there is) one-sixth. But if they (uterine brothers and sisters) are more than that then they are sharers in one-third (equally)." [Quran 4:12]

The interpretation of the second half of verse 4:12 has been a source of controversy, one reason being the meaning of the word "kalala". This word "kalala" occurs only in two places in the Quran [4:12 and 4:176] and on both occasions regarding inheritance. "Kalala" may mean "one who leaves neither parent nor child" or "all those except the parent and child". It is generally taken to mean the former.

It is universally agreed that the siblings referred to in this verse are uterine siblings (those with the same mother but different fathers).

The uterine siblings only inherit in the absence of any descendants or ascendants. However, uterine siblings are not excluded by the mother. If there is only one uterine sibling he or she inherits a one-sixth share. If there are two or more uterine siblings they together inherit a one-third share equally.

The heirs mentioned in the Quran (mother, father, husband, widow, daughter, uterine brother, full sister, uterine sister, consanguine sister) together with the three heirs added by juristic method of analogy (paternal grandfather, maternal grandmother and agnatic granddaughter) form a group of heirs called Quranic heirs or sharers (ashab al-furud). These heirs when entitled to inherit are given their fixed shares and the remaining estate is inherited by the residuaries (asaba).

Under Islamic law some of the Quranic heirs, namely the father, paternal grandfather, daughter, agnatic granddaughter, full sister, consanguine sister and the mother, can also inherit as residuaries under certain circumstances.

Certain heirs referred to as primary heirs are always entitled to a share of the inheritance, they are never totally excluded. These primary heirs consist of the spouse relict, both parents, the son and the daughter. All remaining heirs can be totally excluded by the presence of other heirs. There are several rules of exclusion which determine the exclusion of some heirs by the presence of others. It not possible to discuss all these rules in an article of this nature but in brief :

a person (e.g. brother) who is related to the deceased through another (i.e. father) is excluded by the presence of the latter,

an individual nearer in degree (proximity) to the deceased excludes the one who is remoter within the same class of heirs (son excludes all grandsons),

full blood excludes half-blood through father (so a full brother will exclude a consanguine brother but not a uterine brother)

The majority view is that the full and consanguine brother is not excluded by the paternal grandfather. However, the Hanafi fiqh allows the paternal grandfather to totally exclude the agnatic siblings.

Heirs may also be prevented from inheriting by disqualification. The only two practical situations which are causes of disqualification are difference of religion and homicide.

The Prophet (SAWS) said, "A Muslim cannot be the heir of a disbeliever, nor can a disbeliever be the heir of a Muslim." (Sahih al-Bukhari)

Generally speaking, and this is also the majority view, a Muslim cannot inherit from a non-Muslim. Although the Hanafi fiqh does allow a Muslim to inherit from an apostate.

Allah's Messenger (SAWS) said, "One who kills a man cannot inherit from him." (Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah)

All the jurists agree that intentional or unjustifiable killing according to Sharia is a bar to inheritance because if such people are allowed to kill and then benefit from the estate of the victim, it will encourage incidents of homicide.

It should be noted that only relatives with a legitimate blood relationship to the deceased are entitled to inherit from the deceased under Islamic law. Thus, illegitimate children according to Islamic law and adopted children have no part in inheritance. Incidentally legal adoption as practised in the west is forbidden in Islam.

Under certain circumstances after allocation of the estate amongst all the heirs with fixed shares there is a residue left over but there are no residuaries. This residue called al-radd is returned to those sharers who are entitled to it, in proportion to their original shares. Conversely a situation may arise when the total sum of the assigned shares of the heirs with fixed shares is greater than unity. In this situation all the shares are abated proportionately by the doctrine of al-awl which involves decreasing the fractional shares to a common denominator, and increasing the denominator in order to make it equal to the sum of the numerators.

The amalgamation of the old customary agnatic law and the Quranic law has led to a number of problems which Muslim jurists have solved with great ingenuity. I shall mention one such case which occurred during the caliphate of Umar ibn Khattab (RA). A woman died leaving behind a husband, mother, two uterine brothers and two full brothers.

Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) by systematically applying the rules gave the Quranic heirs their shares, husband (1/2), mother (1/6) and the two uterine brothers (1/3). The two full brothers acting as residuaries received nothing because there is no residue. The two full brothers, who would have been the sole heirs under the old customary agantic system, argued that even if their father was a donkey or a stone cast into the sea and they had no paternal relationship, they still had the same and equal relationship with the deceased as the uterine brothers through the same mother. Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) reconsidered his ruling and allowed the full brothers to inherit equally with the uterine brothers in the share of 1/3.

The reader will have noticed that uterine (or cognate) relatives have not figured in the discussion thus far. This group of potential heirs contains all those relatives who are neither Quranic sharers nor male agnates and constitute the largest group within the context of inheritance. They are referred to as dhawu al-arham (or distant kindred). The majority view is that they are entitled to inherit when there are no residuaries and no sharers entitled to al-radd. Only the traditional Maliki fiqh does not allow the distant kindred to inherit, any residue is given to the bait al-mal (public treasury). The rules of inheritance amongst the distant kindred are relatively complex and hence not mentioned here.

The Islamic laws of inheritance that have been discussed here can be legitimately accommodated and practically implemented within many existing western legislation systems by way of a valid will. In fact for those Muslims living in the west a will becomes an essential necessity to prevent intestate succession law of the land being applied to their estate after they die.

The will should comply with the law of the land so that it can be executed after a person’s death without any unnecessary legal problems. Needless to say nothing in the will should be contrary to Sharia.

Sharia has placed two restrictions on the testator. Firstly, to whom he can bequeath his estate and secondly, the amount that he can bequeath. The majority view is that a bequest in excess of one-third of the net estate is invalid unless consented to by the legal heirs as is a bequest in favour of a legal heir.

I hope that this article will benefit all those Muslims wishing to conduct their lives according to the divine will of Allah (SWT).

1. Rumsey, A. Moohummudan Law of Inheritance. (1880) Preface iii

All correspondence to Dr. A. Hussain via e-mail at abidhussain@hotmail.com.

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Shaitan

JIHAD    SATAN   JEALOUSY   TRUST   KNOWLEDGE   BLESSINGS   DURUD

NIYAMA    BARRIER   ANGELS  ASTRONOMY     CALL FOR UNITY

INFLUENCE OF SHAITAN ON MANKIND.

QURAN AND HADEETH WITHOUT ANY HUMAN COMMENTS OR EXPLANATIONS:

(PRE POST COMMENT :The fact is that, Human Shaithan are more influential than Jinn Shaithaan in the life of Humans, it is largely ignored and blamed on Jinn Shaithan for evils among human race.)

“O ye children of Adam! Let not the Shaytaan seduce you in the same manner as he got your parents (Adam and Hawwa) out of the Garden stripping them of their raiment to expose their shame: for he and his tribe watch you from a position where ye cannot see them: We made the 'Shayateen' friends (only) to those without faith.”
(Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah Aaraf verse 27)

THE BELOW HADEETH SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD WELL
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{It was narrated from Ibn `Abbaas(ra) that a man came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said, "I think thoughts to myself, which I would rather be burnt to a cinder than speak of them."
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, "Praise be to Allaah, WHO HAS REDUCED ALL HIS (the SHAITHAN’S) PLOTS TO MERE WHISPERS.”}
(Abu Dawood,Book 41, No 5093).

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Explanation of above hadith: ONLY FROM QURAN.

i) “Shaytaan made their (sinful) acts seem fair-seeming to them.”
(Quran Chapter 6 Surah Anaam verse 43)

ii) “Shaitaan made their deeds fair-seeming to them and misled them from the right path, although they were sensible people.”
(Quran Chapter 29 Surah Ankaboot verse 38)

Shaitan has no authority over us:
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i) “As for My servants no authority shalt thou have over them.”
(Quran Chapter 17 Surah Israa verses 65)

ii) “When thou dost read the Qur'an seek Allah's protection from Shaytaan, the REJECTED one.
No authority has he over those who believe and put their trust in their Lord.”
(Quran Chapter 16 Surah Nahl verse 98-99)

iii) (Allah tells the Shaytaan):
“For over My servants no authority shalt thou have, except such as put themselves in the wrong and follow thee.”
(Quran Chapter 15 Surah Hijr verses 42)


iv) Shaithan tells to mankind :
“I had no authority over you except to call you but ye listened to me.”
(Quran Chapter 14 Surah Ibraheem verse 22)

Jazak Allah Khair.
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Moses

Moses (PBUH) A mission forgotten !!!
(Par 1 of 2 Parts )

Praise be to ALLAH.

 Our Holy Prophet has to warn his age, i.e., the present, reclaim it from sin, and be a witness for the righteous and against evil, as Moses did his office in his age. For Pharaoh, his arrogance, and his punishment.

"We have sent to you, (O men!) a Messenger, to be a witness concerning you, even as We sent a Messenger to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh disobeyed the Messenger; so We seized him with a heavy Punishment."
[Surah Al Muzzammil 73:15-16]

Pharaoh the earthly king faces Moses (PBUH) the Prophet of ALLAH (Subhana Wa Ta'la). In earthly eyes it was Moses (PBUH) who disobeyed Pharaoh. In spiritual relations, it was Pharaoh who disobeyed Moses. Pharaoh represented an ancient and mighty kingdom, with a long history behind it, and a pride in its learning and science, art, organisation and power. Moses (PBUH) led a depressed people, hewers of wood and drawers of water. But the Might of ALLAH (Subhana Wa Ta'la) was behind him. What became of the wisdom, power and armies of Pharaoh? They were rent asunder when the day came, and the terror and surprise must have been the same as if the heavens had been rent asunder, and children’s hair had turned grey! But formidable revolutions turn children grey-haired in another way. Nations that were as children became wise before they in their turn decayed, and from similar disobedience to the Laws of ALLAH. For ALLAH's law must stand and be fulfilled when all else is swept away.

"Then after them We sent Moses with Our Signs to Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they wrongfully rejected them; so see what was the end of those who made mischief. Moses said: "O Pharaoh! I am a Messenger from the Lord of the Worlds-"One for whom it is right to say nothing but truth about ALLAH. Now have I come unto you (people), from your Lord, with a clear(Sign);so let the children of Israel depart along with me. (Pharaoh) said: "If ended thou hast come with a Sign, show it forth-if thou tellest the truth. Then (Moses) threw his rod, and behold! It was a serpent, plain (for all to see)! And he drew out his hand, and behold! It was white to all beholders!
[Surah Al Araf 7:103-108]

Notice that Moses, in addressing Pharaoh and the Egyptians, claims his mission to be not from his God, or his peoples God but from “your Lord". From “the Lord of the worlds." And his missions is not to his people only:" I come unto you (Egyptians people) from your Lord." The spirit of our version is entirely different from the spirit of the same story as told in the Old Testament (Exod, chapters i.to xv). In Exod.iii 18 the mission of Moses is expressed to be as from "the Lord God of the Hebrews."

The Essence of the whole Islamic story is this Joseph's sufferings and good fortune were not merely a story in a romance. Joseph (Yusuf) was a Prophet; his sufferings and his subsequent rise to power and position in Egypt were to be a lesson (a) to his wicked brothers who sold him into slavery, (b) to his people who were stricken with famine and found a welcome in Egypt, and (c) to the Egyptians, who were arrogant over their high material civilisation, but had yet to be taught the pure faith of Abraham. Israel prospered in Egypt, and stayed there perhaps two to four centuries. Times changed, and the racial bigotry of the Egyptians showed its head again, and Israel was oppressed. Moses was raised up with a threefold mission again (a) to learn all the learning of the Egyptians and preach ALLAH's Truth to them as one who had been brought up among themselves, (b) to unite and reclaim his own people, and (c)to rescue them and lead them to a new world, which was to open out their spiritual horizon and lead them to the Psalms of David and the Glories of Solomon.

The ensuing dialogue shows the psychology on the two sides. Pharaoh is sitting in his court, with his ministers and chiefs around him. In their arrogance they are only amused at the effrontery and apparent revolt of the Israelites leaders, and they rely upon their own superior worldly power, aided by the magic which was a part of the Egyptian religion. Confronting them stand two men. Moses with his mission from ALLAH and his brother Aaron who was his lieutenant. They are confident, not in their own powers, but in the mission they had received. The first thing they have to do is to act on the subjective mind of the Egyptians, and by methods which by ALLAH's miracle show that Egyptians magic was nothing before the True power of ALLAH(Subhana Wa Ta'la).

The serpent played a large part in Egyptian mythology. The great sun-god Ra won a great victory over the serpent Apophis, typifying the victory of light over darkness. Many of their gods and goddesses took the forms of snakes to impress their foes with terror. Moses rod as a type of a serpent at once appealed to the Egyptians mentality. The contempt which the Egyptians had entertained in their. minds before was converted into terror. Here was some one who could control the reptile which their great god Ra himself had such difficulty in overcoming!

But the second Sign displayed by Moses was even more puzzling to the Egyptians. Moses drew out his hand from the folds of the garments on his breast, and it was white and shining as with divine light! This was to counter any suggestions of evil, which the serpent might have created. This was no work of evil-of black magic, or a trick or illusion. His hand was transfigured-with a light which no Egyptian sorcerers could produce. In Islam the” white hand” of Moses(PBUH) has passed into a proverb, for a symbol of divine glory dazzling to the beholders.
Holy Quran explains it below:

( Holy Quran , Al Araf, 7 : 103 to 137)

109 Said the Chiefs of the people of Pharaoh: "This is indeed a sorcerer well-versed.

110 "His plan is to get you out of your land: then what is it ye counsel?"

111 They said: "Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while); and send to the cities men to collect-

112 And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers well-versed."

113 So there came the sorcerers to Pharaoh: They said, "of course we shall have a (suitable) reward if we win!"

114 He said: "Yea, (and more),- for ye shall in that case be (raised to posts) nearest (to my person)."

115 They said: "O Moses! wilt thou throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw?"

116 Said Moses: "Throw ye (first)." So when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them: for they showed a great (feat of) magic.

117 We put it into Moses's mind by inspiration: "Throw (now) thy rod": and behold! it swallows up straight away all the falsehoods which they fake!

118 Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of no effect.

119 So the (great ones) were vanquished there and then, and were made to look small.

120 But the sorcerers fell down prostrate in adoration.

121 Saying: "We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,-

122 "The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

123 Said Pharaoh: "Believe ye in Him before I give you permission? Surely this is a trick which ye have planned in the city to drive out its people: but soon shall ye know (the consequences).

124 "Be sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on apposite sides, and I will cause you all to die on the cross."

125 They said: "For us, We are but sent back unto our Lord:

126 "But thou dost wreak thy vengeance on us simply because we believed in the Signs of our Lord when they reached us! Our Lord! pour out on us patience and constancy, and take our souls unto thee as Muslims (who bow to thy will)!

127 Said the chiefs of Pharaoh's people: "Wilt thou leave Moses and his people, to spread mischief in the land, and to abandon thee and thy gods?" He said: "Their male children will we slay; (only) their females will we save alive; and we have over them (power) irresistible."

128 Said Moses to his people: "Pray for help from Allah, and (wait) in patience and constancy: for the earth is Allah's, to give as a heritage to such of His servants as He pleaseth; and the end is (best) for the righteous.

129 They said: "We have had (nothing but) trouble, both before and after thou camest to us." He said: "It may be that your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you inheritors in the earth; that so He may try you by your deeds."

130 We punished the people of Pharaoh with years (of droughts) and shortness of crops; that they might receive admonition.

131 But when good (times) came, they said, "This is due to us;" When gripped by calamity, they ascribed it to evil omens connected with Moses and those with him! Behold! in truth the omens of evil are theirs in Allah's sight, but most of them do not understand!

132 They said (to Moses): "Whatever be the Signs thou bringest, to work therewith thy sorcery on us, we shall never believe in thee.

133 So We sent (plagues) on them: Wholesale death, Locusts, Lice, Frogs, And Blood: Signs openly self-explained: but they were steeped in arrogance,- a people given to sin.

134 Every time the penalty fell on them, they said: "O Moses! on your behalf call on thy Lord in virtue of his promise to thee: If thou wilt remove the penalty from us, we shall truly believe in thee, and we shall send away the Children of Israel with thee."

135 But every time We removed the penalty from them according to a fixed term which they had to fulfil,- Behold! they broke their word!

136 So We exacted retribution from them: We drowned them in the sea, because they rejected Our Signs and failed to take warning from them.

137 And We made a people, considered weak (and of no account), inheritors of lands in both east and west, - lands whereon We sent down Our blessings. The fair promise of thy Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel, because they had patience and constancy, and We levelled to the ground the great works and fine buildings which Pharaoh and his people erected (with such pride).

( End of Part 1)
Authored by : Mrs.Omairah Mohammed Altao.

By: ROAD to Jannah

 

Moses (PBUH) A mission forgotten !!!
(Part 2 of 2 Parts )

“So this day We shall deliver your (dead) body (out from the sea)”
[ Holy Quran, Younus 10:92]?.

Praise be to ALLAH.

This verse in Soorat Younus comes in the context of describing the attitude of the tyrant Pharaoh towards the Prophet of ALLAH Moosa (Alayhi Assalam) and those of the Children of Israel who believed with him. That was when Moosa (Alayhi Assalam) set out with the believers to migrate to the blessed land, and Pharaoh and his troops pursued them in order to bring them back and punish them. During their lengthy travels, they came to the sea and could not go any further, but ALLAH honoured His Prophet Moosa and the believers who were with him by making the sea dry for them so that they could walk across it, so they crossed over in the sight of their enemies, whilst they were looking on.
The enemy of ALLAH Pharaoh set out in a ship behind Moosa and the people who were with him, but he and those who were with him drowned in the same sea that Moosa and the believers with him had crossed.

Undoubtedly the death of this extreme tyrant in such a manner is one of the greatest signs which demonstrate the consequences of stubbornness, wrongdoing and arrogance. Hence Allaah wanted to establish and confirm this sign, so as to dispel any doubt or confusion. So He decreed that the body of the Pharaoh should appear motionless and dead on the shore, so that his people and those who used to worship him could see him, and that would be the most eloquent lesson to them. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“So this day We shall deliver your (dead) body (out from the sea) that you may be a sign to those who come after you! And verily, many among mankind are heedless of Our Ayaat”
[Holy Quran, Younus 10:92]

Ibn Katheer (may ALLAH have mercy on him) said: Ibn ‘Abbaas and others of the salaf said that some of the Children of Israel doubted the death of Pharaoh, so ALLAH commanded the sea to throw out his body, whole but lifeless, wearing his well known armour, onto a raised portion of land, so that they might see that he was indeed dead. Hence Allaah says “So this day We shall deliver your (dead) body” i.e., we will raise you onto a prominent part of the land.

And this is what happened. The Children of Israel saw Pharaoh lying dead with their own eyes, so he was a sign for those who saw him then, and he is a sign for all those who come after him and hear the story of his death.
( Thanks to Sister Sunrise for providing above passages for
part 2 of the post )

Holy Quran pictured the events like this:
[Holy Quran, Surah Yunus 10:75 to 87]

75 Then after them sent We Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his chiefs with Our Signs. But they were arrogant: they were a people in sin.

76 When the Truth did come to them from Us, they said: "This is indeed evident sorcery!"

77 Said Moses: "Say ye (this) about the truth when it hath (actually) reached you? Is sorcery (like) this? But sorcerers will not prosper."

78 They said: "Hast thou come to us to turn us away from the ways we found our fathers following,- in order that thou and thy brother may have greatness in the land? But not we shall believe in you!"

79 Said Pharaoh: "Bring me every sorcerer well versed."

80 When the sorcerers came, Moses said to them: "Throw ye what ye (wish) to throw!"

81 When they had had their throw, Moses said: "What ye have brought is sorcery: Allah will surely make it of no effect: for Allah prospereth not the work of those who make mischief.

82 "And Allah by His words doth prove and establish His truth, however much the sinners may hate it!"

83 But none believed in Moses except some children of his people, because of the fear of Pharaoh and his chiefs, lest they should persecute them; and certainly Pharaoh was mighty on the earth and one who transgressed all bounds.

84 Moses said: "O my people! If ye do (really) believe in Allah, then in Him put your trust if ye submit (your will to His)."

85 They said: "In Allah do we put out trust. Our Lord! make us not a trial for those who practise oppression;

86 "And deliver us by Thy Mercy from those who reject (Thee)."

87 We inspired Moses and his brother with this Message: "Provide dwellings for your people in Egypt, make your dwellings into places of worship, and establish regular prayers: and give glad tidings to those who believe!"

[ End of Surah Yunus 10:75 to 87]

This instruction,we may suppose,was given when the sorcerers were brought to confusion,and some of the Egyptians believed. Moses was for a little while to remain in Egypt,so that his Message should have time to work,before the Israelites were led out of Egypt. They were to make their houses into places of prayer(Qiblah),as Pharaoh would not probably allow them to set up public places of prayer,and they were now to be only sojourners in Egypt. The Qiblah was to be symbolical of their later wanderings in Arabia,and the still later restoration of ALLAH's pure worship at the Ka'bah under Al Mustafa. These were the glad tidings(the Gospel)of Islam,which was preached under Noah,Abraham,Moses and Jesus,and completed under Muhammad (Peace be Upon them).

Moses prayed:"Our Lord! Thou hast indeed bestowed on Pharaoh and his Chiefs splendour and wealth in the life of the Present,and so,Our Lord,they mislead(men)from thy Path, Deface,Our Lord,the features of their wealth,and send hardness to their hearts,so they will not believe until they see the grievous Penalty."
[Holy Quran, Surah Yunus 10:88]

Moses prayer,in which Aaron joined,for he was always with him,may be paraphrased thus:"O ALLAH!we understand that the glitter and the wealth of the Egyptians are not to be envied. They are but the ephemeral goods of this life. They are disadvantage,in that in their pride of possessions the Egyptians mislead themselves and others. Let their pride be their undoing! Turn their wealth into bitterness and their hearts into hardness,for they reject Thee,and they will not believe until they actually see the Punishment of their sin!"

A terrible curse! Let their wealth and splendour become so defaced in their features,that instead of being objects of desire,they become object of loathing! The heart is the seat of affections and joy: let it be so hardened by their unbelief that it becomes the seat of hatred and grief! It is when they see the Penalty that they will believe!

89 Allah said: "Accepted is your prayer (O Moses and Aaron)! So stand ye straight, and follow not the path of those who know not."

90 We took the Children of Israel across the sea: Pharaoh and his hosts followed them in insolence and spite. At length, when overwhelmed with the flood, he said: "I believe that there is no god except Him Whom the Children of Israel believe in: I am of those who submit (to Allah in Islam)."

91 (It was said to him): "Ah now!- But a little while before, wast thou in rebellion!- and thou didst mischief (and violence)!

92 "This day shall We save thee in the body, that thou mayest be a sign to those who come after thee! but verily, many among mankind are heedless of Our Signs!"

[Holy Quran,Surah Yunus 10:89,92]

That is,in the One True God. This was deathbed repentance,and even so it was forced by the terror of the catastrophe. So it was not accepted(4:18) in its entirety. Only this concession was made,that the body was saved from the sea,and presumably,according to Egyptian custom,it was embalmed and the mummy was given due rites of the dead. But the story commemorated forever ALLAH's working,in Mercy for His people,and in just punishment of oppressors.

"And remember We divided the Sea for you and saved you and drowned Pharaoh's people within your very sight."
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Baqarah 2:50)

When the Israelites at last escaped from Egypt,they were pursued by Pharaoh and his host
By a miracle the Israelites crossed the Red sea,but the host of Pharaoh was drowned: (Exod.xiv.5:31.)

Authored by : Mrs.Omairah Mohammed Altao.

By: ROAD to Jannah