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Who was
Muhammad?
There are no ancient non-Muslim sources on the life of Muhammad, Islam's
prophet and founder. All ever written of him was done so by biased
followers of his teachings. There are two main sources for a history of
Muhammad's life, both of which are Islamic. While the Quran itself
is not
a biographical work, it does provide information as to the life and
mind of the founder of Islam. The two ancient biographies of
Muhammad are the Life History of Muhammad, by Ibn-Ishaq (A.D. 768),
edited by Ibn-Hisham (A.D. 833); and The Expeditions of Muhammad, by Al-Waqidi
(A.D. 822). The evidences from these sources provide a picture of
the life and history of Muhammad.
Muhammad was born at Mecca in 570 in a Quraish tribe that ruled over the city and the surrounding area. His father died on a trading trip at Yathrib just before Muhammad's birth and his mother was left to raise him. Mothers in Quraish tribes traditionally handed their infants over to a nurse from a Bedouin tribe believing that the air of the desert was healthier. Muhammad was given to Halima, who nursed him for 2 years before returning the boy to his mother. Muhammad's mother feared for his health in the air of Mecca and instructed the nurse to take him back to the desert for two more years. When Halima returned a second time she reported that Muhammad had been having
"fits" and she feared that he may be demon possessed. However,
she was once again persuaded to return Muhammad to the desert. After an increasing number of
these "fits" took place, she returned him to his mother at the age of five. Shortly thereafter, while returning from a trip to Yathrib, Muhammad's mother died leaving him to the care of his grandfather.
After his grandfather's death 2 years later, Muhammad's uncle Abu Talib raised him. At age 12, Muhammad began accompanying his uncle on mercantile trips to Damascus and other cities. He spent his youth tending the sheep and goats in the valleys of Mecca . Later in life he would recall his childhood saying, "Even such as I used to gather, feeding the flocks in the valley of Mecca : and truly no prophet hath been raised up but first he hath done the work of a
shepherd."
When
Muhammad was 25, while working for a wealthy widow merchant of
Mecca
, he accompanied her trading caravan to Syria.
The widow, Khadija, was impressed with him and on their return
trip offered to marry him. Although she was nearly twice his age,
he agreed to the marriage. She bore him 4 daughters and 2 sons,
the sons dieing in infancy, before her death.
Very
much in the same way that Mormonism began in the United States by a self
proclaimed prophet named Joseph Smith, Muhammad found himself at age 40
seeking a religion other that of the Old Testament Bible. He sought
another faith, a "one true religion", and began
meditating in the caves around Mecca in hopes of finding it.
As he meditated and sought
this
"true religion" in a cave outside Mecca, it is
believed that he composed the chapters of the Quran. No scribes accompanied Muhammad on
these trips. The Quran
is written in 7th century Arabic, the same language spoken by the very
literate Bedouins who raised him.
It
is well documented that Muhammad suffered from bad dreams, trances, and visions,
and it was documented that he was so
troubled by them that at times he sought escape by suicide. It was
during one of these suicide attempts that Islam teaches the angel
Gabriel called out to him, "O Muhammad, thou who art the Prophet of
the lord, I am Gabriel". It is also said that when Muhammad
would have a "revelation" sweat would his brow would sweat profusely
and he would drop
to the ground, at which time supposedly Gabriel would again appear to him and
repeat his instruction that Muhammad was a prophet of Allah sent to
reclaim the lost people of the land. It was these visions and
Muhammad's claimed revelations from the Angel Gabriel that led to the religion
of Islam. When Muhammad first began having the visions, he feared
that the messages were coming from Jinn, or evil spirits.
Note the source of deception as it then takes place. Does it sound familiar?
It was
his wife who convinced him that the visions were divinely inspired and that
Muhammad was a true prophet. Even though she did not personally
partake of these dreams and visions, and did not see the Angel Gabriel
herself, she did see the advantage to having a husband revered as a
"messenger of God". Thus he began spreading his
revelations and gathering followers of the "one true religion"
of Islam.
As
Muhammad's converts grew, he began to speak out against the Meccans and
their idol worship. We can at least give Muhammad credit for his
anti-idolatry stand. It was this conflict with the Meccans that led
to the first blood shed in the name of Islam. As the opposition
grew, Muhammad instructed his followers who could not protect themselves
to go into hiding in
Ethiopia. Not able to protect his remaining followers,
and having no real foundational truth to fall back on, Muhammad
compromised with the Meccans by incorporating some of their idols into
the evolving religion of Islam. He proclaimed that Al-Lat, Al-Uzza,
and Manat, three Meccan deities, were exalted goddesses and their
intercession was to be sought. This led to the Meccans accepting
Islam, but Muhammad later confessed that the compromise was
inspired by Satan.
Ten
years after he introduced Islam to the world, Muhammad's wife died. Two months later he married
first a widow, and then a six-year-old girl.
He would eventually be married to 15 women. He married
someone new every year following his first wife's death, many of them as
a result of war and plunder. Women left alive after a war with
rival tribes would be taken as Muhammad's wives. Other wives were
taken for political gain because of their societal status or relation to
local government officials. Islam taught that men were only
allowed four wives. Muhammad made an exception for himself,
however, in his writing of Surat
33:50.
O
Prophet! Lo! We have made lawful unto thee thy wives unto whom thou hast
paid their dowries, and those whom thy right hand possesseth of those
whom Allah hath given thee as spoils of war, and a believing woman if
she give herself unto the Prophet and the Prophet desire to ask her in
marriage - a privilege for thee only, not for the rest of believers.
Islam
spread rapidly in Yathrib, now Medina, and Muhammad took his followers there to settle and build a great
Mosque.
After settling the area for his followers Muhammad married
an 6 year-old girl.
According to Tabari (also according to Hisham ibn ‘Urwah, Ibn Hunbal and Ibn Sad),
Muhammad's 6 year old bride, Ayesha was betrothed at six years of age and began to cohabit
(have sexual relations) with the Prophet at the age of nine years.
Islamic scholar's teaching of Mohammad's pedophilia:
Sahih Muslim Book 008, Number 3310:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) married me when I was six years old, and I was admitted to his house when I was nine years old.
Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Number 64
Narrated 'Aisha:
that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death).
Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Number 65
Narrated 'Aisha:
that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old. Hisham said: I have been informed that 'Aisha remained with the Prophet for nine years (i.e. till his death)." what you know of the Quran (by heart)'
Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Number 88
Narrated 'Ursa:
The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with 'Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death).
Some Muslims claim that it was Abu Bakr who approached Muhammad asking him to marry his daughter. This
can be proven as false through the following:
Sahih Bukhari 7.18
Narrated 'Ursa:
The Prophet asked Abu Bakr for 'Aisha's hand in marriage. Abu Bakr said "But I am your brother." The Prophet said, "You are my brother in Allah's religion and His Book, but she (Aisha) is lawful for me to marry."
Some offer up the quite shallow excuse for the 54 year old man Muhammad's
marriage to a 6 year old girl as being acceptable in the culture and
era of Muhammad's life. No. It was not acceptable. Such relationships
were not only frowned upon, but would bring about severe punishment, by
both authorities and citizens.
The Quran in Sura 33:50 grants Muhammad additional wide latitude in his marriages not allowed to the commoner of his era:
"O Prophet, We have made lawful to you those of your wives, whose dowers you have paid, and those women who come into your possession out of the slave-girls granted by Allah, and the daughters of your paternal uncles and aunts, and of your maternal uncles and aunts, who have migrated with you, and the believing woman who gives herself to the Prophet, if the Prophet may desire her. This privilege is for you only, not for the other believers" . . . . (Maududi vol. 4, p. 111, emphasis added).
This lengthy verse says that besides those women whose dower Muhammad paid, he
could marry slave-girls. Maududi references three slave-girls taken during raids,
plus Mary the Copt, a gift from an Egyptian ruler. Muhammad could also marry his first cousins,
(which can cause genetic disorders) and Maududi cites a case in which this happened.
If a believing woman offered herself to Muhammad, and he desired her, then he
could marry her (cousin or not) (Maududi vol. 4, note 88).
This latter self-ordained "permission" by Mohammad is the most suspect.
"Revelations" that sexually or financially benefit a founder or leader of a religious movement
always raise
concern for objective outsiders, as it should for those within the
group, unless someone has the imbecilic belief that the human founder has achieved
"sinless perfection" and can do no wrong. Even so, the sexual
sin in itself automatically cancels out that same supposed sinless
perfection.
But the final slap in the face of morality through these "special" marriages occurs when Muhammad also
courts and then marries the wife Zainab of his adopted son Zaid. His son-in-law divorced
Zainab after Muhammad's pointed lascivious attention to the girl
prompted her to begin comparing her husband's "worth" with the "Messenger of
God" Muhammad. It is documented that she flaunted
Mohammad's attention before her young husband causing him to seek liberation
of his wife turned tormentor. Early Islamic documents show that while
arriving unanounced Muhammad caught a glimpse of his daughter-in-law in a state of undress, and he desired her.
To be sure that the whole ignominious affair is accepted by his naive
followers, Muhammad comes up with another self serving
"prophecy"; Allah conveniently "reveals" to him that this marriage between father-in-law and daughter-in-law is legal and moral in Sura 33:36-44.
Holy Wars
Following this time of obfuscation concerning his sexual iniquities, a long list of "holy
wars" began. The decimation of the population that took place during
these wars is considered by many, as Godly retribution upon Muhammad and
his followers.
Forced
religious conversion:
The people who were conquered in these battles
were given three choices: accept Islam, pay tribute, or die by the
sword (see the Repentance Surat, verse 29). As a result of this
method of forced conversion, many Christian churches were turned into
mosques to please the conquering Muslims, while most Christians,
not willing to deny their faith in God and His Son Jesus, were killed.
After the Battle
of Badr, Mohammad proclaimed the ordinance "Know that whatsoever thing ye
plunder, verily one-fifth thereof is for God and for the Prophet
(himself)."
The remaining spoils, after Muhammad received one-fifth, were divided
among the warriors. This began the teachings of Jihad, and
fighting for the cause of Islam carried with it a margin of financial
profit. Muhammad taught that to die for
the cause of Islam was the highest honor and would lead to eternity in
Paradise
surrounded by virgins.
What better way to have hoards of brute-minded warriors at your
disposal than to offer them a share in plunder, a pardon of sins, and multiple
(virginal) sex partners with large eyes (?) through out eternity.
Surat
al-Nisa 4:74 Let those fight in the way of Allah who
sell the life of this world for the other. Whoso fighteth in the
way of Allah, be he slain or be he victorious, on him We shall bestow a
vast reward.
Notice
in the next verse how Mohammad places himself on the level of Allah when he seeks
protection from his enemies. And I'm sure he had many.
Surat
al-Ma'idah 5:33 The only reward of those who make war upon Allah
and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that
they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on
alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such
will be their degradation in the world, and in the Hereafter theirs will
be an awful doom.
In
the Battle
with the Quraiza Jews, over two thousand Jews were slaughtered by
Muhammad and his warriors. In the bloodbath, Zainab, (his adopted
son's ex-wife) lost
her husband, father, and brother. Seeking revenge, Zainab poisoned
Muhammad's dinner. Muhammad spit out the food before it could kill
him, but its effects on him combined with pneumonia in the eleventh
year of the Hijra, led to his death at age 64.
Muhammad died as any man does. There were never any records, writings,
or testimony that Muhammad was resurrected from death or came back to life. No one
ever saw Muhammad again. He is dead and will be raised up on the Day of Judgment
by the true God who has shown Himself to us in the Holy Bible (not
in the Quran).
Muhammad will face judgment before God as every other mortal and lost
man will do. The blood and souls of millions of innocents will be upon his hands.
God's
chosen people, the Jews, and those people redeemed by the Blood of God's
only Son, the Christians, were slaughtered at the hands of Muslims while
under the influence of Muhammad's vile teachings.
History
tells us that the twelve months following Muhammad's death were spent in
bitter, bloody battles to subdue the Arab tribes who became apostate.
However, Islam continued to grow after Muhammad's death, led by four
Khalifs elected by the closest followers of the prophet. Jihad
also continued in much the same way it had under their prophet. In
634 the Islamic military force advanced on Palestine and Syria, and
defeated the Byzantine armies at Yarmouk River in 636. Forty
thousand more Muslims marched to conquer North Africa, followed by the
surrender of Jerusalem to the plundering Muslims.
Over
one million Armenian Christians were savagely slaughtered by the Turkish
Muslims at the beginning of the twentieth century. According to a
report by Khartoum University professors Ushari Mahmud and Suleyman Ali
Blado, more than one thousand Dinka citizens were massacred in the
Western Sudan town of Diem in 1987. The Baptist Record newspaper
of November 5, 1987, added that dozens of pastors have been killed and
many churches destroyed since Islamic law was imposed in 1983, when
Sudan was officially declared an Islamic republic. The Baptist
World Alliance newsletter of September, 1987, tells of 130 church
buildings and pastor's homes, all of Christian denominations in Kadona
State in Nigeria, being destroyed by Muslim rioters.
Where does
this rampant slaughter in the name of religion come from. It is
taught in the Quran as revealed by the prophet Muhammad.
Surat
al-Taubah (Repentance) 9:29 Fight against such of those who have
been given the Scripture as believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, and
forbid not that which Allah hath forbidden by His messenger, and follow
not the religion of truth, until they pay the tribute readily, being
brought low.
More
recently, in a December 8, 2001 Worldnet Daily article by Art Moore, it
was reported that more than 50,000 Christians in the Central Sulawesi
province town of Tentena were in imminent danger of attack by a
paramilitary group called Laskar Jihad, a group whose goal is the total
elimination of Christians from the region. According to Voice of
the Martyrs, an organization that reports on Christian persecution, At
least 600 homes and six churches in Tentena were burned during attacks
in November of 2001, and 15,000 Christians were forced to flee.
In
Indonesia Laskar Jihad waged a violent campaign against Christians in
neighboring Maluku province where at least 9,000 Christians have been
killed since 1999. This religious cleansing can be found in all
areas of the world where Islam has rooted itself. The quest for an
Islamic world, taken by force if need be,
still continues today, all in
the name of Allah, and as taught and practiced by the prophet Muhammad.
In
conclusion; Muhammad was a man. He did not heal the sick, give sight to
the blind, nor raise the dead. Muhammad taught blood shed and violence.
He promoted a multitude of sins including adultery and pedophilia. Anyone that is following his teachings is doing so blindly with out
considering the actions of the man they have chosen to follow. Do not
look for the interpretations of the life and teachings of Muhammad to be
taught to you by others. Research who Muhammad was, look at the
documented history of his life, and what he did or did not
accomplish. Ask, no, beg, the true God of Creation to show you the
truth about Muhammad. Seek the truth of God through His Old and
New Testament Word first, and then compare the life of Muhammad to that
of Jesus Christ.
Consider:
Is Islam a religion of peace and morality?
Was
Mohammad a true prophet of God or were his teachings merely the vain and
self serving imaginations of a man out of control and accountable to no
one, not even to God?
Did
Muhammad seek to bring his followers to know God the Creator, or were
Muhammad's teachings designed to benefit his own personal, social, and
political ambitions?
My prayer for you is that you not be a blind follower.
Your eternal soul hangs in the balance between and damnation and
salvation. Choose salvation.
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