Tag: Forbearance حلم
Did the Prophet burn down people’s houses for missing the prayer?
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: Some people claim the Prophet burned down people’s houses because they were absent from prayer. Is it true? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful There is a tradition of the Prophet which states that he wanted to burn down the houses of the [...]
Islam is a Peace Offering to the World
“O people, spread peace, feed the hungry, and pray at night when people are sleeping and you will enter Paradise in peace.”
–Sunan Ibn Majah 1334
Did the Prophet kill apostates who convert to another religion?
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: Your prophet said, “Whoever changes his religion, kill him.” This means there is no freedom of religion in Islam. Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful There is an important context to the statement you have cited. Apostasy is divided into two types: major [...]
Was Prophet Muhammad a pedophile who had sex with children?
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: Your prophet married a nine-year old girl. Isn’t this pedophilia and child abuse? Answer: Scholars disagree concerning the age of Aisha when she married the Prophet, the earliest estimate being that she was nine-years old. This means that the marriage contract was ratified after Aisha reached puberty, [...]
Did Prophet Muhammad assassinate those who criticized him?
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: Your prophet assassinated a man only for criticizing him. This shows that your religion is intolerant and can’t win in the marketplace of ideas. Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful The story you are referring to is the killing of Ka’b ibn Al-Ashraf, [...]
Are Muslims only kind to other Muslims and harsh with unbelievers?
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: Your book reads, “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves.” (48:29) Jesus says love your enemies. I feel like Christianity is a religion of peace and Muslims are only good to people who follow their religion. [...]
Does the Quran let Muslims beat their wives?
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: Verse 4:34 reads, “As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and strike them.” Isn’t this a justification of domestic abuse and violence against women? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful The “striking” in this [...]
The Martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad: An Example of His Tolerance and Forgiveness
“I never saw a case involving legal retaliation being referred to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, except that he would command pardoning the criminal.”
An-Nawawi on the Dignity and Tranquility of the Believers in the Most Merciful
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org An-Nawawi records in his book, Gardens of the Righteous: باب الوقار والسكينة Chapter: Dignity and Tranquility Allah Almighty said: وَعِبَادُ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ الْجَاهِلُونَ قَالُوا سَلَامًا The servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the [...]
Ibn Kathir on Calling People to Islam by Repelling Evil with Good and Winning the Hearts of Enemies
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Ibn Kathir writes in his commentary of the Quran: Allah Almighty says: وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلاً مِّمَّن دَعَآ إِلَى اللَّهِ Who is better in speech than he who invites to Allah. (41:33) This means, he calls the servants of Allah to Him. And He says: وَعَمِلَ صَـلِحاً وَقَالَ إِنَّنِى [...]
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