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Hence, render unto the orphans their posses­sions, and do not substitute bad things [of your own] for the good things [that belong to them], and do not consume their possessions together with your own: this, verily, is a great crime.

An-Nisaa - 2

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HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you],

An-Naba - 6

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Thus it was: but [in the course of time] We were to bestow all these [things] as a heritage on the children of Israel.

Ash-Shu'araa - 59

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Blog/News: Flippin’ Fatwa Friday – We Forgot 9/11

Before the death of Charlie Kirk, this week would have had one reminder of a day that should stay forever etched in our memory: 9/11. 25 years ago, two planes were flown into the World Trade Center, another was crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth plane, which was believed to be headed towards the White House or the U.S. Capitol, crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after the passengers aboard heroically fought the hijackers. In total, 2,977 people were killed, not including the 19 hijackers who, despite the rantings and ravings of conspiracy theorists like Candace Owens, were Muslim jihadists, not Jews.

After that horrific day, the nation made a promise never to forget 9/11 and the atrocities committed. Yet, 25 years later, we’ve broken that promise. We’ve forgotten, and now a less obvious Islamic threat has arisen with their most powerful weapon yet: ignorance.

Even in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, we were reassured that Islam was a religion of peace, and the only Muslims we needed to worry about were the ones that had hijacked it for their own purposes. To suggest otherwise was promptly labeled “Islamophobic.” While it is true that most Muslims in the West are peaceful, if we are to look at the Quran and hadiths, Islam’s most important books, we see that Islam is not inherently peaceful and sooner or later, that will become undeniably obvious.

I have written several posts about this, which you can read here and here. Within Islam, due to verses like Surah 9:5, 9:29, 2:178-129, etc. (full list of verses here) and hadiths like Sunan an-Nasa’i 3097,  Sunan an-Nasa’i 3099, Sunan an-Nasa’i 3098,  Sunan an-Nasa’i 3103, Sunan an-Nasa’i 3106, peaceful Muslims are terrible at following Islam. It’s sadly the Muslims who commit horrible atrocities like 9/11, October 7th, or the British Grooming Gangs who, according to Islam, are doing the will of Allah and are on the fast track to heaven.

This, unfortunately, is the thing that many people are completely ignorant of, and the Muslims have been taking advantage of it. But the other thing that we’ve forgotten that ties into this is how jihad doesn’t just look like blowing people up in the name of Allah. It’s a worldwide struggle to establish an Islamic takeover, and if it’s not done through warfare, it’s done through demographic changes and votes. It’s done through convincing the unbelievers that the Muslims are peaceful, so don’t mind if the demographic changes and you all of a sudden have a Muslim mayor or a Muslim terrorist-sympathizer running for senate.

The most notable example of this has been Zohran Mamdani, in the very place where 9/11 took place. He has ridden this wave of ignorance for his entire mayorship so far, saying that Muslims just want to be treated like normal Americans. While – once again – this is partially true, if you look at what Muslim teachers teach, it’s clear that many Muslims want to take over, and teach a Muslim supremacist doctrine (that, once again is found in the Quran.)

If we do not recognize this, we’re going to get more 9/11s and barely any response. If we do not recognize what happened on 9/11 as being a direct consequence of what the Quran teaches and allow the Muslims to take over, we will see America and the West be taken over by Islam.

Until next time,

M.J.

Blog/News: Flippin’ Fatwa Friday – We Forgot 9/11

Before the death of Charlie Kirk, this week would have had one reminder of a day that should stay forever etched in our memory: 9/11. 25 years ago, two planes were flown into the World Trade Center, another was crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth plane, which was believed to be headed towards the White House or the U.S. Capitol, crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after the passengers aboard heroically fought the hijackers. In total, 2,977 people were killed, not including the 19 hijackers who, despite the rantings and ravings of conspiracy theorists like Candace Owens, were Muslim jihadists, not Jews.

After that horrific day, the nation made a promise never to forget 9/11 and the atrocities committed. Yet, 25 years later, we’ve broken that promise. We’ve forgotten, and now a less obvious Islamic threat has arisen with their most powerful weapon yet: ignorance.

Even in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, we were reassured that Islam was a religion of peace, and the only Muslims we needed to worry about were the ones that had hijacked it for their own purposes. To suggest otherwise was promptly labeled “Islamophobic.” While it is true that most Muslims in the West are peaceful, if we are to look at the Quran and hadiths, Islam’s most important books, we see that Islam is not inherently peaceful and sooner or later, that will become undeniably obvious.

I have written several posts about this, which you can read here and here. Within Islam, due to verses like Surah 9:5, 9:29, 2:178-129, etc. (full list of verses here) and hadiths like Sunan an-Nasa’i 3097,  Sunan an-Nasa’i 3099, Sunan an-Nasa’i 3098,  Sunan an-Nasa’i 3103, Sunan an-Nasa’i 3106, peaceful Muslims are terrible at following Islam. It’s sadly the Muslims who commit horrible atrocities like 9/11, October 7th, or the British Grooming Gangs who, according to Islam, are doing the will of Allah and are on the fast track to heaven.

This, unfortunately, is the thing that many people are completely ignorant of, and the Muslims have been taking advantage of it. But the other thing that we’ve forgotten that ties into this is how jihad doesn’t just look like blowing people up in the name of Allah. It’s a worldwide struggle to establish an Islamic takeover, and if it’s not done through warfare, it’s done through demographic changes and votes. It’s done through convincing the unbelievers that the Muslims are peaceful, so don’t mind if the demographic changes and you all of a sudden have a Muslim mayor or a Muslim terrorist-sympathizer running for senate.

The most notable example of this has been Zohran Mamdani, in the very place where 9/11 took place. He has ridden this wave of ignorance for his entire mayorship so far, saying that Muslims just want to be treated like normal Americans. While – once again – this is partially true, if you look at what Muslim teachers teach, it’s clear that many Muslims want to take over, and teach a Muslim supremacist doctrine (that, once again is found in the Quran.)

If we do not recognize this, we’re going to get more 9/11s and barely any response. If we do not recognize what happened on 9/11 as being a direct consequence of what the Quran teaches and allow the Muslims to take over, we will see America and the West be taken over by Islam.

Until next time,

M.J.

Blog/News: Flippin’ Fatwa Friday – We Forgot 9/11

Before the death of Charlie Kirk, this week would have had one reminder of a day that should stay forever etched in our memory: 9/11. 25 years ago, two planes were flown into the World Trade Center, another was crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth plane, which was believed to be headed towards the White House or the U.S. Capitol, crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after the passengers aboard heroically fought the hijackers. In total, 2,977 people were killed, not including the 19 hijackers who, despite the rantings and ravings of conspiracy theorists like Candace Owens, were Muslim jihadists, not Jews.

After that horrific day, the nation made a promise never to forget 9/11 and the atrocities committed. Yet, 25 years later, we’ve broken that promise. We’ve forgotten, and now a less obvious Islamic threat has arisen with their most powerful weapon yet: ignorance.

Even in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, we were reassured that Islam was a religion of peace, and the only Muslims we needed to worry about were the ones that had hijacked it for their own purposes. To suggest otherwise was promptly labeled “Islamophobic.” While it is true that most Muslims in the West are peaceful, if we are to look at the Quran and hadiths, Islam’s most important books, we see that Islam is not inherently peaceful and sooner or later, that will become undeniably obvious.

I have written several posts about this, which you can read here and here. Within Islam, due to verses like Surah 9:5, 9:29, 2:178-129, etc. (full list of verses here) and hadiths like Sunan an-Nasa’i 3097,  Sunan an-Nasa’i 3099, Sunan an-Nasa’i 3098,  Sunan an-Nasa’i 3103, Sunan an-Nasa’i 3106, peaceful Muslims are terrible at following Islam. It’s sadly the Muslims who commit horrible atrocities like 9/11, October 7th, or the British Grooming Gangs who, according to Islam, are doing the will of Allah and are on the fast track to heaven.

This, unfortunately, is the thing that many people are completely ignorant of, and the Muslims have been taking advantage of it. But the other thing that we’ve forgotten that ties into this is how jihad doesn’t just look like blowing people up in the name of Allah. It’s a worldwide struggle to establish an Islamic takeover, and if it’s not done through warfare, it’s done through demographic changes and votes. It’s done through convincing the unbelievers that the Muslims are peaceful, so don’t mind if the demographic changes and you all of a sudden have a Muslim mayor or a Muslim terrorist-sympathizer running for senate.

The most notable example of this has been Zohran Mamdani, in the very place where 9/11 took place. He has ridden this wave of ignorance for his entire mayorship so far, saying that Muslims just want to be treated like normal Americans. While – once again – this is partially true, if you look at what Muslim teachers teach, it’s clear that many Muslims want to take over, and teach a Muslim supremacist doctrine (that, once again is found in the Quran.)

If we do not recognize this, we’re going to get more 9/11s and barely any response. If we do not recognize what happened on 9/11 as being a direct consequence of what the Quran teaches and allow the Muslims to take over, we will see America and the West be taken over by Islam.

Until next time,

M.J.

Blog/News: Flippin’ Fatwa Friday – We Forgot 9/11

Before the death of Charlie Kirk, this week would have had one reminder of a day that should stay forever etched in our memory: 9/11. 25 years ago, two planes were flown into the World Trade Center, another was crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth plane, which was believed to be headed towards the White House or the U.S. Capitol, crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after the passengers aboard heroically fought the hijackers. In total, 2,977 people were killed, not including the 19 hijackers who, despite the rantings and ravings of conspiracy theorists like Candace Owens, were Muslim jihadists, not Jews.

After that horrific day, the nation made a promise never to forget 9/11 and the atrocities committed. Yet, 25 years later, we’ve broken that promise. We’ve forgotten, and now a less obvious Islamic threat has arisen with their most powerful weapon yet: ignorance.

Even in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, we were reassured that Islam was a religion of peace, and the only Muslims we needed to worry about were the ones that had hijacked it for their own purposes. To suggest otherwise was promptly labeled “Islamophobic.” While it is true that most Muslims in the West are peaceful, if we are to look at the Quran and hadiths, Islam’s most important books, we see that Islam is not inherently peaceful and sooner or later, that will become undeniably obvious.

I have written several posts about this, which you can read here and here. Within Islam, due to verses like Surah 9:5, 9:29, 2:178-129, etc. (full list of verses here) and hadiths like Sunan an-Nasa’i 3097,  Sunan an-Nasa’i 3099, Sunan an-Nasa’i 3098,  Sunan an-Nasa’i 3103, Sunan an-Nasa’i 3106, peaceful Muslims are terrible at following Islam. It’s sadly the Muslims who commit horrible atrocities like 9/11, October 7th, or the British Grooming Gangs who, according to Islam, are doing the will of Allah and are on the fast track to heaven.

This, unfortunately, is the thing that many people are completely ignorant of, and the Muslims have been taking advantage of it. But the other thing that we’ve forgotten that ties into this is how jihad doesn’t just look like blowing people up in the name of Allah. It’s a worldwide struggle to establish an Islamic takeover, and if it’s not done through warfare, it’s done through demographic changes and votes. It’s done through convincing the unbelievers that the Muslims are peaceful, so don’t mind if the demographic changes and you all of a sudden have a Muslim mayor or a Muslim terrorist-sympathizer running for senate.

The most notable example of this has been Zohran Mamdani, in the very place where 9/11 took place. He has ridden this wave of ignorance for his entire mayorship so far, saying that Muslims just want to be treated like normal Americans. While – once again – this is partially true, if you look at what Muslim teachers teach, it’s clear that many Muslims want to take over, and teach a Muslim supremacist doctrine (that, once again is found in the Quran.)

If we do not recognize this, we’re going to get more 9/11s and barely any response. If we do not recognize what happened on 9/11 as being a direct consequence of what the Quran teaches and allow the Muslims to take over, we will see America and the West be taken over by Islam.

Until next time,

M.J.

Blog/News: Flippin’ Fatwa Friday – We Forgot 9/11

Before the death of Charlie Kirk, this week would have had one reminder of a day that should stay forever etched in our memory: 9/11. 25 years ago, two planes were flown into the World Trade Center, another was crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth plane, which was believed to be headed towards the White House or the U.S. Capitol, crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after the passengers aboard heroically fought the hijackers. In total, 2,977 people were killed, not including the 19 hijackers who, despite the rantings and ravings of conspiracy theorists like Candace Owens, were Muslim jihadists, not Jews.

After that horrific day, the nation made a promise never to forget 9/11 and the atrocities committed. Yet, 25 years later, we’ve broken that promise. We’ve forgotten, and now a less obvious Islamic threat has arisen with their most powerful weapon yet: ignorance.

Even in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, we were reassured that Islam was a religion of peace, and the only Muslims we needed to worry about were the ones that had hijacked it for their own purposes. To suggest otherwise was promptly labeled “Islamophobic.” While it is true that most Muslims in the West are peaceful, if we are to look at the Quran and hadiths, Islam’s most important books, we see that Islam is not inherently peaceful and sooner or later, that will become undeniably obvious.

I have written several posts about this, which you can read here and here. Within Islam, due to verses like Surah 9:5, 9:29, 2:178-129, etc. (full list of verses here) and hadiths like Sunan an-Nasa’i 3097,  Sunan an-Nasa’i 3099, Sunan an-Nasa’i 3098,  Sunan an-Nasa’i 3103, Sunan an-Nasa’i 3106, peaceful Muslims are terrible at following Islam. It’s sadly the Muslims who commit horrible atrocities like 9/11, October 7th, or the British Grooming Gangs who, according to Islam, are doing the will of Allah and are on the fast track to heaven.

This, unfortunately, is the thing that many people are completely ignorant of, and the Muslims have been taking advantage of it. But the other thing that we’ve forgotten that ties into this is how jihad doesn’t just look like blowing people up in the name of Allah. It’s a worldwide struggle to establish an Islamic takeover, and if it’s not done through warfare, it’s done through demographic changes and votes. It’s done through convincing the unbelievers that the Muslims are peaceful, so don’t mind if the demographic changes and you all of a sudden have a Muslim mayor or a Muslim terrorist-sympathizer running for senate.

The most notable example of this has been Zohran Mamdani, in the very place where 9/11 took place. He has ridden this wave of ignorance for his entire mayorship so far, saying that Muslims just want to be treated like normal Americans. While – once again – this is partially true, if you look at what Muslim teachers teach, it’s clear that many Muslims want to take over, and teach a Muslim supremacist doctrine (that, once again is found in the Quran.)

If we do not recognize this, we’re going to get more 9/11s and barely any response. If we do not recognize what happened on 9/11 as being a direct consequence of what the Quran teaches and allow the Muslims to take over, we will see America and the West be taken over by Islam.

Until next time,

M.J.

"The central #London #bookshop at the centre of controversy last month after selling copies of #AdolfHitler’s #MeinKampf has now also been found to be selling a #book that accuses #Jews of possessing “evil qualities” and reproduces excerpts from the #Protocols of the #EldersofZion, the JC can reveal.

#Aafaq #Bookstore in #Westminster has been found to be selling copies of So That We Do Not Forget: #Jewish Crimes - #Zionist Resentment, an #Arabic-language #book dedicated to “every martyr whose blood was shed on the land of #Palestine, #Jerusalem, and #AlAqsa”.

The book’s first chapter describes Jews as a “people who committed great sins and possess evil qualities, thus deserving the wrath of [God]. God Almighty has mentioned their characteristics and actions in the Holy #Quran, and how He punished them, yet they did not learn a lesson. Therefore, we must know their history so that we may be wary of them… God’s victory for the believers over the Jews is inevitable.”

https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/london-bookshop-that-sold-mein-kampf-stocks-book-calling-jews-evil-and-promoting-protocols-conspiracy-squsge5b

"The central #London #bookshop at the centre of controversy last month after selling copies of #AdolfHitler’s #MeinKampf has now also been found to be selling a #book that accuses #Jews of possessing “evil qualities” and reproduces excerpts from the #Protocols of the #EldersofZion, the JC can reveal.

#Aafaq #Bookstore in #Westminster has been found to be selling copies of So That We Do Not Forget: #Jewish Crimes - #Zionist Resentment, an #Arabic-language #book dedicated to “every martyr whose blood was shed on the land of #Palestine, #Jerusalem, and #AlAqsa”.

The book’s first chapter describes Jews as a “people who committed great sins and possess evil qualities, thus deserving the wrath of [God]. God Almighty has mentioned their characteristics and actions in the Holy #Quran, and how He punished them, yet they did not learn a lesson. Therefore, we must know their history so that we may be wary of them… God’s victory for the believers over the Jews is inevitable.”

https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/london-bookshop-that-sold-mein-kampf-stocks-book-calling-jews-evil-and-promoting-protocols-conspiracy-squsge5b

"The central #London #bookshop at the centre of controversy last month after selling copies of #AdolfHitler’s #MeinKampf has now also been found to be selling a #book that accuses #Jews of possessing “evil qualities” and reproduces excerpts from the #Protocols of the #EldersofZion, the JC can reveal.

#Aafaq #Bookstore in #Westminster has been found to be selling copies of So That We Do Not Forget: #Jewish Crimes - #Zionist Resentment, an #Arabic-language #book dedicated to “every martyr whose blood was shed on the land of #Palestine, #Jerusalem, and #AlAqsa”.

The book’s first chapter describes Jews as a “people who committed great sins and possess evil qualities, thus deserving the wrath of [God]. God Almighty has mentioned their characteristics and actions in the Holy #Quran, and how He punished them, yet they did not learn a lesson. Therefore, we must know their history so that we may be wary of them… God’s victory for the believers over the Jews is inevitable.”

https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/london-bookshop-that-sold-mein-kampf-stocks-book-calling-jews-evil-and-promoting-protocols-conspiracy-squsge5b

"The central #London #bookshop at the centre of controversy last month after selling copies of #AdolfHitler’s #MeinKampf has now also been found to be selling a #book that accuses #Jews of possessing “evil qualities” and reproduces excerpts from the #Protocols of the #EldersofZion, the JC can reveal.

#Aafaq #Bookstore in #Westminster has been found to be selling copies of So That We Do Not Forget: #Jewish Crimes - #Zionist Resentment, an #Arabic-language #book dedicated to “every martyr whose blood was shed on the land of #Palestine, #Jerusalem, and #AlAqsa”.

The book’s first chapter describes Jews as a “people who committed great sins and possess evil qualities, thus deserving the wrath of [God]. God Almighty has mentioned their characteristics and actions in the Holy #Quran, and how He punished them, yet they did not learn a lesson. Therefore, we must know their history so that we may be wary of them… God’s victory for the believers over the Jews is inevitable.”

https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/london-bookshop-that-sold-mein-kampf-stocks-book-calling-jews-evil-and-promoting-protocols-conspiracy-squsge5b

"The central #London #bookshop at the centre of controversy last month after selling copies of #AdolfHitler’s #MeinKampf has now also been found to be selling a #book that accuses #Jews of possessing “evil qualities” and reproduces excerpts from the #Protocols of the #EldersofZion, the JC can reveal.

#Aafaq #Bookstore in #Westminster has been found to be selling copies of So That We Do Not Forget: #Jewish Crimes - #Zionist Resentment, an #Arabic-language #book dedicated to “every martyr whose blood was shed on the land of #Palestine, #Jerusalem, and #AlAqsa”.

The book’s first chapter describes Jews as a “people who committed great sins and possess evil qualities, thus deserving the wrath of [God]. God Almighty has mentioned their characteristics and actions in the Holy #Quran, and how He punished them, yet they did not learn a lesson. Therefore, we must know their history so that we may be wary of them… God’s victory for the believers over the Jews is inevitable.”

https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/london-bookshop-that-sold-mein-kampf-stocks-book-calling-jews-evil-and-promoting-protocols-conspiracy-squsge5b

Apologetics: Flippin’ Fatwa Friday – A Comparison of Claims About the Insanity of Jesus and the Insanity of Muhammad. (Part 3)

Over the last two Flippin’ Fatwa Friday posts, I’ve discussed the possibility that Muhammad and Jesus were either epileptic or insane. Jesus repeatedly proved Himself to be of sound mind and didn’t show any sign of epilepsy. Muhammad didn’t pass so cleanly, with the theory that he had epilepsy or a personality disorder still standing. However, if neither man were epileptic or insane, this leaves what’s possibly the oldest and most serious accusation against either of them: demon possession. 

Demonic possession manifests itself in different ways and can look like psychological dysfunction. (15) According to the instances of demon possession recorded in the Bible, demon possessed people can’t control themselves, exhibit new personalities and abilities, (Matt 8:29, 9:33, 12:22, Mark 1:23-24) speak in a different voice or make them mute, (Mark 5:9, Luke 11:14) have supernatural knowledge (Acts 16:16-18), and tend to be suicidal. (Matthew 17:14-21, Mark 9:14-29, Luke 9:37-43, 17:6) (3, 15)  

In the Bible, Jesus was accused of being demon possessed numerous times. In Luke 11:15, after Jesus had driven out a demon that made a person mute, some of the members of the crowd said, “By Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.” Similar accusations are found in Matthew 12:24, Mark 3:21-22, John 7:20, 8:48, 8:52, and 10:20. (3) 

 However, Jesus’ responses consistently disproved these claims. (Matthew 12:22-32, Mark 2:12, 3:22-30, 5:1-20, Luke 4:33-37, 11:14-23, and John 10:21) (3) At one point, he said, “Every kingdom divided against itself is ruined. And every city or household divided against itself will not last. If Satan forces Satan out, he is divided against himself. How, then, can his kingdom last? If I force demons out of people with the help of Beelzebul, who helps your followers force them out? That’s why they will be your judges. But if I force demons out with the help of God’s Spirit, then the kingdom of God has come to you.” (Matthew 12:25-28) (3) 

In Muhammad’s case, he cannot effectively fend off this accusation. In fact, the charge that he was possessed has perhaps the best evidence to support it. Throughout Muhammad’s life, he experienced periods of great spiritual oppression or delusion. (22) Ibn Saad records that during Muhammad’s childhood, Halima would see a cloud shadowing him during severe heat. (10) This so greatly scared her that it prompted her to send him back to Aaminah. (7, 10) In Guillaume’s translation of Ibn Ishaw, page 72: “His [Muhammad’s friends] father said to me, ‘I am afraid that this child has had a stroke, so take him back to his family before the result appears. … She [Muhammad’s mother] asked me what happened and gave me no peace until I told her. When she asked if I feared a demon had possessed him, I replied that I did.” (paragraph 5) (13) 

Various accounts of Muhammad’s first revelation are also damning. According to Karen Armstrong, ““Muhammad was torn from his sleep in his mountain cave and felt himself overwhelmed by a devastating divine presence. Later he explained this ineffable experience by saying that an angel had enveloped him in a terrifying embrace so that it felt as though the breath was being forced from his body.” (paragraph 5, sentence 1-2) (22) Sahih Muslim 160a writes, ““Then the Prophet returned therewith, his heart was trembling, and he went to Khadija and said: Wrap me up, wrap me up! So, they wrapped him till the fear had left him. He then said to Khadija: O Khadija! What has happened to me? And he informed her of the happening, saying: I fear for myself.” (1) Sahih Bukhari 4951 also says, “Then Allah’s Messenger returned with that experience; and the muscles between his neck and shoulders were trembling till he came upon Khadija (his wife) and said, ‘Cover me!’ They covered him, and when the state of fear was over, he said to Khadija, ‘O Khadija! What is wrong with me? I was afraid that something bad might happen to me.” (1)  

Ibn Ishaq and many of Muhammad’s contemporaries also agreed that he believed himself to be possessed and became suicidal afterwards. (22)  Islamic scholar al-Tabari, records that when the revelations ceased for a period of six months to three years, Muhammad became depressed and repeatedly attempted to jump off cliffs and mountain crags. (13) Guillaume’s The Life of Muhammad, page 106 contains Tabari’s record of what Muhammad said: “Now none of God’s creatures was more hateful to me than an (ecstatic) poet or a man possessed: I could not even look at them. I thought, Woe is me poet or possessed – Never shall Quraysh say this of me! I will go to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I may kill myself and gain rest.” (Paragraph 13-paragraph 14, sentence 1-5) (13)  

When compared to the accounts of angelic encounters in the Bible, Muhammad’s initial encounter with Gabriel sounds more akin to the cases of demon possession found in the Bible. Whenever people in the Bible meet an angel, the angel always comforts them with the phrase, “Do not be afraid.” (Gen 15:1, 26:24, 46: 3; Dan 8:15-29, 10:12, 19; Matt 28:5, 10; Luke 1:13, 26-31, 2:10; Rev. 1:17) (3, 22) Then, after the visit from the angel or God Himself, while the people are understandably shaken and filled with reverent fear, they never experienced depression, much less suicidality. (13) In fact, many who were visited by God in the Bible were blessed with the opportunity to fellowship with Him. (Gen 3-4, 6, 12-18, Exodus 3-34, Isaiah 6, Luke 2, Acts 9) (13) With Muhammad’s encounter with Gabriel, none of that is present. 

Interestingly, the accusations from Muhammad’s contemporaries that he was possessed aren’t just found in the hadiths. Record of these accusations can also be found in the Quran in verses and passages such as surah 15:6, (2) 44:14, and 37:36, (2, 22), 81:22-25, 69:41-42. (2, 13) The reason for these accusations, according to Tabari, could be rooted in a superstition from the pre-Islamic Arabs who believed in the demon of poetry. (13) The pre-Islamic Arabs believed that great poets were directly inspired by demons, which, combined with the fact that early Quranic revelations were poetic in nature, may explain why Muhammad’s contemporaries and Muhammad himself believed him to be demon possessed. (13, 22) So great was this belief that Muhammad was possessed that there are numerous verses dedicated to rebutting these claims, such as surah 7:184, 23:70, 34:36 52:29, 68:2, 81:22. (2) Further evidence that Muhammad had strange experiences with spiritual entities is found in Sahih Bukhari 3421, which records that he was attacked by jinn during prayer. (1) 

Other accounts that support the claim that Muhammad was possessed is the infamous story of the Satanic Verses, which make up surah 53:19-23. (2, 11) According to accounts from Ibn Sa’d and al-Tabari in The Life of Muhammad, when Muhammad’s following was still small in Mecca, he revealed verses that pleased the Meccan leaders because it declared the existence of and endorsed the worship of three goddesses who were worshipped there. (11) When later questioned about it, Muhammad retracted it, (11) and claimed that Satan put those verses in his mouth. (13)  

Additionally, various hadiths (i.e. Sahih Bukhari 4.490, 7.660, 7.661, 7.658, 8.89, 8.400) record an incident in which Muhammad was bewitched for a year, believing that he was having sexual relations with his wives when he wasn’t (13, 22) and was also referenced by Ibn Hisham in The Life of Muhammad. (13) Aisha narrates in Sahih Bukhari 3175, “Once the Prophet was bewitched so that he began to imagine that he had done a thing which in fact he had not done.” (1) Sahih Bukhari 6391, also records this and said, “[…] Allah’s Messenger was affected by magic, so much that he used to think that he had done something which in fact, he did not do, and he invoke his Lord (for a remedy). Then (one day) he said, ‘O Aisha! Do you know that Allah has advised me as to the problem I consulted him about?’ Aisha said, ‘O Allah’s Messenger! What’s that?’ He said, ‘Two mean came to me and one of them sat at my head and the other at my feet, and one of them asked his companion, ‘What is wrong with this man?’ The later replied, ‘He is under the effect of magic.’” (1)  It continues, saying, “Allah’s Messenger went to that well and returned to Aisha, saying, ‘By Allah, the water (of the well) was as red as the infusion of Hinna, and the date-palm trees look like the heads of devils.’” (1)  

People’s reaction to Gabriel were also telling, with as non-Muslims called Gabriel “Satan.” (Sahih Bukhari 2.225) (13) Aisha also couldn’t see Gabriel, (Sahih Bukhari 4.440) Muslims and non-Muslims thought Gabriel was a man named Dihya al-Kalbi (Sahih Bukhari 4.827), and Khadija couldn’t see him. (Life of Muhammad) (13) Gabriel also exhibited behavior that was inconsistent with a real angel of God, such as refusing to go into a house with a dog or picture, (Sahih Bukhari 4.450) didn’t understand genetics, (Sahih Bukhari 4.546), was unable to heal Muhammad when he prayed for him, and was responsible for the massacre of a Jewish tribe of Bani Qurayza. (Sahih Bukhari 5.448) (13) 

Finally, as compared to biblical prophets – specifically those who the Apostle Peter describes – Muhammad’s revelations were closer to those of a spiritist or channeler. (22) John Gilchrist, a South African Christian author and well-known authority on Islam compares Muhammad’s revelations to the epileptic boy in Matthew 17, Mark 9, and Luke 9 who was demon possessed. (22) His conclusion was that it’s possible that Muhammad could’ve been such a case, with occultic influences causing epilepsy-like symptoms without amnesia, which has been recorded as happening to oriental ecstatics and mystics by missionaries and others. (22) Even more damning that Muhammad was a false prophet who may have been demon possessed is that not only did Muhammad die of poisoning at the hands of a Jewish woman after the conquest of Khaybar, (11, 13) but all of his male children died when they were very young. (13) Why this is important is because in Jeremiah 23:15, 34, God says that He will punish false prophets via “bitter food” and “poisoned water,” and that He would “punish that man and his household.” (13)  

Overall, while it’s almost impossible to give a concrete diagnosis of the mental, spiritual, or neurological state of Jesus or Muhammad, from what we know of their lives, we can see if there is at least the potential that they suffered from some sort of disorder or spiritual oppression. While Jesus Christ has been repeatedly accused of having epilepsy, various personality disorders, or being demon possessed, He has repeatedly proved Himself to be completely sane. He denied being possessed, never acted as one demon possessed, and showed no symptoms of epilepsy or any personality disorders.  Muhammad, however, when faced with similar accusations, is unable to give a satisfying rebuttal. From the accounts given by the hadiths and various Islamic scholars, the belief that Muhammad had epilepsy, a personality disorder, or was demonically possessed finds ground. There are strange accounts that support each theory, leading some to even speculate that he had a combination of all three. Either way, it’s clear that while Jesus was perfectly sane and was who He said He was, Muhammad was most likely a madman. 

Until next time,

M.J.

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In a war like this current war, I will always remember this verse, surah Al-Hajj verse 39. Indeed, Iran has be wronged.

#iran #إيران #war #wars #conflict #conflicts #alhajj #alhajj39 #surahalhajj #surahalhajj39 #supportiran #foriran #istandwithiran #standwithiran #iranwillbefree #quran #quranverse #quranverses #sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ

In a war like this current war, I will always remember this verse, surah Al-Hajj verse 39. Indeed, Iran has be wronged.

#iran #إيران #war #wars #conflict #conflicts #alhajj #alhajj39 #surahalhajj #surahalhajj39 #supportiran #foriran #istandwithiran #standwithiran #iranwillbefree #quran #quranverse #quranverses #sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ