In
Defense of the Prophet Muhammad
(may Allah raise his rank and
grant him peace)
by Shaykh Rabee' ibn Haadee al-Madkhalee
(may Allah preserve him)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the
Bestower of Mercy
All praises are due to Allah, and may Allah
exalt the status of the Messenger of Allah
and that of his family and his companions,
and may He grant them peace.
As for what follows:
Some newspapers and other forms of media
have spread hurtful, vicious information
that could only emanate from the jealous,
arrogant enemies of Islam and its Prophet
(may Allah raise his rank and grant him
peace).
That conduct comprises a calumniation of
Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah and a
distortion of his message by jealous
individuals and Christian organizations, as
well as envious and irresponsible
columnists, like those who write for the
Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
Its writers mocked the best of Mankind and
the most distinguished of the Messengers,
Muhammad (may Allah raise his rank and grant
him peace), the likes of whose nobility,
honour, justice, and manners the earth has
never known of. Neither has it known of a
more complete and comprehensive message than
his, nor a more just and merciful one.
It is a message that embraces belief in all
of the prophets and messengers, honoring
them and defending them from calumniation
and defamation. It has also preserved an
accurate history of the prophets, including
Jesus and Moses. So whoever disbelieves in
Muhammad and speaks of him in a derogatory
manner has disbelieved in all of the
prophets and disparaged of all of them.
Recently, some uncivilized miscreants made
fun of the Prophet, drawing various pictures
of him. Twelve despicable pictures, one of
them portrayed him (may Allah raise his rank
and grant him peace) wearing a turban
resembling a bomb on his head.
We say to these criminals and their envious
supporters in Europe and America: You are
accusing others of your very own crimes! (*)
Let it be known that never did Muhammad (may
Allah raise his rank and grant him peace),
nor his righteous successors or any of his
honorable companions, ever establish
factories for even the most primitive of
weapons, like swords and spears, let alone
atomic bombs, long-range missiles, or any
other weapon of mass destruction.
Never did Muhammad (may Allah raise his rank
and grant him peace) build a single weapon
factory. Rather, he was sent as a mercy for
the entire creation, to guide all Mankind
towards happiness in their worldly lives and
in their hereafter, such that they fulfill
their Creator's right upon them, for it is
He who created them to worship Him
alone. Whoever rejects this is truly a
criminal deserving punishment in this life
and the next, by the Lord of all that
exists, the Creator of this universe and its
Master.
As for you O Westerners, claimants of
civilization, you have constitutions and
statutes that destroy upright moral
character and permit all kinds of forbidden
acts, the likes of fornication and
homosexuality, as well as usury which
destroys the economies of entire nations,
and the eating of improperly slaughtered
animals (dead meats) and pork, something
that causes the loss of concern for women's
values, and thus a man does not feel
protective of his wife, sister, or daughter,
and thus she fornicates with or intimately
befriends whomever she pleases. These are
some of the means which lead to ruin, and
they have been prohibited in all of the
prophetic messages.
As for bombs and all other weapons of
destruction, war planes, tanks, and
long-range missiles, you are the ones who
engineered and manufactured them with your
satanic minds that only think about
transgression, animosity, oppression,
attacking, tyranny, conquering entire races
of people and enslaving them, spilling their
blood, and usurping their natural
resources. You think only about
annihilating those who oppose you and stand
in the way of your greedy aspirations, your
oppression and spreading of hatred. All this
wrapped up in the name of civilization,
human rights, freedom, and justice!
All intelligent people know this about
you. For your dark history is overflowing
with uncivil and terrorist acts, a history
recorded against you by both your enemies
and allies alike.
Anyone who does not know this should read
about your history and your occupation of
numerous nations, or at least read the
history and some horrible results of your
two World Wars. For example, the number of
fatalities in the First World War in Europe
reached "More than 10 million, and they were
the elite of their nations' youth. And more
than twice this number had incurred serious
injuries disabling them for the rest of
their lives." [Refer to: At-Taareekh al-Mu'aasir:
Uruubbaa minath-Thawratil-Fransiyyah
ilal-Harbil-'Aalamiyyaith-Thaaniyah, p.505.
(Lit: Recent History, Europe from the French
Revolution to the Second World War)]
The number of soldiers killed in the Second
World War reached: "17 million, along with
another 18 million civilian fatalities - all
of them killed within a period of only five
and a half years. Experts have estimated
that the military expenses alone reached
$1,100 billion, and that losses caused by
the war reached the value of $2,100
billion. Added to this are the number of
entire cities destroyed, the amount of earth
scorched, the agriculture that was flooded,
and the factories and plantations that
stopped production, not to mention the
number of livestock that were destroyed or
lost." [(Al-Harb al-'Aalamiyyah
ath-Thaaniyah by Ramadhaan Land, p.448-449)
(Lit: The Second World War)]
The Hiroshima Bomb
Stated the author of the book, "al-Harb al-'Aalamiyyah
ath-Thaaniyah" (p.446-447) (Lit: The Second
World War), "And perhaps it is appropriate
to speak about this first atomic bomb. Let
us relay what was reported directly from one
of the Japanese in his interview with Marcel
Junod, a representative of the Red Cross,
speaking about the reality of this most
frightening explosion. He said:
And
suddenly there appeared these intense, muddy
pinkish lights, accompanied by an unnatural
tremor. This was immediately followed by an
asphyxiating wave of heat and violent winds
that ravaged everything in their path.
Within only a few seconds, thousands of
people who walked the roads or sat in the
city's main streets were burned alive. A
great number were then killed by the intense
heat that spread all over. Others were left
lying on the ground screaming in pain with
deadly burns all over their
bodies. Anything that had been at the point
of impact walls, homes, factories, and
other buildings was completely and totally
annihilated, with all traces of these things
sent hurling into the sky in a ghastly
whirlwind. Trams were plucked from their
steel tracks and flung as if they had lost
their weight and substance. Trains were
lifted off the ground along with their
tracks as if they were mere toys. Horses,
dogs, and livestock were all befallen with
what befell the people. Every living thing
had lost its life in one painful turn of
events too difficult to describe. Trees
were engulfed in blazing fires, rice fields
lost their color, and farms crackled and
burned away like dry straw.
As for the surrounding areas that escaped
instant death: Homes were crumbled and only
piles of wooden boards remained amongst
bricks and stone foundations. Everything
was crushed as if they were cardboard houses
in a zone of destruction 10 kilometers in
diameter. Those who survived found
themselves totally surrounded by raging
fires. The few people who managed to get to
any type of shelter in time died painful
deaths from gamma radiation within 20 to 30
days. By nightfall on the day of the blast,
the blaze slowed down and then died out,
finding nothing left to fuel it. Hiroshima
had passed away into nothingness."
These are some of the landmarks of your
civilization that you sing and boast about,
and become insolent towards Islam and its
Prophet with. Yet you continue intensifying
every form of oppression and corruption and
you go on inventing more and more weapons of
destruction, annihilation, and devastation,
and this by Allah is the utmost limit of
barbaric and animalistic behavior.
( Or do you think that most of them even listen or use their
intellects?
They are only like cattle, rather, even more
astray than that. )
[Soorah al-Furqaan 25:44]
So crown yourselves with your own bombs,
including the Hiroshima bomb and its likes,
and crown your leaders with them. Consider
all other weapons of mass destruction as
your fangs and claws that you use to prey
upon wild animals and all of Mankind.
( And those who oppress shall see what kind of outcome
overturns them. )
[Soorah ash-Shooraa 26:227]
Written by: Shaykh Rabee' ibn Haadee 'Umayr
al-Madkhalee
1426/12/28 (corresponding to 2006/1/28)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Rabee' ibn Haadee al-Madkhalee is a
renowned Islamic scholar and critic, author
of many works primarily in the field of
Hadeeth Sciences. The former head of the
Sunnah Department at the prestigious Islamic
University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia, his
articles have appeared in many newspapers in
the Arab world, and his web site (in Arabic:
www.rabee.net)
features a great number of them.
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