[Robert
Morey states, 'The Islamic Invasion', Appendix, p.
177]:
I)
INTRODUCTION
"While
most people understand that the 'Bible' of the Muslims is called the
Quran, they do not generally know that the religion of Islam has other
sacred writings which are viewed by Muslims as being just as inspired and
authoritative as the Quran.
This
other Islamic 'Bible' is called the Hadith. It is a collection of early
Muslim traditions which record the words and deeds of Muhammad according
to his wives, family members, friends and Muslim leaders which are not
usually found in the Quran.
A)
THE INSPIRED HADITH
The
Muslim scholar, Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah, in his book, Introduction to
Islam, states that 'the custodian and repository of the original
teachings of Islam' are found 'above all in the Quran and the Hadith' (p.
250). To this he adds that 'the Quran and the Hadith' are 'the basis of
all [Islamic] law' (p. 163).
The
reason according to Dr. Hamidullah that Muslims revere the Hadith as well
as the Quran is that the Hadith is as divinely inspired as the Quran
itself!
'The
teachings of Islam are based primarily on the Quran and the Hadith, and,
as we shall presently see, both are boasted on divine inspiration' (p.
23).
This
is why Muslim writers such as Hammudullah Abdalatati in his book, Islam
In Focus, (The Muslim Converts' Association of Singapore, Singapore,
1991), state that the Hadith is 'considered the Second Source of Islam'
because,
'all
the articles of faith... are based upon and derived from the teachings of
the Quran and the Traditions [Hadith] of Muhammad (p. 21).'
Thus
it is no surprise to find that the material in the Hadith is considered
inspired and authoritative to orthodox Muslims.
B)
THE TRANSLATION WE WILL USE
We
are using the nine-volume translation of the Hadith made by Dr. Muhammad
Muhsin Khan entitled, The Translation of the Meaning of Sahih
Al-Bukhari (Kazi Publications, Lahore, Pakistan, 1979).
It
is recommended and approved by all Muslim authorities, including the
spiritual heads of Mecca and Medina.
C)
BASED UPON AL-BUKHARI
Dr.
Khan's work is a faithful translation of the Hadith put together by none
other than the greatest of all Hadith scholars, Al-Bukhari.
The
introduction states:
'It
has been unanimously agreed that Iman Bukhari's work is the most authentic
of all the other works in Hadith literature put together. The authenticity
of Al-Bukhari's work is such that the religious learned scholars of Islam
said concerning him: 'The most authentic book after the Book of Allah
[i.e., the Quran] is Sahih-Al-Bukhari' )p. xiv.
He
only chose approximately 7275 [Hadiths] of which there is no doubt about
their authenticity.
[Allah]
revealed to him the Glorious Quran and the Second Inspiration, i.e., his
Traditions.
It
is incumbent upon you to strive hard to do righteous deeds according to
the traditions of Muhammad as is clearly expressed in his Hadith (p.
xvii).
Dr.
Khan does not hesitate to describe the Hadith as 'the Second Inspiration'
and to state that it is 'incumbent' upon every Muslim to believe and to
obey it.
D)
THE MUSLIM DILEMMA
The
reason that we went to such lengths to prove the highest religious
authorities of Islam view the Hadith as being inspired and authoritative
is that many Muslims will deny this when confronted with some of the
obviously absurd teachings of Muhammad.
In
one radio program, one Muslim caller argued in a circle as follows:
'Muhammad
was Allah's prophet. Therefore he could not have said something so stupid
as to suggest that we should drink camel urine. Thus you are a liar, Dr.
Morey. The Hadith cannot say this.'
After
I went on to prove from the Hadith that Muhammad did indeed recommend
camel urine, he responded:
'We
Muslims only recognize the Holy Quran as God's Book. We do not accept the
Hadith as inspired.'
Of
course, he had to deny the inspiration of the Hadith in order to avoid
having to defend Muhammad on the drinking of urine.
We
understand the dilemma of modern Muslims. While they desperately want to
maintain that Muhammad was Allah's apostle, yet the Hadith clearly reveals
that Muhammad could not be inspired because he taught many things which
are not only patently wrong but absurd.
E)
THE FINAL STRAW
To
the Western mind, the material found in the Hadith is the proverbial final
straw that breaks the camel's back! If Muhammad was truly a prophet and an
apostle, then Muslims must defend the indefensible.
II)
ON THE QURAN AND THE HADITH
The
Quran was written in heaven according to Hadith no. 643, vol. 9 Thus no
earthly pre-Islamic sources for the material found in the Quran should
exist. But they do exist in great abundance.
Thus
it is no surprise to find that the Quran was written in the Quraish
dialect (vol. 6, no. 507). This fact is often not known by non-Arab
muslims.
The
Quran after Muhammad's death was scattered on palm leaves, rocks, bones,
etc. (vol. 6, no. 509). Thus the Hadith itself bears witness to the fact
that Muhammad did not prepare a manuscript of the Quran before his death.
As
a matter of record, the Hadith confirms that the Quran was put together by
the Caliph Uthman after Muhammad died. This point is often denied by those
Muslims who are ignorant of their own scriptures.
'Uthman
got the Quran compiled and sent a few of its copies to far off places
(vol. 1, no. 63). Uthman... wrote the manuscripts of the Hoyl Quran in the
form of a book (vol. 4, no. 709).
See
also vol. 6, nos. 507 and 510.
When
Utheman finished his version of the Quran, the Hadith records that he
tried to destroy all the conflicting Qurans (vol. 6, no. 510). This is
clear proof that there were conflicting versions of the Quran.
The
fact that the Quran is missing certain verses and that other verses were
abrogated is admitted in the Hadith in vol. 4, nos. 57, 62, 69, 299; vol.
6, nos. 510, 511.
The
Hadith even records that when certain people died, those portions of the
quran known only to them perished with them (vol. 6, no. 509).
The
Hadith records that Muhammad at times was bewitched and said and saw
things under satanic inspiration (vol. 4, nos. 400, 490).
This
admission on the part of the Hadith destroys in principle the Muslim claim
that Muhammad was infallibly inspired.
Since
it is admitted that Muhammad at times did and said things under satanic
inspiration, then this in principle calls into question everything he did
and said.
Like
the Quran, the Hadith puts speeches into the mouths of biblical characters
such as Noah, Moses, Jesus, etc., which they could not have spoken because
of the vocabulary used, the doctrines taught, the historical references
made, etc. They are clearly fraudulent.
vol.
1, chap. 1, p. 16
vol.
1, nos. 74, 78, 124
The
Hadith admits that it has variant readings and contradictory Hadiths (vol.
1, nos. 42, 47, 74, 78, 80, 81, 86, 102, 107, 112, 159, 160, 161; vol. 3,
nos. 159-161).
The
translator admits in a footnote in vol. 3, no. 159, Hadith No. 159
contradicts the Hadith of Al-Hassan.
Like
the Quran, some Hadiths were canceled or abrogated: vol. 1, nos. 179, 180.
III)
ON APOSTASY
The
Hadith makes the repeated claim that no one ever leaves Islam.
He
then asked, 'Does anybody amongst those who embrace his [i.e., Muhammad's]
religion become displeased and renounce the religion afterwards?' I
replied, '''NO''' '(vol. 1, nos. 6 and 48).
Then
it contradicts itself by saying that death is the punishment for those who
leave.
The
prophet said, 'If somebody [a muslim] discard his religion [of Islam],
kill him' (vol. 4, no. 260).
It
even records the murders of those who left Islam for another religion
(vol. 5, no. 630).
Volume
nine of the Hadith has an entire section dedicated to warning those who
would leave Islam - that they will be murdered (see vol. 9, pgs. 10-11,
26, 45-50, 341-342).
'So,
wherever you find them, kill them, for whoever kills them shall have
reward on the Day of Resurrection' (vol. 9, no. 64).
IV)
ON JEWS AND CHRISTIANS
Muhammad
taught that the Jews worshiped Ezra as the Son of Allah just as Christians
worshiped Jesus as the Son of Allah (vol. 1, p. xvii). He was wrong on
both counts.
Muhammad
said,
'Any
Jews or Christians who heard about me and did not believe in me and what
was revealed to me of the Holy Quran and my traditions, his ultimate
destination is the [Hell] Fire' (vol. 1, p. li).
According
to Hadith no. 414, vol. 2, Muhammad said,
'Allah
cursed the Jews and the Christians because they took the graves of their
Prophets as places for worship.'
Muhammad
taught that the majority of the people in hell were women!
'The
Prophet said, '''I was shown the Hell-fire and that the majority of its
dwellers were women''' '(vol. 1, nos. 28, 301; vol. 2, no. 161).
The
reason the majority of the people in hell were women is stated in vol. 2,
no. 541,
'O
Women! I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion
than you.'
Muhammad
believed that women were deficient in intelligence' and thus they should
not be given equal rights under Islamic law.
For
example, he legislated that a woman's testimony in court was worth only
half that of a man. Thus it would take the testimony of two women to
offset the testimony of one man. Imagine what this would do to women who
were raped!
'The
Prophet said, '''Isn't the witness of a woman equal to half of that of a
man?''' The women said, '''Yes.''' He said, '''This is because of the
deficiency of a woman's mind''' ' (vol. 3, no. 826).
Muhammad
even ruled that women are to receive only half of what their brothers
receive in inheritance (vol. 4, no. 10). Thus women are financially
punished for being females.
Perhaps
the most degrading picture of women is that Paradise will have beautiful
women, whose only purpose is to satisfy the sexual urges of men, chained
to different corners.
'The
statement of Allah, Beautiful women restrained [i.e., chained] in
pavilions. Allah's Apostle said, '''In Paradise there is a pavilion made
of a single hollow pearl sixty miles wide, in each corner there are wives
who will not see those in the other corners; and the believers will visit
and enjoy them.''' '
VI)
ON URINE AND FECES
Muhammad
had a psychological obsession with urine and feces. In fact, he spent a
great deal of time teaching on where, when, and how to urinate and
defecate.
He
was so obsessed with the subject that he taught that if someone got urine
on his clothes or body, they suffered hellfire in the afterlife!
'One
of the major sins is not to protect oneself [one's clothes and body] from
one's urine [i.e., from being soiled with it]. Once the Prophet, while
passing one of the grave-yards of Medina or Mecca, heard the voices of two
persons being tortured in their graves.'
'The
Prophet then added, '''Yes! [they are being tortured for a major sin].
Indeed, one of them never saved himself from being soiled with his urine'
(vol. 1, chap. 57, no. 215).
According
to vol. 2, no. 443, Muhammad said that people are tortured in hellfire
because they soil themselves with urine.
Yet,
at the same time, Muhammad ordered people to drink camel urine mixed in
milk as medicine!
'So
the Prophet ordered them to go to the herd of camels and to drink their
milk and urine' [as a medicine] (vol. 1, no. 234).
The
rules for urination and defecation are as follows:
1.
You must not face Mecca when urinating or defecating (vol. 1, nos. 146,
147, 150, 151).
2.
You must not use your right hand to hold or wipe yourself (vol. 1, nos.
155, 156).
3.
You must wash your privates after going to the bathroom (vol. 1, nos. 152,
153, 154, 157).
VII)
MUHAMMAD'S BELIEVE OR NOT
Muhammad
taught many things which seem to the modern reader to be patently absurd.
Some of his beliefs were so far out that no one today could possibly
accept or defend them. Yet, we recognize that sincere Muslims must do so
or give up their claim that he was Allah's Apostle.
We
understand their difficulty. How can they defend the indefensible? How can
they justify what is so obviously absurd? This is the crux of the matter.
The
following teachings of Muhammad are a partial list of some of the strange
things he taught to his disciples.
A)
THE COLOSSUS ADAM
In
Hadith no. 543, vol. 4, we read,
'The
Prophet said, '''Allah created Adam, making him 60 cubits tall.'''
This
would make Adam around 90 ft. tall! Was Adam really as tall as a
three-story building? How tall was Eve? And their children? And why are we
not that tall? How could he stand if he were that heavy? Does not the
science of human anatomy tell us that Adam could not have been 60 cubits
tall? What Muslim is prepared to defend Muhammad's 90 ft. Adam?
B)
THE FLY IN THE CUP
If
a fly falls into your cup, do not worry about it because Muhammad said
that while one wing has the disease, the other has the antidote. So drink
up (vol. 4, no. 537).
C)
NO DOGS ALLOWED
Angels
will not enter a house if a dog is there according to vol. 4, no. 539.
Thus Hadith no. 540, vol. 4, reads,
'''Allah's
Apostle ordered that the dogs should be killed.'''
Dog
lovers would not make good Muslims.
D)
ISLAMIC GENETICS
Muhammad
claimed that Gabriel gave him the secret as to why a child looks like its
father or its mother. This answer was given to prove that Muhammad was
Allah's Apostle.
He
declared,
'As
for the resemblance of the child to its parents: If a man has sexual
intercourse with his wife and gets a discharge first, the child will
resemble the father, and if the woman gets her discharge first, the child
will resemble her.'
What
modern Muslim is prepared to prove that one's 'discharge' and not genetics
is the key to the physical characteristics of one's children?
E)
STARS AS MISSILES
The
stars were created by Allah as missiles to throw at the devils, according
to Muhammad in vol. 2, chap. 3, p. 282. Astronomers should be interested
in this doctrine of Muhammad.
F)
DO AS I SAY - NOT AS I DO
Muhammad
commanded everyone to have a will when he himself failed to make one.
'I
asked Adullah bin Abu Aufa, '''Did the Prophet make a will?''' He replied,
'''No.''' I asked him, '''How is it then that the making of a will has
been enjoined on people?''' (vol. 4, nos. 3,4).
G)
WHAT DO SPIRITS EAT?
The
jinn or spirits eat dung and bones according to Muhammad (vol. 5, no.
200)! This bit of information is as far out as one can go.
H)
NO ASSURANCE
Muhammad
had no assurance of salvation.
'The
Prophet said, '''By Allah, though I am the Apostle of Allah, yet I do not
know what Allah will do to me''' (vol. 5, no. 266).
I)
MURDER AND DECEIT
Muhammad
agreed to the murder of a man through lies and deceit (vol. 5, no. 369).
He evidently did not believe in the sanctity of truth or life.
J)
SIX HUNDRED WINGS
The
angel Gabriel has 600 wings according to Muhammad (vol. 6, no. 380).
K) SATAN IN YOUR NOSE
Muhammad
would suck in water up his nose and then blow it out because,
'Satan
stays in the upper part of the nose all night' (vol. 4, no. 516).
I
have yet to find a single Muslim who will defend this strange doctrine and
practice of Muhammad.
L)
FEVERS FROM HELL
Muhammad
believed that a fever when sick was from the heat of hell.
'The
Prophet said, '''Fever is from the heat of the [Hell] fire, so cool it
with water''' ) vol. 4, nos. 483-486).
All
sorts of questions come to mind when you really think about this doctrine
of Muhammad.
M)
NOAH'S ARK
Noah's
Ark appeared and floated in front of their eyes (vol. 6, no. 391, chap.
288). How or why this happened we are not told.
N)
DIRTY WATER MAGIC
Muhammad's
followers fought over who would get the dirty water left over from his
washings. They would smear it on their bodies or drink it to secure a
magical blessing from it (vol. 1, nos. 187, 188).
O)
HOLY SPIT
Even
more gross was the practice of Muhammad spitting into the hands of his
followers so they could smear his saliva on their faces!
'By
Allah, whenever Allah's Apostle spitted, the spittle would fall in the
hand of one of them [i.e., the Prophet's companions] who would rub it on
his face and skin' (vol. 3, no. 891).
It
was in this light that we can understand why Muhammad smeared dead bodies
with his spit (vol. 2, nos. 360, 433).
P)
SATAN URINATING IN THE EARS
Satan
urinates into the ears of those who fall asleep during prayers (vol. 2,
no. 245).
Q)
PASSING WIND
According
to Muhammad, if you commit the sin of 'hadith' (the passing of wind
through the anus) while you are engaged in prayer, Allah will not hear
your prayers! (vol. 1, no. 628; vol. 9, no. 86). Why Allah would be
offended by the natural smells of the human body escapes us.
R)
BAD BREATH
Bad
breath means that Allah will not hear your prayers. You may not eat garlic
or onions before going to prayers because Allah will not hear you with
their smell on your breath. (vol. 1, nos. 812, 813, 814, 815; vol. 7, nos.
362, 363).
S)
YAWNING IS FROM HELL
Yawning
is from Satan according to Muhammad in Hadith no. 509, vol. 4.
It
seems clear from this Hadith, and the two previous ones, that it was
really Muhammad who was offended by such things as bad breath, yawning, or
passing wind.
That
God would be offended by the natural processes of the human body which He
made is not acceptable to the rational mind.
T)
GREEN BIRDS
According
to Sheikh Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Hamid of the Sacred Mosque of Mecca
(Saudi Arabia),
'Allah's
Apostle said: '''The souls of the martyrs are in the bodies of green birds
dwelling in paradise wherever they like''' '
If
this is true, we do not understand how these 'green birds' will be able to
'enjoy' all those beautiful women chained in different corners of
paradise!
U)
CONCLUSIONS
If
Muhammad was truly Allah's apostle, then what he taught came from Allah
and must be true.
But
if what he said is so outlandish and absurd that it cannot be true, then
how can he be an apostle of Allah?
The
logic is inescapable. The Hadith is the final blow that explodes the claim
of Muhammad that he was an apostle and prophet of God."
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