Islam is the religion of peace
Islam is in fact a religion that promotes peace and understanding among people of all faiths, and it strongly prohibits all forms of violence and aggression against all people regardless of their faith or race.
What Does Islam Say about Terrorism?
The term "terrorism" does not exist in the Qur'an or the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H). If the terms "terrorist or terrorism" are derived from a verb used in the Qur'an, such as 5:33 describing a "Muslim's" terrorist acts, it is in condemnation and prescribes most severe punishment.
Islam is a religion and a way of life that does not separate politics from religion. Islam is a religion of mercy, unity and most importantly peace with one's self and others, to defend not to fight.
Allah said in Holy Quran:
"God does not forbid you from showing kindness and dealing justly with those who have not fought you about religion and have not driven you out of your homes, that you should show them kindness and deal justly with them. God loves just dealers." [Noble Quran 60:8]
"Fight in the cause of God against those who fight you, but do not begin aggression, for God loves not aggressors." [Noble Quran 2:190]
"If they seek peace, then seek you peace and trust in God for He is the Hearer, the Knower." [Noble Quran 8:61]
" and let not the hatred of others make you avoid justice. Be just: that is next to piety; and fear Allah, for Allah is well-acquainted with all that you do." [Noble Quran 5:8]
"But (remember that an attempt at) requiting evil may, too, become an evil: hence whoever pardons (his foe) and makes peace, his reward rests with Allah- for, verily He does not love transgressors." [Noble Quran 42:40]
"The good deed and the evil deed are not alike. Repel the evil deed with one which is better, then lo! He between whom and thee there was enmity, (will become) as though he was a bosom friend. [Noble Quran 41:34]
HADTH
These are translations of hadiths (traditions/narrations) of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to me during Hajjat-al-Wida': Let the people keep quiet and listen. Then he said (addressing the people), �Do not (become infidels) revert to disbelief after me by striking the necks (cutting the throats) of one another (killing each other).�
(Narrated by Jarir, Sahih Al-Bukhari, Hadith 1:122)
While we were with Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, who was distributing (i.e. some property), there came Dhu-l-Khuwaisira, a man from the tribe of Bani Tamim and said, �O Allah�s Apostle! Do Justice.� The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �Woe to you! Who could do justice if I did not? I would be a desperate loser if I did not do justice.� �Umar said, �O Allah�s Apostle! Allow me to chop his head off.� The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �Leave him, for he has companions who pray and fast in such a way that you will consider your fasting negligible in comparison to theirs. They recite Qur�an but it does not go beyond their throats (i.e. they do not act on it) and they will desert Islam as an arrow goes through a victim�s body, so that the hunter, on looking at the arrow�s blade, would see nothing on it; he would look at its Risaf and see nothing, he would look at its Nadi and see nothing, and he would look at its Qudhadh (1) and see nothing (neither meat nor blood), for the arrow has been too fast even for the blood and excretions to smear. The sign by which they will be recognized is that among them there will be a black man, one of whose arms will resemble a woman�s breast or a lump of meat moving loosely. Those people will appear when there will be differences amongst the people.� I testify that I heard this narration from Allah�s Apostle and I testify that �Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him, fought with such people, and I was in his company. He ordered that the man (described by the Prophet, peace be upon him) should be looked for. The man was brought and I looked at him and noticed that he looked exactly as the Prophet had described him.
(Narrated by Abu Said Al Khudri, Sahih Al-Bukhari 4:807)
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �I have been made victorious with As-Saba (i.e. an easterly wind) and the people of �Ad were destroyed by Ad-Dabur (i.e. a westerly wind).� Narrated Abu Said: Ali, peace be upon him, sent a piece of gold to the Prophet, peace be upon him, who distributed it among four persons: Al-Aqra� bin Habis Al-Hanzali from the tribe of Mujashi, �Uyaina bin Badr Al-Fazari, Zaid At-Ta�i who belonged to (the tribe of) Bani Nahban, and �Alqama bin Ulatha Al-�Amir who belonged to (the tribe of) Bani Kilab. So the Quraish and the Ansar became angry and said, �He (i.e. the Prophet, peace be upon him) gives the chief of Najd and does not give us.� The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �I give (them) so as to attract their hearts (to Islam).� Then a man with sunken eyes, prominent checks, a raised forehead, a thick beard and a shaven head, came (in front of the Prophet ) and said, �Be afraid of Allah, O Muhammad!� The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �Who would obey Allah if I disobeyed Him? (Is it fair that) Allah has trusted all the people of the earth to me while, you do not trust me?� Somebody who, I think was Khalid bin Al-Walid, requested the Prophet, peace be upon him, to let him chop that man�s head off, but he prevented him. When the man left, the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �Among the off-spring of this man will be some who will recite the Qur�an but the Qur�an will not reach beyond their throats (i.e. they will recite like parrots and will not understand it nor act on it), and they will renegade from the religion as an arrow goes through the game�s body. They will kill the Muslims but will not disturb the idolaters. If I should live up to their time I will kill them as the people of �Ad were killed (i.e. I will kill all of them).�
(Narrated by Ibn Abbas, Sahih Al-Bukhari 4:558)
I relate the traditions of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, to you for I would rather fall from the sky than attribute something to him falsely. But when I tell you a thing which is between you and me, then no doubt, war is guile. I heard Allah�s Apostle, peace be upon him, saying, �In the last days of this world there will appear some young foolish people who will use (in their claim) the best speech of all people (i.e. the Holy Qur�an) and they will abandon Islam as an arrow going through the game. Their belief will not go beyond their throats (i.e. they will have practically no belief), so wherever you meet them, kill them, for he who kills them shall get a reward on the Day of Resurrection.�
(Narrated by Ali, Sahih Al-Bukhari 4:808)
Ali, son of Abi Talib, sent a piece of gold not yet taken out of its ore, in a tanned leather container to Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. The Prophet, peace be upon him, distributed that amongst four persons: �Uyaina bin Badr, Aqra bin Habis, Zaid Al-Khail and the fourth was either Alqama or Amir bin At Tufail. On that, one of his companions said, �We are more deserving of this (gold) than these (persons).� When that news reached the Prophet, peace be upon him, he said, �Don�t you trust me though I am the truthworthy man of the One in the Heavens, and I receive the news of Heaven (i.e. Divine Inspiration) both in the morning and in the evening?� There got up a man with sunken eyes, raised cheek bones, raised forehead, a thick beard, a shaven head and a waist sheet that was tucked up and he said, �O Allah�s Apostle! Be afraid of Allah.� The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �Woe to you! Am I not of all the people of the earth the most entitled to fear Allah?� Then that man went away. Khalid bin Al-Wahd said, �O Allah�s Apostle! Shall I chop his neck off?� The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �No, for he may offer prayers.� Khalid said, �Numerous are those who offer prayers and say by their tongues (i.e. mouths) what is not in their hearts.� Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, �I have not been ordered (by Allah) to search the hearts of the people or cut open their bellies.� Then the Prophet, peace be upon him, looked at him (i.e. that man) while the latter was going away and said, �From the offspring of this (man there will come out (people) who will recite the Qur�an continuously and elegantly but it will not exceed their throats. (They will neither understand it nor act upon it). They would go out of the religion (i.e. Islam) as an arrow goes through a game�s body.� I think he also said, �If I should be present at their time I would kill them as the nations of Thamud were killed.�
(Narrated by Abu Said Al Khudri, Sahih Al-Bukhari, 5:638)
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �O Allah! Bless our Sham and our Yemen.� People said, �Our Najd as well.� The Prophet, peace be upon him, again said, �O Allah! Bless our Sham and Yemen.� They said again, �Our Najd as well.� On that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �There will appear earthquakes and afflictions, and from there will come out the side of the head of Satan.�
(Narrated by Ibn Umar, Sahih Al-Bukhari, 2:147)
The True Meaning of "Jihad"
Jihad is usually associated with Islam and Muslims, but in fact, the concept of Jihad is found in all religions including Christianity, Judaism and political/economic ideologies, such as, Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, etc. Islam defines Jihad as striving and struggling for improvement as well as fighting back to defend one's self, honor, assets and homeland. Also, Jihad is interpreted as the struggle against evil, internal or external of a person or a society. Jihad, in Islam, means doing any or all but not limited to the following:
Learn, teach, and practice Islam in all aspects of one's life at all times to reach the highest and best education in order to benefit oneself, family and society.
Be a messenger of Islam everywhere, in every behavior and action.
Fight evil, wrongdoing, and injustice with all one's power by one's hand (action), with one's tongue (speech), or at least with one's heart (prayer).
Respond to the call for Jihad with money, effort, wisdom and life; yet, never fight a Muslim brother, a Muslim country, or a non-Muslim society that respects its treaties and harbors no aggressive designs against Islam or Muslims.
Suicide under any pretext is not condoned as Jihad in Islam.
Converting people to Islam by force or coercion is never Jihad but a crime, punishable by law.
The concept of Muslim men rushing out to kill themselves to get "70 dancing virgins" in Paradise, is really quite silly.
The fact of the matter is, the "companions of Paradise" are mentioned as being pure and so much above anything we might imagine on earth, so as to indicate to us they are perpetually "virgin" and are not "touched" by men or devils.
The words "perpetual virgin" even in English, should give anyone the understanding these are not such as we have known on earth.
There can be no mistaking the meaning in the Arabic language as to the purity and innocence of these companions.
Jihad is NOT Holy War
Jihad is NOT blowing up one�s self (Suicide is a sin in Islam)
Hadith : Shahi Bukhari.
Book 23. Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz).
Volumn 002, Book 023, Hadith Number 445.
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Narated By Thabit bin Ad-Dahhak : The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Whoever intentionally swears falsely by a religion other than Islam, then he is what he has said, (e.g. if he says, 'If such thing is not true then I am a Jew,' he is really a Jew). And whoever commits suicide with piece of iron will be punished with the same piece of iron in the Hell Fire." Narrated Jundab the Prophet said, "A man was inflicted with wounds and he committed suicide, and so Allah said: My slave has caused death on himself hurriedly, so I forbid Paradise for him."
Jihad is NOT killing innocent people
Jihad is NOT flying a plane into a building packed with civilians
Jihad is NOT fighting out of anger and hatred
Jihad is NOT killing others just because they don�t agree with you
Jihad is NOT killing others just because they are not Muslims
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Islam is in fact a religion that promotes peace and understanding among people of all faiths, and it strongly prohibits all forms of violence and aggression against all people regardless of their faith or race.
What Does Islam Say about Terrorism?
The term "terrorism" does not exist in the Qur'an or the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H). If the terms "terrorist or terrorism" are derived from a verb used in the Qur'an, such as 5:33 describing a "Muslim's" terrorist acts, it is in condemnation and prescribes most severe punishment.
Islam is a religion and a way of life that does not separate politics from religion. Islam is a religion of mercy, unity and most importantly peace with one's self and others, to defend not to fight.
Allah said in Holy Quran:
"God does not forbid you from showing kindness and dealing justly with those who have not fought you about religion and have not driven you out of your homes, that you should show them kindness and deal justly with them. God loves just dealers." [Noble Quran 60:8]
"Fight in the cause of God against those who fight you, but do not begin aggression, for God loves not aggressors." [Noble Quran 2:190]
"If they seek peace, then seek you peace and trust in God for He is the Hearer, the Knower." [Noble Quran 8:61]
" and let not the hatred of others make you avoid justice. Be just: that is next to piety; and fear Allah, for Allah is well-acquainted with all that you do." [Noble Quran 5:8]
"But (remember that an attempt at) requiting evil may, too, become an evil: hence whoever pardons (his foe) and makes peace, his reward rests with Allah- for, verily He does not love transgressors." [Noble Quran 42:40]
"The good deed and the evil deed are not alike. Repel the evil deed with one which is better, then lo! He between whom and thee there was enmity, (will become) as though he was a bosom friend. [Noble Quran 41:34]
HADTH
These are translations of hadiths (traditions/narrations) of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to me during Hajjat-al-Wida': Let the people keep quiet and listen. Then he said (addressing the people), �Do not (become infidels) revert to disbelief after me by striking the necks (cutting the throats) of one another (killing each other).�
(Narrated by Jarir, Sahih Al-Bukhari, Hadith 1:122)
While we were with Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, who was distributing (i.e. some property), there came Dhu-l-Khuwaisira, a man from the tribe of Bani Tamim and said, �O Allah�s Apostle! Do Justice.� The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �Woe to you! Who could do justice if I did not? I would be a desperate loser if I did not do justice.� �Umar said, �O Allah�s Apostle! Allow me to chop his head off.� The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �Leave him, for he has companions who pray and fast in such a way that you will consider your fasting negligible in comparison to theirs. They recite Qur�an but it does not go beyond their throats (i.e. they do not act on it) and they will desert Islam as an arrow goes through a victim�s body, so that the hunter, on looking at the arrow�s blade, would see nothing on it; he would look at its Risaf and see nothing, he would look at its Nadi and see nothing, and he would look at its Qudhadh (1) and see nothing (neither meat nor blood), for the arrow has been too fast even for the blood and excretions to smear. The sign by which they will be recognized is that among them there will be a black man, one of whose arms will resemble a woman�s breast or a lump of meat moving loosely. Those people will appear when there will be differences amongst the people.� I testify that I heard this narration from Allah�s Apostle and I testify that �Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him, fought with such people, and I was in his company. He ordered that the man (described by the Prophet, peace be upon him) should be looked for. The man was brought and I looked at him and noticed that he looked exactly as the Prophet had described him.
(Narrated by Abu Said Al Khudri, Sahih Al-Bukhari 4:807)
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �I have been made victorious with As-Saba (i.e. an easterly wind) and the people of �Ad were destroyed by Ad-Dabur (i.e. a westerly wind).� Narrated Abu Said: Ali, peace be upon him, sent a piece of gold to the Prophet, peace be upon him, who distributed it among four persons: Al-Aqra� bin Habis Al-Hanzali from the tribe of Mujashi, �Uyaina bin Badr Al-Fazari, Zaid At-Ta�i who belonged to (the tribe of) Bani Nahban, and �Alqama bin Ulatha Al-�Amir who belonged to (the tribe of) Bani Kilab. So the Quraish and the Ansar became angry and said, �He (i.e. the Prophet, peace be upon him) gives the chief of Najd and does not give us.� The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �I give (them) so as to attract their hearts (to Islam).� Then a man with sunken eyes, prominent checks, a raised forehead, a thick beard and a shaven head, came (in front of the Prophet ) and said, �Be afraid of Allah, O Muhammad!� The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �Who would obey Allah if I disobeyed Him? (Is it fair that) Allah has trusted all the people of the earth to me while, you do not trust me?� Somebody who, I think was Khalid bin Al-Walid, requested the Prophet, peace be upon him, to let him chop that man�s head off, but he prevented him. When the man left, the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �Among the off-spring of this man will be some who will recite the Qur�an but the Qur�an will not reach beyond their throats (i.e. they will recite like parrots and will not understand it nor act on it), and they will renegade from the religion as an arrow goes through the game�s body. They will kill the Muslims but will not disturb the idolaters. If I should live up to their time I will kill them as the people of �Ad were killed (i.e. I will kill all of them).�
(Narrated by Ibn Abbas, Sahih Al-Bukhari 4:558)
I relate the traditions of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, to you for I would rather fall from the sky than attribute something to him falsely. But when I tell you a thing which is between you and me, then no doubt, war is guile. I heard Allah�s Apostle, peace be upon him, saying, �In the last days of this world there will appear some young foolish people who will use (in their claim) the best speech of all people (i.e. the Holy Qur�an) and they will abandon Islam as an arrow going through the game. Their belief will not go beyond their throats (i.e. they will have practically no belief), so wherever you meet them, kill them, for he who kills them shall get a reward on the Day of Resurrection.�
(Narrated by Ali, Sahih Al-Bukhari 4:808)
Ali, son of Abi Talib, sent a piece of gold not yet taken out of its ore, in a tanned leather container to Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. The Prophet, peace be upon him, distributed that amongst four persons: �Uyaina bin Badr, Aqra bin Habis, Zaid Al-Khail and the fourth was either Alqama or Amir bin At Tufail. On that, one of his companions said, �We are more deserving of this (gold) than these (persons).� When that news reached the Prophet, peace be upon him, he said, �Don�t you trust me though I am the truthworthy man of the One in the Heavens, and I receive the news of Heaven (i.e. Divine Inspiration) both in the morning and in the evening?� There got up a man with sunken eyes, raised cheek bones, raised forehead, a thick beard, a shaven head and a waist sheet that was tucked up and he said, �O Allah�s Apostle! Be afraid of Allah.� The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �Woe to you! Am I not of all the people of the earth the most entitled to fear Allah?� Then that man went away. Khalid bin Al-Wahd said, �O Allah�s Apostle! Shall I chop his neck off?� The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �No, for he may offer prayers.� Khalid said, �Numerous are those who offer prayers and say by their tongues (i.e. mouths) what is not in their hearts.� Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, �I have not been ordered (by Allah) to search the hearts of the people or cut open their bellies.� Then the Prophet, peace be upon him, looked at him (i.e. that man) while the latter was going away and said, �From the offspring of this (man there will come out (people) who will recite the Qur�an continuously and elegantly but it will not exceed their throats. (They will neither understand it nor act upon it). They would go out of the religion (i.e. Islam) as an arrow goes through a game�s body.� I think he also said, �If I should be present at their time I would kill them as the nations of Thamud were killed.�
(Narrated by Abu Said Al Khudri, Sahih Al-Bukhari, 5:638)
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �O Allah! Bless our Sham and our Yemen.� People said, �Our Najd as well.� The Prophet, peace be upon him, again said, �O Allah! Bless our Sham and Yemen.� They said again, �Our Najd as well.� On that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, �There will appear earthquakes and afflictions, and from there will come out the side of the head of Satan.�
(Narrated by Ibn Umar, Sahih Al-Bukhari, 2:147)
The True Meaning of "Jihad"
Jihad is usually associated with Islam and Muslims, but in fact, the concept of Jihad is found in all religions including Christianity, Judaism and political/economic ideologies, such as, Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, etc. Islam defines Jihad as striving and struggling for improvement as well as fighting back to defend one's self, honor, assets and homeland. Also, Jihad is interpreted as the struggle against evil, internal or external of a person or a society. Jihad, in Islam, means doing any or all but not limited to the following:
Learn, teach, and practice Islam in all aspects of one's life at all times to reach the highest and best education in order to benefit oneself, family and society.
Be a messenger of Islam everywhere, in every behavior and action.
Fight evil, wrongdoing, and injustice with all one's power by one's hand (action), with one's tongue (speech), or at least with one's heart (prayer).
Respond to the call for Jihad with money, effort, wisdom and life; yet, never fight a Muslim brother, a Muslim country, or a non-Muslim society that respects its treaties and harbors no aggressive designs against Islam or Muslims.
Suicide under any pretext is not condoned as Jihad in Islam.
Converting people to Islam by force or coercion is never Jihad but a crime, punishable by law.
The concept of Muslim men rushing out to kill themselves to get "70 dancing virgins" in Paradise, is really quite silly.
The fact of the matter is, the "companions of Paradise" are mentioned as being pure and so much above anything we might imagine on earth, so as to indicate to us they are perpetually "virgin" and are not "touched" by men or devils.
The words "perpetual virgin" even in English, should give anyone the understanding these are not such as we have known on earth.
There can be no mistaking the meaning in the Arabic language as to the purity and innocence of these companions.
Jihad is NOT Holy War
Jihad is NOT blowing up one�s self (Suicide is a sin in Islam)
Hadith : Shahi Bukhari.
Book 23. Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz).
Volumn 002, Book 023, Hadith Number 445.
-----------------------------------------
Narated By Thabit bin Ad-Dahhak : The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Whoever intentionally swears falsely by a religion other than Islam, then he is what he has said, (e.g. if he says, 'If such thing is not true then I am a Jew,' he is really a Jew). And whoever commits suicide with piece of iron will be punished with the same piece of iron in the Hell Fire." Narrated Jundab the Prophet said, "A man was inflicted with wounds and he committed suicide, and so Allah said: My slave has caused death on himself hurriedly, so I forbid Paradise for him."
Jihad is NOT killing innocent people
Jihad is NOT flying a plane into a building packed with civilians
Jihad is NOT fighting out of anger and hatred
Jihad is NOT killing others just because they don�t agree with you
Jihad is NOT killing others just because they are not Muslims
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