11-24-2003, 12:52 PM
Now your post is making more sense. when it is not possible to fight without killing a woman or child which is in the way, then yes, it is ok to kill them. otherwise this is strictly forbiden. now keep that in mind as i reply to your quote:
Quote:And yes the prophet forbade killing women but there are exceptions and the Mujahideen are using these exceptions.the Mujahideen you are refering to I suppose are the suicide bombers. tell me, was the restaurant attacked by the suicide bomber in the middle of a military faculty? i dont think so. was there an army inside the restaurant? i dont think so. now reread my first paragraph in this post and tell me if the suicide bombing done on civilian targets are Islamicaly acceptable.
Quote:Little does he realise that Islam allows us men to have slave girls.from this link: http://islamicweb.com/begin/myth11.htm
Quote:As for slavery, Islam is unique among the `religions' in its close attention to the peaceful removal of this practice. Before the advent of Islam, slavery was widespread all over the world. The Messenger of Islam taught us that freeing slaves was a great deed in the sight of Allah. From the Sunnah, specifically in the study of the Sunnah called Sahih Bukhari, we find:[3:46:693] Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, \"Whoever frees a Muslim slave, Allah will save all the parts of his body from the (Hell) Fire as he has freed the body-parts of the slave.\" Said bin Marjana said that he narrated that Hadith to `Ali bin Al-Husain and he freed his slave for whom `Abdullah bin Ja'far had offered him ten thousand Dirhams or one-thousand Dinars.
Also from the Sunnah, specifically in the study of the Sunnah called Malik's Muwatta, we find:
[38:9:15] Narrated Aisha Ummul Mu'minin: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked what was the most excellent kind of slave to free. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, answered, \"The most expensive and the most valuable to his master.\"
The Creator has also made it easy for slaves to gain their freedom. From the Sunnah, specifically in the study of the Sunnah called Sahih Bukhari, we find:
[3:46:704] Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, \"Whoever frees his portion of a common slave should free the slave completely by paying the rest of his price from his money if he has enough money; otherwise the price of the slave is to be estimated and the slave is to be helped to work without hardship till he pays the rest of his price.\"
The condition of slavery is very different in Islam than the harsh conditions imposed by non-Muslims or disobedient Muslims. From the Sunnah, specifically in the study of the Sunnah called Sunan Abu-Dawud, we find:
[41:4957] Narrated Abu Hurayrah: The Prophet (saw) said: None of you must say: \"My slave\" (abdi) and \"My slave-woman\" (amati), and a slave must not say: \"My lord\" (rabbi or rabbati). The master (of a slave) should say: \"My young man\" (fataya) and \"My young woman\" (fatati), and a slave should say \"My master\" (sayyidi) and \"My mistress\" (sayyidati), for you are all (Allah's) slave and the Lord is Allah, Most High.
Also from the Sunnah, specifically in the study of the Sunnah called Sahih Bukhari, we find:
[3:46:721] Narrated Al-Ma'rur bin Suwaid: I saw Abu Dhar Al-Ghifari wearing a cloak, and his slave, too, was wearing a cloak. We asked him about that (i.e. how both were wearing similar cloaks). He replied, \"Once I abused a man and he complained of me to the Prophet. The Prophet asked me, `Did you abuse him by slighting his mother?' He added, `Your slaves are your brethren upon whom Allah has given you authority. So, if one has one's brethren under one's control, one should feed them with the like of what one eats and clothe them with the like of what one wears. You should not overburden them with what they cannot bear, and if you do so, help them (in their hard job).\"
As a result of the teachings of Islam, slavery was almost completely eradicated from many areas of the Muslim world, peacefully and without bloodshed.