He was human to such extent that his opponents said (25: 7), He ate and drank and had to relieve his bowels. The Prophet was a human in every respect. Now, since light cannot have its shadow, they had to invent another lie: his shadow did not fall. It has been supposed that the Prophet was not made of dust but rather of light. (It is said by historians that the second world war caused the death of 55,000,000 people).Īs for Allah’s statement, “I know what you know not,” the general explanation is that Allah was telling them that there were reasons other than what the angels thought for the creation of Man, and that, Allah knew of the wisdom He had, that the angels did not know. They seemed to have been right in their guess. It is also been said that the composition of the first being, and the fact that he will have the power to choose and freedom to act, the angels guessed that the end result would be much blood-shed. From this particular verse we draw the meaning and the lesson intended: “Humans are prone to corruption, violence and bloodshed, and not much inclined to chanting their Creator’s praises and glory which – if they did not corrupt themselves – should fill their hours, and which indeed should be their life-purpose – seeing that they have the example of angels who are constantly thus engaged.”īut we could add that among the earliest commentators there have been some who believe, although we do not know their source, that there were Jinn on the earth who fought among themselves, shed much blood, and, as a result, Allah (swt) appointed Iblis to fight them all and drive them away to the seas. We cannot therefore, guess the countless unknown, with the help of a few known. Neither the Qur’an nor hadith literature, the only two reliable sources, have given us other details. (One might wonder whether the Companions, if they were here today, would like to alight into any of the so-called Islamic countries)!įor further discussion, kindly see this month’s editorial.Ī Revelation-based answer is that out of numerous surrounding events referred to above, we know only a few.
He was a man of such strong faith that he did not like to place his foot on a ground where Islam prevailed but its law was not applied. He had the Prophetic authority behind him.
Mu`aadh ibn Jabal was not acting on his own. Other reports give us details such as: the Jew had in fact to be killed before Mu`aadh would dismount, that Abu Musa Ash`ari was the Governor of Yemen appointed by the Prophet, and Muaadh was to assist him. When Mu`aadh arrived he said, ‘I will not get down my animal until he is killed.’” One of the transmitters said, “He had been encouraged to repent (but he refused).” قالَ أحَدُهُمَا: وكَانَ قَدِ اسْتُتِيبَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ”. (أبو داؤد)Ību Musa (Ash`ari) said, “Mu`aadh arrived upon me while I was in Yemen and, a man (happened to be there) who was formerly a Jew who became Muslim and then turned renegade on Islam. If it is not, we cannot accept you as a Messenger of God.” For further explanation, please see this month’s editorial.Īs for the hadith itself, (or rather, the athar), its Arabic text is as follows: The humankind has accepted him on this condition: “Your word will be the final word. The Prophet was a Messenger, and a law-maker. But you were incorrect in saying that the hadith does not make the law. It does not because the one you have quoted was the action of a Companion. The Newton Kansan is one of several newspapers Gannett owns in the Wichita metropolitan area, including the dailies The Butler County Times-Gazette and Wellington Daily News.You were both correct as well as incorrect in saying that this hadith does not make the law. Morris Communications bought Stauffer in 1994, and sold the Kansan to GateHouse Media in October 2007. Stauffer Communications bought the newspaper in 1953. The newspaper's electronic version began in 1996. In 1952, it changed its name from The Evening Kansan-Republican to The Newton Kansan. The paper was founded as a weekly in 1872 and converted to a daily circulation in 1886. The paper covers Harvey County, including the cities of Newton, Burrton, Halstead, Hesston, North Newton and Sedgwick.
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