Bill Warner - The Hadith

A TASTE OF ISLAM SERIES

THE HADITH

THE SUNNA OF MOHAMMED

BILL WARNER

CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF

POLITICAL ISLAM

A TASTE OF ISLAM SERIES

THE HADITH

THE SUNNA OF MOHAMMED

BILL WARNER

CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF

POLITICAL ISLAM

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OVERVIEW

CHAPTER 1

One of the easiest ways to study Islam is to learn about Mohammed through his Traditions, called the Hadith.

THE ISLAMIC BIBLETHE TRILOGY

Islam is defined by the words of Allah in the Koran, and the words and actions of Mohammed, the Sunna.

The Sunna is found in two collections of textsthe Sira (Mohammeds life) and the Hadith. The Koran says 91 times that his words and actions are considered to be the divine pattern for humanity.

A hadith, or tradition, is a brief story about what Mohammed did or said. A collection of hadiths is called a Hadith. There are many collections of hadiths, but the most authoritative are those by Bukhari and Abu Muslim, the ones used in this book.

So the Trilogy is the Koran, the Sira and the Hadith. Most people think that the Koran is the bible of Islam, but it is only about 14% of the total textual doctrine. The Trilogy is the foundation and totality of Islam.

Islam is defined by the words of Allah in the Koran, and the words and actions of Mohammed, the Sunna.

No one text of the Trilogy can stand by itself; it is impossible to understand any one of the texts without the other supporting texts. The Koran, Sira, and Hadith are a seamless whole and speak with one voice. If it is in the Trilogy it is Islam.

INTRODUCTION TO THE HADITH

A hadith, or tradition, usually only a paragraph long, is an action, brief story, or conversation about or by Mohammed. The action can be as elementary as Mohammeds drinking a glass of water or putting on his sandals. A collection of these stories is called the Hadith or Traditions. So the Hadith is a collection of hadiths (the actual plural of hadith is ahadith ).

The Hadith contains the Sunna (the ideal speech or action) of Mohammed, that is, his pronouncements. The actual words or deeds, then, that one should follow, are the Sunna; the story that gives us the Sunna is the hadith.

There are many collectors of hadiths, but the two most authoritative collectors were Muhammad Ibn Ismail Al-Bukhari, or Bukhari, and Abu Al-Husayn Muslim, or Muslim. Most of the hadiths in this book come from Bukhari. From 600,000 hadiths, he took the most reliable 6,720 and recorded them in Sahih of Al-Bukhari , also known as Sahih Bukhar i . Muslims work is called Sahih Muslim .

Bukharis Hadith has 6800 hadiths. It is vast, but the large number of hadiths is an illusion. If you were to go through the collection and combine all of the hadiths that describe the same scene, there are probably fewer than a thousand hadiths that are unique.

WHAT IS THIS BOOK?

Se lections have been made from thirteen thousand hadiths from Bukhari and Muslim and have been sorted into categories. Most of these hadiths concern Political Islam, in other words, how Islam tr eats non-Muslims.

These hadiths are sacred literature. The Koran repeatedly tells all Muslims to copy the divine pattern of Mohammeds actions and words. For Islam, Mohammed is the model political leader, husband, warrior, philosopher, religious leader, and neighbor. Mohammed is the ideal pattern of man for all times and all places.

KAFIR

The word Kafir will be used in this book instead of unbeliever, the standard word. Unbeliever is a neutral term. The Koran defines the Kafir and Kafir is not a neutral word. A Kafir is not merely someone who does not agree with Islam, but a Kafir is evil, disgusting, the lowest form of life. Kafirs can be tortured, killed, lied to and cheated. So the usual word unbeliever does not reflect the political reality of Islam.

The Koran says that the Kafir may be deceived, plotted against, hated, enslaved, mocked, tortured and worse. The word is usually translated as unbeliever but this translation is wrong. The word unbeliever is logically and emotionally neutral, whereas, Kafir is the most abusive, prejudiced and hateful word in any language.

There are many religious names for Kafirs: polytheists, idolaters, People of the Book (Christians and Jews), Buddhists, atheists, agnostics, and pagans. Kafir covers them all, because no matter what the religious name is, they can all be treated the same. What Mohammed said and did to polytheists can be done to any other category of Kafir.

Islam devotes a great amount of energy to the Kafir. The majority (64%) of the Koran is devoted to the Kafir, and nearly all of the Sira (81%) deals with Mohammeds struggle with them. The Hadith (Traditions) devotes 32% of the text to Kafirs. Overall, the Trilogy devotes 60% of its content to the Kafir.

Here are a few of the Koran references:

A Kafir can be beheaded

47:4 When you encounter the Kafirs on the battlefield, cut off their heads until you have thoroughly defeated them and then take the prisoners and tie them up firmly.

A Kafir can be plotted against

86:15 They plot and scheme against you [Mohammed], and I plot and scheme against them. Therefore, deal calmly with the Kafirs and leave them alone for a while.

A Kafir can be terrorized

8:12 Then your Lord spoke to His angels and said, I will be with you. Give strength to the believers. I will send terror into the Kafirs hearts, cut off their heads and even the tips of their fingers!

A Muslim is not the friend of a Kafir

3:28 Believers should not take Kafirs as friends in preference to other believers. Those who do this will have none of Allahs protection and will only have themselves as guards. Allah warns you to fear Him for all will return to Him.

A Kafir is cursed

33:60 They [Kafirs] will be cursed, and wherever they are found, they will be seized and murdered. It was Allahs same practice with those who came before them, and you will find no change in Allahs ways.

KAFIRS AND PEOPLE OF THE BOOK

Muslims tell Christians and Jews that they are special. They are People of the Book and are brothers in the Abrahamic faith. But in Islam you are a Christian, if and only if, you believe that Christ was a man who was a prophet of Allah; there is no Trinity; Jesus was not crucified nor resurrected and that He will return to establish Sharia law. To be a true Jew you must believe that Mohammed is the last in the line of Jewish prophets.

This verse is positive:

5:77 Say: Oh, People of the Book, do not step out of the bounds of truth in your religion, and do not follow the desires of those who have gone wrong and led many astray. They have themselves gone astray from the even way.

Islamic doctrine is dualistic, so there is an opposite view as well. Here is the last verse written about the People of the Book (A later verse abrogates or replaces an earlier verse. See page 26.). This is the final word. It calls for Muslims to make war on the People of the Book who do not believe in the religion of truth, Islam.