Dr. M. Ali Hazratji - President
Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts
Hampshire Mosque Inc.

To: Muslim Students Association – Five Colleges

On behalf of the Board of Hampshire Mosque Inc. on February 12, 2010 in regard to the decisions made by the board and the reasons for them. InshAllah posting a side less represented will allow educated and inshAllah a nuanced but compassionated opinion regarding the future of our mutually beloved community.

We have gathered tonight to inform you of the decisions of the Board, the process involved in it, and what work has gone into it, in order to address your questions and concerns, and insha-Allah to keep unity in the community. We also hope and pray for the continued help and blessing of Allah, SWT for this community, which we have experienced in the last couple of years, al-Hamdulillah.

I wanted this also to be a practical learning experience for all of us in our path to Allah, SWT, as a continuation of the theory we have been talking about and learning together. The actualization in our lives of what we learned theoretically , as we have studied the topics of akhlaq, adab, ikhlas, tawakkul, and learnd hopefully, to recognize and rectify our ailments of arrogance, excessive talking, miraa –argumentation, backbiting, hawa , taming our base nafs, thru the process of tazkiyah in our journey to and for Allah, SWT.

Union with the Allmighty is the goal of all spiritual seekers. "Always think of Al'lah and become His devotee. Worship Him and offer your homage unto Him. Thus you will come to Him without fail. The promise of Allah is true, and He is Exalted in Power, Wise.” [Al Qur’an 31:9]

First, I free myself of any claim of superiority over anyone of you in knowledge, taqwa, or the practice of Islam, however , since I have been given a position of responsibility for Hampshire Mosque by its founders and its board , I will try my best to keep this community together and do the best for Islam and Muslims in this community.

I seek Allah’s help in this, and His protection from Shaitan, from my own weaknesses, and any traces of jahiliyyah in me. I ask you to listen carefully with your ears and with your hearts. May Alllah inspire me to present this to you so our hearts are united and our purpose is one, as one community; not fractured disputing groups. Remember, the help of Allah is with the jama’ah. Remember the importance of unity and having hearts together. Also, The help of Allah is with those who listen and obey Allah and His messenger and have no resistance in their hearts to what they order, as He says:

(33:36) Now whenever Allah and His Messenger have decided/ decreed a matter, it is not befitting for a believing man or a believing woman to claim freedom of choice in their affairs…

Prophets as shepherds. Two lessons from Islamic history:

Hunain : Afetr the spoils were distributed “ this was a division devoid of justice. It was not done for the sake of Allah”

Mohammad's Sunnah - the Massacre of Hunain In a story as familiar to young jihadis as David and Goliath is to most Americans, Allah's representative reminded the UMassAmherst MSA students about the slaughter of the worshipers of Al-Lat (daughter of Al-Lah) that the Muslim warriors perpetrated on the denizens of Husain. After killing all of the males that showed signs of pubic hair, the 'believers' distributed the 6,000 women and children as slaves, as well as 24,000 camels, 40,000 sheep, and millions in gold and silver. "When the spoils were distributed, it was a division devoid of justice." Many cowardly Muslims at Hunain had fled from the battle but were getting an unequal share of the loot, while other proud Muslim warriors complained... Our Swords are still dribbling with the blood of the Quraish" Narrated Anas Bin Malik: When Allah gave Allah's Apostle what he gave of the properties of the Hawazin tribe as a war booty, the Prophet started giving some men 100 camels each. The Ansar (then) said, "May Allah forgive Allah's Apostles as he gives to Quraish and leaves us although our swords are still dribbling with the blood of Quraish." The people of Hunain had worshiped Al-Lat, one of the daughters (along with Al-Uzza and Manat) of the Arabian moon god Al-Lah, after whom the Prophet's father was named. Mohammad's pagan father, who died before his birth, was called Abd'Allah, or 'Slave of the moon god Al-Lah' and his son, Mohammad, was known as 'bin Abd'Allah', or "Son of the Slave of the Moon God Al-Lah."

The fitnah and division caused by Abdullah bin Saba ( Ibn Sauda’ a Jew from San’a during the Caliphate of Othman , RA leading to the Martyrdom of Othman, RA, subsequently Ali, Husain, RA

Why we did not delay: don’t want Shaitan to cause more rumors, disputes and groups to develop, each with their own advocate and agenda. Anything that has the potential for dividing a community should be addressed immediately. We learn this from Hunain, as well as the fact that things sometimes seem unfair, but there may be a reason and wisdom behind it. From the nefarious moves of Abdullah ibn Saba we learn how to be careful of dividing forces that instill discontent with the leadership and rebelliousness and how to prevent it.

“ Masha Allahu Kan wa ma lam yasha lam yakun”
What Allah wants happens, and what He does not want , does not happen. The Heavens and earth belong to Him and He chooses who He wants, when He wants, and where He wants.

e.g. Kaaba and Ibrahim , AS in the middle of a desolate valley (22:26)

22:27 (Y. Ali) "And proclaim the Pilgrimage among men: they will come to thee on foot and (mounted) on every kind of camel, lean on account of journeys through deep and distant mountain highways;

Masjid -e- Nabawi: Where Allah guides the camel to sit. Who made the choice of place.

He also tells us about our own ignorance and our limitations.

Qur’an (2:216) (Y. ALI) Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not.

What has khair and what has sharr in it, is only known to Him, not to you and not to me, not to the Board of HM. Since we do not know the unseen and don’t arrogantly claim that or to know what is best, how do we deal with situations and make decisions both of private and public impact:

SHURA.
42:38 (Asad) and who respond to [the call of] their Sustainer and are constant in prayer; and whose rule [in all matters of common concern] is consultation among themselves; and who spend on others out of what We provide for them as sustenance;
Shura of the prophet: At Badr, Uhud, khandaq, ifk –Ali $ Osama, hudaibiyah
Etiquette of shura. Purpose is to bring hearts together and to bring all angles to the fore so the best decision can be made while seeking help and guidance from Allah, SWT.

H: AH “al-mustashaaru mu’tamun” The one whom advice is sought from is to be entrusted. AD, T, N, IM

Istikhara
Du’a of Istikhara: Jaabir ibn Abdullah: The prophet SAW would instruct us to pray for guidance in all our affairs just as he would teach us a chapter of the Qur’an. “If any of you intends to undertake a matter then pray two rakahs and then supplicate :

O Allah, I seek Your counsel by your knowledge, and by Your power I seek strength, and I ask You from Your immense favor, for verily You are able while I am not, and verily You know while I know not, and You are the Knower of the unseen.

O Allah, If in your knowledge , this affair…..is good for me in relation to my religion/deen, my life, and end, then decree it for me, facilitate it for me, and bless me with it. And if in Your knowledge this affair is ill for me harmful to my deen, my life, and end, then remove it from me and remove me from it and decree for me what is good , wherever it be and make me pleased with it.
Whoever seeks guidance from His Lord, consults fellow believers and remains firm in his resolve does not or will not regret for Allah says:
(3:159)

3:159 (Asad) And it was by God's grace that thou [O Prophet] didst deal gently with thy followers: for if thou had been harsh and hard of heart, they would indeed have broken away from thee. Pardon them, then, and pray that they be forgiven. And take counsel with them in all matters of public concern; then, when thou hast decided upon a course of action, place thy trust in God: for, verily, God loves those who place their trust in Him.

When people in authority have made a decision , then we have resolve and Compliance with the decision and show obedience to people charged with authority:
(4:59)

O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and those charged with authority among you. If ye differ in anything among yourselves, refer it to Allah and His Messenger, if ye do believe in Allah and the Last Day: That is best, and most suitable for final determination.

Hadith:

Abu Hurairah: From the prophet, SAW,: “Whosoever obeys me, obeys Allah; and who disobeys me disobeys Allah; and whosoever obeys the Ameer, in fact , obeys me; and he who disobeys the Ameer, in fact, disobeys me.” Muttafiqun ‘Alaihi

Ibn ‘Abbas: From the prophet, SAW: “If a person notices in his Ameer what he dislikes, he should show patience, because he who departs from the Muslim community a span, ( shibran), dies like those who died in the days of Jahiliyyah.” Muttafiqun ‘Alaihi

We have learned: importance of unity and jama’ah. Allah ability and control over everything. Allah’s knowledge and our ignorance of what is good for us. That results don’t always follow logical reasoning. We have learned the process of shura, the decision making process, and istikhara. Obedience to Allah, His Rasul and the Ameer. Now let me get to how the board came to the decision to make an offer on the property on Harkness.

What have we done? Meeting with Town manager Gave specifications of our needs to realtor We had a fund-raiser during Ramadan and raised about $50K in pledges and payments.

Looked at properties in Hadley, UMass area, land on the other side of UMass, houses in Amherst: 2 on rte 9 across from CITGO and Dunkin Donut, one on Dickinson St. near the Chevy dealership, the Harkness property and 758 N. Pleasant St.

758 N. Pleasant St. was first brought to our notice on Dec.29th, the day it was listed, by a sister, who is properly grounded in the deen, with the proper understanding and adab, who sent me this e-mail: We looked at it the next week and evaluated it in a board meeting, based on our requirements, and concluded it was a good location for students, overpriced and did not meet our requirements for space and future expansion.

It is not a new find that people have just discovered. We have looked at it inside and out and even considered how the prayer areas could be used, how the bathrooms could or could not be used , what the proper flow would be, how to keep the Islamic etiquette of gender separation etc, the location of class rooms etc. In our deliberation we consider everything and don’t jump up and down on emotion and impulse .

Our Board members have looked at it, I have personally looked at it, so it is not some wonderful God send that just showed up. We have already considered it and I can tell you more about this building than its most vocal proponents, some of whom have just discovered it and are making such a big deal out of it. We know the facts on the ground. A fact remains a fact, if one person has said it or fifty come to reinforce it, it stands on its own, it does not require repetition and reinforcement with signatures and rallies and petitions.

There are proper ways, in observance of Islamic etiquette, which have been ignored. Unfortunately, some misguided people have adopted means that cause dissension and are even threatening to split the community , with wanton disregard to any semblance of Islamic etiquette and certainly no fear of Allah regarding the consequences of their actions. Even telling the board that they will be punished for this decision in the dunya and akhirah. Astaghfirullah. We forget we are Muslims, insha-Allah.

You do not know what our requirements are, or what criteria we use to screen properties. A lot more goes into this than just finding a listing and running with it just because the location is good. If you want to be helpful come to us and learn.

Positives : Excellent Location, One usable large room 943 sq feet 41x23 9 ( our room here is 42x26 =1092sq ft. although we include the bathrooms and storage space in it).

Negatives:

No land (0.44 acre), no room for expansion, No additional parking( a total of six), No place for community activities,

No place for building a future Community hall, No significant additional space than what we currently have other than a few small rooms, three of which are upstairs.

Why are they selling it : problems with parking, mould , some asbestos in the basement. All the beautiful hardwood floors would be hidden after the additional expense of carpeting these areas for prayer. Access to the two main bathrooms is only from one area which would be the brother’s prayer area and two additional bathrooms, one upstairs. The ceiling and plumbing needs to be fixed because there is a major leak from the bath room upstairs and possibly the roof which we are not sure of. A traffic rotary being built on top of it.

So what are we getting for $ 464,500 : some additional small rooms on the second floor; just stay here: same prayer space, easy access to students at a very reasonable cost with no maintenance or utilities . We have it here at our present location.

We look at these properties objectively without personal agendas or bias , with the future growth options as an essential prerequisite. We are not going to keep changing locations when we outgrow this small house. I consider the welfare of the community and I prefer not even to divide it into the resident community and the student community, for that is the first step of division.

These are the reasons we considered 758 N Pleasnat and rejected it much before all the hype and promotion. It is not a consideration for Hampshire Mosque to purchase. However, if some other persons or groups want it they are free to raise funds on their own and purchase it. We wish you all the best.

Specifics of 264 Harkness:

Negatives: Are we aware of the negatives : yes.
Have we considered solutions: yes. Are we sure it will work: no
Negatives: One word: Location: rest are details
Not in the Center of town, 3.7 miles from the Amherst green to be exact, and 3.5 miles from our current location. Not on Bus route little over a half mile from the current bus stop location.
Harder for students to reach from U Mass, Smith, Mt. Holyoke, Amherst , People with no cars

Possible solutions:
Bus service extension – being investigated, van service, car-pooling. Vans available for student transportation at Mt. Holyoke and Smith. These students only come for special events, and halaqas max. once or twice a week and arrangements can be made for their transportation from school or if one student has a car she can bring the others.

Harder to establish 5 Salahs : distance of the hearts. Evidence from the Hadith

Raising Old Glory according to 'proper Islamic etiquette' A cap is lowered by a crane to the top of the minaret during a ceremony at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, the largest mosque in New England, before the first call to prayer, Saturday, June 9, 2007, in Roxbury, Mass. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)

Solution: Maintain a second Musallah at the present location for daily prayer for convenience of people working in the neighborhood. We have this for the next 7 months anyway so we can try it out.

Structural concerns etc. : have already been addressed and cleared on structural inspection..
We have looked at the land fill which is almost a half mile away, and there are million dollar homes there. We have checked with the health dept in the town of Amherst about the safety issues and have received clearance for all health , safety and contamination issues.
We have investigated the well issues that were falsely raised and are satisfied with both wells. The water test has been done.
Zoning and approvals : in process

Positive

We plan for the long term, especially for growth…every community is growing and expanding, e.g. therefore space is essential : land acreage. If you wanted an assembly hall or a community center where would you build.

Expansion for future school . This property has 3.15 acres of excellent flat , cleared land, free of wetlands.

Privacy : with conservation areas behind.

Space in the back for children to play , sports activities, family and community barbeque etc. all the space a growing community needs and a place where children can run around, play, enjoy and be safe.

Price is way below market value it is a steal and is a sign of facilitation. This sold for 395K, then 345K, I think, but did not go thru.

Opportunities like this do not come often. Those of us who deal in property purchase and sales and construction know. Waiting a few years , the markets will start going back up . Real estate is at a low point with all the financial crises. Once banks start lending again, prices will rise.

No property of this type with 3 acres or even with 2 acres exists in the center of town and if it did it would be at least 750,000 which is beyond our reach.

We have looked at properties in the center of town and found none of them satisfactory for our need, not enough parking , not enough usable space, need for remodeling that would run into hundreds of thousands of additional expenditure on top of the prices that start at $464,000. So you cannot get the value for the money.

Ready to use without any additional major expenditure other than cleaning, minor plumbing repairs and any minor alterations we want. Any remodeling to accommodate growth of the community need not be done for a few years at least.

Residential neighborhood, not commercial, no music, fitna of partially dressed people walking around etc. conducive to retreat, and to be a sanctuary for prayer, dhikr, learning, teaching.

Plenty of Parking on the grounds

So after evaluating all these facts, and debating the pros and cons, and considering the community feed back, we, at the board, did what Allah and His Rasul order us to: we did shura, as we are commanded to do, for the good of the greater community, disregarding our individual likes and dislikes, then we did istikhara, as we are taught to do, and we are now waiting for Allah’s, SWT, decision. With Istikhara, we have handed over the decision to Allah, being content with whatever He chooses: Whether He facilitates the acquisition of 264 Harkness for us or not, we will be equally pleased with whatever He decides for us, pleased knowing it is from Him. We love Him and His pleasure with us, not 264 Harkness. We have no attachment in our heart to it, Our hearts should be attached only to Allah and what He loves.

Let me also remind you that the funds raised at the fund raiser are an amanah. They were given for a specific property after personally convincing people, especially the major donors, about the virtues of this particular property. What I raised thru personal contacts from the West Springfield Masjid community are in excess of 140,000 out of the 160,000. If we decide against this property , we have to offer to return these donations or ask the donors if they still want their donation put towards something else in the future.

We have discussed in the Board before this that some people of the community have also offered to buy the property themselves if HM does not and lease it to HM for its use, because they do not want this opportunity to be wasted.

Finally, let us ask a fundamental question. Why are we looking to establish a Masjid and a community? To learn and to practice our deen. So if in the process we deviate from all the teaching that have come down from us from Allah and His prophet, SAW, we disregard and disobey, and divide into groups and disobey the people in charge, we should quit. We are not ready for it, nay we don’t, as a community deserve it.

We don’t lie to make a point or strengthen a position, and we don't tolerate lies.

We still don’t know, as we wait for other approvals and paperwork, if it goes thru. We say Al-hamdulillah if it materializes, and work to make the house of Allah the best we can and populate it with deeds and piety and taqwa and unity and with akhlaq that He loves. If He decides it is not for Him, AWJ, then we say Alhamdulillah and keep looking and wait for Him to facilitate something better for us.

Will we make everyone happy: NO. Will everyone agree on any one issue: NO. Let us learn and follow the ethics of disagreement in Islam. Let us agree to agree on One: The ONE, Tawheed of Allah, ‘Azza wa jalla, and submit ourselves to His orders and the sunnah of His beloved prophet, SAW. In the mean time, we put our trust in the One we asked, for His approval and His decision. And we remain united waiting for His decision.

Dr. M. Ali Hazratji
On behalf of the Board of Hampshire Mosque Inc.

JUDEO CHRISTIAN COMMANDMENTS

(with Islamic amendments)

MUSLIM COMMANDMENTS

Hampshire Mosque Inc. What the Quran calls a middle path, a path of moderation, free of extremism, and representative of the Islamic vision of healthy community" - Amherst Bulletin These quotes from the Qur'an or Hadiths are taken completely out of context and are deliberately mistranslated by kafirs trying to give Islam a bad name. Qur’an 33.27 And He made you heirs to their land and their dwellings and their property, and (to) a land which you have not yet trodden, and Allah has power over all things. Qur’an 21:44 Do they see Us advancing, gradually reducing the land (in their control), curtailing its borders on all sides? It is they who will be overcome. NOTE: Political Correctness and Multiculturalism has proven to be the most powerful weapon for the advancement of Dar al-Islam since 1945. About Those Annoying Non-Believers (Infidels, Pagans, Jews, Christians, etc.) Qur’an 9:123 “murder them and treat them harshly” Qur’an 3.28 Let not the believers take the unbelievers for friends rather than believers; and whoever does this, he shall have nothing of (the guardianship of) Allah, but you should guard yourselves against them, guarding carefully; and Allah makes you cautious of (retribution from) Himself; and to Allah is the eventual coming. NOTE: By ‘guarding carefully’, a Muslim should deceive the infidel. Acting as a friend is fine as long as it is to benefit the Muslim and protect Islam. Qur’an 3:56 “As for those disbelieving infidels, I will punish them with a terrible agony in this world and the next. They have no one to help or save them.” Qur’an 4.89 They desire that you should disbelieve as they have disbelieved, so that you might be (all) alike; therefore take not from among them friends until they fly (their homes) in Allah’s way; but if they turn back, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them, and take not from among them a friend or a helper. Qur’an 5:51 “Muslims, do not make friends with any but your own people.” Qur’an 5:72 “They are surely infidels who say; ‘God is the Christ, the Messiah, the son of Mary.” Qur’an 8:12 cp. 8:60 “Instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers”; “smite above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them” Qur’an 2:191 “...kill the disbelievers wherever we find them” Qur’an 9.33 He it is Who sent His Apostle with guidance and the religion of truth, that He might cause it to prevail over all religions. Qur’an 2:193 “And fight with them until there is no persecution, and religion should be only for Allah” Qur’an 8:71 And if they intend to act unfaithfully towards you, so indeed they acted unfaithfully towards Allah before, but He GAVE YOU MASTERY OVER THEM Qur’an 8:55 Surely the vilest of animals in Allah’s sight are those who disbelieve. Qur’an 22:19-22 “fight and slay the Pagans, seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem” “for them (the unbelievers) garments of fire shall be cut and there shall be poured over their heads boiling water whereby whatever is in their bowels and skin shall be dissolved and they will be punished with hooked iron rods” Qur’an 48:13 Those who “believe not in Allah and His Messenger, He has prepared, for those who reject Allah, a Blazing Fire!” Qur’an 3:54 “‘Lord, we believe in Your revelations (the Torah and Gospels) and follow this Apostle (Jesus). Enroll us among the witnesses.’ But the Christians contrived a plot and Allah did the same; but Allah’s plot was the best.” Qur’an 8:12 “Your Lord inspired the angels with the message: ‘I will terrorize the unbelievers. Therefore smite them on their necks and every joint and incapacitate them. Strike off their heads and cut off each of their fingers and toes.” Qur’an 8:58 “If you apprehend treachery from any group on the part of a people (with whom you have a treaty), retaliate by breaking off (relations) with them. The infidels should not think they can bypass (Islamic law or the punishment of Allah). Surely they cannot escape.” Qur’an 8:7 “Allah wished to confirm the truth by His words: ‘Wipe the infidels (non-Muslims) out to the last.’” Qur’an 8:39 “So, fight them till all opposition ends and the only religion is Islam.” Qur’an 8:59 “The infidels should not think that they can get away from us. Prepare against them whatever arms and weaponry you can muster so that you may terrorize them. They are your enemy and Allah’s enemy.” Qur’an 8:60 “Prepare against them (non-Muslims) whatever arms and cavalry you can muster that you may strike terror in the enemies of Allah (non-Muslims), and others besides them not known to you. Whatever you spend in Allah’s Cause will be repaid in full, and no wrong will be done to you.” Qur’an 8:7 “Allah wished to confirm the truth by His words: ‘Wipe the infidels (non-Muslims) out to the last.’” Qur’an 4:101 “The unbelievers (non-Muslims) are your inveterate foe.” Qur’an 8:60 “Prepare against them (non-Muslims) whatever arms and cavalry you can muster that you may strike terror in the enemies of Allah (non-Muslims), and others besides them not known to you. Whatever you spend in Allah’s Cause will be repaid in full, and no wrong will be done to you.” Bukhari:V4B56N814 “There was a Christian who embraced Islam and he used to write the revelations for the Prophet. Later on he returned to Christianity again he used to say: ‘Muhammad knows nothing but what I have written for him.’” Qur’an 9.28 O you who believe! the idolaters are nothing but unclean, so they shall not approach the Sacred Mosque (Mecca) after this year; and if you fear poverty then Allah will enrich you out of His grace if He please; surely Allah is Knowing Wise. NOTE: In 631 A.D. (less than one year before his death, Muhammad had a revelation. No infidels allowed into Mecca (9:28). This also included the idolators, i.e., the orginal rock worshippers of the Kabaa who had not submitted to Islam. They were history, what few were left by this time. Qur’an 9.29 Fight those who do not believe in Allah, nor in the latter day, nor do they prohibit what Allah and His Apostle have prohibited, nor follow the religion of truth, out of those who have been given the Book, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they are in a state of subjection. Qur’an 9.30 And the Jews say: Uzair (Ezra) is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them; how they are turned away! Qur’an 47:4 “Strike off the heads of the disbelievers”; and after making a “wide slaughter among them, carefully tie up the remaining captives.” Hadith Sahih Muslim (41:6985) Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews. Hadith Sahih Bukhari (4:52:176) Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar: Allah’s Apostle said, “You (i.e. Muslims) will fight with the Jews till some of them will hide behind stones. The stones will (betray them) saying, ‘O ‘Abdullah (i.e. slave of Allah)! There is a Jew hiding behind me; so kill him.’ “ Hadith Sahih Bukhari (4:52:177) Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Apostle said, “The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. “O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him.” Hadith Sahih Bukhari (4:56:791) Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar: I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “The Jews will fight with you, and you will be given victory over them so that a stone will say, ‘O Muslim! There is a Jew behind me; kill him!’ “ Hadith Sahih Muslim (41:6981) Ibn ‘Umar reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: You will fight against the Jews and you will kill them until even a stone would say: Come here, Muslim, there is a Jew (hiding himself behind me); kill him. Hadith Sahih Muslim (41:6982) Ubaidullah has reported this hadith with this chain of transmitters (and the Words are): “ There is a Jew behind me.” Hadith Sahih Muslim (41:6983) Abdullah b. ‘Umar reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: You and the Jews would fight against one another until a stone would say: Muslim, here is a Jew behind me; come and kill him. Hadith Sahih Muslim (41:6984) Abdullah b. ‘Umar reported that Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: The Jews will fight against you and you will gain victory over them until the stone would say: Muslim, here is a Jew behind me; kill him. Hadith Sahih Muslim (41:6985) Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews. Bukhari:V9B84N59 “Allah’s Apostle said, ‘I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: “None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.” Whoever says this will save his property and his life from me.’” Jihad, Jihad and more Jihad Qur’an 47:4 So when you meet in battle those who disbelieve, then smite the necks until when you have overcome them, then make (them) prisoners, and afterwards either set them free as a favor or let them ransom (themselves) until the war terminates. That (shall be so); and if Allah had pleased He would certainly have exacted what is due from them, but that He may try some of you by means of others; and (as for) those who are slain in the way of Allah, He will by no means allow their deeds to perish. Qur’an 21:44 Do they not see Us advancing, gradually reducing the land (in their control), curtailing its borders on all sides? It is they who will be overcome. Qur’an 47.35 And be not slack so as to cry for peace and you have the upper hand, and Allah is with you, and He will not bring your deeds to naught. Bukhari:V4B53N412 “Allah’s Apostle said on the day of the conquest of Mecca, ‘There is no migration now, only Jihad, holy battle. And when you are called for Jihad, you should come out at once.’” Jihad Against Those Who Corrupt the Land Context of the verse on the killing of one person being equal to the killing of the whole world. Quran 5:32. This is one of the favorite verses TaqiyyaMasters use to deceive the Infidels: Sura 5:32 On that account: We ordained for the Children of Israel that if anyone slew a person unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief (corruption) in the land it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if anyone saved a life it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people. Then there came to them Our apostles with clear Signs yet even after that many of them continued to commit excesses in the land. This is the passage that Muslim apologists revise, or more correctly selectivly omit clauses, and feed it to the MSM as the following: If anyone slew a person … it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if anyone saved a life it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people. Doesn’t that sound a lot better? This is a perfect example of taqiyya (deception of Infidels). Where ‘some information is held back.’ It’s not a lie lie, it’s a misrepresentation that naïve Infidels accept and run with and the Muslims don’t point out the deceit. This is typical taqiyya and kitman. However, in Qur'an 5:33 which is clearly tied to 5:32 to create a single message, Muhammad makes clear that those 'mischief makers', i.e. the Infidels (Jews, Chrisians, pagans, all non-Muslims) are to be killed. Qur’an 5:33: “The punishment for those who wage war against Allah and His Prophet and perpetrate mischief [reject Islam or oppose its goals] in the land, is to murder them, to hang them, to mutilate them, or banish them. Such is their disgrace. They will not escape the fire, suffering constantly.” Another 5:33 translation (but is it really any different than the one above?): Sura 5:33 The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Apostle and strive with might and main for mischief (corruption) through the land is: execution or crucifixion of the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter. In the later revelations, and as Mohammad became more powerful and more cruel, he really let the Infidels (that’s you and me) have it, especially in the last Sura, the infamous Sura 9. Qur’an 9:5 “When the sacred forbidden months for fighting are past, fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, torture them, and lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war.” This verse is cited more than any other as abrogating less aggressive Qur’anic passages. It is said to have abrogated no fewer than 124 verses of the Qur’an. The reference to the sacred months is said to mean that after this specific period of sacred month, you need not respect any sacred months any more, but can fight whenever it is convenient. While the sword verse in 9:5 refers to idolaters, another verse, Sura 9:29 was given to permit attacking Jews and Christians (people of the book): Sura 9:29 Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His apostle nor acknowledge the religion of truth (even if they are) of the People of the Book until they pay the Jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued. Qur’an 9:77 “He punished them by putting hypocrisy in their hearts until the Day whereon they shall meet Him, because they lied to Allah and failed to perform as promised. Allah knows their secrets. Those who slander and taunt the believers who pay the zakat (for Allah’s Cause) voluntarily and throw ridicule on them, scoffing, Allah will throw back their taunts, and they shall have a painful doom. Whether you ask for their forgiveness or not, (their sin is unforgivable). If you ask seventy times for their forgiveness Allah will not forgive them.”