Islam: The Moderate Religion
Allah said emphasizing this fact:
} َنﻮُﻈِﻓﺎ ََﳊ ُﻪَﻟ ﺎﱠﻧِإ َو َﺮْﻛ ﱢﺬﻟا ﺎَﻨْﻟﱠﺰَﻧ ُﻦ ْﺤَﻧ ﺎﱠﻧِإ {
Verily, We have sent down the Quran and verily We will
protect/preserve/guard it from corruption. (al Hijr 15:9)
The Quran and the original Torah as we have just observed, both prove the
obligation of justice and equality. Both contain evidence for the carrying out of
capital punishments for killing, prohibition of oppression, injustice and
tyranny (see Ma’idah 5:45).
So what happened to the Torah and what did the people who were entrusted
with preserving the Torah (Jews) do?
Verily Allah entrusted the Jewish rabbis with the protection and preservation
of Allah’s book (Torah) but when weak human beings, as all of us are, are
entrusted to do things which are difficult, many times they come up short in
carrying out these great responsibilities. They get distracted by money, status,
women etc…. Allah said in the Quran:
} ا َو اوُدﺎ َﻫ َﻦﻳ ِﺬﱠﻠِﻟ اﻮ ُﻤَﻠ ْﺳَأ َﻦﻳ ِﺬﱠﻟا َنﻮﱡﻴِﺒﱠﻨﻟا ﺎَ ِﲠ ُﻢُﻜْ َﳛ ٌرﻮُﻧ َو ى ًﺪ ُﻫ ﺎ َﻬﻴِﻓ َةا َر ْﻮﱠﺘﻟا ﺎَﻨْﻟَﺰْﻧَأ ﺎﱠﻧِإ َنﻮﱡﻴِﻧﺎﱠﺑ ﱠﺮﻟ
ا ِبﺎَﺘِﻛ ْﻦِﻣ اﻮُﻈِﻔ ْﺤُﺘ ْﺳا َﲈِﺑ ُرﺎَﺒ ْﺣَ ْﻷا َو َﻻ َو ِن ْﻮ َﺸ ْﺧا َو َسﺎﱠﻨﻟا ا ُﻮ َﺸْ َﲣ َﻼَﻓ َءا َﺪ َﻬ ُﺷ ِﻪْﻴَﻠَﻋ اﻮُﻧﺎَﻛ َو ِﱠﷲ
َنو ُﺮِﻓﺎَﻜْﻟا ُﻢ ُﻫ َﻚِﺌَﻟوُﺄَﻓ ُﱠﷲا َلَﺰْﻧَأ َﲈِﺑ ْﻢُﻜْ َﳛ ْ َﱂ ْﻦ َﻣ َو ًﻼﻴِﻠَﻗ ﺎًﻨ َﻤَﺛ ِﰐﺎَﻳﺂِﺑ اوُ َﱰ ْﺸَﺗ {
Verily, We sent down the Torah to Moses (Musa) therein was guidance
and light, by which the Prophets who submitted themselves to Allah’s
will, judged for the Jews. And the rabbis and the priests were entrusted
with the protection of Allah’s Book, and they were witnesses thereto.
Therefore fear not men but fear Me and sell not My verses for a miserable
price. And whosoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed such are
the disbelievers” (Al Ma’idah 5:44)
So verily the Jews changed, altered and played with the authentic texts of the
Torah and didn't establish justice and equality even amongst themselves. They
differentiated between the weak and the strong, the inferior and the noble.
They didn't deal equally and justly with the people in establishing their
penalties and punishments for wrong doings and crimes. As the Prophet
Islam: The Moderate Religion
Muhammad told us about them in the hadeeth of Al-Makhzoomiyyah, as
Narrated by 'A'isha
1
:
"The Quraish people became very worried about the Al
Makhzoomiyyah lady who had committed theft. They said,
"Nobody can speak (in favor of the lady) to Allah's Apostle and
nobody dares do that except Usama
2
who is the favorite of Allah's
Apostle . " When Usama spoke to Allah's Apostle about that
matter, Allah's Apostle said, "Do you intercede (with me) to
violate one of the legal punishments of Allah?" Then he got up and
addressed the people, saying, "O people! The nations before you
went astray because if a noble person committed theft, they used to
leave him, but if a weak person among them committed theft, they
used to inflict the legal punishment on him. By Allah, if Fatima
3
,
the daughter of Muhammad committed theft, Muhammad will cut
off her hand!"
4
Also from the supporting evidences of what the Jews were doing, as it came in
the narration from Abdullah Ibn Abbas:
"Quraythah and Nadthir were two Jewish tribes. An-Nadir was
nobler than Quraythah. When a man of Quraythah killed a man of
an-Nadir, he would be killed. But if a man of an-Nadir killed a man
of Quraythah, a hundred wasq(approx. 135 kg.) of dates would be
paid as blood-money. When Prophethood was bestowed upon the
Prophet , a man of an-Nadir killed a man of Quraythah.
They said: Give him to us, we shall kill him. They replied: We have
the Prophet between you and us. So they came to him.
Thereupon the following verse was revealed:
} ﲔِﻄ ِﺴْﻘُْﳌا ﱡﺐِ ُﳛ َﱠﷲا ﱠنِإ ِﻂ ْﺴِﻘْﻟﺎِﺑ ْﻢ ُﻬَﻨْﻴَﺑ ْﻢُﻜ ْﺣﺎَﻓ َﺖْﻤَﻜ َﺣ ْنِإ َو {
And if you judge, judge with justice between them. Verily, Allâh loves
those who act justly. (Al-Ma'idah 5:42)
16-A'isha the daughter of Abu Bakr as Sideeq, the Mother of the Believers, Umm Abdullah, the most
knowledgeable of the woman companions, and is said to be the best of the Prophet Muhammad's wife
except for Khadijah. She died 57 Hijri and narrated 2210 ahadeeth. (6)
17-Usamah ibn Zaid ibn Harithah ibn Sharaheel al Kalbee, well known companion, he died 54 Hijri
when he was 75 years old in al Madinah. He narrated 128 ahadeeth.(6
)
18-
Fatimah the Daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, Mother the beloved grandchildren of the Prophet
, Husein and Hasan. Leader of the Muslim women. Ali ibn Abee Talib married her in the 2
nd
year after
migration. She died six months after the Prophet. She narrated 18 Hadeeth. (6)
4
-Saheeh ul Bukhari, the book of punishments #779
Allah said emphasizing this fact:
} َنﻮُﻈِﻓﺎ ََﳊ ُﻪَﻟ ﺎﱠﻧِإ َو َﺮْﻛ ﱢﺬﻟا ﺎَﻨْﻟﱠﺰَﻧ ُﻦ ْﺤَﻧ ﺎﱠﻧِإ {
Verily, We have sent down the Quran and verily We will
protect/preserve/guard it from corruption. (al Hijr 15:9)
The Quran and the original Torah as we have just observed, both prove the
obligation of justice and equality. Both contain evidence for the carrying out of
capital punishments for killing, prohibition of oppression, injustice and
tyranny (see Ma’idah 5:45).
So what happened to the Torah and what did the people who were entrusted
with preserving the Torah (Jews) do?
Verily Allah entrusted the Jewish rabbis with the protection and preservation
of Allah’s book (Torah) but when weak human beings, as all of us are, are
entrusted to do things which are difficult, many times they come up short in
carrying out these great responsibilities. They get distracted by money, status,
women etc…. Allah said in the Quran:
} ا َو اوُدﺎ َﻫ َﻦﻳ ِﺬﱠﻠِﻟ اﻮ ُﻤَﻠ ْﺳَأ َﻦﻳ ِﺬﱠﻟا َنﻮﱡﻴِﺒﱠﻨﻟا ﺎَ ِﲠ ُﻢُﻜْ َﳛ ٌرﻮُﻧ َو ى ًﺪ ُﻫ ﺎ َﻬﻴِﻓ َةا َر ْﻮﱠﺘﻟا ﺎَﻨْﻟَﺰْﻧَأ ﺎﱠﻧِإ َنﻮﱡﻴِﻧﺎﱠﺑ ﱠﺮﻟ
ا ِبﺎَﺘِﻛ ْﻦِﻣ اﻮُﻈِﻔ ْﺤُﺘ ْﺳا َﲈِﺑ ُرﺎَﺒ ْﺣَ ْﻷا َو َﻻ َو ِن ْﻮ َﺸ ْﺧا َو َسﺎﱠﻨﻟا ا ُﻮ َﺸْ َﲣ َﻼَﻓ َءا َﺪ َﻬ ُﺷ ِﻪْﻴَﻠَﻋ اﻮُﻧﺎَﻛ َو ِﱠﷲ
َنو ُﺮِﻓﺎَﻜْﻟا ُﻢ ُﻫ َﻚِﺌَﻟوُﺄَﻓ ُﱠﷲا َلَﺰْﻧَأ َﲈِﺑ ْﻢُﻜْ َﳛ ْ َﱂ ْﻦ َﻣ َو ًﻼﻴِﻠَﻗ ﺎًﻨ َﻤَﺛ ِﰐﺎَﻳﺂِﺑ اوُ َﱰ ْﺸَﺗ {
Verily, We sent down the Torah to Moses (Musa) therein was guidance
and light, by which the Prophets who submitted themselves to Allah’s
will, judged for the Jews. And the rabbis and the priests were entrusted
with the protection of Allah’s Book, and they were witnesses thereto.
Therefore fear not men but fear Me and sell not My verses for a miserable
price. And whosoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed such are
the disbelievers” (Al Ma’idah 5:44)
So verily the Jews changed, altered and played with the authentic texts of the
Torah and didn't establish justice and equality even amongst themselves. They
differentiated between the weak and the strong, the inferior and the noble.
They didn't deal equally and justly with the people in establishing their
penalties and punishments for wrong doings and crimes. As the Prophet
Islam: The Moderate Religion
Muhammad told us about them in the hadeeth of Al-Makhzoomiyyah, as
Narrated by 'A'isha
1
:
"The Quraish people became very worried about the Al
Makhzoomiyyah lady who had committed theft. They said,
"Nobody can speak (in favor of the lady) to Allah's Apostle and
nobody dares do that except Usama
2
who is the favorite of Allah's
Apostle . " When Usama spoke to Allah's Apostle about that
matter, Allah's Apostle said, "Do you intercede (with me) to
violate one of the legal punishments of Allah?" Then he got up and
addressed the people, saying, "O people! The nations before you
went astray because if a noble person committed theft, they used to
leave him, but if a weak person among them committed theft, they
used to inflict the legal punishment on him. By Allah, if Fatima
3
,
the daughter of Muhammad committed theft, Muhammad will cut
off her hand!"
4
Also from the supporting evidences of what the Jews were doing, as it came in
the narration from Abdullah Ibn Abbas:
"Quraythah and Nadthir were two Jewish tribes. An-Nadir was
nobler than Quraythah. When a man of Quraythah killed a man of
an-Nadir, he would be killed. But if a man of an-Nadir killed a man
of Quraythah, a hundred wasq(approx. 135 kg.) of dates would be
paid as blood-money. When Prophethood was bestowed upon the
Prophet , a man of an-Nadir killed a man of Quraythah.
They said: Give him to us, we shall kill him. They replied: We have
the Prophet between you and us. So they came to him.
Thereupon the following verse was revealed:
} ﲔِﻄ ِﺴْﻘُْﳌا ﱡﺐِ ُﳛ َﱠﷲا ﱠنِإ ِﻂ ْﺴِﻘْﻟﺎِﺑ ْﻢ ُﻬَﻨْﻴَﺑ ْﻢُﻜ ْﺣﺎَﻓ َﺖْﻤَﻜ َﺣ ْنِإ َو {
And if you judge, judge with justice between them. Verily, Allâh loves
those who act justly. (Al-Ma'idah 5:42)
16-A'isha the daughter of Abu Bakr as Sideeq, the Mother of the Believers, Umm Abdullah, the most
knowledgeable of the woman companions, and is said to be the best of the Prophet Muhammad's wife
except for Khadijah. She died 57 Hijri and narrated 2210 ahadeeth. (6)
17-Usamah ibn Zaid ibn Harithah ibn Sharaheel al Kalbee, well known companion, he died 54 Hijri
when he was 75 years old in al Madinah. He narrated 128 ahadeeth.(6
)
18-
Fatimah the Daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, Mother the beloved grandchildren of the Prophet
, Husein and Hasan. Leader of the Muslim women. Ali ibn Abee Talib married her in the 2
nd
year after
migration. She died six months after the Prophet. She narrated 18 Hadeeth. (6)
4
-Saheeh ul Bukhari, the book of punishments #779
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