Islam is a religion that ordains to shorten the prescribed and sublime act of worship, the ritual prayer, only for the consideration of a mother’s feelings when she hears her crying infant in the course of a ritual prayer. How can Islam tolerate the stabbing of innocent people and firing bullets straight into their chests, butchering the innocent civilians and the elderly? Which Islam and which Quran do those who call themselves Muslims and perpetrate these atrocities, carnage and bloodshed believe in?
They are the ones who call their self-styled beliefs as Islamic and distort the true religion. In reality, they are the enemies of Islam who are completely ignorant of Islam’s love, subtleties, mercy, compassion, blessings and glory. However, the Messenger of Islam (peace be upon him) always taught his noble Companions love, balance, moderation, easiness, convenience and excellent morality. He always forbade partiality, extremism, radicalism and violence.
The importance Islam lays on the sanctity and dignity of human life can be gauged from the fact that it forbids indiscriminate killing even during war. The general public must not be targeted and killed, and likewise, places of worship, buildings, crops and even trees must not be destroyed. On the one hand, there is a clear set of Islamic laws based on preserving human life, and on the other hand, there are terrorist activities in the name of Islam to justify the indiscriminate and wanton killing of peaceful people. It is a pity that such barbaric people claim that their activities are jihad.
In no way is it permissible to murder peaceful non-Muslim citizens in retaliation for the interference, injustices and aggression of non-Muslim global powers. The one who commits these acts has no relation to Islam or the Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him). Shedding blood unjustly has been condemned in the harshest possible terms in Islamic teachings. When peaceful civilians are targets of terrorism, tyranny and barbarism, and are victimized due to doctrinal and ideological differences between the political and religious personalities, the logical consequence is anarchy, chaos, lawlessness and strife.
Hadith
Hadrat Abd Allah b.Umar (Radiyallahu Anhu) said,” ‘We were once sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) when he described the tribulations. He described them at length, until he mentioned the tribulation of al-ahlas.
At that point, someone asked, “O Messenger of Allah! What is the tribulation of al-ahlas?”
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “It is chaos and mass killing”
*[al-Bukhari in al-Sahih: Kitab al-fitan [The Book of Tribulation],chapter: “The Emergence of Tribulations”, 6:2590 §6652]*
The dignity, inviolability and protection of human life is basic to Islamic law. Killing a human unjustly is unlawful and an act of disbelief as well in certain cases.
The youth who have been deceived into the belief that they will enter Paradise and get hoors as a reward of terrorism need to know the truth contained in the Prophetic injunctions. Islam has forbidden Paradise to the murderer of innocent people. Allah has declared forbidden to them the Paradise prepared for His pious servants; so how will they get hoors? They are destined to Hellfire! The youth have been brainwashed. They are ignorant; they have gone astray. By killing innocent civilians, they believe they will enter Paradise. How cruel! See the truth contained in Prophetic teachings. The below hadith declares that the fragrance of Paradise forbidden for the killer of a Non-Muslim citizen.
Abu Bakra(RA) related that Allah’s Messenger(peace be upon him) said,” “Any Muslim who unlawfully kills a non-Muslim (in one tradition, “unjustly” is reported), Allah has forbidden even the fragrance of Paradise to him.” *[Ahmad b.Hanbal in al-Musnad, 5:36 §20399. •al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn, 1:105 §135]*
Commenting on this hadith—anyone who kills a non-Muslim citizen will not smell the fragrance of Paradise—Anwar Shah Kashmiri writes in his book Fayd al-BarÏ:”(As for) his (sallalahu alaihi wa sallam) statement, “Anyone who kills a non-Muslim under treaty [muahad] will not smell the fragrance of Paradise, even though its fragrance can be smelt at a distance of forty years.” Its essence, dear brother, can be expressed like this: You know the gravity of the sin of killing a Muslim—its odiousness has reached the point of disbelief—and it necessitates that [the killer abides in Hell] forever. As for killing a non-Muslim citizen [muahad], it is similarly no small matter, for the one who does it will also not smell the fragrance of Paradise.”*[Anwar Shah Kashmiri in Fayd al-Bari ala Sahih al-Bukhari, 4:288]*
*Inciting Religious Sentiments to Commit mass murder by Brainwashing is The Kharijites Method*
Expressing their religious zealotry, the deviant sect of Kharijites of the past used to rouse extremist sentiments in some of the hapless and ignorant Muslims, and, misinterpreting jihad, they would incite them to commit mass murder. To motivate them further, they would mention the rewards of Paradise, so as to mentally prepare their followers to kill and be killed. If we analyse the methodology and activities of modern-day terrorists, we see that they are mentally immature, young and brainwashed, and have the same modus operandi as the Kharijites of old. Their warped view of Islam is plain to see; on the one hand they are very devout in their worship, and on the other hand they have no compunction in killing peaceful civilians. Since the Prophet(peace be upon him) made it categorically clear that these people would continue to emerge, time and time again, it is easy to recognize the modern-day Kharijites, for they share the same traits of those of old.
They too shed the blood of people; they too brutally slaughter women and children and challenge the authority of the state; they too murder peaceful people; and they too call their dastardly deeds jihad. All the current acts of terrorism committed by the so-called ‘mujahidun’ are but a continuation of the Kharijite doctrine and ideology.
– Based on Book Islam on Love and Non-Violence by Shaykh ul Islam Dr. Tahir ul Qadri
