‘Fighting Has Been Enjoined Upon You While It Is Hateful To You…’ – Quran (2:216) Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR Background These verses (Quran 2:216-218) were revealed concerning an incident that happened in Nakhlah, in which Abd Read More …
𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐝𝐫 Mohamad Mostafa Nassar Twitter@NassarMohamadMR Shaykh Allamah Shibli Nomani Having given a bare description of events, we now proceed to a critical examination of the question whether the battle of Read More …
𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐍𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐚 [𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟]…?” – 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧 (𝟖:𝟑𝟗) Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 This verse (Q. 8:39) was revealed concerning the battle of Badr (624 AD). 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 Some claim that Read More …
𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦… 𝐅𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐚 (𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟) 𝐈𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠’? – 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧 (𝟐:𝟏𝟗𝟏–𝟏𝟗𝟒) Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 These verses were revealed at the treaty of Hudaybiyah, or just after it (Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi, Tafsir Jalalayn, and Read More …
𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐤 𝐎𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧? Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 𝐎𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 “𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐚” (فِتْنَةٌ) 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝟐:𝟏𝟗𝟎-𝟏𝟗𝟒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝟖:𝟑𝟗 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 “𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐤” (𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟). 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧 Read More …
𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧 (𝟐:𝟏𝟗𝟏)- ‘𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦…’ 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝟐:𝟏𝟗𝟏 – “𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦…” 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ‘𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞’ 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 Read More …
Prescribed For You Is Legal Retribution For Those Murdered’ – Quran (2:178-179) Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR Background These verses were revealed in Madinah (Mawdudi & Dr. Muhammad Asad). Analysing Verses The Holy Quran has prescribed death Read More …
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐊𝐮𝐫𝐳 𝐁. 𝐉𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐫 𝐀𝐥-𝐅𝐢𝐡𝐫𝐢 Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR Persecuting, killing, and stealing the wealth from Muslims in Mecca did not satisfy these Quraysh polytheists to leave Muslims alone when they fled to Madina. They Read More …
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟: “𝐎 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞! 𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡, 𝐢𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞” 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧 (𝟓:𝟏𝟎𝟏) Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧=𝐓𝐚𝐟𝐬𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧 Read More …
𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐡’𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐨 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬 Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR Fleeing persecution and finding a sanctuary in Medina, the Muslims might have thought it to be the end of the persecution and oppression Read More …