A Critical Analysis of 'Real Islam'. Its People ... - Bukti dan Saksi

Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) let the dead bodies of the unbelievers
who fought in Badr (lie unburied) for three days. He then came to them and sat by their side and called them
and said: O Abu Jahl b. Hisham, O Umayya b. Khalaf, O Utba b. Rab'ila, O Shaiba b. Rabi'a, have you not
found what your Lord had promised with you to be correct? As for me, I have found the promises of my Lord to
be (perfectly) correct. Umar listened to the words of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's
Messenger, how do they listen and respond to you? They are dead and their bodies have decayed. Thereupon he
(the Holy Prophet) said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, what I am saying to them, even you cannot hear
more distinctly than they, but they lack the power to reply. Then he commanded that they should be buried in
the well of Badr.
The "promise" that Muhammad was talking about was a curse that the vindictive prophet had laid on
these men when he was in Mecca and they had derided him when someone dumped the manure of camel
on his back. On that occasion Muhammad said: "O Allah! Punish Abu Jahl, 'Utba bin Rabi'a, Shaiba bin
Rabi'a, Al-Walid bin 'Utba, Umaiya bin Khalaf, and 'Uqba bin Al Mu'it. (Bukhari Volume 1, Book 4,
Number 241)
The following story can cast more light on the revengeful and implacable character of Muhammad.
Among the captives was Abul Bokhtari. He had shown kindness to Muhammad and was especially
instrumental in procuring his and his followers release from the quarters of Abu Talib, in a time that the
Quraish had boycotted him and his family and they were living in a state of self-imposed house-arrest,
Muhammad, mindful of this favor, proclaimed that he should not be harmed. However, Abul Bokhtari
had a companion whom Muhammad did not want to let go. He pleaded for his friend’s life but
Muhammad would not budge. So he exclaimed: "The women of Mecca; shall never say that I abandoned
my comrade through love of life. Do thy work upon us both." Thus, feeling released from all moral
obligations, Muhammad killed both of them. Here we see a man not only murdering prisoners of war, but
also killing someone to whom he owed a personal favor simply because he could not let go of the
pleasure of taking revenge on a personal enemy.
On their way back to Medina from the raid at Badr, one of the prisoners put to death was a devoted
father named Uqbah bin abi Muait. Before his execution the man pleaded with Mohammed saying, "Who,
then, will take care of my little girl?" Mohammed’s ‘merciful’ answer: "Hell-fire."
So who exactly was this Muhammad, the man hundreds of millions are striving to emulate? As has
been shown, the face he showed his enemies was not nearly so beautiful and pleasing as the face shone to
believers. Muhammad was a man of war who sent out or went out on at least 74 expeditions and raids in
only a ten year period (622-632), and who personally conducted 24 major military campaigns. His carnal
lusts for young flesh (wives, sex-slaves, and even children) are legendary, but it was through violence and
murder where he gained power and wealth. He was wounded in battle (Battle of the Trench) and
undoubtedly personally slew victims. By promising virgins and bounty in this life and the next, he
inspired men to his self-serving cause. Through Jihadic war he unified the Arab tribes, further
consolidating his power through personally ordered assassinations of individual opponents as well as
murder, exile, or enslavement of all defeated peoples.
Tabari (AD 839-923) was an early Muslim historian considered largely reliable by scholars today.
Tabari lists Muhammad’s assets at his death (horses, camels, milch sheep, and so on), including his
weapons. In fact Tabari records the nicknames Muhammad’s had lovingly given those instruments which
were such a large part of his life. Muhammad nicknamed three swords that he took from the Qaynuqa
Jewish tribe after banishing them from Medina: “Pluck Out,” “Very Sharp,” and “Death”. Two other
swords from elsewhere are named: “Sharp” and “That is wont to sink” (presumably into human flesh).
After his Hijrah (Emigration) from Mecca to Medina in 622, he owned a sword called “Having the
vertebrae of the back.” which he collected as booty from his victory at the Battle of Badr. Muhammad
also named bows: “Most conducive to ease, or wide,” “white,” and “of nab wood”. The name of a coat of
mail implies “ampleness” or “redundant portions,” probably because Muhammad was portly (cf. Ibn
Ishaq, Life of Muhammad, trans. Guillaume, p. 383). Finally, Muhammad himself had a few nicknames.
After Tabari lists several positive ones, he matter-of-factly provides one that is particularily telling: “The
obliterator”. (Tabari; Volume 9, pp. 153-55, trans. Ismail K. Poonawala.; University of New York Press)