English translation of the WASATIA book

2. THE SUNNAHThe Sunnah relates to the life and hadith [sayings] of theProphet that illuminates his thoughts and actions, accompanied bytheir sources. It is an open field. Stories about the Prophet andquotes by the Prophet are relatively abundant, in some the factshave been embellished with pious folklore, to the extent that theymay openly contradict the text of the Quran. Much research is doneto investigate the authenticity of those quotes, but here it alsocenters on who is doing the investigation and when. One wellknownand wide-spread quote for the Prophet is the following:“The Hour of Judgment will not arrive until you fight the Jewsand kill them… and until trees and the rocks will say: ‘O Muslim,o servant of God, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him,’except the salt bush [gharqad], for it is [one] of the Jews’ trees.”This statement stands in contradiction with many verses in theHoly Quran which forbids killing such as: {Nor take life - which Allahhas made sacred - except for just cause.} [al-Isra’ Surah; verse 33]; orthose verses which call upon Muslims to revere Judaism and itsprophets; or which consider Jews Ahl al-Kitab [People of the Book],and calls upon Moslems to respect and honor the scriptures andprophets of the People of the Book.42