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Hadith 101, or Islam for the Infidelby Yashiko Sagamori

The agenda of Islam

In recent years, Moslems have succeeded in making their religion a focal point of interestbordering on anxiety for many non-Moslems, of whom most, until recently, hadn't even beencurious about Islam. Such explosion of interest is well deserved since every single armedconflict that's going on today involves Moslems at least on one side of it, and every single act ofterrorism that takes place anywhere in the world is inevitably perpetrated by Moslems. At thesame time, export of Islam continues on an unprecedented scale. According to some statistics,Moslems today constitute 12% of all Europe's population, and it appears that the United Statesis following closely behind.

In the face of the Islamic invasion, Westerners remain blissfully ignorant about Islam. Really,what do we know about it besides the fact that it has sponsored most mass murders of the lasttwo decades? Not much. Following September 11, 2001, we've been reminded multiple timesthat Islam is a religion of love and piece, although the few excerpts from the Koran that havebecome widely known to the Western public suggest that the love of the Moslems is directedexclusively towards the faithful, while we, the infidels, are dealt with by ways of jihad a holywar whose goal is to free the world from our vile presence.

It might seem that the best way to find the truth would be to study the Koran. The Koranhowever is not an easy reading. To understand it, one has to know the historical and culturalcontext within which the book emerged and evolved. The Torah, for example, demands deathby stoning for homosexuals and commands Jews to treat strangers with compassion,remembering that they themselves used to be strangers in the land of Egypt. It would beimpossible to correctly assess Judaism based on these two behests unless one knows which ofthem is still being obeyed. Fortunately for us, there is another source of knowledge about Islam:the Hadith.

By no means an easy (or pleasant) reading, the Hadith is a collection of Muhammad'sstatements and deeds recorded from testimonies of those who were lucky to witness them. Acomplete, searchable English translation of the Hadith can be found athttp://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/reference/reference.html. The excerpts below are found on that

website and reproduced exactly as they appear there, each little chapter quoted in its entirety,along with whatever typos are found in the original text.

In many cases, the same act was recorded from the testimonies of several people or evenfrom two or more statements made by the same person, and, as is often the case withwitnesses, multiple accounts of the same event differ. For example:

Volume 1, Book 4, Number 159:Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
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The Prophet performed ablution by washing the body parts only once.

Volume 1, Book 4, Number 160:Narrated 'Abdullah bin Zaid:The Prophet performed ablution by washing the bodyparts twice.

In really important matters, however, witnesses agree:

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 176:Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:Allah's Apostle said, You (i.e. Muslims) will fight wi the Jews till some of them will hidebehind stones. The stones will (betray them) saying, 'O 'Abdullah (i.e. slave of Allah)!There is a Jew hiding behind me; so kill him.'

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 177:Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Apostle said, The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, andthe stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. O Muslim! There is a Jew hidingbehind me, so kill him."

Volume 4, Book 56, Number 791:Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:I heard Allah's Apostle saying, The Jews will fight with you, and you will be given victoryover them so that a stone will say, 'O Muslim! There is a Jew behind me; kill him!'

Jews are not the only people the Prophet dislikes:

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 178:Narrated 'Amr bin Taghlib:The Prophet said, One of the portents of the Hour is that you will fight with peoplewearing shoes made of hair; and one of the portents of the Hour is that you will fight withbroad-faced people whose faces will look like shields coated with leather.

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 179:Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Apostle said, The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Turks;people with small eyes, red faces, and flat noses. Their faces will look like shields coatedwith leather. The Hour will not be established till you fight with people whose shoes aremade of hair.

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 180:Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet said, The Hour will not be established till you fight with people wearingshoes made of hair. And the Hour will not be established till you fight with people whosefaces look like shields coated with leather. (Abu Huraira added, They will be) small-eyed, flat nosed, and their faces will look like shields coated with leather. )

Those who would like to know why Jerusalem that is never mentioned in the Koran isnevertheless so importantfor Islam can find the answer in the Hadith:


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Volume 1, Book 4, Number 147:Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:People say, Whenever you sit for answering the call of nature, you should not face theQibla or Bait-ulMaqdis (Jerusalem). I told them. "Once I went up the roof of our houseand I saw Allah's Apostle answering the call of nature while sitting on two bricks facingBait-ul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) (but there was a screen covering him. ' (FatehAl-Bari, Page

258, Vol. 1).

Volume 1, Book 4, Number 151:Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:Once I went up the roof of our house and saw Allah's Apostle answering the call ofnature while sitting over two bricks facing Bait-ul-Maqdis (Jerusalem). (See Hadith No.147).

Apparently, precision was not expected from one's aim:

Volume 1, Book 4, Number 150:Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:I went up to the roof of Hafsa's house for some job and I saw Allah's Apostle answeringthe call of nature facing Sham (Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon regarded as onecountry) with his back towards the Qibla. (See Hadith No. 147).

Of course, I am no prophet, but still I can't help picturing myself hurriedly climbing to the roofof my house to answer an urgent call of nature. I would probably like the spot next to thesatellite dish: if I had something to hold on to, there would be fewer chances for my fear ofheights to develop into some kind of an intestinal problem. And since I have no idea which wayBait-ul-Maqdis is from where I live, I would probably just turn away from the wind: safety first.On the other hand, my chances to eventually acquire my very own harem in heaven wouldimmediately become much better:

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 82:Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Apostle said, Five are regarded as martyrs: They are those who die because ofplague, abdominal disease, drowning or a falling building etc., and the martyrs in Allah'sCause.

Despite all the obvious drawbacks of such custom, I can easily see how it can bring wholeneighborhoods together: just think of an early morning conversation with your next-doorneighbors. And imagine the crowds on top of high-rise apartment buildings in cities! Or aconversation with an acquaintance you run into at a local supermarket: That's an awful lot oftoilet paper you're buying! I am throwing a rooftop party tonight.

Nature inevitably dictates equal rights for women:

Volume 1, Book 4, Number 149:Narrated 'Aisha:The Prophet said to his wives, You are allowed to go out to answer the call of nature.

It also provides some touching personal details, along with rather novel ways to become anIslamic scholar without spending years poring over boring, badly written books:


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Volume 1, Book 4, Number 145:Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:Once the Prophet entered a lavatory and I placed water for his ablution. He asked, Whoplaced it? He was informed accordingly and so he said, O Allah! Make him (Ibn 'Abbas)a learned scholar in religion (Islam).

Volume 1, Book 4, Number 152:Narrated Anas bin Malik:Whenever Allah's Apostle went to answer the call of nature, I along with another boyused to accompany him with a tumbler full of water. (Hisham commented, So that hemight wash his private parts with it.)

Volume 1, Book 4, Number 153:Narrated Anas:Whenever Allah's Apostle went to answer the call of nature, I along with another boyfrom us used to go behind him with a tumbler full of water.

Volume 1, Book 4, Number 154:

Narrated Anas bin Malik:Whenever Allah's Apostle went to answer the call of nature, I along with another boyused to carry a tumbler full of water (for cleaning the private parts) and an 'Anza (spear-headed stuck).

A special attention is paid to matters of personal hygiene:

Volume 1, Book 4, Number 162:Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet said, Whoever performs ablution should clean his nose with water byputting the water in it and then blowing it out, and whoever cleans his private parts withstones should do it with odd number of stones.

Volume 1, Book 4, Number 163:Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Apostle said, If anyone of you performs ablution he should put water in his noseand then blow it out and whoever cleans his private parts with stones should do so withodd numbers. And whoever wakes up from his sleep should wash his hands beforeputting them in the water for ablution, because nobody knows where his hands wereduring sleep.

Yes, stones are forever - unlike whatever the decadent West is using for the same purpose.Sometimes, the profundity of Prophet's observations seems truly stunning:

Volume 1, Book 4, Number 210:Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:Allah's Apostle drank milk, rinsed his mouth and said, It has fat.

I doubt Jesus meant Moslems when He promised that the meek shall inherit the earth. Still,this must be the main reason why Moslems say they recognize Jesus as a prophet: it would bereally hard to compete with the intellectual meekness so unselfconsciously displayed in thesecond most sacred text of Islam. I only quoted a few randomly picked samples. From the point


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of view of an average person raised in a civilized part of our world, I find this obvious meeknessresponsible for the concept of jihad which, essentially, commands killing every man, woman,and child who is not willing to submit to the meek ones. Unlike the obsolete Jewish custom ofstoning homosexuals, the idea of jihad is still pretty current all over the world: in Israel, in thedowntown Manhattan, in Chechnya, among Moscow theater-goers, London subway riders,airline passengers all over the world - in every armed conflict, in every terrorist act, in virtually

every massmurder.I strongly suggest that you learn more about Islam by navigating through the Hadith on your

own. But please be prepared for a strong, lasting aftertaste.

November, 2002

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