The Heart's Witness Against Muhammad: The Murder of Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf

By Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq.
11/5/2012
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)

To exchange reason for Muhammad's Islam is a Mephistophelian bargain

Ka'b bin al-Ashraf, a chief of the Jewish tribe of Banu Nadi, was another victim of Muhammad's rise to power which personifies the alleged prophet's moral failings. Once Muhammad gained political power and the ability for force his will on others, some of the Jewish tribes around him grew mistrustful and opposed both his message and his rising influence. Muhammad ordered Ka'b bin al-Ashraf's murder, and authorized deception in the process.

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CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (Catholic Online) - Muhammad was driven by power, however he tried to disguise it or sublimate it by his invocation of Allah, and the Jews who lived in the town of Yathrib and elsewhere in the Arabian Peninsula who would not submit to his iron rule simply got in the way. The Jew that got in the way, that opposed the will or whim of this vicious man who covered his worldly ambitions with Allah's mantle, was promptly dispatched to Sheol.

The Fifth Commandment, if Muhammad knew it expressly at all, did not apply to Muhammad in his view. He doubtfully read Exodus, since he was supposed to be illiterate. Perhaps it might have done him some good had he read, "Thou shalt not kill. (Exodus 20:13; Deut. 5:17) It would also have done him well to have heard Jesus' angle on that commandment. (Matt. 5:21-22). He certainly seems not to have been open to the divine injunction that prohibited murder that was contained in the recesses of his heart, i.e., the natural law.

But in Muhammad's view, there was no need to read the Scriptures prior to his supposed revelations; they were corrupted on Muhammad's account (See Qur'an 5:13, 41.). And whatever was therein contained was of no moment since, by the supposed revelations of Allah which came to us through the mouth of Muhammad, whatever Muhammad did was perfect. If the Fifth Commandment has to take a back seat to Muhammad's "perfect" desires, and if the unwritten law of God in the heart of every man that says one should not kill an innocent man had to be squelched, then so be it: Allah and his messenger know best.

Unlike Yahweh, Allah did not say, "Thou shalt not kill." Rather, Allah said, "Thou shalt kill." Or so Muhammad would have it where it was to his political advantage.

Ka'b bin al-Ashraf, a chief of the Jewish tribe of Banu Nadi, was another victim of Muhammad's rise to power which personifies the alleged prophet's moral failings. Once Muhammad gained political power and the ability for force his will on others, some of the Jewish tribes around him grew mistrustful and opposed both his message and his rising influence.

Though Muhammad had ostensibly entered into an informal treaty with the Jewish tribes in the town of Yathrib (which later was known as Medina), there was tension between Muhammad's followers and the Jewish tribes, including the Banu Nadi. (This seems to be a chronic feature of Islam's relationship with its neighbors, even to this day.)

Al-Ashraf, it may be conceded, was an opponent of Muhammad, believed Muhammad a false prophet, and opposed himself to Muhammad's worrisome rise.

After Muhammad's victory at the battle of Badr, al-Ashraf grew particularly concerned. But is that a crime?

It was from Muhammad's vantage point. In Muhammad's eyes, opposition to him and his doctrine and will was anathema: nay, it was more than that; it was a virtual death sentence.

Moreover, Muhammad was like the devil, "the proud spirit [who] cannot endure to be mocked," as St. Thomas More put it, and al-Ashraf mocked both Muhammad and the Muslim women. "He [al-Ashraf] inveighed against the apostle," wrote a plaintive poem at the loss by the Quraysh tribe defeated at Badr, and "composed amatory verses of an insulting nature about Muslim women," Muhammad's biographer Ibn Ishaq tells us.

This was the extent of his alleged crimes.

The enmity between al-Ashraf and Muhammad and Muhammad's response to it is found in several sources, including Sahih al-Bukhari 3.45.687 and 5.59.369. The second hadith is particularly long, so only parts will be quoted here. The hadith begins:

"Allah's messenger said 'Who is willing to kill Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf who has hurt Allah and His apostle?'
Thereupon Maslama got up saying, 'O Allah's messenger! Would you like that I kill him?'
The prophet said, 'Yes.'

Maslama said, 'Then allow me to say a (false) thing (i.e., to deceive Ka'b).' The prophet said, 'You may say it.'"

So here we have two questionable moral lapses by Muhammad to the Realpolitik of the day. The first: a willingness to put a political opponent to death--political murder. The second: a willingness to use all manners of deceit to advance the political murder--lying. Here we find an instance of the questionable doctrine of taqiyya, or dissimulation, approved by the alleged prophet of Allah, the Arab war idol and transformed moon god who--unlike Christ who says, "I am the truth" (John 14:6)--says of himself that he is the "best of deceivers," Allahu khayru al-makirina, (Qur'an 3:54).

Based on the pretense that, as an opponent of Muhammad, he wanted to borrow a camel load or two of food, Maslama visited al-Ashraf at night and, together with his foster brother Abu Naila, was ...

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Tommy
6 months ago
KarlVDH
What you express are opinions and giving them as fact .
You state
"and remember that just like us, the average Muslim doesn't take every word of every passage as literal and intended for today." ((religious slackers who will fall into line if and when sharia (whatever form) is introduced))
and
The enemy isn't ISLAM. It's EXTREMISM... (wrong again)

Opinions not based on fact are worthless and we are talking about Islam

so we must define moderate within the context of islam and the only way to do that is to look at the person where it all started "Muhammed" and what do we find - A thief,torturer, murderer,rapist et al----In fact the complete antithesis to Jesus
Now this example of moderation is what the koran tells muslims is the best example for mankind to follow
It is also written
Sura 8:55 Verily, The worst of moving (living) creatures before Allâh are those who
disbelieve
sura 4:144 O ye who believe! Take not for friends unbelievers rather than believers: Do ye wish to offer Allah an open proof against yourselves?
sura 5:51 O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends one to another. He among you who taketh them for friends is (one) of them. Lo!
Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.
sura 60:4 "hostility and hate"will exist between Muslims and infidels "for ever"until
the latter "believe in Allah alone."

You state
"Or, maybe we can apply the same grace and dignity we accord our own holy books"

Now you Tell me how I can respect someone whose holy "eternal" book states I am the vilest of creatures and instructs that I am inferior and should not be befriended
(the exception is the illusion of friendship,for dawa purposes)
and who under sharia must pay the "Don't kill me tax" known as Jizya.....What does this respect do for me or them

There is not enough information in the koran (nor any context) to enable one to become a muslim and so we require the Sira and Sunna of Muhammed

As to the koran,sira and sunna we must look to the mufti who when questioned about fundamentalists taking the koran literally; replies as follows :-
"At the outset, it is important to clarify the term fundamentalists. In Islam, there is no such term. Does it mean one who follows Islam in totality? As Muslims, the Laws of Allah and the Sunnah of Rasulullah subjugate us. Islam provides a complete and comprehensive way of life. In numerous verses of the Quraan, we are encouraged to follow Deen in totality. As Muslims, we cannot practice those Laws that suit us and discard the others. Nevertheless, the Quraan is absolute and infallible. One cannot interpret the Quraan as he/she desires. There have been grave warnings for those who interpret the Quraan without having the necessary knowledge to do so. There is no modern taught to the Quraan. Those who claim a modern taught to the Quraan do so to suit their own whims and fancies."
(note the koran is absolute and infallible)

PM Erdogan commented on the term “moderate Islam”, ‘These descriptions are very ugly, it is offensive and an insult to our religion. There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that’s it.”

You must also bear in mind that a muslim is obliged to lie about his religion if it benefits islam, where if he told the truth it would not.

Worth reading---Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America Cautions Muslims Against Participating in American Legal System; Urges Them to “Hate It in Their Hearts”
http://bit.ly/RP8cfT
and never forget the duality of Islam---Meccan and Medinan

Check out islamic sites-- the koran is eternal and cannot be changed
Al-Quran is the eternal miracle. It is the last Book of Allah sent for the guidance of humanity through the last Prophet, Muhammad, peace be upon him (PBUH).
Redeemer of the sinners, the Mercy unto the Worlds – Muhammad (p) and his progeny, the Clean, the Pure and the Infallible ones.
Sura 41:42 Falsehood cannot come to it from before it or behind it (it is) sent down by the
All-Wise, Worthy of all praise (Allâh swt).
Greg
6 months ago
Dear Karl. Thank you for pointing this out. Since it is your choice, so I will stick to it. Please notice, that God did not call King David the one after His heart after King David killed (ordered) that man. It is because King David realized his wrong doing. Read Psalms and King David's heart pouring for God and others. Yes, King David was a sinner the way I am, and the way you are, and the way Muhammad was. The difference between King David and Muhammad is the same as between Saint Peter and Judas. Since you are reading the Scripture, which is awesome, make sure you open your heart, and not your mind. Let God explain you how much He Loves you, and everyone else. If you keep searching to prove your opinions, you will be taking stuff out of context, and at the end you will stay lost with your opinions. Have been there, done that, and it is a dark, and dead-end alley. God Bless you.
Andrew M. Greenwell
6 months ago
@KarlVDH: Just several observations. First, Scripture must be understood as the Church understands it, that is in the light of Christ. St. Augustine, for example, had a rule regarding Scriptural interpretation that you seem to have overlooked. He said that any Scripture must be understood as consonant with charity (love of God and love of neighbor), and that any interpretation of Scripture which was uncharitable against God or neighbor was ipso facto false. This is how he would have understood some of the literally objectionable parts of the Old Testament in particular. One cannot take Psalm 137:9, e.g, "Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against a rock," and argue that we should be taking infants and dashing them against rocks. This must be understood within the light of charity which obviously means this must be understood in a figurative manner (perhaps with reference to our inchoate sins.)

King David's sin with Bathsheba, and his treatment of Uriah, is hardly touted as virtue. In fact, King David is confronted by Nathan and repents of his sin. "Nathan said to David, “Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. . . . . Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Muhammad never repented of his sexual sins, nor of his violence. Even while dying he was making plans to murder his political enemies. The difference between Muhammad and David is vast.

More than that, you have misrepresented the "apple of my eye" verse. This is actual a prayer by David (in Psalm 17:8): "Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings." This is not God calling David the "apple of his eye," and certainly not as a result of what he did with Batsheba and with Uriah.

Finally, David never called himself an exemplary man, a perfect man, and example for all mankind. Read the penitent psalms he may have authored. On the other hand, Muhammad did. The Qur'an sets him forth as the example for all men. If Muhammad had not been held out by the Qur'an as the perfect human, the moral exemplar for all men, the al-insan al-kamil, there would be nothing to talk about, since all manner of sins could then be expected.

I know that not every Muslim takes the verses of the Qur'an literally. I know that many Muslims are unfamiliar with the Qur'an and unfamiliar with the Sunna. Islam is hardly monolithic, and experts tend to speak therefore of Islams and not Islam. However, I was not addressing myself to Muslims and their good faith. That was not the subject matter of my article. I was addressing myself to the historical Muhammad as represented by Islamic historical sources considered reputable by Muslim scholars, the 'umma. What this Muslim may believe or that Muslim may believe is not really relevant to how Muhammad is presented in the Qur'an, in the Sunna, and in the Sirat.
KarlVDH
6 months ago
Think our faith is immune? our history, even our scriptures don't contain stories and passages equally as disturbing as anything to be found in the koran?
King David started a war and murdered a man in order to have extramarital sex with his wfe, who he spotted voyueristically while she was bathing. God, in the Bible, calls this peeping tom murderer, "thhe Apple of my Eye." maube we could study some of the Old Testament verses in which God calls for the slaughter of women in children, or in which he directs people be taken as slaves, or in which he orders the rape of women captured in war;
Or, maybe we can apply the same grace and dignity we accord our own holy books, and remember that just like us, the average Muslim doesn't take every word orf every passage as literal and intended for today.
Good heavens, people, don't you get it?? EDUCATE yourselves- thiss sort of fear mongering plays right into the Terrorists' hands... it's EXACTLY what they WANT!!
The enemy isn't ISLAM. It's EXTREMISM... and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something wit an agenda.

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