This concludes the brief outline of some parts of the Hadith. It is impossible to put all the tremendous detail of the Hadith in a few slides. In this slide series we briefly look at the Qur'an, jihad, women's roles and rights, dhimmi status, treatment of kafirs, prayer, zakat, Hajj, Ramadan and many personal characteristics of the prophet Muhammad.
2. Women
More women than men are in hell –
they are ungrateful to their husbands
Women are inferior mentally and in
religion
3. Women
Allah is unpleased with a woman who
refuses to have sex with her husband
until her husband is pleased with her
again
4. Women
Woman in adultery – stoned to
death. The man gets 100 lashes
and exile for one year
A woman pregnant out of wedlock
shames the family. One solution
is no education and marry young
5. Women
There are a number of rules for
women during menstruation.
However, they are also found
among the Jews, and in
most oral cultures have a number
of taboos
6. Women
Women should be accompanied by her
husband or a close male relative if she
travels more than a day
The wife cannot fast without her
husband’s permission, and only allow
persons into the home by her husband’s
permission
7. Women
The most important thing about a
woman is sex.
Temporary wives are also OK – by
agreement.
Forced sex on captives is permitted
8. Women
No tattoos – done on others or to
yourself
No prostitution
Even male in-laws should be careful
going into a woman’s home
9. Al-Ghazali - Allah’s punishment
of women
Menstruation
Childbirth
Separation from parents and
marriage to a stranger
10. Al-Ghazali - Allah’s punishment
of women
Pregnancy
No control over her own person
Lesser share in inheritance
11. Al-Ghazali - Allah’s punishment
of women
She can suffer divorce but cannot
divorce
OK for men to have 4 wives, but
women only one husband
12. Al-Ghazali - Allah’s punishment
of women
Stay secluded in the house
Keep her head covered in the
house
Testimony worth ½ of a man’s
13. Al-Ghazali on Allah’s punishment
of women
Must be accompanied by a near
relative to go out of the house
Cannot participate in Friday and feast
day prayers and funerals like men
Cannot rule or be a judge
Merit of 1000, 999 are men and 1 for
women
14. Al-Ghazali - Allah’s punishment
of women
If the husband dies, they must
wait 4 months and 10 days before
remarrying
If divorced, they must wait 3
months or 3 menstrual periods
before remarrying
15. Sex
There are a variety of rules for
both men and women to wash or
clean themselves. These are
spelled out in great detail
16. Sex
Temporary wife is OK if you
simply give her a garment
Do not worry about getting
captured slave girls pregnant
17. Sex
If a woman refuses sex to her
husband, the angels are angry that
entire night
Ok to have sex with captured women
whose husbands are alive after their
menstrual cycle
Exact methods of sex explicitly
mentioned
18. Apostates
Kill for 3 reasons – murder, adultery,
and apostacy
Those who kill apostates will be
rewarded at judgment day
19. Apostates
Muhammad’s handling murderers – cut
off hands and feet, gouge out eyes with
hot pokers, throw on sharp rocks to die
of thirst
20. Folk Islamic Beliefsstion
Muhammad – some folk Islamic beliefs
Magic – felt he was hexed, cured by
Allah, but later filled in the well where
the witchcraft was supposedly
Believed in the evil eye – claimed
Abraham did
Eat food that fell down and clean your
fingers; don’t leave any for Satan
21. Folk Islamic beliefs& folk
Islam
Satan touches everyone with two
fingers at birth except Jesus – missed
and touched the placenta
Keep children close to you for the first
hour of the day
22. Folk Islamic beliefs& folk
Islam
3 knots in the back of the sleeper’s
head.
Think of Allah, and one loosened;
purified, another untied;
say prayers, the third untied
23. Folk Islamic beliefs
Stifle a yawn – Allah hates it, but
loves sneezing – then say “May
Allah give you mercy”
Satan cannot enter a closed door.
Cap your bottles, cover dishes,
and pray to Allah
24. Folk Islamic beliefs
Good dreams from Allah; bad
dreams from Satan:
Then ask Allah’s protection and
blow to the left 3 times and you
are protected
25. Jinns (form of evil spirit)
Roam at night. Eat dung and bones
Cover dishes, cap water, lock doors,
turn out the lights
Some jinns investigated a barrier to
them, heard the Qur’an and were
converted
26. Science
Muhammad claims that at night the sun
goes under the throne of Allah and
awaits permission to rise
27. Science
Only Allah knows the sex of a child in
utero, the weather, and the time and
place someone will die
Everyone going to paradise will have
the form of Adam
28. After conception
40 days as a clot of blood in the
mother’s womb, then 40 days as
a piece of flesh
29. After conception folk
religion
Then an angel is sent to
pronounce four words that
determine his actions, his time of
death, his occupation, and
whether he will be blessed or
cursed by Allah
30. More “science”
The first sign of judgment is a
great fire uniting east and west
The first meal in paradise is fish
liver
31. and more science
If a mouse falls in fat, throw the
mouse and surrounding fat away
If a fly drops in liquid, submerge the
fly and then discard it
Black cumin can cure any disease
except death
32. Bodily functions
Spit to the left or behind your foot
Do not go to the bathroom facing
Mecca or directly away from it; if
necessary, turn your face and ask
Allah’s forgiveness
Use your left hand to clean yourself
when using the bathroom
33. Bodily functions
Pray for Allah’s protection
Make ablutions on awakening
You must repeat your prayer if
going to the bathroom or passing
gas
34. Animals
Dogs – just to hunt or guard a farm. If
he licks something, wash it 7 times.
No pets
Prayers nullified if a dog, an ass, or a
woman passes before them
All black dogs should be killed
No money from dogs, prostitution, or
fortune telling
35. Snakes & other critters
Kill snakes, especially with 2 stripes
down the back, or short or mutilated
tails, which can cause miscarriages &
blindness
Breeding fees are illegal
Crows see angels; donkeys see Satan
36. Art
Angels will not enter homes with
pictures or a dog inside
Pictures of people are forbidden
unless you can bring them to life
37. Muhammad
Big hands and feet
Average size and build, curly longish
hair, first not parted, later parted
38. Muhammad
Debates as to whether he died his
hair
He was unusually white
He often got angry; he cursed others
39. Muhammad’s wives
Favorite – Aisha. Legally married age 6
or 7; took to his home and consumated
age 9. Still played with dolls with her
girlfriends – permitted by Muhammad
Total I saw was at least 10 – first group
of four: Aisha, Safiya, Haifsa & Sauda.
When 40, Sauda gave her turn sleeping
with Muhammad to Aisha
40. Muhammad’s wives
Safiya was taken as a wife and not
just as a slave girl
None of Muhammad’s wives in
Medina were ever pregnant
He had a beautiful Coptic pleasure
slave with whom he spent much time;
she bore him a son
41. Muhammad’s wives
After allowing Coptic slave Mary,
into his harem in Medina, his
wives began to argue and got him
mad.
He separated from all for 29
days.
Then each in turn stated that she
wanted to remain married to him.
42. Was Muhammad
illiterate?
He was certainly intelligent as a
businessman.
Apparently he asked for the
chance to write last instructions
prior to his death – so probably
not illiterate
43. Muhammad’s night trip
Tradition states that Muhammad went
to heaven with Gabriel after he was
washed with water from Zamzam.
He was addressed by many, including
Adam, Idris, Moses, Jesus and
Abraham as a holy man and prophet
44. Muhammad’s night trip
He was given 50 prayers, which
were finally reduced to 5 after
Moses suggested that 50 were
too many.
45. Muhammad’s habits
Always worked from right to left
Did not like the smell of onions or
garlic
Did not like clouds in the sky
46. Muhammad’s habits
Don’t stand and eat or drink
Put on the right sandal first
Don’t lie on your back with one
foot crossed on top another
47. Muhammad’s modesty
Apparently modest
Did not appear nude
When he went to the toilet,
someone followed with a stick,
staff and water
48. Muhammad’s slaves
There were several quotes that
showed he had a lot of slaves
Muhammad loved jihad,
49. The Qur’an
Believed to be God’s inspired words,
word for word without omission,
mistakes or errors existing before
creation.
50. The Qur’an
Given by Gabriel – the first time he
appeared to Muhammad in the cave,
Gabriel squeezed him tightly and
commanded to read. He claimed that
he could not read.
51. Qur’an
Returning home, he asked his wife to
hide himself
She took him to Waraqa, a Christian,
who told him that it was Gabriel, who
had also been sent to Moses, and that
he would be opposed.
52. Qur’an
Originally written on date palm
leaves, stones, parchment, bones,
etc.
Given to Abu Bakr, to Umar, and
eventually to his daughter Hafsa
53. Qur’an
Gabriel recited it in 7 different
dialects
Sometimes the inspiration is like a
bell, and at other times, the angel in
the body of a man
54. Qur’an
For a while, revelations ceased after
Waraqa died.
Muhammad showed that some verses
were abrogated later, and some were
metaphorical
55. Qur’an
Uthman commanded Zaid, Said,
Abdullah and Abdur-Rahman to collect
the verses of the Qur’an.
If disagreements about the verse in
Arabic, they could also use the
language of the Quraysh.
56. Qur’an
There were many died in battle who had
memorized the sayings, so now it is put
down in writing
57. Sharia law
Islam is a perfect cultural, political,
social and religious system from God
All Kafirs are man-made and offensive to
God
Sharia is political Islam
Jihad is war against Kafirs commanded
by both the Qur’an and hadiths
58. Sharia law
Jihad is a community obligation – for
example, supplying a fighter. All sane
men after puberty must fight
Leave a battle only if ill, wounded,
without a weapon, or Kafirs outnumber
you 2:1. Flee only for tactical
advantage
59. Sharia law
Don’t kill women or children unless
fighting against Muslims.
You can kill old men and monks.
Don’t kill those who have submitted
60. Sharia law
Have a truce or cease-fire only when
you need time to regroup.
Never have a cease-fire when you have
the upper hand.
No truce may last longer than 10 years
61. Sharia law
Spoils – personal go to persons.
Communal – 1/5 to Islam, the rest
divided among the fighters
You can have as much spoil as
you can carry
62. Dhimmi protection under
Shari’a law
Christians and Jews are
protected as long as they follow
the dhimmi laws and pay jizya
The rules of dhimmi have been
outlined elsewhere
63. Apostates
Apostates deserve death
The spouse must wait 3 months, and
if the person persists in apostacy,
they are automatically divorced
64. Scourging
Not in extreme heat or cold
Not during pregnancy
Whip not new or old
Delivered to multiple areas, but not to
the face or vital organs
Man standing; woman sitting and
covered
65. Stoning
Done despite temperature, but not ill –
wait for recovery; for pregnancy until
the child is weaned.
Kill homosexuals or lesbians
Does not like masculine women or
effeminate men
66. Man and wife
Wife should have sex whenever the
man wants unless physically unable
Man can take wife with him.
He can give permission in the city for
her to go for religion or see female
friends.
67. Man and wife
Travel outside requires a male
relative.
He must give permission for
those who come into his house
68. Rebellious wives
Wife gives cold answer or refuses sex.
He is to warn her first,
then refuse to sleep with her,
As a last resort, to beat her, but not
on the face, or to draw blood or cause
injury.
69. Rebellious wives
He also can refuse to support her if
she travels without his permission
Also if she refuses sex when able
70. Injuries
No payment for kafirs, apostates,
adulterers
For accidental killing Muslim, blood
money or 2 months fasting
Deliberate murder of a Muslim –
eternity in hell
71. Predestinationn
There is a sense of
predestination.
The Qur’an says that good deeds
are easy for the blessed and evil
deeds are easy for the cursed
72. Predestinationn
The blessed will testify that
Muhammad is the slave of Allah and
his prophet
People will see Allah on the judgment
day
73. Judgment day
On that day, everyone will be
thrown into hell except Muslims,
Jews and Christians.
They will be asked who they
worship
74. Judgment day
Jews will say Ezra, son of God; they
will be deceived and go to hell; Allah
has no son
Christians will say Jesus, son of God;
they will be thrown in hell because
Allah has no son
75. Judgment day
Muhammad is superior spiritually to
Adam, Noah, Moses and Jesus…. the
most superior man in all creation.
He will intercede for people and God
will listen to him although they will not
listen to Jesus.
76. Judgment day
Men will come naked and
uncircumcised as they were at birth.
Abraham will be the first person
dressed.
Some Muslims will also be thrown
into hell as apostates
77. Hell and Paradise
Hell will ask for more persons until
finally Allah stops it as full
Paradise will have more space;
Allah can make more people to fill
it.
78. Hell and Paradise
Do not pray for a kafir
He saw a vision of people being
punished in hell for apostasy, greed,
usury
Deliberate suicide does not go to
paradise
79. Ethical dualism
There is a fundamental difference
between a Kafir and a Muslim.
In some situations, you can respect a
Kafir, and tolerate him, but he is
NEVER equal to a Muslim.
When dominant, Islam MUST suppress
the Kafir
80. Ethical dualism
Islam is BOTH Meccan and Medinan.
You cannot remove one or the other.
It is perfect, and cannot reform.
Any peace is temporary
81. What is necessary
Shahada: The statement of both one
God is Allah and his final prophet is
Muhammad are BOTH needed.
You must worship Allah precisely as
Muhammad did
It
82. What is necessary
It is not the religion that needs
reformation as much as the
politics, which causes fear.
Islam is universal and eternal
83. Religious & Political Islam
Religious Islam – how to go to paradise
and avoid hell = Actually a minor part
of Islam
Political Islam – how do deal with
kafirs, is the dominant part of the
trilogy
Thus Islam is more political than
religious
84. Growth of Islam
Meccan period of 13 years, 150
followers, or about 12/year
Medinan period of 9 years – 100,000
followers, or more than 10,000 per
year
Thus during Muhammad’s lifetime, the
growth of Islam was 0.3% religious
and 99.7% political