Muhammad the Coward

1. Muhammad the Coward
Destroying the myth of Muhammad's bravery…
from the hadith*
*Narrations concerning the words and deeds of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Who would take it from me?
Muhammad, in his own words admits, that he did not fight in the raids that he either
initiated or conducted.
In the battle of Uhud, Muhammad did not fight. He gave his sword to Abu Dujana
to "strike the heads of his enemies with it".
Sahih Muslim 2470 ‫صحيح مسلم‬
‫أن رسول ال صلى ال عليه وسلم أخذ سيفا يوم أحد فقال من يأخذ مني هذا فبسطوا أيديهم كل إنسان منهم يقول‬
‫أنا أنا قال فمن يأخذه بحقه قال فأحجم القوم فقال سماك بن خرشة أبو دجانة أنا آخذه بحقه قال فأخذه ففلق به هام‬
‫المشركين‬
http://hadith.al-islam.com/Page.aspx?pageid=192&BookID=25&TOCID=1149
Muslim :: Book 31 : Hadith 6040
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) took hold of his
sword on the Day of Uhud and said: Who would take it from me? All the persons
stretched their hands saying: I would do it, I would do it. He (Allah's Apostle) said:
Who would take it in order to fulfil its rights? Then the people withdrew their
hands. Simak b. Kharasha Abu Dujana said: I am here to take it and fulfil its rights.
He took it and struck the heads of the polytheists.
http://www.quranexplorer.com/Hadith/English/Hadith/muslim/031.6040.html
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Behind the Army Unit
Muhammad, in his own words, admits that he used to remain behind the army unit.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2644 ‫صحيح البخارى‬
‫سمعت النبي صلى ال عليه وسلم يقول والذي نفسي بيده لول أن رجال من المؤمنين ل تطيب أنفسهم أن يتخلفوا‬
‫عني ول أجد ما أحملهم عليه ما تخلفت عن سرية تغزو في سبيل ال‬

2. http://hadith.al-islam.com/Page.aspx?
pageid=192&TOCID=1774&BookID=24&PID=2648
Bukhari :: Book 4 :: Volume 52 :: Hadith 54
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "By Him in Whose Hands my life is! Were it not for some men
amongst the believers who dislike to be left behind me and whom I cannot provide
with means of conveyance, I would certainly never remain behind any Sariya'
(army-unit) setting out in Allah's Cause.
http://www.quranexplorer.com/Hadith/English/Hadith/bukhari/004.052.054.html
Muhammad prefers death in jihad than life, as long as this jihad is fought by his
gullible followers and not by himself.
Then, the brave Muhammad, who did not fight, boasts of how he would have
preferred to die in the way of Allah.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2644 ‫صحيح البخارى‬
‫والذي نفسي بيده لوددت أني أقتل في سبيل ال ثم أحيا ثم أقتل ثم أحيا ثم أقتل ثم أحيا ثم أقتل‬
http://hadith.al-islam.com/Page.aspx?
pageid=192&TOCID=1774&BookID=24&PID=2648
Bukhari :: Book 4 :: Volume 52 :: Hadith 54
By Him in Whose Hands my life is! I would love to be
martyred in Al1ah's Cause and then get resurrected
and then get martyred, and then get resurrected again
and then get martyred and then get resurrected again
and then get martyred.
http://www.quranexplorer.com/Hadith/English/Hadith/bukhari/004.052.054.html
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Two Coats of Mail
In the battle of Uhud, Muhammad wore two coats of mail even if he had no
intention of fighting or exposing himself to danger.
Biography of the Prophet by Ibn Hisham ‫السيرة النبوية لنبن هشام‬

3. ‫انضح الخيل عنا بالنبل ، ل يأتونا من خلفنا ، إن كانت لنا أو علينا ، فاثبت مكانك ل نؤتين من قبلك وظاهر رسول‬
‫. ال صلى ال عليه وسلم بين درعين ، ودفع اللواء إلى مصعب بن عمير ، أخي بني عبد الدار‬
http://sirah.al-islam.com/Page.aspx?pageid=204&TOCID=484&BookID=160&PID=938
Biography of the Prophet by Ibn Hisham p.296
'Keep the cavalry away from us with your arrows and let them not come on us from
the rear whether the battle goes in our favour or against us; and keep your place so
that we cannot be got at from your direction.' The apostle then put on two coats of
mail and delivered the standard to Mus'ab b. 'Umayr, brother of B. 'Abdu'l-Dar
(585).
Download link:
http://deenlink.com/books/Ibn%20Hisham's%20Seera.pdf
Then, the brave Muhammad gave his sword to one of his naïve followers asking him
to "smite the enemy with it until it bends."
Biography of the Prophet by Ibn Hisham ‫السيرة النبوية لنبن هشام‬
‫وقال رسول ال صلى ال عليه وسلم : من يأخذ هذا السيف بحقه ؟ فقام إليه رجال ، فأمسكه عنهم ؛ حتى قام إليه‬
‫أبو دجانة سماك بن خرشة ، أخو بني ساعدة ، فقال : وما حقه يا رسول ال ؟ قال : أن تضرب به العدو حتى‬
‫ينحني ، قال : أنا آخذه يا رسول ال بحقه ، فأعطاه إياه‬
http://sirah.al-islam.com/Page.aspx?pageid=204&TOCID=484&BookID=160&PID=940
Biography of the Prophet by Ibn Hisham p.296
and he took up a sword and brandished it saying 'Who will take this sword with its
right?' (i.e. use it as it ought and deserves to be used.) Some men got up to take it
but he withheld it from them until Abu Dujana Simak b. Kharasha, brother of B.
Sa'ida, got up to take it. (M. 'Umar got up to take it, saying, 'I will take it with its
right,' but the prophet turned away from him and brandished it a second time using
the same words. Then al-Zubayr b. al-'Awwam got up and he too was rejected, and
the two of them were much mortified. Then Abu Dujana, &c.) He asked, 'What is its
right, O Apostle of Allah?' He answered, 'That you should smite the enemy with it
until it bends.'
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Who will sell his life for us?