Sadaqa – Islamic Charity for the Poor and the Evil Mind of Muhammad
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OBLIGATORY SOURCES TO FILL MUHAMMAD’S TREASURY
Islamic Scriptures, such as Quran and
the six ‘Sahih Siththa’ (authentic) hadith collections are the Pandora
Boxes to know all about Muhammad’s nasty character and intentions. He
was the greediest founder of a religion ever lived. He was always after
money, sex and power. He was well aware that achieving unholy and
immoral goals would require the power of wealth. So, he sought every
opportunity to grab the wealth of others by all kinds of unholy means
and manners.
Though there are several hadiths on this
issue, the following single hadith will suffice to get a measure of the
greedy aspect of Muhammad’s character:
Narrated Yazid ibn Abdullah: We were at Mirbad. A man with disheveled hair and holding a piece of red skin in his hand came.
We said: You appear
to be a bedouin. He said: Yes. We said: Give us this piece of skin in
your hand. He then gave it to us and we read it. It contained the text:
"From Muhammad, Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him), to Banu Zuhayr ibn
Uqaysh. If you bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and that
Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah, offer prayer, pay zakat, pay
the fifth from the booty, and the portion of the Prophet (peace be upon
him) and his special portion (safi), you will be under by the protection
of Allah and His Apostle."
We then asked: Who wrote this document for you? He replied: The Apostle of Allah. (Abu Dawud 19:2993)
The hadith narrates the various sources and how Muhammad used to obtain his wealth by means of looting and extortion.
SADAQA: THE OPTIONAL ISLAMIC CHARITY FOR THE POOR
Muhammad made all the sources mentioned
in the hadith above as his compulsory sources of income, and those
collections went directly into his treasury. And as a ‘responsible’ king
of Arabia, Muhammad did not forget about the poor Muslims among his
subjects. Yet, he never shared his personal wealth that he accumulated
from piracy and looting of the infidels with his poor Muslim followers.
Instead, he invented another source, called ‘Sadaqa’, which a rich
Muslim can give on his own will under no compulsion directly to the
poor. Many of his favorite companions became very rich in a short span
of time by means of his highway robbery and plundering. And Muhammad
certainly accumulated a lot more wealth through especially designed
personal privileges such as in the name of zakat, jizya, khumus and safi
etc., apart from the loot. Yet he imposed the optional charity of Sadaqa on his rich companions only, excluding himself.
When Muhammad introduced Sadaqa, his
companions—aware of the greedy person Muhammad was—thought that it was
probably another trick of his for grabbing their wealth to swell his
personal treasury further. So, at first, his companions started pouring
the Sadaqa in front of Muhammad as they were used to doing. But the
humble prophet refused to touch it. Confused by the unusual refusal of
usually greedy Muhammad to grab the Sadaqa money placed before him, his
clever companions, to make him happy, next offered the Sadaqa to his
family members and close relatives. Again Muhammad objected to it, and
ordered them not to offer Sadaqa to any of his family members, and
advised them to give it to the poor Muslims only, which made him a
caring leader to the poor section of his Muslim subjects.
Muhammad followed this norm concerning
Sadaqa, which was to be offered only to the poor among Muslims, and it
will make anybody see him as a generous leader.
1) Narrated Abu Huraira: Whenever a
meal was brought to Allah's Apostle, he would ask whether it was a gift
or Sadaqa (something given in charity). If he was told that it was
Sadaqa, he would tell his companions to eat it, but if it was a gift, he
would hurry to share it with them. (Sahih Al-Bukhari 3:47:750)
2) Abu Huraira reported that Hasan
b. 'Ali (Muhammad’s Grandson) took one of The dates of the Sadaqa and
put it in his mouth, whereupon the Prophet (may peace be upon him)
said: Leave it, leave it, throw it; don't you know that we do not eat the Sadaqa? (Sahih Muslim 5:2339)
SADAQA IS ‘DIRT’ AND ‘IMPURITIES’
Despite a terrorizing person that
Muhammad was, the above hadiths suggest that he had soft corner for the
poor among his Muslim followers too. But it was not. Muhammad was such
an evil personality that nothing good could be expected from him. Even
his apparently noble actions had an underlying vile intent or attitude.
Muhammad refusal to grab the Sadaqa, and offering it exclusively to the
poor among Muslims instead, was exactly one such apparently noble and
generous, but actually vile, gesture of Muhammad as I explain below.
Muhammad considered himself to be
superior to anybody, just as Muslims consider him as the best human
person ever will be born. And he considered his family members and close
relatives superior to rest humanity and his tribe as superior to all
other tribes. Muhammad used to grab the booty with the pride of a brave
leader, but hesitated to accept the Sadaqa, which was more like alms for
the poor or beggars, something he considered as "filth". The
superiority complex of Muhammad prevented him from accepting the Sadaqa
charity in order not to appear like a poor or beggar.
Muhammad’s true intention behind
refusing to grab the Sadaqa was not to help the poor, but to show how
superior he was. The following hadiths would obviate this superiority
complex of Muhammad as well as would show how venomous a creature that
Muhammad was. Muhammad had refused to take the Sadaqa, because he
considered it as ‘DIRT’ and ‘IMPURITY’.
MUHAMMAD FORBADE HIS FAMILY TO ACCEPT ‘DIRT’ & ‘IMPURITIES’
1) Narrated
Abu Huraira: Al-Hasan bin 'Ali (Grand son of Muhammad) took a date from
the dates of the Sadaqa and put it in his mouth. The Prophet said (to
him) in Persian, "Kakh, kakh! (i.e. Don't you know that we do
not eat the Sadaqa (i.e. what is given in charity) (charity is the DIRT
of the people))." (Sahih Al-Bukhari 4:52:306)
2) The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) then lowered his head and said to us: This
sadaqah (zakat) is a ‘DIRT’ of the people. It is legal neither for
Muhammad nor for the family of Muhammad. (Abu Dawud 19:2979)
3) Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Sadaqa to the family of Muhammad is not halal. It is only people's IMPURITIES.” (Malik 58:58.3.13)
4) “….., 'Would you want a
stout man on a hot day to wash for you what is under his lower garment
and its folds, and then give it to you to drink?' I was angry and said,
'May Allah forgive you! Why do you say such things to me?' Abdullah ibn
al-Arqam said, 'Sadaqa is the “IMPURITIES” of people which they wash off
themselves.'….” (Malik 58:58.3.15)
5) “…..He (the Holy Prophet) said; It does not become the family of Muhammad (to accept) sadaqat for they are the “IMPURITIES” of people…..” (Sahih Muslim 5:2347)
6) “….And he then also said: Verily
these sadaqat are the “IMPURITIES” of people, and they are not
permissible for Muhammad (may peace be upon him), and for the family of
Muhammad….” (Sahih Muslim 5:2348)
PARTIALITY AMONG DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN ISLAM
The superiority of Muhammad and his
family from the rest of the Arabs and mankind did not end with the
century that Muhammad lived in. It has continued over the past 14
centuries to this day. It is another big lie the apologist of Islam
spread that there is no discrimination in Islam, that all Muslims are
equal. The practice of discrimination that Muhammad started is widely
practiced even today amongst Muslims, particularly in most of the Asian
countries. Muslims of a particular sect, both in Shia and Sunni, believe
that they are the descendants of Muhammad and hence are most noble
among Muslims.
Very unfortunately, I happen to belong
to that sect. The elders of our sect are very conscious about keeping
their noble identity and status pure and prevent it from getting
polluted by Muslims of other sects. Parents in our community seek
marital alliance for their children from within the same sect,
supposedly the sect of Muhammad. We are usually addressed by Muslims of
other sect with the title “SHAAJI”, which means “Prince of Royal
Family”. This practice is widespread in our community. Muslims from
other sects covet for marital alliances with our children, and our sect
mostly rejected such proposals. We get privileges and respect in the
various religious and social gatherings in the Muslim community, simply
for the title that we own as our ‘surname’. We also strictly follow the
practice of Sadaqa as did our mentor Muhammad. Although there are poor
people in our sect, we never offer Sadaqa to them. Most of the evil
things started by Muhammad, such as this, are still being followed by
ignorant Muslims—thanks to their determined refusal to study their own
scriptures and understand Muhammad trickeries.
FAMILY MEMBERS OF A MUSLIM MAN ARE BEGGARS TO HIM
The story of Sadaqa, which Muhammad
deemed as ‘DIRT’ and ‘IMPURITIES’, did not end there. It added more dirt
and impurities in the minds of those, who really cares to know about
Islam.
Muhammad not only refused to accept the
Sadaqa because he considered it ‘DIRT’, but he also forbade his family
members to reject those ‘IMPURITIES’. By this action, he accorded the
same respect and status to his family as he accorded to himself. This
respect was confined to his family alone.
Muhammad explains in several other
hadiths about the features of Sadaqa. He persuaded his followers to give
Sadaqa to the poor. It was okay if he stopped his advice with this
explanation. But he added further ‘dirt’ to it. He said, whatever a Muslim man spends on his family is Sadaqa. Muhammad surely spoke about the same Sadaqa that he forbade for himself and his family members, because of the ‘DIRT’ and ‘IMPURITIES’
contained in it. That means that whatever the wives and children of a
Muslim man get from him—weather for eating or clothing—is Sadaqa,
meaning alms for the beggars or poor stained with dirt and impurities,
not something they deserve from their husband or father? Do Muslims
understand what Muhammad really meant in his filthy statements of the
following hadiths, and do they really accept it?
1) Narrated Abu Mas'ud Al-Ansari: The Prophet said, "When
a Muslim spends something on his family intending to receive Allah's
reward it is regarded as Sadaqa for him." (Sahih Al-Bukhari 7:64:263)
2) Abu Mas'ud reported Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) as saying: When a Muslim spends on his family seeking reward for it from Allah, it counts for him as Sadaqa. (Sahih Muslim 5:2192)
3) “……And what you spend as charity from your property is Sadaqa and
flour spending on your family is also Sadaqa, and what your wife eats
from your property is also Sadaqa ….” (Sahih Muslim 13:3997)
4) Narrated Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas: Allah's Apostle said, "You
will be rewarded for whatever you spend for Allah's sake even if it
were a morsel which you put in your wife's mouth." (Sahih Al-Bukhari
1:2:53)
5) “…….Whatever you spend will
be considered a Sadaqa for you, even the mouthful of food you put in the
mouth of your wife……” (Sahih Al-Bukhari 7:64:266)
According to the above mentioned bunch
of hadiths, every Muslim man who feed his family is actually feeding
them with ‘DIRT’ and ‘IMPURITIES’, those receiving it are like beggars.
In other words, the Muslim family members are just beggars to the head
of the family—who gives them food and clothing. This is the status of
Muslim family members in the eyes of Muhammad. The beggars here are the
wife (wives), children and older parents of Muslim men. What a shameful
family value Islam set forth!
Finally, the generous prophet of Islam
kept a special gift to the wives of Muslim men. He lowered all married
Muslim women to the status of mendicants, who wait in their beds for
‘something’ from their husbands as ‘charity’ or ‘Sadaqa’.
“……. and in man's sexual Intercourse (with his wife) there is a Sadaqa.
They (the Companions) said: Messenger of Allah, is there reward for him
who satisfies his sexual passion among us? He said: Tell me, if he were
to devote it to something forbidden, would it not be a sin on his part?
Similarly, if he were to devote it to something lawful, he should have a
reward. (Sahih Muslim 5:2198)
This is how Muhammad wants Muslims to see the relationship between family members in the Muslim community.
CONCLUSION: The above
hadiths not only end up with the message of superiority of Muslim men
and the degradation of Muslim women, but also give many messages. It
also shows how Muhammad raised the status of himself and his family
member to the highest.
Muhammad did not want his male
companions to get satisfied with their single wife that will induce more
intimacy and love between them, which could lessen their interest in
Muhammad’s plundering raids on the infidels filled with risks to their
life. So, he designed verses that would prevent the development of deep
love and intimacy between husband and wife as well as father and
children, and degraded the wives and children to the level of beggars to
husbands and fathers, respectively. There are hundreds of hadiths in
the various collections that degrade Muslim women so as to train the
Muslim men mentally to think that their wives as merely chickens or dust
to them.
Here are a few gems out of numerous such
hadiths in Islamic scriptures for your reading pleasure. I urge you to
read it with an open mind and try to investigate further for more such
absurdities.
Family values in Islam
1) Allah says to Muslim men, “Your wives and children are enemies to you. So, beware of them.” (Quran 64:14)
2) O ye who believe! Let not ... your children distract you from remembrance of Allah. Those who do so, they are the losers. (Quran 63:9)
3) Allah says, “Lewd women are to be confined to their houses until death”. (Quran 4:15)
4) Allah says, “Believers, ….If you have touched a woman, and you find no water, then take for yourselves clean dirt, and rub your faces and hands.” (Quran 4:43)
5) Love Allah and Muhammad more than your family (Quran 9:24)
6) "Tell the men with you who have wives: never trust a woman."(Ishaq:584)
7) “….give her food when you have taken your food, that you shall clothe her when you have clothed yourself, that you shall not slap her on the face, nor revile her, nor desert her except within the house”. (Sunan Ibn Majah, Kitab al-Nikah, Hadith No. 1850.)
8) Narrated
As-Saburah: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Command a boy to pray
when he reaches the age of seven years. When he becomes ten years old,
then beat him for prayer. (Abu Dawud 2:494)
9) Narrated
Anas: The Prophet said "None of you will have faith till he loves me
more than his father, his children and all mankind."(Sahih Al-Bukhari 1:2:14)
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