ravage
April 7, 2011, 4:48pm
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Re: Do you think this is appropriate?
Peace brother ravage
Yes this is the situation turned on its head. In this case the person fighting is willingly reciting the kalimah, this person recited the kalimah a few times and after each time started to fight against the Muslims again. So in the end the Sahabi (RA) killed him thinking that the enemy was making a mockery of the “get out clause”. The Prophet (SAW) was upset because we do not know the hearts of men and we must trust what they say even when we suspect it is out of a sense of straw clutching.
Note: The Sahabi (RA) is not urging the person to accept Islam, but was giving him the benefit of the doubt each time he did recite it.
My intent wasnt to draw a parallel in how the molvies are converting, but on questioning the motivations of those who do convert, whether it is a conscious decision or not.
Here the Jewish boy was the servant of RasoolAllah (SAW) and in a position subordinate to him (SAW), and although this was done by RasoolAllah it does not become hukm for us to do the same especially to complete strangers, unless RasoolAllah (SAW) has told us to do the same or the salaf or the scholars provide the reasoning to do so. This is because much of the actions undertaken by RasoolAllah (SAW) were a result of divine inspiration and not repeatable by us.
The hadith quoted is one cited in Book 70 “Patients” Sahih Bukhari there is no purpose for this hadith that we can extrude other than visiting the sick. If we want to justify telling the sick to embrace Islam by this hadith then we need to look at all of the hadith that cover the giving of dawah to contextualise the manner in which dawah should be done and to whom.
I see.. so you feel the special status of the Prophet precludes us from generalizing this hadis. Fair enough..would you agree this is something that can be interpreted both ways though?