Re: Muslim Blood - Cheap Commodity by Yvonne Ridley
Sister this is highly subjective in the way you have expressed it... but I'd rather not get into this. Just thought I'd remind you.
Seems like you chose only those ayahs to post which suited your purpose. And verily in the Messenger of Allah ye have a good example for him who looketh unto Allah and the last day and remembereth Allah much. (Al-Ahzab 33:21)
But no, by thy Lord, they can have no real faith until they make thee judge in all disputes between them and find in their souls no resistance against thy decisions but accept them with the fullest conviction. (An-Nisaa' 4:65)
The answer of the believers, when summoned to Allah and His Messenger, in order that He may judge between them, is no other than this: They say: we hear and we obey. (An-Nur 24: 51)
*Obey Allah and obey the Messenger *(An-Nisaa' 4:59) and, *Whatever the Messenger giveth you, take it, and whatever he forbiddeth, abstain from it * (Al-Hashr 59:7).
*Allah did confer a great favor on the believers when He sent among them a messenger from among themselves, rehearsing unto them the signs of Allah, purifying them, and teaching them the Book and the wisdom while, before that, they had been in manifest error. *(Aal `Imran 3:164)
And We have sent down unto thee the Remembrance that thou mayest explain clearly to mankind what is sent for them. (An-Nahl 16:44)
He commands them what is just and forbids them what is evil; he allows them as lawful what is good and pure and prohibits them from what is bad and impure. He releases them from their heavy burdens and from the yokes that are upon them. (Al-A`raf 7:157)
O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger, and those charged with authority among you. If ye differ in anything amongst yourselves refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. (An-Nisaa' 4:59)
It is not fitting for a believer, man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah and His Messenger to have any option about their decision. If any one disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he is indeed on a clearly wrong path. (Al-Ahzab 33:36)
And whoso opposeth the Messenger after the guidance (of Allah) hath been manifested unto him, and followeth other than the believer's way, We shall leave him in the path he has chosen, and shall cause him to endure hell—a hapless journey's end! (An-Nisaa' 4:115)
The importance of Hadith is increased for the Muslim by the fact that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) not only taught, but took the opportunity of putting his teachings into practice in all the important affairs of life. He lived for twenty three years after his appointment as the Messenger of Allah. He endowed his community with a religion, which he scrupulously practiced himself. He founded a state, which he administered as the supreme head, maintaining internal peace and order, heading armies for external defense, judging and deciding the litigations of his subjects, punishing the criminals, and legislating in all walks of life. He married and left a model of family life. Another important fact is that he did not declare himself to be above the ordinary law which he imposed on others. His practice was not mere private conduct, but a detailed interpretation and application of his teachings. ( Introduction to Islam, p. 23)