Re: Real Islam vs Mullahism
Dear Brother,
The second Hadith is showing Allah's apostle allowed deception and lying. This is in contradiction to Quran which has told us opposite regarding the character of our Holy Prophet. It's not about the history of Islam, but quran and principals of sunnah contradict the actions taken in this Hadith.
And that is absolutely correct, he allowed it. There are circumstances where lying and deception are allowed. When you are at war with someone, lying and deception is a strategy to win unless it means you are violating terms of a treaty. This is why I stated that you should first learn to relate our history with the ahadith before you go off rejecting them. I am not exception myself, there are certain ahadith even I question and I do not put ahadith and Quran at par with each other however I do not blindly try to understand ahadith without knowing what lies behind them and without reading up on all the other ahadith related to the topic either. The approach you are taking is rash.
The muslims of madinah were at war with Makkan polytheists until the treaty of Hudaibiyyah after which there was a period of truce. This incident happening way before the peace treaty. This is not the only thing muslim did to fight the war with their enemy the Quraish. They did many pre-emptive strikes before the enemy could muster enough strength and march upon them, raided many caravans to economically weaken Quraish during their war with them. So your understanding here is very flawed if you cannot recognize the difference between what people do to win a war against their enemy and what they do when a truce or cordial relations exist.
Another example is that the muslims used deception as a strategy to win the war of the confederates (known as Khandaq or battle of the trench). This was also before Hudaibiyyah. Generally haram things or discouraged things can be allowed based on certain circumstances.