Re: Servant who loved his prayers
I kid you not…
http://www.beautifulislam.net/prophethood/muhammad_mercy.htm#slaves
Re: Servant who loved his prayers
How about providing employment, housing and equal opportunity to ‘conquered’ peoples instead of enslaving them to impart your self-righteous, altruistic ideals? The whole idea of a religion advocating war, prisoners and slavery sicken me, whether we are talking about your interpretation of Islam or the historical policies of the Church.
To judge what I think is right or wrong based on the history of ‘my civilization’ is unfair and irrelevant. I am not responsible for past attrocities any more than you are responbile for the heinous acts commited in the name of Islam, past or present. My moral compass is not swayed by what barbarians throughout history have done.
Slavery is the ownership of another human being and in my understanding of spirituality, God, human rights and human decency, it is wrong. And don’t be so quick to judge Liberty + Freedom western style, because frankly what you have to offer doesn’t appear to be so wonderful. Today, liberty + freedom is ruling the world while the system you advocate is going nowhere except backwards.
Re: Servant who loved his prayers
Or maybe more for the sake of Allah swt..
From Peak of Eloquence…how the slaves of Hazrat Ali (a.s) the forth caliphate were treated…
Imam Ahmed quotes Abu Nozia, the ready-made cloth merchant of Koofa saying that Hazrath purchased two shirts from his shop, one was of superior quality, which he handed over to his slave Quamber to put on and the other which was of a rough cloth, very coarse and cheap, he reserved it for himself.
Imam Ahmed Ibne Humbal in his “Masnad” cities Sowaeda-Ibne-Ghafla saying "One day I went to see Ali (a.s.) in the Government House (Darul Imarah). It was the time of breakfast and before him there was a cup of milk and some barley bread. The bread was dry, stale, hard and did not contain any butter, or oil. It could not be easily broken into pieces. Hazrath was exerting himself to break it and to soften it. I turned towards his slave, Fizza and said “Fizza! have you no pity upon your old master and why cannot you give him softer bread and add some butter or oil to it?” She replied “why should I pity him when he never pities himself. He has given strict orders that nothing is to be added to his bread and even chaff and husks are not to be separated from the flour. We, ourselves, eat much better food than this, though we are his slaves”.
Hazrath had 2 slaves Quamber and Saeed. After Saeed’s death, Quamber related that he very seldom had the occasion to serve his master. Hazrath used to do his work himself, used to wash his own clothings, used even to patch them whenever needed. He would draw water from the well for his daily use. He would give his slaves good food and decent dresses and would himself eat and dress lke a very poor man. Let alone whipping or beating he never even got angry with his slaves. Quamber would receive gifts from Ali’s (a.s.) family as well.
Saeed says, it was a very hot day, Hazrath was writing some letters, he wanted to send me to call some of his officers, he called me, once, twice and thrice and each time I purposely kept silent and did not reply. He got up to go himself and saw me sitting not very far away from him. He asked me as to why I did not respond to his call, I replied “Sir, I want to find out when and how you get angry”. A smile played on his lips and he replied, “you cannot rouse my anger with such childlke tricks”, then he set me free and kept on supporting me till his death.