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JMD Morgan

5/24/2009 5:38:00 PM

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> On 24 May, 08:22, "?Do?g?T" <n...@muerto.com> wrote:
>> "Svenne" <tvaerska...@aol.com> wrote in message
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>> news:ge1h15da043m98kr4qc17497tsrb17nhc3@4ax.com...
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>>> On Sat, 23 May 2009 17:24:20 -0500, JMD Morgan <JohnM...@email.non>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Why a non-Muslim should know the Koran?
>>>> 5/23/2009
>>>> By: Thomas Cleary
>>>> The Qur'an is undeniably a book of great importance even to the
>>>> non-Muslim, perhaps more today than ever, if that is possible. One
>>>> aspect of Islam that is unexpected and yet appealing to the
>>>> post-Christian secular mind is the harmonious interplay of faith and
>>>> reason. Islam does not demand unreasoned belief. Rather, it invites
>>>> intelligent faith, growing from observation, reflection, and
>>>> contemplation, beginning with nature and what is all around us.
>>>> Accordingly, antagonism between religion and science such as that
>>>> familiar to Westerners is foreign to Islam.
>>> Islam does not demand unreasoned belief and yet expects people to
>>> uncritically accept that a savage warlord was visited by a creature
>>> called Jibril who was sent by another creature called Allah in order
>>> to dictate a stream of the most ridiculous bullshit that this Allah
>>> thing demands everybody should submit to.
>>> Yeah, sure.
>>> Svenne
>> It's a good thing you're not in Pigistan Svenne, because
>> you just committed the crime of blasphemy, for which the
>> penalty is death or life in prison.
>>
>> You might have committed a hate crime in the UK and
>> Canada as well.
>
> Mohammed was 55 when he married Ayesha just 6 - what a Paedophile -
> proove me wrong.
> All these Muzzies practice thighing on young girls.

She wasn't 6 years old when she married mohammed (PBUH)

Aishah...The Mother of the Faithful
by Dr. Ahmad Shafaat

June 6, 1985 (Ramadan 17) was the 1347th anniversary of Umm
al-Mu'minin 'Ayesha Siddiqah (with whom Allah is well-pleased).

'Ayesha was not only the wife of the greatest man in human history,
the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his
family), and the daughter of one the greatest Muslims of all times, the
First Caliph Abu Bakr, but also a towering Islamic personality in her
own right.

A GREAT TEACHER

'Ayesha appears in Islamic history as a great teacher and respected
leader. She was an important and sometimes indispensable source of
knowledge about the life and teachings of the Prophet. Even senior
disciples of the Prophet such as 'Umar frequently asked her about
matters of faith in which they were doubtful and often found answers
from her. Among the successors of the disciples (tabi'in) great scholars
of Prophetic Traditions (Hadith) and Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh)
learned the teachings of Islam from her and then spread them in the
rapidly expanding lands of Islam. A part of what they learned from
'Ayesha has come down to us in the form of numerous traditions that are
narrated on her authority.

The position that 'Ayesha came to occupy as a teacher in early
Islam was in no small measure due to her intellectual abilities. Even as
a child, 'Ayesha showed exceptional intelligence, which was one of the
things, in addition to her beauty, that attracted the Prophet to her.
She was about six years of age when the Prophet saw her in her father's
house playing with some toys, including a toy-horse with wings. The
Prophet asked her, 'Ayesha! Do horses ever have wings? Instead of
feeling shy in the presence of this great man, 'Ayesha confidently
replied, yes, King Solomon's horse did.

'Ayesha also had a very strong memory. It is reported that she
could recite poems of up to 100 verses at a stretch.

The teachings of Islam that 'Ayesha learnt from the Prophet with
her strong memory and keen intelligence were delivered to her students
with great eloquence. Tirmidhi reports Musa ibn talha as saying that he
did not find anyone more eloquent than 'Ayesha.

SAINTLY CHARACTER

Like other great Muslims of the time, 'Ayesha did not simply teach
and preach Islam but lived it. She led a truly Muslim life of prayer,
charity and struggle for truth and justice. The Prophet once gave her
the following advice:

" 'Ayesha, if you want to meet me (again, in the life to come),
then treat this world like a traveler's meal and do not attend the
gatherings of the rich and the powerful and do not consider clothes old
as long as they can be mended." (Ibn Sa'ad)

'Ayesha always acted according to this saintly advice of her loving
and noble husband. She kept wealth away from her like one would keep
dust from one's person. When in the Caliphate of 'Umar ibn al-khattab
and afterwards, wealth began to pour into the hands of the Muslims, a
due share of it inevitably came to 'Ayesha but she gave away almost all
she received. Once 'Abd Allah bin Zubayr sent her 100,000 dirhams, but
by the end of the same day she had given it all away to the people. Ibn
Sa'ad reports 'Urwa as saying that on one occasion he "saw 'Ayesha
distribute 70,000 dirhams among the people and then get up shaking the
front of her dress as if she were clearing it of dust." 'Ayesha also
often kept nafl (supererogatory) fast.

THE BATTLE OF THE CAMEL

Saintliness of the great Muslims of early time was not of a
reclusive type. Jihad, that is, speaking or acting against falsehood and
injustice was an integral part of their saintliness. 'Ayesha was no
exception.

In the 35th year of Hijrah, the Third Caliph 'Uthman ibn 'Affan was
murdered by a group of his opponents. 'Ayesha despite being critical of
'Uthman's policies, was of the opinion that his murderers should be
brought to justice. With her eloquent speeches 'Ayesha organized a
campaign against 'Uthman's murderers and their political backers who
were considerably strong. 'Ayesha's campaign for justice led to two
battles at Basra, one against the Governor of Basra and the second
(known as the Battle of the Camel) against the new caliph, Hadrat 'Ali.
She won the first battle but lost the second. 'Ali treated the defeated
'Ayesha with the respect due to an umm al-mu'minin (mother of the
believers). 'Ayesha accepted 'Ali as the lawful caliph and gave him the
respect due to a legitimate leader of the Muslims.

Events that led to the Battle of the Camel (so-called because Ali's
forces directed their attack against the camel 'Ayesha was riding
without hurting the rider) have been hotly debated in Islamic history
and will probably continue to be debated until the day of judgment. We
will not here enter into this debate. We will say only that these events
raised complex questions of law and order justice which despite their
complexity could not be ignored. 'Ayesha faced these questions, reached
an answer, and then did what she felt she had to do. And this is all
that history should expect from great men and women who are not prophets.

After the Battle of the Camel, 'Ayesha returned to Makkah and to
her life of teaching Islam. She died on the night of Ramadan 17, 58
Hijrah, at the age of 66.

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