Insulting the Prophet (saw): The Truth
Having "slept on it" I have come to the conclusion that although the style that I wrote in, regarding those who insult Prophet Muhammad 
, was a little raw and contained some error in tone etc, I really feel that the essence was correct, the fiq was correct and the principle was correct – despite what people think. You see, I believe my original reaction was the correct reaction, even though it was a really emotional reaction to what I found to be an abhorrent and totally ignorant and unacceptable article by Inayat Bungawala.
The truth and undeniable fact is that the crime of intentionally insulting Prophet Muhammad is one of the most serious of all crimes, one deserving of the ultimate punishment under the Shari’a law. This is not my opinion, it is not my suggestion I was/am merely repeating and stating the united position of all of the most respected scholars of Islam over the past 1400 years.
Lambasted, as I was; scoffed at, as I was - my own opinion regarding the ruling of such crimes never entered the arena. My opinion was evident in my personal attack upon Inyat's limp wristed and ignorant words of support for those who do commit such major crimes.
So, "shooting the messenger," (me in this case) became a good thing to do because it was wrongly viewed that I was an extremist with extreme and un-Islamic views. I did mention in the original post that I feared being labeled "extremist," and indeed I was.
Please allow me to present the opening paragraphs of the section entitled The Judgement of the Shari'a regarding someone who curses or disparages the Prophet, from the book "Messenger of Allah: Ash-Shifa of Qadi 'Iyad"
This book is extremely well known and is regarded by all as one of the best books ever written about the nature of Prophet Muhammad . It was taught last year by Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi in Birmingham, UK. The author lays out the position of the Ullema regarding those who insult Prophet Muhammad and his own personal view is not expressed.
Know that all who curse Muhammad, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, or blame him or attribute imperfection to him in his person, his lineage, his deen or any of his qualities, or alludes to that or its like by any means whatsoever, whether in the form of a curse or contempt or belittling him or detracting from him or finding fault with him or maligning him, the judgement regarding such a person is the same as the judgement against anyone who curses him. He is killed as we shall make clear. This judgement extends to anything which amounts to a curse or disparagement. We have no hesitation concerning this matter, be it a clear statement or allusion.
The same applies to anyone who curses him, invokes against him, desires to harm him, ascribes to him what does not befit his position or jokes about his mighty affair with foolish talk, satire, disliked words or jies, or reviles him because of any affliction or trial which happened to him or disparages him, because of any of the permissible and well-known human events which happened to him. All of this is the consensus of the 'ularna' and the imams of fatwa from the time of the Companions until today.
Abu Bakr ibn al-Mundhir said that the bulk of the people of knowledge agree that whoever curses the Prophet is killed. These include Malik ibn Anas, al-Layth, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Ishaq ibn Rahawayh, and it is the position of the Shafi'i school. Qadi Abu'l-Fadl said that it is based on the statement of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. His repentance is not accepted. Something similar was stated by Abu Hanifa and his people, ath-Thawri and the people of Kufa and al-Awza'i about the Muslims. However, they said that it constitutes apostasy.
At-Tabari related something similar from Abu Hanifa and his companions about anyone who disparages the Prophet, proclaims himself quit of him or calls him a liar.
Sahnun said about those who curse the Prophet, "This is apostasy in exactly the same way as heresy (zandaqa) is. Therefore there is some dispute about whether such a person should be called to repent (as a Muslim) or whether he is an unbeliever. Is he to be killed by a hadd-punishment (as a Muslim) or for disbelief?" We will make this clear in Chapter Two. We do not know of any dispute among the 'ulama' of the community and the Salaf regarding the permissibility of shedding his blood.
Several people have mentioned that the consensus is that he is to be killed and considered an unbeliever. One of the Dhahirites, Abu Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Farisi, however, indicated that there is some disagreement about whether to consider someone who belittles the Prophet as an unbeliever. The best-known position has already been stated.
Muhammad ibn Sahnun said that the 'ulama' agree that anyone who reviles the Prophet and disparages him is an unbeliever and the threat of Allah
Abu Sulayman al-Khattabi said, "I do not know of any Muslim who disagrees about the necessity of killing such a person if he is a Muslim."
Ibn al-Qasim reports from Malik in the book of Ibn Sahnun, the Mabsut, and the 'Utibiyya and Ibn Mutarrif relates the same from Malik in the book of Ibn Habib, "Any Muslim who curses the Prophet is killed without being asked to repent."
I was not and I am not encouraging any physical retribution upon those who insult the Prophet Muhammad as it would not be right. It would cause much damage to the individual and to the Muslim community as a whole. I am merely reminding everyone, including myself, of the seriousness of this crime by setting out the position of the scholars.
If this is the position of the scholars regarding that person who insults our beloved Prophet Muhammad , then what of that person who assists on defending that person’s right to insult the Messenger of Allah ? Putting to one side what the court of Queen Elizabeth says about his right to defend the slanderers, what is his position in the court of Allah ? Does he have that right in the court of Allah ?
We are taught to have love for the Prophet Muhammad and have Taqwa (God consciousness, fear of God) what type of Muslim would not be physically hurt by the insults directed at the Messenger of Allah ? And what type of Muslim does not think about Allah when he fights for the rights of the slanderers, the abusers, the haters of Islam, Allah and Prophet Muhammad to continue their crusade?
It is nothing short of disgraceful.
We should be very careful when we join the chorus singing freedom of speech when it comes to the Messenger of Allah , it is not a game, it is not a small issue and it is not about so called freedoms of expression or speech in the West. It IS about what is right and wrong in the court off Allah .
People are so obsessed by saying things because they could, they don’t stop and think about whether they should.
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“People are so obsessed by saying things because they could, they don’t stop and think about whether they should.”
Precisely.
There is little difference between your views and those of the proscribed al-muhajiroun and its ilk. They were banned for good reason. There is always a limit to free speech, and in denouncing one end, the piece above and the original piece, are close to skirting the other end.
I can’t make a judgement about you as a person, but the ideas promoted above are unscholarly at best, and odious at worst.
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Hello Mr/ms Anonymous
Those banner waving individuals we quite wrong to do that, i do not agree with what they did and it has nothing to do with me. The intelligent thing to do is to remain silent and not to threaten in the manor they did. What i have done in writing this post, is very different.
I am setting out the position of the scholars of Islam in order that Muslims and non Muslims can understand how serious this issue is and how serious the inheritors of the Prophets (the scholars) take it. By not understanding the seriousness of this issue people like Inyat will continue to support those people who insult my beloved Prophet Muhammad
. this cannot be allowed to happen.
I am not screaming in someone’s face saying they should be hurt or even killed, far from it, I am trying to raise the importance of the issue in peoples minds.
The ideas presented in the post were not mine, they are of THE scholars of Islam, i am merely commenting on them in the post. If you are a Muslim you should question your faith and your love of the Messenger of Allah
for describing these ideas as “un-scholarly at best, and odious at worst.” If you are non Muslim, then that remark is expected and therefore understandable.
Unfortunately, sometimes when one has an opinion or view one needs to accept that occasionally he may be sharing a bed with people he otherwise would not. I don’t know if Al-muhajiroun agree with the consensus of Islamic Scholars on this issue, if they do, that is only good for them. How they act thereafter has nothing to do with me.
I wonder if Qadi ‘Iyad (ra) was labeled extreme when he wrote that book…
AA
Why is Mr Anonymous hiding behind a veil?
The ‘Ash Shifa’ of Qadi Iyad(ra) has a unanimous acceptance amongst the Ulema of Islam. In fact even groups within Islam who would otherwise be at loggerheads with each other, all agree, respect and revere the book as an authentic and complete work written about the beloved of Allah
Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammad al Mustafa (Peace and Blessings of Allah 
be upon him, his family and companions).
To state that the accounts and statements found within that book, as have been reproduced in the post above, are unscholarly is very offensive not only to Qadi Iyad (ra) the author of the book, but also to the many Scholars of Islam who agree with his statements and the hukam (legal judgements) he has stated for those who abuse the Noble Prophet(saw).
I think people need to move away from the cloud of delusion in which they may be living in and need to sit and really contemplate over the meaning of the hadith in which the Prophet(Saw) said something to the effect that ‘none of you will attain true faith until i am more beloved to them than even their own selves and their families.’
No matter what a person does, or how much knowledge they may gain, or how intelligent they may perceive themselves to be, if a person is missing the ingredient of Love, that is Love for Allah
(swt), His Rasul(saw) etc… then such a person will never reach the perfection of faith.
May Allah
grant us all the true understanding of deen and Make us of those who truly love Allah 
and His Rasul(saw).
Was
Assalaamu alaykum,
I am referring to a comment you left at http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/liberal-taj-hargey-dares-to-challenge-prohibitionist-islam/#comment-1124
No, I was placing the article out their for exposure. I didn’t comment on all articles. I guess I should have said something with reference to my position on this one. Therefore, I will copy and paste this message to the comments section of said article.
Unfortunately, I am without sufficient knowledge to debate on all matters, and maybe even most. Insha-Allah
, those who are of better knowledge feel free to use my blog for further educating the rest of us–Muslim and Non-Muslim.
Thanks for causing me to put forth this message. Some of the articles on my site are there because many non-Muslim and Muslim Westerners would be able to relate to some of the challenges that even Muslims have within their own deen; and hopefully attract enough external substance to justly deal with the matter.
I welcome you in bringing forth the necessary Islamic teaching that dictates how this is bida, regarding women leading men in prayer. I am confident to note that even in Christianity and Judaism, these rules pertaining to women still apply.
It’s not a thing of whether it is anti-woman or male chauvanistic. It is merely God’s choice to call the rules and ours to follow. The moment we change what we know He has clearly stated otherwise, then we have placed ourselves in a position to challenge His wisdom, knowledge and laws. Therefore, I am clearly not suggesting that women are allowed to lead men in prayer.
Thanks for your input, and Insha-Allah
, welcome more in the future. Assalaamu alaykum.