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http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/sina/Juwairiyah.htm   Juwairiyah

  *            * *Italian translation
<http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/sina/Juwairiyahit.htm>*

*By Ali Sina  <http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/sina.htm>*
<http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/sina.htm>

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In the history of the Arabs that predates the arrival of Islam, never before
had there been such wars, certainly none on the scale and magnitude of those
that were instigated by Muhammad the founder of Islam. Previous battles in
Arabia had mainly centered on tribal differences and were confined to bouts
of squabbling with some fights. With the introduction of Islam came not only
war, but also an unrelenting genocide and terror that would quickly become
integral components in furthering Islam's expansionism.

The early years of Muhammad's prophetic carrier, in his native town Mecca,
were peaceful. After 13 year of preaching no more than 70 or 80 people had
embraced his cause. Not all of them were able fighting men. That explains
why those early years were peaceful. Muslims did not have the strength to
fight. However soon after Muhammad migrated and settled in Medina, and the
Arab population of that town accepted his religion, he began invading and
looting first the merchant caravans and then the human settlements to
survive and to provide for his followers who had accompanied him and because
of their lack of expertise had a difficult time finding employments in
Medina.

The fifth year of hijrah (migration to Medina) was an eventful year. That
was the year that Muslims fought the famous war of the ditch against the
Meccans and soon after that they surrounded the Jewish quarter of Bani
Qaynuqa of Medina who were a prosperous population of goldsmiths and
blacksmiths and after confiscating their properties (vineyards and homes)
and belongings (jewelry and arms) they were banished from their ancestral
home. After that he set his sight on another Jewish tribe, the Bani Nadir.
He did a similar thing to them. He killed their leaders and many of their
able-bodied men and after confiscating their properties and much of their
wealth, expelled the rest from Medina. In neither of these cases the Jews
offered any resistance. They were taken by surprise and simply surrendered
under the superior forces of Muhammad's men.

Emboldened by his victories over these weaker, non-combative and
non-threatening people who agreed to give up their wealth in exchange for
their lives and goaded by an insatiable greed and his lust for power this
self styled messenger of Allah then set his eyes upon other Jewish tribes of
Arabia living outside of Medina. This time it was the turn of Bani
al-Mustaliq.

Bukhari, the great biographer of Muhammad, narrates the attack on Bani
al-Mustaliq in the following story (Hadith)

*"Narrated Ibn Aun:
I wrote a letter to Nafi and Nafi wrote in reply to my letter that the
Prophet had suddenly attacked Bani Mustaliq without warning while they were
heedless and their cattle were being watered at the places of water. Their
fighting men were killed and their women and children were taken as
captives; the Prophet got Juwairiya on that day. Nafi said that Ibn 'Umar
had told him the above narration and that Ibn 'Umar was in that army*." *Volume
3, Book 46, Number
717<http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/046.sbt.html#003.046.717>:
*

This same Hadith is recorded in the Sahih Muslim Book 019, Number 4292,
which validates the claim of its authenticity.

Muhammad molded his religion after Judaism and had great expectations that
the Jews would be the first to heed his call. Nevertheless, to his chagrin,
the Jews had no interest in his religion and he never forgave them for that.
You cannot reject a narcissist without invoking his rage. Muhammad was so
upset that he changed the direction of the Qiblah (the direction towards
which the Muslims pray) from Jerusalem to Kaaba, which at that time was just
a temple of idols and said Allah transformed the Jews were transformed into
apes and swine because of their transgression (Q.
5:60<http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/005.qmt.html#005.060>)
and (Q. 2:65 <http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/002.qmt.html#002.065>).
Muhammad made the Jews the scapegoat to rally his followers around himself.
He was an expert of that old trick known as "divide n' conquer".  The Arabs
of Medina were generally a bunch of illiterate folk with little skills and
often poor who made their living by working in the vineyards of the Jews and
rendering other services to them. They where originally immigrants from
Yemen while the Jews were the masters of trades and the owners of the lands
who had called Medina home, for 2000 years. They were easy targets.
Prowling their wealth and making more money by enslaving their women and
children and distributing them among the poor Arabs while giving them the
assurance that killing their masters and bread givers is not only ethical
but also sanctioned by God proved a very lucrative enterprise for Muhammad,
one that would change his fortunes, and set this new religion on its
eventual path of war and military conquests.

Muhammad sent one of his companions; Bareeda bin Haseeb, to spy on the Bani
al-Mustaliq and after assessing the situation he ordered his men to attack.
Muslims came out of Madina on 2nd Shaban of 5 A.H. and encamped at Muraisa,
a place at a distance of 9 marches from Medina.

The following quote from an Islamic
site<http://muslims.ws/win/biographies/bio-Jawairiah.html>states:

"The news of the advance of Muslim forces had already reached Haris. In
panic, his men deserted him and he himself took refuge in some unknown
place. But the local population of Muraisa took up arms against the Muslims
and rained showers of arrows in a sustained manner. The Muslims launched a
sudden and furious attack and routed the enemy, who suffered huge casualties
and nearly 600 were taken prisoners by the Muslims. Among the booty there
were 2,000 camels and 5,000 goats.
    The prisoners of war included Barra, the daughter of Haris, who later on
became Hazrat Juwairiyah, the consort of the Holy Prophet. According to the
prevailing practice all the prisoners were made slaves and distributed among
the victorious Muslim soldiers. Hazrat Juwairiyah fell to the lot of Thabit
bin Qais. She was the daughter of the leader of the clan, and therefore,
very much felt the discomfiture and disgrace of being made slave of an
ordinary Muslim soldier. Therefore, she requested him to release her on
payment of ransom. Thabit agreed to this, if she could pay him 9 Auqias of
gold. Hazrat Juwairiyah had no ready money with her. She tried to raise this
amount through contributions, and approached the Holy Prophet also in this
connection. She said to him "0' Prophet of Allah! I am the daughter of Al
Haris bin Zarar, the Lord (chief) of his people. You know that it is by
chance that our people have fallen captive and I have fallen to the share of
Thabit bin Qais and have requested him to release me considering my status,
but he has refused. Please do an act of kindness and save me from
humiliation". The Holy Prophet was moved and asked the captive woman if she
would like a thing still better. She asked as to what was that thing. He
said that he was ready to pay her ransom and marry her if she liked. She
agreed to this proposal. So the Holy Prophet (sallal alaho alahie wasallam)
paid the amount of ransom and married her."

The above is the story how Muhammad married Juwairiyah as recorded by Muslim
historians. Interestingly Muhammad makes his Allah praise him with verses
such as the following: "*And surely thou hast sublime morals" (Quran
*68:4<http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/068qmt.html#068.004>
*). and  *"*Indeed in the Messenger of Allah you have a good example to
follow"* (Quran 33:21<http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/033qmt.html#033.021>).
The question that begs an answer is; was he really the standard of sublime
morals and good example to follow?

First he attacks a population without warning and only because they were
easy targets and wealthy. As usual he kills the unarmed able-bodied men,
plunders their belongings, then enslaves the rest. Is this behavior
befitting of a messenger of God? The narrator says,  *"**According to the
prevailing practice all the prisoners were made slaves and distributed among
the victorious Muslim soldiers.**"* As we read the history of Islam, we see
this WAS indeed the prevailing practice of the Muslim Mujahedin, throughout
the bloody history of Islam. Yet the question remains unanswered. Is this
how a messenger of God should behave?  In another place Muhammad called
himself the mercy of God for all the worlds
21:107<http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/021.qmt.html#021.107>. What
is the difference between this
"mercy of God" and a ruthless marauding gangster and a tyrant? If Muhammad
were not the "mercy of God" and if he were not *"**a good example to follow*
*"*, how else would he have then behaved?

If this was the prevailing practice of the Arabs, couldn't the messenger of
God change it? Why engage in such a barbaric practice at all?  Did he not
say that his is the example to follow? Why should a man with such a claim
behave in so brutal a fashion? Was he merely following the customs of his
people or was he attempting to set an example for them to follow?

It is very clear that Muhammad was not "moved" by compassion but by lust.
Muhammad did not set free Juwairiyah because he felt sorry for her. He was a
man incapable of such feelings. He wanted Juwairiyah for himself. And this
is the man 1.2 billion people follow as the perfect example and a messenger
of God.

Unlike what most people may think, Muhammad's intentions were not to convert
people to his religion. His real aim was power, wealth and domination.
Religion was just the pretext he used to subdue and conquer those he first
sought to have dominion over. He weighed each case differently and
considered its financial benefits. In most cases it was more profitable if
the people did not convert to Islam, but killed and their belongings taken
as spoils of war and their wives and children enslaved and soled with huge
profits. This could bring sudden wealth to this "messenger of God" that
otherwise he could not have. If people were given the choice they could have
feared defeat and the harsh consequences and they could have accepted Islam.
This would have impeded Muslims of looting them, which meant loss of profit.
That is why Muhammad did not deem appropriate to warn the Bani Mustaliq just
as he never warned his other victims but attacked them by surprise.

Muslim, another biographer of Muhammad narrates:

*Ibn 'Aun reported: I wrote to Nafi' inquiring from him whether it was
necessary to extend (to the disbelievers) an invitation to accept (Islam)
before meeting them in fight. He wrote (in reply) to me that it was
necessary in the early days of Islam. The Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) made a raid upon Banu Mustaliq while they were unaware and their
cattle were having a drink at the water. He killed those who fought and
imprisoned others. On that very day, he captured Juwairiya bint al-Harith.
Nafi' said that this tradition was related to him by Abdullah b. Umar who
(himself) was among the raiding troops.**"*  *Book 019, Number
4292:<http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/019.smt.html#019.4292>
*

Muslim warriors carried on this sunnah (examples set by Muhammad) after his
death.

When a Muslim army invaded a town, they would not allow anyone to convert to
Islam for three days.  During these three days they could kill as many men
as they liked, pillage their properties, then rape and enslave their women
and children. Only after a town had been decimated and all the young women
and children that could be sold as slaves were captured would the brutal
campaign of Islamization, with its brutal mandate that all must convert or
die, began.  However the Jews and the Christians were given protection to
live provided they pay a penalty tax called Jizyah and enter into
dhimmitude. Dhimmi means protected. But the dhimmis had to pay a hefty
jizyah for their protection.  This Jizyah was the source of livelihood of
the Muslims who through it were able to live like parasites off the labor of
the dhimmis. The following Hadith, reported by Bukhari, records the source
for this practice based on the admonitions of Muhammad toward the dhimmi:

*Narrated Juwairiya bin Qudama At-Tamimi:
We said to 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, oh Chief of the believers! Advise us." He
said, "I advise you to fulfill Allah's Convention (made with the Dhimmis) as
it is the convention of your Prophet and the source of the livelihood of
your dependents (i.e. the taxes from the Dhimmis.)* "  Volume 4, Book 53,
Number 388:<http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/053.sbt.html#004.053.388>
* *

*Continuing the story of Juwairiyah, Aisha who accompanied the prophet on
this expedition related: *

*"when the prophet-peace be upon him- distributed the captives of Banu
Almustaliq, she (Barrah) fell to the lot of Thabit ibn Qyas. She was married
to her cousin, who was killed during the battle. She gave Thabit a deed,
agreeing to pay him nine okes of gold for her freedom. **She was a very
beautiful woman. She captivated every man who saw her**. She came to the
prophet-peace be upon him-, to ask for his help in the matter. **As soon as
I saw her at door of my room, I took a dislike to her, for I knew that he
would see her as I saw her.** She went in and told him who she was, the
daughter of al-Harith ibn Dhirar, the chief of his people. She said: "you
can see the state to which I have been brought. I have fallen to the lot of
Thabit, and have given him a deed for ransom, and I have to come to ask your
help in the matter.' He said: 'would you like something better than that? I
will discharge your debt, and marry you.' she said: 'yes. O then it is
messenger of Allah! Done.' he replied.**"** *
http://66.34.76.88/alsalafiyat/juwairiyah.htm

This story ends any further arguments about to the real motives of Muhammad
in marrying only the young and beautiful women. As it can be seen Muhammad
murders the husband of Juwairiyah, who was also her cousin. Captivated by
her beauty, he offers to free her, but only on the condition she marry him.
After having come to Muhammad to plead for his help, this self declared
Messenger of God, this self proclaimed "mercy of God for humanity", this
self styled "example to follow" by all the Muslims presents her with a most
unwelcome choice, for whose price is that she must surrender her freedom.
What other choice could there possibly be for her?  Muslims apologetics
insists that most of Muhammad's wives were widows. They try to give the
impression Muhammad married them as an act of charity. However as it becomes
clear these women were young and beautiful. If they were widows, is because
Muhammad murdered their husbands. Juwairiyah was just 20 years old then
while Muhammad was 58.

Interestingly, the name of Juwairiyah was originally Barra (Pious).
Apparently Muhammad did not like this name and so changed her name to
Juwairiyah. Even the two Zeinabs who were his wives were previously called
Barra and he changed their names as well to Zeinab, It would appear the
Prophet had some guilt in becoming sexually intimate with women that were
called "Pious". These seemingly incidental incidents reflect a certain
hitherto humanity, a conscience, if you will, to his character, and perhaps
hint at his own real, but hidden religiosity. Muhammad was certainly
convinced of his own cause. However his understanding of reality was
distorted as he had difficulty to distinguish between what is real and what
is imagined. In fact Muhammad was more motivated by fear and superstitions
than by conscience and ethics.

The rest of the story of Juwairiyah is mixed with half-truths and
exaggerations, in the manner that have tainted most of the Hadiths. We
read:

*It is said that when the Prophet-peace be upon him- departed from the raid
with Juwairiyah and was at Dhuljaysh, he entrusted her to one of the Ansar
and went forward to Madinah. Her father, al-Harith, discovered that she was
held captive and went back o Madinah, bringing his daughter's ransom. When
he reached al-Aqia, he looked at the camels he had brought as her ransom and
admired the two of them greatly, so he hid them in one of the passes of
al-Aqia. Then he came to the Prophet-peace be upon him- dragging the camels
behind him, and told him: "My daughter is too noble to be taken as a
captive. Set her free by this ransom." the Prophet-peace be upon him-
replied: "Isn't it better that we let her choose her self?" that is fair
enough," said al-Harith. He came to his daughter and said: "This man is
letting you chose so do not dishonor us!" "I choose Allah's messenger," she
replied calmly. "What a disgrace!" he exclaimed.** *

*The Prophet-peace be upon him-, then said "where are two camels which you
have hidden in al-Aqia in such -and- such a pass?" al-Harith exclaimed: "I
bear witness that there is no God but Allah, and that you Muhammad are the
messenger of Allah! For none could have know of this but Allah."** *

*Ibn-i-S'ad in his 'Tabaqat', states that the father of Juwairiyah paid her
ransom amount, and when she became free, the Holy Prophet married her. As a
result of this marriage a11 the prisoners of war numbering about 600 were
freed by the Muslims as they did not like that any member of the family in
which the holy Prophet was married, be made a slave." *

It is hard to determine which part of these stories is true and which part
is not. However, what is not so difficult to notice are the many
contradictions contained within the main storyline. For instance, we read
that Muhammad paid the ransom to Thabit the captor of Juwairiyah, and then
married her after freeing her. Then we read that Hairth, the father of
Juwairiyah also paid the ransom to set her free.  As to the claims of
Muhammad having some sort of psychic power, that empowered him to know or
tell certain things in advance, for instance knowing certain information
such as the whereabouts of camels, we can safely conclude that these claims
are false. On many occasions Muhammad demonstrated precisely the opposite,
and proved that he was by no means psychic, let alone prescient, as he
failed to discern or to obtain through divine blessings the information he
so desired. For instance, when he raided Khaibar, he tortured the treasurer
of that town, even to the point of death, just so he could extract from him
the information that would lead to the whereabouts of the city's treasures.

It is important to understand the character of the Arab peoples. In this
particular instance it was the Arabs who exhibited higher moral standards
than their prophet. They released the relatives of Juwairiyah after they
learned that Muhammad had married her. Muhammed was devoid of common
decency, of having or showing even a hint of the virtues reflective of a
moral leader.  Without any empathy for those whose misfortune it was to
become his victim.

Muslims claim that Juwairiyah became a very devout believer and would spend
all of her days praying. The source of this claim can be found in the book
Usud-ul-Ghaba. There the author writes that whenever the Prophet used to
come to Juwairiyah he would find her praying, then when he would return at a
later time he still found her praying. One day he said to her: "Shall I tell
you few words, if you say them they will be heavier in the scale than what
you have done? You say: 'subhaana allahe 'adada khalqihi, subhana allahe
ridhaa nafsehe, subhana allahe zinata 'arshehe, subhana allahe zinata
'arshehe,subhana allah midadda kalimaatihi.' (Praise Allah as many times as
number of his creatures, and as much as pleases him, and as much as the
weight of his throne, and as much as the ink for his words).

One wonders why Muslims spend 5 times a day praying and waste that much man
hours unproductively when they have such a simple and unbeatable formula to
praise Allah?

Let us look at this situation from a more realistic perspective. Put
yourself in the shoes of a young woman who has just fallen into the lot of a
murderer of her husband who also happened to be her cousin!  As relatives,
they grew up together. They were more than just husband and wife. They were
first playmates, then lovers and  companions for life.  If you were a woman
in Juwairiyah's situation, how would you feel about the killer of your
husband and many of your relatives and loved ones? Suppose further you don't
have anywhere to go to. Without any viable options for escape, your only
choice would be to surrender as a sex slave to this old man, one who is the
king of his people and has plenty of money or to be given away to one of his
soldiers. Under whose captivity would you rather be?  I believe the answer
is clear. Juwairiah had no choice but to accept Muhammad's offer to marry
her. Now what would any woman do if such an old man as this came to her for
sex or company? She probably would devise a survival ploy. That is what
Juwairiyah did. Any time she noticed Muhammad is coming, she pretended that
she was busy praying, hoping that he would leave her and go to his other
wives to satisfy his wretched lust. Yet, as we see, Muhammad was a cunning
old man. He soon prescribed a sentence and told her that this "will be
heavier in the scale" than praying all day long, robbing her from excuses to
shun him when he desired her.
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