This is what happened with Prophet of Islam !

This is write-up for modern educated open minded rational people and neither for Muslim fanatics nor for Islamophobes.

We may take two rational stand and there is nothing wrong to it if taken personally and in private circles as mankind needs religion psychologically and as it is said we are wired to believe in God and religion.

1. We may say there is no God

2. We may say there may be God but no man is Prophet of God and no book is book of God.

But it will be quite wrong to believe Moses as Prophet of God and not give same status to Jesus and Muhammad as Jews are doing or to believe in Moses and Jesus and not give same status to Muhammad as Christians are doing.

So most wrong people of the World, Muslims, are right in believing all the three Prophets and good sense must prevail upon Jews and Christians and they accord status of Prophet to Muhammad.

Prophet of Islam very gentle and courteous person was betrayed and maligned by his own people, his companions and his two wives daughters of two companions.

He was not able to save himself from  undisciplined behavior  of his companions who used to shout and swear and whisper in his company and Quranic verses had to meddle with such a close affair. His two wives ruined his domestic life by two scandals – when one wife left behind and allegation of illicit sex was leveled upon her by nearby people and when he confided some private wish to one wife she made a scandal of it. The tension reached to such an extent that again Quranic verses had to meddle and divorce was suggested.

The son-in-law Ali advised him to divorce those mischievous women that simple advice enraged that woman so much that she got many things done to harm daughter of Pophet through her father Caliph 1 and her close ally Caliph 2 and finally when Caliph 3 was assassinated by pople surrounding him for days and then people prevailed upon Ali to become Caliph 4 to save Islam and Ummah, she waged war against Ali on charge of revenge for blood of Caliph 3 that finally ended in her defeat and disgrace.

Prophet wanted to bring about total reform but he has to retreat many times because of his same gentle nature.

When he migrated to Medina perhaps from dawn to late night those cunning reactionary influential men kept him surrounded. They used to raise controversies and used to prevail upon to protect interests of reactionary feudal section.

One verse came to maintain your divorced wife but then it got superseded by other verse that deprives her.

In early days when Muslims were weak and in minority in Medina the youth standing on roads as usual used to tease Muslim women and then there is verse ‘ when you come out put a veil upon your face’.  And the second verse is result of mischief of same man who became Caliph 2. Perhaps on journey, a tall wife of Prophet had to go out for toilet  at  dusk in camp meant for that. He recognized her from distance and shouted ‘ Sauda, O Sauda, I recognized you’ and then he came to Prophet and said ‘ Ummul Momoneen go out uncovered and people recognize them’. This is the source of second command  and there are only these two commands.

In tribal Arab there was different status of women, wives and daughters from what we understand in modern World and same status is in rural and tribal areas still today. So giving one minor daughter of one of several wives to marriage to some powerful or great person is not something extraordinary. Still today many families may marry their minor daughters say to some celebrity  of Films or Sports or Business tycoon or Prime Munister, President or King.

There were times when well to do men and women used to put on heavy apparels keeping themselves covered and women used to cover their heads and put on veils.  The beard was also universal as shaving was not in vogue nor things like safety razors were developed.

The circumcision was practiced only by Jews.

The religion was simply prayers, fasting, alms and pilgrimage.

The forays – plunder of trading caravans was normal earning for people having no cultivable land or home. Was it a crime in those days ? There were no governments and so no taxation. The traders exploiting farmers and artisans were the power and wealth in themselves- trading caravans between India and Arab were armies in themselves. So survival in Medina was based upon these forays. And when Muslim state got established under him the economy was zakat from Muslims and Jaziya from people of Books – these are simply taxes that every government takes.

When Muslim armies were easily winning in early forays, these selfish reactionary influential persons remained joyfully in faith in his Prophethood. The reverses in Oohad made them to bear serious doubts and they kept in waiting.

When those two  wives of Prophet transpired that he is intending to make Ali his successor during his Hajj an assassination attempt was plotted in Arafat by dropping a stone over him from a mountain but it misfired and the lightning revealed the faces of conspirators.

Then prophet declared Ali as his successor at Ghadeer.

Then back in Medina he fell ill. He tried to send those two and other mischievous persons in a foray but they did not go. Finally when noise and quarrels erupted in his room last days he asked for paper and pen to write his will to save them from fighting the man who became Caliph 2 said ‘this man is talking deliriously.’

After his death on man was made Caliph 2 by deliberations of powerful group and then other persons were demanded to take ‘bayt’- accept him his lord in matter of World and religion Ali remained in his house.     

Now they were relieved of all doubts, he was bygone and they had usurped his legacy.

A group of men under the man who was to become Caliph 2, surrounded house of daughter of Prophet having burning torches and commanded to send Ali out or they will set fire to house – meaning burn to death daughter of Prophet, her husband and her children. This is not done even in case of absconded dangerous criminals. The door was broken and Ali was brought to Caliph 1’s court.

Who knows Islam better than Muhammad and Ali ? Is there any aalim, mufti, marjah of Islam to know Islam better than Muhammad and Ali ?

When Caliph 1 was dying he made the man Caliph 2 as successor- Prophet had no right to choose successor ? Then consensus was not sought.  Caliph 2 made Jihad as fifth and most important component of religion and started sending armies to invade and conquer other countries.

When Muslim men wanted to marry women of those countries they wished to marry women there . The women put the condition you divorce your wives sitting in your homes. The men thought by saying mere talaq three times nothing will happen and then women there married to them. When Caliph 2 came to know this instead of nullifying those marriages, decreed that verbal talaq is effective and binding thus he made genuine wives divorced. This is the gift from Caliph 2 that Sunnites are suffering to this day from evils of triple talaq.
When Caliph 2 was assassinated he made a cunning system of selection committee to bar Ali – thus wife of Prophet who was enemy of Ali remained pleased. Another son in law of Prophet was selected Caliph 3. He brought Umayyads to high posts and favored his family in distribution of earnings of Ummah. He was surrounded by people belonging to parts other then Medina and was assassinated.

  Ali was prevailed upon by people to become Caliph. Ali became Caliph but did not send any army and so all war spoils got stopped and thus wealthy and powerful became his opponent. First his enemy and wife of Prophet waged war against him. Then governor of Syria, an Umayyad and relative of Caliph 3 staged rebellion.

From the time of Caliph 3 a group of Muslims became Law in themselves and they interpreted Islam in their own way and thus they are father of Wahhabism of today. They were known as Kharijites – out of Ummah. The governor of Syria begged peace and Ali acceded. So those people made Law that all Arbitration is in hands of Allah and as Ali agreed to arbitration so he is Kafir and he must be killed.

Thus Ali was assassinated. The Governor of Syria became Caliph by usurpation and Kharijites were caught and killed but perhaps still surviving in some parts.

 This Caliph 5 nominated his son who massacred grandson of Prophet, and his companions. This Caliph 6 also attacked and plundered Medina and Kaaba also suffered missiles thrown by his army.

The people gradually became alienated from Umayyad rule. The descendant from family of Abbas uncle of Prophet started rebellion against Umayyads calling for restoration of power to house of Ali.

They, Abbasids,  defeated and massacred Umayyads but after coming to power they convened a consensus to establish peace that all actions of Caliphs of first century were right. This is Sunnah al Jamah. This is the birth of Sunnites. It means Yazid was also right and that is why someone or other like Zakir Naike will keep on coming to say Yazid Razi Allahu Anahu .

In the meantime, Clergies and religious scholars tried to make a body of Law and Ways to control masses and also to put control over Caliphs. Ibne Timaiyya and others are its architect. This is Shariah but it was return of male Arab savage whose only interest was and still it is – to protect his wealth and women. It is contradiction of Quran that tried to inculcate humility and kept denouncing men who were arrogant of wealth and sons.

The Shariah, not written, but understood as :

1. Beard for men and circumcision

2. Veil for women and they are not allowed to come out unaccompanied with male mahram relative

3. Medieval punishments of slashing of wrists of thieves, death for adulteress and those  and who are charged of becoming renegade or heretic.

This Shariah served interest of Arab Sheikhs and gave enormous power to ruler to silence all opposition.

Then last Abbasid caliph was killed by Halaku whom Sunnite scholars had invited to destroy Fatimides Shia rule.

Then Caliphate was restored and Ottoman Caliphate was established who used to control affairs of Mecca and Medina through Egypt as governor.

 In late 18^th century, in line of Ibne Timaiyya, Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab preached his ideology of strict Islamic life. He was helped by a local ruler of some villages. After many reverses, third generation of Sauds could make their kingdom in rural Arab. The Mecca and Medina were looked after by Sharifs, Sunnites descendants of Ali, under governorship of Egypt.

During World War II, Ottoman empire got disintegrated. Mustafa Kamal Pasha of Turkey finished Caliphate.

Britain had protectorate over Arab it wanted to leave as there was nothing of interest there. Britain had made mandate for Israel- home for Jews in Palestine.

Sharifs of Mecca Medina did not make pact with Britain on this account while Saudis readily made pact. Britain made Saudis king of whole Arab that became Saudi Arabia and left in 1920.

Then oil was struck. Everything changed-  Middle East became wealthy. Saudis are allies of US and UK and exporting Wahhabism and funding terrorism. The terrorists involved in attack on WTC were Saudi citizens.

This is what happened to Prophet’s Islam.

Restoration of true religion

1. The World Muslims Organization must be formed and its Plenary session must make consensus that consensus taken during Abbasid rule that ‘all the decisions taken and all the Caliphs of first century were legitimate’ must be nullified. The Prophet’s proclamation at Ghadeer Khum must be accepted by every Muslim and it must be acknowledged that Caliphs 1, 2 and 3 usurped Islam and caused enormous harm to religion.

2. The joint World Semitic Religions Conference must be called and consensus taken that Moses, Jesus and Muhammad were Prophets in the same sense.

3. The arrangements at Mecca and Medina must be looked by WMO. The separate space and time must be allotted if different sects wish to it or every sect must be allowed to perform its ritual with full freedom collectively without segregation.

4 Medieval Laws must be repealed and laws at par with modern values and sensibilities must be framed. Religion must be understood as Prayers,  Fasting, alms and Pilgrimage.