Muhammad’s Command to Kill Elderly Captives Unable to Serve as Slaves
Prophet Muhammad ordered the killing of elderly captives in certain cases, particularly when they were deemed incapable of performing useful labor as slaves or when selling them would yield no financial return. Keeping them alive was seen as an unnecessary burden on their captors. Sunan al-Tirmidhi (Book of Battles) records: Samurah ibn Jundab reported that […]
Muhammad’s Perspective: Recite a Prayer When Buying a Slave Girl, but No Such Prayer Needed for a Male Slave
Sunan Ibn Majah 2252 records: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “When any one of you buys a slave woman, let him say: ‘Allahumma inni as’aluka khairaha wa khaira ma jabaltaha alaihi, wa a’udhu bika min sharriha wa sharri ma jabaltaha alaihi’ (O Allah, I ask You for the goodness within her and the goodness […]
Quran 33:59 and the Selective Protection of Free Women: A Critique of Class-Based Modesty and Unaddressed Exploitation
In Quran 33:59, Allah instructs the Prophet Muhammad to command believing women—particularly his wives and daughters, given their elevated status—to draw their jilbabs (outer garments) over themselves when going out. The explicit purpose, as elaborated in classical tafsirs such as Ibn Kathir’s, is to make free Muslim women visually distinct from slave women and from […]
The Open Face of Islamic Extremism – The Attack on Salim Wastik and the Poison of ‘Muslim Army Mehdi’
Hello friends, I am an ex-Muslim who left this religion after becoming fed up with its extremism and its evils. Today, I am going to talk to you about an incident that is not just an attack on one person’s life, but a warning bell for the entire society. The life-threatening attack on ex-Muslim Salim […]