The Muslim jurists of all the schools of thought have unanimously agreed that frightening, alarming or intimidating the Muslim is forbidden (haraam), even if frightening the Muslim is meant in a joking manner. It is still forbidden. The ahadith and rulings of sunni and salafi jurists on this issue are many, below are just a few.
Hadith #1:
The prophet ( pbuh.gif &hf) has said "it is not permissible for a Muslim to frighten another Muslim"
Source: sunan abu dawood, hadith #4351.
Similarly, the salafi shaykh Muhammad bin abdul wahab in his book "Arabic: Al-kabari; translated: the great sins" Page 171 (ebook) quotes the same hadith in a chapter called scaring the Muslim and verified the hadith to be authentic (sahih).
The shaykh says:
"It is not permissible for a Muslim to terrify or scare his brother Muslim, even if he is joking by pointing at him with a weapon or a metal object…"
Hadith #2:
Narrated by al-tabarani and al-muttaqi al-hindi in his Kanzul Umal, the prophet pbuh.gif is reported to have said "Do not frighten the Muslim, for frightening the Muslim is a great transgression".
Source: kanzul Umal Vol.16 page 11
The sunni scholar Ibn Hajar al-haythamy wrote a book about the great sins and listed the sin of terrifying the Muslim at number 318 and 319. That is to say, whoever frightens or scares a Muslim becomes a transgressor, and his transgression is no ordinary one but rather it is a great transgression.
This view is widely held by the salfis themselves as Dr. Muhammad Ali Ibrahim of Saudi Arabia points out. This taken from the Salafi headquarters www.al-islam.com; a website that is funded and ran by Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Da'wah and Guidance
Dr. Ibrahim writes:
"The Islamic law on violence and terrorism is very clear; it is not permissible intellectually or in Islamic law to terrorize the peaceful population and to frighten them, and to lay siege on them making the highways unsafe, or threatening them as such. Whether they be Muslims or non-Muslims…even if frightening them is meant as a joke because the prophet has said "Do not frighten the Muslim, for frightening the Muslim is a great transgression"
Source: terrorism, violence and extremism on the scale of Islamic law by Muhammad Ali Ibrahim, Electronic book Vol.1 Page 42. --> HERE
Hadith #3:
Abu Huraira reported the prophet ( pbuh.gif ) said: "He who pointed a weapon towards his brother the angels invoke curse upon him even if he is his real brother…"
Source: Sahih Muslim http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/h...t.html#032.6336
Hadith #4:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr, the prophet ( pbuh.gif ) has said "whoever looks towards his brother in a manner that frightens him without just cause, Allah (swt) on the Day of Judgment will frighten him in return"Source: Majma' al-zawaid Vol.3 page 103, Alzawajir fi iqtiraf al-kabair Vol.2 Page 472
The above mentioned Ahadeeth were introductions to the main topic and no two Muslims will disagree on the fact that whoever frightens a Muslim has performed a forbidden act and committed a great sin and the angels curse him and Allah (swt) on the Day of Judgment will frighten him i.e. He will punish him.
Now we will take this argument to its final conclusion. All of the Islamic historians are unanimously in agreement that after the prophet pbuh.gif died, Ali (as), Fatima (as) and their shia have refused to pay allegiance to abu bakr, and that this opposition group to the illegitimate government of abu bakr had gathered in Fatima's (as) house. And that this government had attempted to extract the allegiance of Ali (as) and his followers by use of force and coercion. Umar ibn al-kattab surrounded the house of Fatima (as) with a contingent of armed men, carrying torches. He frightened, terrorized and intimidated Fatimah (as) and whoever was in the house.
Ibn Qutaybah in his Al-imamah wal-siyasa Pages 12-13 writes:
"Umar called out; By Him whom Umar's life is in his hand, either you come out or I will burn the house with everyone inside, it was said to him 'O father of Hafsa but Fatimah is in the house' Umar answered 'so what?' The people in the house came out and paid allegiance except for Ali. Umar and a few people with him then knocked on the door, when Fatimah heard their voice she screamed in her loudest voice 'O father, O messenger of Allah, what a terrible treatment we received after you from Ibn Khattab and Ibn Abu Quhafa…""…. والذي نفس عمر بيده، لتخرجُنَّ أو لأحرقنَّها على من فيها. فقيل له: يا أبا حفص، إن فيها فاطمة! فقال: وإن""يا رسول الله، ماذا لقينا بعدك من ابن الخطاب وابن أبي قحافة؟…"
Another narration found in Tarikh Tabari Vol.2 Page 443. Umar is reported to have said
"By Allah, I will burn the house upon you or you come out and give your allegiance…" "والله لاحرقن عليكم أو لتخرجن إلى البيعة"
Ibn Abi Shaiba in his Musnaf records an authentic hadith about the event. All of the narrators of this hadith are trustworthy "thuqat" as per the sunni system of authenticating hadith and narrators. None of them tell a lie.
Ibn Abi Shaiba writes in his musnaf Vol.8 page 572 Hadith #4:
Muhammad bin Bishr, Ubaid Allah bin Umar, that Zaid ibn Aslam on the authority of his father reports:
When the alegiance was given to Abu Bakr after the prophet pbuh.gif had passed away, Ali and Zubair used to enter the house of Fatimah (as) and consult with her in their matters. When this news reached Umar bin al-khattab he reached Fatima (as) at once and said " O daughter of the prophet nobody from amongst the people is more beloved to me than your father and nobody is more beloved to me than you after your father and I swear by Allah, this love will not prevent me; if these people gather at your house again I will order the house be burnt upon them.
All of the sunni narrators and historians unanimously agree that Umar threatened Fatima (as). Not a single one of these scholars deny it, what they deny however is what happened after the threat. We the shia say that in addition to Umar's threats he also burnt the door down. The sunnis deny this because the hadiths pointing to umar having burnt the house down is not authentic, therefore they don't accept it. However, this is no longer our concern. It is enough for us that Umar approached Fatima's house and threatened her, frightened her and alarmed her. This action on behalf of Umar is enough according to the 4 hadiths we mentioned earlier for believers to curse Umar, to distance themselves from Umar, and to consider him a brazen transgressing disbeliever and that he will eternally burn in the fire of hell.
By the sunni and salafi admission. The prophet had said
In hadith #1:
it is not permissible for a Muslim to frighten another Muslim Therefore Umar committed a forbidden action.
In hadith #2:
Do not frighten the Muslim, for frightening the Muslim is a great transgression
Therefore Umar had committed a great transgression, in other words Umar is a great transgressor.
In Hadith #3:
He who pointed a weapon towards his brother the angels invoke curse upon him
And Umar came out in front of her house waiving torches "either you come out or I will..." Therefore the Angels curse Umar.
In Hadith #4:
Whoever looks towards his brother in a manner that frightens him without just cause, Allah (swt) on the Day of Judgment will frighten him in return
Therefore Umar on the Day of Judgment will be of the fearful, frightened and alarmed ones and will be cast eternally in to the hellfire.
Allah commands:
"And incline not towards those who do wrong lest the fire touches you". Quran (11 : 11 )
It is very clear based on the ahadeeth, foundations and creed relied upon by the salaf that these characteristics exist in Umar, that he is an oppressor, that he is a great transgressor, and that the angels of Allah curse him and he is one of the fearful frightened ones on the Day of Judgment and it is obligatory on every believer to distance himself or herself from him.
Had Fatima(as) been any ordinary muslim lady, this would have been sufficient in establishing Umar's mistake and crime. How much greater is his mistake and crime when Fatima (as) is the daughter of the Messenger pbuh.gif and a part of him, whom the prophet pbuh.gif described her as being his spirit. Not to mention she is the leading woman of both worlds, and the leading woman of paradise. Without a doubt, the criminality of Umar's transgression against Fatima is multiplied tens upon tenfolds the criminality of transgressing against any ordinary muslim woman.
At this point there are only two options for the general muslim population. Either they deny all of these ahadeeth and everything which has been narrated from their books in which case people like the Saudi Dr. Ibrahim and his like really shouldn't preach against terrorizing the peaceful population because they would have denied all of the hadiths which prohibit such actions, therefore they have no basis for which to prohibit people from terrorizing one another.
The other alternative is to acknowledge these hadiths and to apply them onto Umar and to distance themselves from him. To consider him an oppressor, a transgressor and a cursed one because the angels of Allah curse him.
Hadith #1:
The prophet ( pbuh.gif &hf) has said "it is not permissible for a Muslim to frighten another Muslim"
Source: sunan abu dawood, hadith #4351.
Similarly, the salafi shaykh Muhammad bin abdul wahab in his book "Arabic: Al-kabari; translated: the great sins" Page 171 (ebook) quotes the same hadith in a chapter called scaring the Muslim and verified the hadith to be authentic (sahih).
The shaykh says:
"It is not permissible for a Muslim to terrify or scare his brother Muslim, even if he is joking by pointing at him with a weapon or a metal object…"
Hadith #2:
Narrated by al-tabarani and al-muttaqi al-hindi in his Kanzul Umal, the prophet pbuh.gif is reported to have said "Do not frighten the Muslim, for frightening the Muslim is a great transgression".
Source: kanzul Umal Vol.16 page 11
The sunni scholar Ibn Hajar al-haythamy wrote a book about the great sins and listed the sin of terrifying the Muslim at number 318 and 319. That is to say, whoever frightens or scares a Muslim becomes a transgressor, and his transgression is no ordinary one but rather it is a great transgression.
This view is widely held by the salfis themselves as Dr. Muhammad Ali Ibrahim of Saudi Arabia points out. This taken from the Salafi headquarters www.al-islam.com; a website that is funded and ran by Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Da'wah and Guidance
Dr. Ibrahim writes:
"The Islamic law on violence and terrorism is very clear; it is not permissible intellectually or in Islamic law to terrorize the peaceful population and to frighten them, and to lay siege on them making the highways unsafe, or threatening them as such. Whether they be Muslims or non-Muslims…even if frightening them is meant as a joke because the prophet has said "Do not frighten the Muslim, for frightening the Muslim is a great transgression"
Source: terrorism, violence and extremism on the scale of Islamic law by Muhammad Ali Ibrahim, Electronic book Vol.1 Page 42. --> HERE
Hadith #3:
Abu Huraira reported the prophet ( pbuh.gif ) said: "He who pointed a weapon towards his brother the angels invoke curse upon him even if he is his real brother…"
Source: Sahih Muslim http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/h...t.html#032.6336
Hadith #4:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr, the prophet ( pbuh.gif ) has said "whoever looks towards his brother in a manner that frightens him without just cause, Allah (swt) on the Day of Judgment will frighten him in return"Source: Majma' al-zawaid Vol.3 page 103, Alzawajir fi iqtiraf al-kabair Vol.2 Page 472
The above mentioned Ahadeeth were introductions to the main topic and no two Muslims will disagree on the fact that whoever frightens a Muslim has performed a forbidden act and committed a great sin and the angels curse him and Allah (swt) on the Day of Judgment will frighten him i.e. He will punish him.
Now we will take this argument to its final conclusion. All of the Islamic historians are unanimously in agreement that after the prophet pbuh.gif died, Ali (as), Fatima (as) and their shia have refused to pay allegiance to abu bakr, and that this opposition group to the illegitimate government of abu bakr had gathered in Fatima's (as) house. And that this government had attempted to extract the allegiance of Ali (as) and his followers by use of force and coercion. Umar ibn al-kattab surrounded the house of Fatima (as) with a contingent of armed men, carrying torches. He frightened, terrorized and intimidated Fatimah (as) and whoever was in the house.
Ibn Qutaybah in his Al-imamah wal-siyasa Pages 12-13 writes:
"Umar called out; By Him whom Umar's life is in his hand, either you come out or I will burn the house with everyone inside, it was said to him 'O father of Hafsa but Fatimah is in the house' Umar answered 'so what?' The people in the house came out and paid allegiance except for Ali. Umar and a few people with him then knocked on the door, when Fatimah heard their voice she screamed in her loudest voice 'O father, O messenger of Allah, what a terrible treatment we received after you from Ibn Khattab and Ibn Abu Quhafa…""…. والذي نفس عمر بيده، لتخرجُنَّ أو لأحرقنَّها على من فيها. فقيل له: يا أبا حفص، إن فيها فاطمة! فقال: وإن""يا رسول الله، ماذا لقينا بعدك من ابن الخطاب وابن أبي قحافة؟…"
Another narration found in Tarikh Tabari Vol.2 Page 443. Umar is reported to have said
"By Allah, I will burn the house upon you or you come out and give your allegiance…" "والله لاحرقن عليكم أو لتخرجن إلى البيعة"
Ibn Abi Shaiba in his Musnaf records an authentic hadith about the event. All of the narrators of this hadith are trustworthy "thuqat" as per the sunni system of authenticating hadith and narrators. None of them tell a lie.
Ibn Abi Shaiba writes in his musnaf Vol.8 page 572 Hadith #4:
Muhammad bin Bishr, Ubaid Allah bin Umar, that Zaid ibn Aslam on the authority of his father reports:
When the alegiance was given to Abu Bakr after the prophet pbuh.gif had passed away, Ali and Zubair used to enter the house of Fatimah (as) and consult with her in their matters. When this news reached Umar bin al-khattab he reached Fatima (as) at once and said " O daughter of the prophet nobody from amongst the people is more beloved to me than your father and nobody is more beloved to me than you after your father and I swear by Allah, this love will not prevent me; if these people gather at your house again I will order the house be burnt upon them.
All of the sunni narrators and historians unanimously agree that Umar threatened Fatima (as). Not a single one of these scholars deny it, what they deny however is what happened after the threat. We the shia say that in addition to Umar's threats he also burnt the door down. The sunnis deny this because the hadiths pointing to umar having burnt the house down is not authentic, therefore they don't accept it. However, this is no longer our concern. It is enough for us that Umar approached Fatima's house and threatened her, frightened her and alarmed her. This action on behalf of Umar is enough according to the 4 hadiths we mentioned earlier for believers to curse Umar, to distance themselves from Umar, and to consider him a brazen transgressing disbeliever and that he will eternally burn in the fire of hell.
By the sunni and salafi admission. The prophet had said
In hadith #1:
it is not permissible for a Muslim to frighten another Muslim Therefore Umar committed a forbidden action.
In hadith #2:
Do not frighten the Muslim, for frightening the Muslim is a great transgression
Therefore Umar had committed a great transgression, in other words Umar is a great transgressor.
In Hadith #3:
He who pointed a weapon towards his brother the angels invoke curse upon him
And Umar came out in front of her house waiving torches "either you come out or I will..." Therefore the Angels curse Umar.
In Hadith #4:
Whoever looks towards his brother in a manner that frightens him without just cause, Allah (swt) on the Day of Judgment will frighten him in return
Therefore Umar on the Day of Judgment will be of the fearful, frightened and alarmed ones and will be cast eternally in to the hellfire.
Allah commands:
"And incline not towards those who do wrong lest the fire touches you". Quran (11 : 11 )
It is very clear based on the ahadeeth, foundations and creed relied upon by the salaf that these characteristics exist in Umar, that he is an oppressor, that he is a great transgressor, and that the angels of Allah curse him and he is one of the fearful frightened ones on the Day of Judgment and it is obligatory on every believer to distance himself or herself from him.
Had Fatima(as) been any ordinary muslim lady, this would have been sufficient in establishing Umar's mistake and crime. How much greater is his mistake and crime when Fatima (as) is the daughter of the Messenger pbuh.gif and a part of him, whom the prophet pbuh.gif described her as being his spirit. Not to mention she is the leading woman of both worlds, and the leading woman of paradise. Without a doubt, the criminality of Umar's transgression against Fatima is multiplied tens upon tenfolds the criminality of transgressing against any ordinary muslim woman.
At this point there are only two options for the general muslim population. Either they deny all of these ahadeeth and everything which has been narrated from their books in which case people like the Saudi Dr. Ibrahim and his like really shouldn't preach against terrorizing the peaceful population because they would have denied all of the hadiths which prohibit such actions, therefore they have no basis for which to prohibit people from terrorizing one another.
The other alternative is to acknowledge these hadiths and to apply them onto Umar and to distance themselves from him. To consider him an oppressor, a transgressor and a cursed one because the angels of Allah curse him.
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