WHAT IS KUFR?????

Very good point Hayfa.

Thanks sister for sharing this with us

Salaam,

Layalee

"If you follow hadith then you are equating Mohammad with Allah.  I hear some Muslims say they never look at the Quran but only read the Hadith.  That is putting Mohammad infront of Allah."

Where do you get your information about Muslims? 

The Hadith are stories about the Prophet's life and the way he lived, remembered and written down by men, not the Word of God.  You should be familiar with the concept....

What Muslim never looks at the Quran? We cannot perform our salat(prayers) without knowing the Quran because it is a part of the prayer. There may be Muslims who have not read the entire Quran, but it would be impossible not to know a portion of it, if you do salat. If you know Muslims that do not look at Quran or do salat, then they are not practicing Muslims and should not be used as an example.

Hayfa wrote: It is a very interesting one.. You know that Mulsim men can marry righteous women "of the book." That alone should tell us something.. The Prophet (PBUH) married women who were not Muslim. We should be careful of labels.. especially one as so serious as Kafr.

As'Salamu Alaikum,

I request our members to kindly ignore "beliver's" post as he is trying to cause fitnah over this site. He is here not to discuss and seek knowledge but create confusions and argument amongst us.

Coming to your point sis Hayfa, those women were n't disbelievers. When we study there life  histories and the conditions when they got married to our prophet, we understand that.

As i have been repeating that Kafirs rejectors of truth. It is a must for a person to qualify the condition of believing in Alllah swt and His messenger. And those who have n't heard of Islam, Allah swt is Just, he shall deal with them with Justice.

Below is of Safiyah bint Huay bin Akhtab RA

The death of father, brother and her husband had made Safia quite lonely and instead of going back to her clan, she preferred to stay with the Holy Prophet (SAW) and consented for the marriage. After obtaining her consent, the Holy Prophet (SAW) married her at Khyber. It was 7th year of Hijrah. Soon, the army of Muslims started for Madina and the marriage feast was thrown to Sahbaa (A place near Khyber on way to Madina). The army of Muslims left for Madina after a night stop at Sahbaa, and the Holy Prophet (SAW) mounted Hadrat Safia on his camel and wrapped her with his Abaa (A cloth or sheet usually worn by Arab men as a shelter against rough water). This indicated that Safia is now his wife and the mother of the faithful. A natural result of this marriage was that the Jews thenceafter never participated in any battle against the muslims.

 Hadrat Harith was an ardent follower of the Holy Prophet. He was quite prosperous and always spent his money to seek the pleasure of the Holy Prophet (SAW). In this very house, Hadrat Ayesha, Hadrat Zainab bint-e-Jahash and Juwairia came to see her. Many other women also visited to see her because she was very beautiful. After meeting her, Hadrat Ayesha left for her home.

The Holy Prophet (SAW) followed Hadrat Ayesha and asked, �How did you find her?�

�Oh! She is a Jew� Hadrat Ayesha replied.

�Don�t say that, she is a Muslim now, and quite respectable�. The Holy Prophet(SAW) said.

Now lets have a look at Mariyah  and Raihanah bint Zaid.

Hadrat Hatib was sent to Maqooqas of Egypt carrying the letter of the Holy Prophet of  Allah (This letter now stands traced and discovered by anthropologiest and has been  Preserved). Maqooqas as a gesture of good will sent in return some gifts of gold,clothes, honey and two bond-maids, namely Seeren and Mary (Both are said to be real sisters) to the Holy Prophet (SAW) for strengthening the bonds of friendship between  him and the State of Madina.

The Egyptian monarch had further written that these bondmaids enjoyed respectable status in Egypt. This shows that the two sisters were not ordinary bondmaids but belonged to the royal house of Egypt. In his letter, he also desired that these girls should not be given to common folks. According to Islamic law, two real sisters cannot  be married to one man; Seeren was awarded to Hadrat Hassaan Bin Thabit (A famous Muslim poet of Prophet�s times) and Mary was chosen for the service of the Holy Prophet (SAW). Mary was called Maria Qibtia, because in those days the Egyptians were known as Coptic�s.

According to certain historians, Mary had embraced Islam even before she reached Madina while some chronologers report that she embraced Islam after reaching Madina. A few historians have insisted that after she embraced Islam, the Holy Prophet (SAW) married her and she lived as his wife thereafter. But most of the chronologers have mentioned her as a bondmaid. Infact as she gave birth to a son Ibrahim to the Holy Prophet, she assumed the position of his wife and not a bondmaid according to the Islamic law

Now of Rayhanah RA

Banu-Quraiza lost this battle and their  property, lands, goods of riches, effects, chattels and wealth were confiscated by the Muslims. According to the universally accepted custom, the booty included bondmen and bondmaids. Rehana was brought before the Holy Prophet (SAW) as a part of the booty. She was introduced as the daughter of the chief of Banu-Quraiza tribe. The Holy Prophet (SAW) addressed the prisoners of war and invited them to follow the path of Allah i.e. Islam. After the address of the Holy Prophet (SAW) Rehana stood up and said:

�Please leave me alone�.

The Prophet did not like this answer, got up and left. Ibn-e-Saad (Famous historian) has narrated that one day, the Prophet was sitting in a social gathering, and he heard the sound of somebody�s footsteps; instantly he said: �Listen this is Tha �alba who is coming to announce that Rehana has embraced Islam�.
To the great surprise of the audience, the in-comer was Tha �alba and he announced what the Holy Prophet (SAW) had already revealed. After Rehana had embraced Islam, the Holy Prophet met her and offered, �If you like and agree, I can marry you and you may observe Hijab (Hijab means Purdah, the tradition of hiding face and body by the Muslim women) as the rest of the wives are doing�.

Rehana replied, �Let me remain a bondmaid, I don�t deserve to be one of your wives�.

I hope sister we did get it cleared now.