Transcript Slide 1

Qur’an & Hadith Against
Extremism
Compiled by
Sheila Musaji
QUR’AN
Confound not truth
with falsehood, nor
knowingly conceal
the truth.
(Qur’an 2:42)
And they say: None enters paradise unless he be a Jew
or a Christian. These are their own desires. Say:
Bring your proof (of what ye state) if ye are
truthful. Nay, but whosoever surrenders his purpose
to Allah while doing good, his reward is with his
Lord; and there shall no fear come upon them
neither shall they grieve. And the Jews say the
Christians follow nothing (true), and the Christians
say the Jews follow nothing (true); yet both are
readers of the Scripture. Even thus speak those who
know not. Allah will judge between them on the Day
of Resurrection concerning that wherein they
differ. (Qur’an 2:111-113)
“We made you to be a
community of the middle
way, so that (with the
example of your lives)
you might bear witness
to the truth before all
mankind.”
(Qur’an, 2:143)
To each [religious community] we
have given a direction which it
follows, so compete [all together]
in [the performance of] good
deeds. Whosesoever you may be,
God shall certainly gather you all
[for Divine Judgment]. God
certainly has power over all
things.
(Qur’an 2:148)
True piety (or righteousness) does not consist in
turning your faces towards the cast or west but
truly pious is he who believes in God and the
last day and the angels and revelation, and the
prophets; and spends his substance upon his
near of kin, and the orphans, and the needy,
and the wayfarer, and the beggar, and for the
freeing of human beings from bondage; and is
constant in prayer, and renders the purifying
dues; and truly pious are they who keep their
promises whenever they promise, and are
patient in misfortune and hardship and in time
of peril, it is they that have proved themselves
true, and it is they, they who are conscious of
God. (Qur’an 2:177)
Fight in the path of God those who fight you, but
do not transgress. Surely God does not love the
aggressors. And fight them where you come
upon them, and send them out from where they
have sent you out, for persecution is a worse
thing than fighting. And do not fight them at the
Sacred Mosque (in Mecca) unless they fight you
there, but if they fight you, then fight them
back. That is the reward of the rejectors. Then if
they cease, so God is All-Forgiving, Gentle. And
fight them until there is no more persecution
and the religion is for God. But if they cease, so
let there be no hostility except against
wrongdoers.
(Qur’an 2:190-193)
They will ask you what
they should give away.
Say: “Whatever is
surplus to your
needs.”
(Qur’an, 2:219)
Let there be no
compulsion (or coercion)
in the religion (Islam).
The right direction is
distinctly clear from
error. (Qur’an 2:256)
O you who believe! Do not
nullify your charity by
demands for gratitude or
insulting words, like him who
spends his wealth, showing off
to people and not believing in
God and the Last Day…
(Qur’an, 2:264)
Say: We believe in God, and in what
has been revealed to Abraham,
Ismail, Isaac, Jacob, and the tribes,
and in [the books] given to Moses,
Jesus and the prophets from their
Lord: We make no distinction
between one and another among
them, and to God de we submit in
Islam. (Qur’an 3:84)
You will not attain true
goodness until you
give of what you love.
Whatever you give
away, God knows it.
(Qur’an, 3:92)
“Let there arise from
among you a band of
people who invite to
righteousness, and
enjoin good and forbid
evil.” (Qur’an, 3:104)
Be quick in the race for forgiveness
from your Lord, and in the race for a
garden wide as the heavens and the
earth, prepared for the righteous(the righteous are) those who spend
whether in prosperity or adversity,
who restrain anger and who pardon
all people. For God loves those who
do good.
(Qur’an 3:133 –134)
O you who believe! Do not eat up your
wealth in vanities among yourselves. But
let there be among yourselves trade
conducted in mutual good will. Nor kill or
destroy yourselves, for God has been most
merciful to you. If any do that in rancor
and injustice, soon shall we cast them into
the fire, and that is easy for God. If you
but avoid the most heinous of the things
which are forbidden to do, we shall expel
out of you all the evil in you and admit
you to a gate of great honor.
(Qur’an 4:29-31)
“O ye who believe! Stand out firmly for
justice, as witnesses to Allah, even as
against yourselves, or your parents,
or your kin, and whether it be
(against) rich or poor: for Allah can
best protect both. Follow not the lusts
(of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and
if ye distort (justice) or decline to do
justice, verily Allah is well-acquainted
with all that ye do.”
(Quran, 4:35)
“We ordained therein for them:
“Life for life, eye for eye, Nose
for nose, ear of ear, Tooth for
tooth, and wounds Equal for
equal.” But if any one remits
the retaliation By way of
charity, it is an act of
atonement for himself.”
(Qur’an 4:45)
And what is with you that you do
not fight in the path of God and
(in the path) of the oppressed of
men and women and children,
those who say “Our Sustainer,
take us out from this city, its
people are wrongdoers, and
decree for us a protector, and
decree for us a helper”.
(Qur’an 4:75)
Do not fight those who join a folk with
whom you have a treaty, or they
come to you with their breasts
constricted against fighting you or
fighting their own folk. And if only
God had willed, He could have given
them an authority over you so they
would have fought you. So if they
stand aloof and do not fight you, and
they speak a word of peace, then
God has not given you a way against
them.
(Qur’an 4:90)
O you, those who have faith, when you
go out to fight in the path of God,
make things clear and do not say to
someone who gives you peace, “You
are not a believer,” - you coveting the
pleasures of the life of the world, and
with God is abundant reward. You
were the same as that before, then
God was gracious to you. So make it
clear. Surely God is aware of what
you do.
(Qur’an 4:94)
Who can be better in religion than
one who submits his whole self to
God, does good, and follows the
way of Abraham the true in faith?
For God did take Abraham as a
friend. And to God belong all
things in the heavens and the
earth. And it is he that
encompasses all things.
(Qur’an 4:122-126)
O You who believe! Stand out firmly for
justice, as witnesses to God, even as
against yourselves, or your parents,
or your kin, and whether it be against
rich or poor, for God can best protect
both. Follow not the cravings of your
hearts, lest you swerve, and if you
distort justice or decline to do justice,
verily God is well acquainted with all
that you do.
(Qur’an 4:135)
O ye who believe! Remain
steadfast for Allah, bearing
witness to justice. Do not allow
your hatred for others make
you swerve to wrongdoing and
turn you away from justice. Be
just; that is closer to true
piety.
(Qur’an 5:8)
Whosoever kills an
innocent human being, it
shall be as if he has
killed all mankind, and
whosoever saves the life
of one, it shall be as if he
had saved the life of all
mankind.
(Qur’an 5:32)
Unto every one of you have We appointed a
different law and way of life. And if God
had so willed, He could surely have made
you all one single community: but He
willed it otherwise in order to test you by
means of what He has revealed to you.
Compete then with one another in doing
good works! Unto God you all must return
and then He will make you truly
understand all that on which you were
wont to differ.
(Qur’an 5:44-48)
“Surely they that believe, and
those of Jewry, and the
Christians, and those Sabeaans,
whoso believes in God and the
Last Day, and works
righteousness - their wage waits
them with their Lord, and no
fear shall be on them, neither
shall they sorrow.”
(Qur’an 5:69)
“ . . . and you will find the
nearest in love to the
believers (Muslims) those
who say: ‘We are Christians.’
That is because amongst
them are priests and monks,
and they are not proud.”
(Qur’an
5:82)
“Say, come, I will recite what God has made a sacred duty
for you: Ascribe nothing as equal with God; Be good to
your parents; You shall not kill your children on a plea of
want; we provide sustenance for you and for them; You
shall not approach lewd behavior whether open or in
secret, You shall not take life, which God has made
sacred, except by way of justice and law. Thus
does God command you, that you may learn
wisdom. And you shall not approach the property of the
orphan, except to improve it, until he attains the age of
maturity. Give full measure and weight, in justice; no
burden should be placed on any soul but that which it
can bear. And if you give your word, do it justice, even
if a near relative is concerned; and fulfill your obligations
before God. Thus does God command you, that you may
remember. Verily, this is my straight path: follow it, and
do not follow other paths which will separate you from
God’s path. Thus does God command you, that you may
be righteous.” (Qur’an 6:151-153)
And if they incline to
peace, so you must
incline to it. And
trust in God, for He
hears and knows all.
(Qur’an 8:61)
Surely those who have faith and who
emigrated and strove with their wealth
and their souls in the path of God, and
those who sheltered them and helped,
such, they are protecting friends of one
another. And those who have faith but
they did not emigrate, you do not have
any duty of protection over them until
they emigrate. But if they seek your help
in the religion, then it is on you to help
them except against a people with whom
you have a treaty. And God sees all that
you work.
(Qur’an 8:72)
To those who persevere in doing
good is a reward more than in
measure. No darkness nor shame
shall cover their faces. They are
companions of the garden where
they will live forever. But those who
have earned evil will have a reward
like evil. Humiliation will cover their
faces. They will have no defender
from God.
(Qur’an 10:26-27)
"Surely Allah enjoins the
doing of justice and the
doing of good (to others)
and the giving to the
kindred, and He forbids
indecency and evil and
rebellion; He admonishes
you that you may be
mindful.”
(Qur’an 16:90)
Invite all to the way of your God with
wisdom and beautiful preaching. And
argue with them in ways that are best and
most gracious. For your God knows best
who have strayed from his path and who
receive guidance. And if you do respond
to an attack, respond no worse than they
did. But if you show patience, that is
indeed the best course. Be patient- for
your patience is from God . . . Indeed,
God is with those who restrain themselves
and those who do good.
(Qur’an 16:125-128)
“Nor take life, which Allah has
made sacred, except for just
cause. And if anyone is slain
wrongfully, We have given his heir
authority (to demand Qisas
[retribution] or to forgive): but let
him not exceed bounds in the
matter of taking life; for he is
helped (by the law)”
(Qur’an 17: 33)
Permission (to fight) is given to those who are
being attacked, because they have been
wronged. And surely God measures out help for
them. (They are) those who have been expelled
from their homes in defiance of right,- (for no
cause) except that they say, “our Lord is Allah..
Did not Allah check one set of people by means
of another, there would surely have been pulled
down monasteries, churches, synagogues, and
mosques, in which the name of Allah is
commemorated in abundant measure. Allah will
certainly aid those who aid his (cause);- for
verily Allah is full of Strength, Exalted in Might,
(able to enforce His Will). (Qur’an 22:39-40)
“… They should rather
pardon and overlook.
Would you not love Allah
to forgive you? Allah is
Ever-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.”
(Qur’an, 24:22)
The worshippers of the
All-Merciful are they
who tread gently upon
the earth, and when
the ignorant address
them, they reply,
“Peace!”
(Qur’an 25:63)
[Believers are] those
who do not bear false
witness and who,
when they pass by
worthless talk, pass by
with dignity.
(Qur’an, 25:72)
And when they hear vain
talk, they turn away from
it and say: “To us our
deeds, and to you yours;
peace be to you: we do
not seek out the
ignorant.”
(Qur’an 28:55)
Goodness and evil are not equal. Repel
evil with what is better. Then that
person with whom there was hatred,
may become your intimate
friend! And no one will be granted
such goodness except those who
exercise patience and self-restraint,
none but people of the greatest good
fortune.
(Qur’an 41:34-35)
The recompense for an injury is an injury equal
thereto (in degree), but if a person forgives
and makes reconciliation, his reward is
due from God, for God does not love those
who do wrong. But indeed if any do help and
defend themselves after a wrong done to them,
against such there is no cause of blame. The
blame is only against those who oppress men
with wrongdoing and insolently transgress
beyond bounds through the land, defying right
and justice, for such there will be a penalty
grievous. (Qur’an 42:40-43)
Oh mankind! We created you
from a single (pair) of a
male and a female, and
made you into nations and
tribes, that you may know
each other (Not that you
may despise each other).
(Qur’an 49:13)
We sent Our
Messengers with clear
signs and sent down
with them the Book
and the measure in
order to establish
justice among the
people
(Qur’an 57:25)
God does not forbid that you do good
and make justice for those who do
not fight you in the religion or drive
you out from your homes. Indeed,
God loves those who do justice. God
only forbids your friendship with
those who fight you in the religion
and drive you out from your homes
and back those who drive you out.
And who befriends them, such are
wrongdoers.
(Qur’an 60:8-9)
…. But if you pardon
and exonerate and
forgive, Allah is
Ever-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
(Qur’an 64: 14)
HADITH
“On the authority of son of Abbas, from the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH), among the sayings
he related from his Lord (glorified and exalted
be He) is that He said: Allah has written down
the good deeds and the bad ones. Then He
explained it [by saying that] he who has
intended a good deed and has not done it, Allah
writes it down with Himself as a full good deed,
but if he has intended it and has done it, Allah
writes it down with Himself as from ten good
deeds to seven hundred times, or many times
over. But if he has intended a bad deed and has
not done it, Allah writes it down with Himself as
a full good deed, but if he has intended it and
has done it, Allah writes it down as one bad
deed.” (It was related by al-Bukhari and Muslim. Hadith Qudsi)
“On
the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
O son of Adam, I fell
ill and you visited Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how
should I visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds?
He will say: Did you not know that My servant So-and-so
had fallen ill and you visited him not? Did you not know
that had you visited him you would have found Me with
him? O son of Adam, I asked you for food and you fed
Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how should I feed You
when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: Did
you not know that My servant So-and-so asked you for
food and you fed him not? Did you not know that had
you fed him you would surely have found that (the
reward for doing so) with Me? O son of Adam, I asked
you to give Me to drink and you gave Me not to drink.
He will say: O Lord, how should I give You to drink when
You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: My servant
So-and-so asked you to give him to drink and you gave
him not to drink. Had you given him to drink you would
have surely found that with Me.”
Allah (mighty and sublime be He) will say on the Day of Resurrection:
(It was related by Muslim. Hadith Qudsi)
“On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him),
who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said that Allah the
Almighty said: There are three (1) whose
adversary I shall be on the Day of
Resurrection: a man who has given his word
by Me and has broken it; a man who has sold
a free man (2) and has consumed the price;
and a man who has hired a workman, has
exacted his due in full from him and has not
given him his wage.” (1) i.e. types of
men. (2) i.e. a man who has made a slave of
another and has sold him.
(It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Ibn
Majah and Ahmad ibn Hanbal). Hadith Qudsi)
On the authority of Jundub ibn Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with
There
was amongst those before you a man
who had a wound. He was in [such]
anguish that he took a knife and
made with it a cut in his hand, and
the blood did not cease to flow till he
died. Allah the Almighty said: My
servant has himself forestalled Me; I
have forbidden him Paradise.
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
(It was related by al-Bukhari. Hadith Qudsi)
Indeed, whoever
(intentionally) kills
himself, then certainly
he will be punished in
the Fire of Hell,
wherein he shall dwell
forever).
(Bukhaaree 5778 and Muslim 109 and 110)
“Do not be people without minds of
your own, saying that if others
treat you well you will treat them
well, and that if they do wrong
you will do wrong to them.
Instead, accustom yourselves to
do good if people do good and
not to do wrong (even) if they do
evil.”
(Al- Tirmidhi)
a woman was
found killed in one of
these battles; so the
Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him)
forbade the killing of
women and children.
It is narrated by Ibn ‘Umar that
(Book 019,
Number 4320)
“What is it that you consider as
martyrdom?” they answered, “To be killed
in a holy war”, the prophet then said :
“there are seven possibilities to achieve
martyrdom aside from dying in a holy war,
these include, those who die as a result of
poisoning, those that drown in water,
those that fall ill with a virus, those that
have leprosy, those that are burnt in a fire,
those that are buried by scaffolding and
those that die in childbirth”
(hadith narrated by Abu Dawud, an-
Nasai, Ibn Majah and Ibn Hibban, see al-Mundziri, at-Targhib wa at-Tarhib min al-Hadits asy-Syarif, II/335).
A quote not readily seen in the American
media is of the Prophet Muhammad telling
his companions as they go home after a
battle, “We are returning from the
lesser jihad [the battle] to the
greater jihad,” the far more vital
and crucial task of extinguishing
transgression from one’s own
society and one’s own heart.
(Riyadh-us-
Saliheen)
One whose intention is not pure will deserve Hell. Purity of intention is
essential in all deeds. Narrated Abu Huraira (r.a.): I heard
Allah’s Messenger (s.a.w.s.) saying: The first of
the people whose case will be decided on the
Day of Judgment will be a man who died as a
martyr. He will be brought forth. Allah will make
him know about His blessings (Which He had
bestowed on him in the world). The man will
acknowledge them. Then Allah will ask him:
What did you do with them? He will say: I
fought in Your way until I died as a martyr. Allah
will remark: You are lying. You fought so that
you may be called a brave warrior. Then orders
will be passed against him. So he will be
dragged along on his face and cast into Hell… (This
Hadith is sound and reported by Muslim and Nasa’i)