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{{Quote|{{Quran|33|21}}|Verily in the messenger of Allah ye have '''a good example''' (أسوة حسنة, ''uswa hasana'') for him who looketh unto Allah and the Last Day, and remembereth Allah much.}}

==Forming Alliances==

{{Quote|{{Bukhari|4|55|558}}|So the Quraish and the Ansar became angry and said, "He (i.e. the Prophet, ) gives the chief of Najd and does not give us." The Prophet said, "'''I give them''') so as to attract their hearts (to Islam).}}

{{Quote|{{Abu Dawud|2|494}}, See also: {{Abudawud|2|495}}|Narrated As-Saburah: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Command a boy to pray when he reaches the age of seven years. When he becomes ten years old, then '''beat him''' for prayer.}}

==Deception==

{{Quote|Ishaq:323|I am the best of plotters. I deceived them with My guile so that I delivered you from them.}}

==Attitudes of the Meccans==

{{Quote|{{Bukhari|4|56|733}}|Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Doesn't it astonish you how Allah protects me from the Quraish's abusing and cursing? They abuse Mudhammam and curse Mudhammam while I am Muhammad (and not Mudhammam)"}}

{{Quote|1=[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:kr1Dz6F0i2UJ:www.kalamullah.com/Books/Al%2520Wala%2520wal%2520Bara%2520Part%25202.pdf+al+wala+wal+bara&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESi13fzRcsT4DnI-E9jWw30aMdIwl7nXcAt43YkE6E4pP3DFXvbHhv3gT0JIhX_1II9SwKshIdgzl1oVEBHRMrlE2brJGS0_FhJMyxCxQwrZvgwLpEbyORLJ_ZIYbThNsVJQX-cX&sig=AHIEtbTCDWRH5lOwxN8kJrzbGYCqpFwTmwSunan Abu Dawud 40:4582 , as-Suyuti, al-Jami' as-Saghir, 1/69]|2="The strongest bond of faith is loyalty for the sake of Allah and opposition for His sake, love for the sake of Allah and enmity for His sake."}}

==Homosexuality==

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{{Quote|{{Bukhari|4|52|47}}|Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle used to visit Um Haram bint Milhan, who would offer him meals. Um-Haram was the wife of Ubada bin As-Samit. A'''llah's Apostle, once visited her and she provided him with food and started looking for lice in his head.''' Then Allah's Apostle slept, and afterwards woke up smiling. Um Haram asked, "What causes you to smile, O Allah's Apostle?" He said. "Some of my followers who (in a dream) were presented before me as fighters in Allah's Cause (on board a ship) amidst this sea cause me to smile; they were as kings on the thrones (or like kings on the thrones)." (Ishaq, a sub-narrator is not sure as to which expression the Prophet used.) Um-Haram said, "O Allah's Apostle! Invoke Allah that he makes me one of them. Allah's Apostle invoked Allah for her and slept again and woke up smiling. Once again Um Haram asked, "What makes you smile, O Allah's Apostle?" He replied, "Some of my followers were presented to me as fighters in Allah's Cause," repeating the same dream. Um-Haram said, "O Allah's Apostle! Invoke Allah that He makes me one of them." He said, "You are amongst the first ones." It happened that she sailed on the sea during the Caliphate of Mu'awlya bin Abi Sufyan, and after she disembarked, she fell down from her riding animal and died.}}

==Muhammad and the Laws of Islam==

{{quote|{{Bukhari|7|62|157}}| Narrated Al-Miswar bin Makhrama:<BR>

"The Messenger of Allah forbade facing the Qiblah when urinating. But I saw him, one year before he died, facing the Qiblah (while urinating)."}}

{{Quote|{{Muslim|38|4390}}|Narrated Atiyyah al-Qurazi: I was among the captives of Banu Qurayzah. They (the Companions) examined us, and those who had begun to grow hair (pubes) were killed, and those who had not were not killed. I was among those who had not grown hair.}}

{{Quote|{{Bukhari|4|52|256}}|Narrated As-Sab bin Jaththama: The Prophet passed by me at a place called Al-Abwa or Waddan, and was asked whether it was permissible to attack the pagan warriors at night with the probability of exposing their women and children to danger. The Prophet replied, '''"They (i.e. women and children) are from them (i.e. pagans)."''' I also heard the Prophet saying, "The institution of Hima is invalid except for Allah and His Apostle."}}

==Oaths==

{{Main|Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Muhammad and Lying}}

{{Quote|al-Siyuti (6/395)|Muhammad said, “In heaven, Mary mother of Jesus, will be one of my wives.”}}

==Mass Executions==

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{{Quote|Ishaq 464|The Jews were made to come down, and Allah’s Messenger imprisoned them. Then the Prophet went out into the marketplace of Medina, and he had trenches dug in it. '''He sent for the Jewish men and had them beheaded in those trenches. They were brought out to him in batches. They numbered 800 to 900 boys and men.'''}}

==The Exalted Position of the Prophet==

{{Quote|{{Muslim|8|3310}}|A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Allah's Apostle (Mohammad) married me when I was six years old, and I was admitted to his house when I was nine years old.}}

==Taking War Booty==

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{{Quote|Sahih Bukhari Vol.IV (page 104)|Narrated Ibn 'Umar that the Prophet (SA) said, '''"My livelihood is under the shade of my spear,(1) and he who disobeys my orders will be humiliated by paying Jizya"''' Footnote: (1) '''"Under the shade of my spear" means "from war booty"'''.<ref>The Translation of the Meanings of Sahih Al-Bukhari, Arabic-English, Vol.IV (page 104) by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan, Islamic University—Al-Medina Al-Munauwara</ref>}}

==Polygamy==

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{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|5|268|}}|Narrated Qatada: Anas bin Malik said, "The Prophet used to visit all his wives in a round, during the day and night '''and they were eleven in number.'''" I asked Anas, "Had the Prophet the strength for it?" Anas replied, "We used to say that the Prophet was given the strength of thirty (men)." And Sa'id said on the authority of Qatada that Anas had told him about nine wives only (not eleven).}}

==The Prophet's Revelations and His Own Benefit==

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{{Quote|{{Bukhari|9|89|256}}|Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle said, "You should listen to and obey, your ruler even if he was an Ethiopian (black) slave whose '''head looks like a raisin.'''"|See Also {{Bukhari|1|11|662}}, {{Bukhari|1|11|664}}}}

{{Main|Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Rape|Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Al-'Azl}}

{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|8|367}}|Narrated 'Abdul 'Aziz: Anas said, 'When Allah's Apostle invaded Khaibar, we offered the Fajr prayer there yearly in the morning) when it was still dark. The Prophet rode and Abu Talha rode too and I was riding behind Abu Talha. The Prophet passed through the lane of Khaibar quickly and my knee was touching the thigh of the Prophet . He uncovered his thigh and I saw the whiteness of the thigh of the Prophet. When he entered the town, he said, 'Allahu Akbar! Khaibar is ruined. Whenever we approach near a (hostile) nation (to fight) then evil will be the morning of those who have been warned.' He repeated this thrice. The people came out for their jobs and some of them said, 'Muhammad (has come).' (Some of our companions added, "With his army.") We conquered Khaibar, took the captives, and the booty was collected. Dihya came and said, 'O Allah's Prophet! Give me a slave girl from the captives.' The Prophet said, 'Go and take any slave girl.' He took Safiya bint Huyai. A man came to the Prophet and said, 'O Allah's Apostles! You gave Safiya bint Huyai to Dihya and she is the chief mistress of the tribes of Quraiza and An-Nadir and she befits none but you.' So the Prophet said, 'Bring him along with her.' So Dihya came with her and when the Prophet saw her, he said to Dihya, 'Take any slave girl other than her from the captives.' Anas added: The Prophet then manumitted her and married her." <BR><BR>Thabit asked Anas, "O Abu Hamza! What did the Prophet pay her (as Mahr)?" He said, "Her self was her Mahr for he manumitted her and then married her." Anas added, "While on the way, Um Sulaim dressed her for marriage (ceremony) and at night she sent her as a bride to the Prophet .}}

{{Quote|Sirat Rasul Allah, page 133|They came to the apostle and called upon him to answer these questions. '''He said to them, 'I will give you your answer tomorrow,' ''' but he did not say, 'if God will.' So they went away; and the apostle, so they say, waited for fifteen days without a revelation from God on the matter, nor did Gabriel come to him, so that the people of Mecca began to spread evil reports, saying,''' 'Muhammad promised us an answer on the morrow, and today is the fifteenth day we have remained without an answer.' '''}}

{{Quote|{{Bukhari|9|87|111}}|...But after a few days Waraqa died and the Divine Inspiration was also paused for a while and the Prophet (Mohammad) became so sad as we have heard that he intended several times to throw himself from the tops of high mountains and every time he went up the top of a mountain in order to throw himself down, Gabriel would appear before him and say, "O Muhammad! You are indeed Allah's Apostle in truth" whereupon his heart would become quiet and he would calm down and would return home. And whenever the period of the coming of the inspiration used to become long, he would do as before, but when he used to reach the top of a mountain, Gabriel would appear before him and say to him what he had said before.}}

{{Main|Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Muhammad and Terrorism}}

{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|11|626}}|Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "No prayer is harder for the hypocrites than the Fajr and the 'Isha' prayers and if they knew the reward for these prayers at their respective times, they would certainly present themselves (in the mosques) even if they had to c awl." The Prophet added, "Certainly I decided to order the Mu'adh-dhin (call-maker) to pronounce Iqama and order a man to lead the prayer and then '''take a fire flame to burn all those who had not left their houses so far for the prayer along with their houses.'''"}}

{{Quote|{{Bukhari|2|13|25}}|Narrated Aisha:

{{Quote|{{Tabari|7|p. 15}}|Expeditions Led by Allah’s Messenger: In this year, according to all Sira writers, the Messenger personally led the Ghazwa of Alwa. [A Ghazwa is an Islamic Invasion in Allah’s Cause consisting of an army unit led by the Prophet himself.] He left Sa’d in command of Medina. On this raid his banner was carried by Hamzah. He stayed out for fifteen days and then returned to Medina. The Messenger went on a Ghazwa at the head of two hundred of his companions in October, 623 and reached Buwat. His intention was to intercept a Quraysh caravan with a hundred men and twenty-five hundred camels.}}

{{Main|Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Muhammad's White Complexion}}

{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|3|63}}|Narrated Anas bin Malik: While we were sitting with the Prophet in the mosque, a man came riding on a camel. He made his camel kneel down in the mosque, tied its foreleg and then said: "Who amongst you is Muhammad?" At that time the Prophet was sitting amongst us (his companions) leaning on his arm. We replied, '''"This white man reclining on his arm."''' The an then addressed him, "O Son of 'Abdul Muttalib."...}}

==Wealth==

{{Quote|{{Bukhari|2|24|497}}|Narrated Abu Masud Al-Ansar: Whenever Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) ordered us to give in charity, we used to go to the market and work as porters and get a Mudd (a special measure of grain) and then give it in charity. '''(Those were the days of poverty) and today some of us have one hundred thousand.'''}}

==Wife Beating==

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