Submitted by Mohammad, CPA (United States), Feb 13, 2009 at 04:34
Mr. Ibrahim:
Again I will try to clarify the Treaty made by our Great Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
It is not the Teaching of Holy Quran to attack another people. Muslims can not declare a War against others unless they are First attacked by others. Muslims must defend themselves against the Aggressors and must do their best to protect their Lives, Properties & their Religion. This is Human Rights. However, Muslims must avoid Wars and must go for peaceful Settlement of their Disputes with their Enemies and must make them Friends & must live in Peace.
Our Prophet encounterd many, many Battles & Wars. He along with his fellow Muslims & Ansars fought Battles like Badar, Uhud, Trenches, Hudaybiyah.
In Hudaybiyah, the Prophet & his fellow Muslims wanted to do Omrah in Mecca in 628 AD but the Powerful Enemy did not allow them to visit Mecca to perform Omrah. The Prophet proposed for a Treaty with the Enemy and accepted most of the Terms offered by the Enemy. According to the Treaty, the Prophet & his Followers would not visit Mecca for the purpose of Omrah and would go back to Medina. Further both parties agreed that there would not be any War for next 10 years and both parties must keep their word & would not break the Treaty. The Muslims were very offended & disappointed with the Prophet's terms of the Treaty. However, they honored the Prophet's Treaty and returned to Medina.
So the Muslim & Palestinian Leaders including Hamas must apply this Strategy & Diplomacy of our Great Prophet. If Hamas, Palestinian Muslims & Arab Leaders want to learn any lesson from this Treaty of Hudaybiyah, they can learn it and use it to make a Peace Treaty with Israeli Govrnment. By War, Hamas or other Muslim countries & their Leaders will not be able to eastablish a State of Palestine in another 600 years. These Leaders must use Diplomacy, Tactics & other peaceful means to conclude a Peace Treaty with Israeli Government. Unless Muslim Leaders specially Arabs along with Hamas & Fatah try to resove their Long Outstanding Disputes over 60 years for a Permanent Peace Treaty with Israeli Govenment, there is no Hope to settle this Dispute in the Generations to come.
Hamas must stop Rocket attacks against Israeli people & their Properties and must go for Dialogue with Israeli Govenment. Hamas must recognize Israeli existence as a state & a good Neighbor and must conclude a Peace Treaty for the Economic Cooperation & Progress of both parties. Without a Real Treaty, Palestinian people can't survive as a Civilized nation but will have to live in War, Proverty & Disappointment.
Unless the Palestinian people & their Leders don't change their way of life, Allah will NEVER, EVER help this Warmonger. If Palestinian people say that Islam is a Religion of Peace, they must demonstrate in the real sense but not sending Rocket attacks to Israel. I am urging our fellow Palestinian Muslims to follow & practice Islam in its True sense, not as a matter of Publicity. Palestinian Muslims must be Honest & True Muslims, not Munafiq. The plce for the Munafiq is Jahannam- Hell Fire without any Excuse from Allah. Palestinian Leaders must not misuse Holy Quran & the example of our Great Prophet. They must understand as wise & leanred persons, not Satan- Shaitan.
You may visit www.cyberistan.org , www.islamonline.com www.shareislam.com plus you can go to www.google.com and type prophet muhammad, allah, allahu akbar, bismillah etc.you will find many, many Web pages. now a days, the Internet has become an endless Library, you can spend many Hours online & learn many things, if you want to learn.
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