RE: Assassination of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf
March 22, 2011 at 5:43 pm
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2011 at 5:46 pm by Rayaan.)
(March 18, 2011 at 5:18 am)annatar Wrote: Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf was a victim of Muhammad, assassinated just because he criticized him..
It is not true that Ashraf was killed only for insulting the Prophet. He did much more than that. He also announced that he was going to assassinate the Prophet.
However, the news had reached some of the companions of Muhammad, and after they told Muhammad about this, that's when he gave them the permission to kill him. This means that the action is justifiable because it was done for self-defense. If Muhammad didn't do anything, and told Maslama not to kill him, then there is a good chance that Ashraf would have killed Muhammad first. But, Muhammad didn't let that happen because he took advantage of the information by taking action before his enemy could carry out his plan.
From wikipedia:
Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf (Arabic: كعب بن الاشرف) (died 624) was a chief of the Jewish tribe of Banu Nadir and a poet, who plotted with Quraysh and a group of Jews to fight against Muslims and assassinate the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was assassinated by Muslims on the order of Muhammad before he could carry out his plans.
(March 18, 2011 at 5:18 am)annatar Wrote: So you can lie in order to kill..Looks like a mafia meeting doesn't it?
No, we cannot lie for that reason. But for the safety of our own lives, yes, we are allowed to lie or deceive the enemy. And this is one of the examples.
(March 18, 2011 at 5:18 am)annatar Wrote: so next time when you condemn evil deeds of your fellow muslims, don't forget that your prophet hired assassins to kill people who oppose him..
As I've already shown, that is not true because the assassin was not done simply for "opposing" or "insulting" the Prophet, but because Ashraf had prepared himself to go and kill Muhammad. Therefore, Muhammad had every right to go and send someone to kill such a person. Ashraf incited people to kill Muhammad and his followers and it doesn't matter if he raised a weapon or not. He has broken a treaty, which was a deal between the Muslims and non-Muslims not to start a battle as long as they remain peaceful as mentioned in the Quran, which says, "And if they incline towards peace, then incline to it (also), and trust in Allah" (Chapter 8:61). If anyone broke the treaty, then that's the only time when Jihad and executions were allowed.
