Muslim Rulers Were Enemies of True Islam.

Muslim Rulers Were Enemies of True Islam.

Introduction: We should read history because it helps us understand how people lived before us and why the world is the way it is today. History teaches us lessons from past mistakes so we do not repeat them. It shows how nations rise and fall, how wars begin and how peace is made. By reading history, we learn to think deeply, respect different cultures and make wiser decisions for the future.

Content:

Islam is peace, but Muslim rulers were violent.

The history of Islam is beautiful, but the history of Muslim rulers is horrible. Banu Umayyah martyred Muslims mercilessly to consolidate their rule—they even martyred members of the family of the Holy Prophet ﷺ, Hasan and Hussain. However, in 750 CE, Banu Abbas hunted down members of Banu Umayyah and put them to death. They destroyed the Umayyad dynasty completely. They even opened the graves of Umayyad caliphs, exhumed their bodies and burnt them. They also opened the grave of the founder of the Umayyad dynasty, Amir Mu‘awiyah.

Later on, the Mongols (the progeny of Chengaz Khan) destroyed the Abbasid dynasty even more mercilessly in 1258 CE. 

The Ottoman Empire was founded by Osman I around 1299. They fought Europeans and, at times, Muslim rebel dynasties.

Ottoman rule formally ended in 1922 when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, a secular ruler, abolished the Ottoman Sultanate, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. 

Now there are about 50 timid and hypocritical Muslim nations that are being beaten and disgraced daily by a rat-like non-Muslim nation from the Middle East.

To sum up, the worst enemies of the peaceful message of Islam have always been the Muslim rulers themselves, unfortunately.

Reference:

History of Islam (3 vols.) by Maulana Akbar Shah Khan Najeebabadi.

 

Miscellaneous  

Caliphs or Killers?

During the Umayyad period (661–750 CE), succession was usually arranged by appointment, and there are no clear recorded cases of caliphs killing or imprisoning fathers, sons, or brothers to gain power, although civil wars and conflicts among more distant relatives did occur. In the ''Abbasid period (750–1258 CE)'', violence within the ruling family became more evident: in ''861 CE'', ''Al-Muntasir'' took part in the assassination of his father, Caliph al-Mutawakkil; in 813 CE, Al-Ma'mun defeated and executed his brother al-Amin after a civil war; and Al-Hadi attempted to imprison his brother to change the succession, though he died before carrying it out. The Ottoman period (1517–1924, caliphal claim) saw such practices become systematic: in 1451, Mehmed II killed one infant half-brother and formalised fratricide; Selim I executed two brothers after taking power (c. 1513); Suleiman I ordered the execution of two sons, Mustafa in 1553 and Bayezid in 1561; Murad III executed five half-brothers in 1574; Mehmed III ordered the killing of 19 brothers in 1595, the largest such purge; and Murad IV executed three brothers between 1635 and 1638 while imprisoning another. Over time, the Ottomans increasingly replaced executions with lifelong confinement of potential heirs in the kafes system.

The History of Islam, vol. 2, p. 508 — Caliph Motazid died of overindulgence in sex in 289 AH. –Maulana Akbar Shah Khan Najeebabadi.

    Wicked Rulers 

The Black Stone (al-Ḥajar al-Aswad) set in the eastern corner of the Kaaba is a dark rock venerated in Islam; Muslims regard it as a sacred relic associated in Islamic tradition with the time of Prophet Ibrahim and Ismail, so its religious significance goes back several millennia in belief, although its exact geological age and origin are uncertain (some scholars have suggested it may be a meteorite or ancient stone, but this is not definitively proven). It is considered holy because the Prophet Muhammad kissed it and pilgrims try to kiss or touch it while performing ṭawāf, though it is not worshipped and is revered as a symbol of covenant and devotion rather than a deity. Historically, it has suffered several incidents: in 683 CE, during fighting between Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr and forces of Yazid I, the Kaaba was damaged by fire and siege engines and the Stone cracked, later being bound with silver; in 930 CE, the Qarmatians ( Rulers of Behrain) led by Abu Tahir al-Jannabi attacked Mecca, killed pilgrims, removed the Stone and kept it for about 22 years before returning it in 952 CE; and in 1022 CE, a man struck it with a weapon, causing further damage before being stopped, after which repairs and reinforcements were made, leaving the Stone today preserved in several fragments held together in a silver frame. 

The History of Islam, vol. 2, p. 521 —  –Maulana Akbar Shah Khan Najeebabadi 

In 352 AH (963 CE), the Buyid ruler Mu'izz al-Dawla officially ordered public mourning for Husayn ibn Ali on the 10th of Muharram in Baghdad, closing markets and encouraging people to wear black and openly lament the tragedy of Karbala. Although mourning for Husayn had existed since 680 CE, this was one of the earliest recorded instances of state-sponsored, large-scale public commemoration in the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, which at the time was politically controlled by the Shia Buyid dynasty. He did not start Muharram mourning itself, but he institutionalised and publicised it in a powerful and visible way for political as well as religious reasons.

The History of Islam, vol. 2, p. 540— –Maulana Akbar Shah Khan Najeebabadi