Kipling
2010-05-14 20:28:56

Some food for thought from the works of Al-Muttaqi’ Al-Hindi, noted scholar of the prophet.

“God sent me as a mercy and a portent; He did not send me as a trader or as a cultivator. The worst in the community on the Day of resurrection are the traders and the cultivators, except for those who are niggardly with their religion.”

[What does this have to say about our efforts at nation building in Afghanistan and elsewhere? We want to turn them from war to business or agriculture but is that really possible when those positions are regarded so lowly.]

“He who equips a warrior in the Holy War for God has the same reward as he, while the warrior’s reward is not diminished.”

[Perhaps here is the reason why "peaceful" or "moderate" Muslims provide funding for terrorist activities.]