Raymond,
"Never did We send a Messenger or a Prophet before you, but; when he did recite the revelation or narrated or spoke, Shaitân (Satan) threw (some falsehood) in it. But Allâh abolishes that which Shaitân (Satan) throws in. Then Allâh establishes His Revelations. And Allâh is All-Knower, All-Wise:"
Lets take this from a different approach. No websites, no other sources than the Islamic writings. I am sure you would agree to this?
I studied verses from the Hadith for many, many hours today. I discovered a very interesting story in there. Let me post it:
Sahih Bukhari
Volume 2, Book 26, Number 706:
Narrated 'Urwa:
I asked 'Aisha : "How do you interpret the statement of Allah,. : Verily! (the mountains) As-Safa and Al-Marwa are among the symbols of Allah, and whoever performs the Hajj to the Ka'ba or performs 'Umra, it is not harmful for him to perform Tawaf between them (Safa and Marwa.) (2.158). By Allah! (it is evident from this revelation) there is no harm if one does not perform Tawaf between Safa and Marwa." 'Aisha said, "O, my nephew! Your interpretation is not true. Had this interpretation of yours been correct, the statement of Allah should have been, 'It is not harmful for him if he does not perform Tawaf between them.' But in fact, this divine inspiration was revealed concerning the Ansar who used to assume lhram for worship ping an idol called "Manat" which they used to worship at a place called Al-Mushallal before they embraced Islam, and whoever assumed Ihram (for the idol), would consider it not right to perform Tawaf between Safa and Marwa.
When they embraced Islam, they asked Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) regarding it, saying, "O Allah's Apostle! We used to refrain from Tawaf between Safa and Marwa." So Allah revealed: 'Verily; (the mountains) As-Safa and Al-Marwa are among the symbols of Allah.' " Aisha added, "Surely, Allah's Apostle set the tradition of Tawaf between Safa and Marwa, so nobody is allowed to omit the Tawaf between them." Later on I ('Urwa) told Abu Bakr bin 'Abdur-Rahman (of 'Aisha's narration) and he said, 'i have not heard of such information, but I heard learned men saying that all the people, except those whom 'Aisha mentioned and who used to assume lhram for the sake of Manat, used to perform Tawaf between Safa and Marwa.
When Allah referred to the Tawaf of the Ka'ba and did not mention Safa and Marwa in the Quran, the people asked, 'O Allah's Apostle! We used to perform Tawaf between Safa and Marwa and Allah has revealed (the verses concerning) Tawaf of the Ka'ba and has not mentioned Safa and Marwa. Is there any harm if we perform Tawaf between Safa and Marwa?' So Allah revealed: "Verily As-Safa and Al-Marwa are among the symbols of Allah." Abu Bakr said, "It seems that this verse was revealed concerning the two groups, those who used to refrain from Tawaf between Safa and Marwa in the Pre-lslamic Period of ignorance and those who used to perform the Tawaf then, and after embracing Islam they refrained from the Tawaf between them as Allah had enjoined Tawaf of the Ka'ba and did not mention Tawaf (of Safa and Marwa) till later after mentioning the Tawaf of the Ka'ba.'
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Interesting! you have a group of people who worship a pagan sun goddess, Manat, who considered it not right to perform Tawaf between Safa and Marwa. Then these people, after embracing Islam continued refraining from performing Tawaf between Safa and Marwa. It seems obvious that they would refrain from this, as when Allah referred to the Tawaf of the Ka'ba in th Qu'ran, it did not mention Safa and Marwa. And that was consistent with this same people's pagan belief. So all was well!
But then Muhammad is asked, what is Allah's position on Tawaf between Safa and Marwa when there is confusion among the people? And interestingly enough, now it seems Allah, who failed to mention Safa and Mawa in th Qu'ran, says, "Verily As-Safa and Al-Marwa are among the symbols of Allah." This is reinforced that Allah wants Tawaf to be performed between Safa and Marwa by the following verses:
Sahih Bukhari
Volume 3, Book 27, Number 18:
Narrated Hisham Ibn 'Urwa from his father who said:
... "The Hajj or 'Umra of the person who does not perform the going (Tawaf) between As-Safa and Al-Marwa is incomplete in Allah's sight.
Also in these writings what else do we see? Let's go to the verses:
Sahih Bukhari
Volume 3, Book 27, Number 19:
Narrated Isma'il:
Abdullah bin Abu Aufa said: "Allah's Apostle performed 'Umra and we too performed 'Umra along with him. When he entered Mecca he performed the Tawaf (of Ka'ba) and we too performed it along with him, and then he came to the As-Safa and Al-Marwa (i.e. performed the Sai) and we also came to them along with him. We were shielding him from the people of Mecca lest they may hit him with an arrow...."
Looks like Meccan's are a little aggitated with Muhammed because of this little switch in Tawaf.
So now, we had a switch by Mohammed or Allah in Tawaf. Who caused this problem?
Well if we take your premise that Allah and the Qu'ran is perfect, then it must have been Mohammed who made the switch, Allah's messanger. And an oversight in mentioning As-Safa and Al-Marwa is a falsehood. Why? Because that pagan ritual of not performing Tawaf between As-Safa and Al-Marwa should have been disgarded because Allah desired it to be done between As-Safa and Al-Marwa!
So now why would God's true prophet make this mistake? I think I know....
"Never did We send a Messenger or a Prophet before you, but; when he did recite the revelation or narrated or spoke, Shaitân (Satan) threw (some falsehood) in it. But Allâh abolishes that which Shaitân (Satan) throws in. Then Allâh establishes His Revelations. And Allâh is All-Knower, All-Wise:"
All coming together for you now. No anti-Islamic sites, no other sources than your own writings.
God Bless,
Steve
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