MUSAYLIMAH IN A NEW GARMENT NASSER “THE LIAr” MUHAMMAD by Sh. Alaa al-Salim ABBREVIATIONS -alaihi/alaiha as ~ هيلع/علهيا السﻻم) pbuh Peace be upon him/her salam) (alaihom assalam ~ علهيم السﻻم) pbut Peace be upon them salla ~ ىلصاهلل هيلع وآله ملسو) pbuhap Peace upon him and progeny Allahu alayhi wa alihi wa sallam) sobhanahu wa ~ سبحانه وتعاىل) swt Praise Him and Exalt Him ta’ala) (azza wa jal ~ عز وجل) The Mighty and the Majestic m)) Indicate narrations from Ahlulbayt pbut ﴿ ﴾ Indicate passages from the Bible [ ] Indicate verses from the Quran ﴿ ﴾ « » Indicate explanations by Imam Ahmed al-Hasan pbuh within narrations, Bible passages or Quran verses —Trans. not in the original arabic but added by the translators .lit literal translation note added by the translators Certified accurate by the English Translation Committee of Ansar Imam al-Mahdi pbuh For more information and works by Imam Ahmed al-Hasan pbuh please visit either www.saviorofmankind.com (English) or www.almahdyoon.org (Arabic) In the name of Allah, the Abundantly Merciful, the Intensely Merciful Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May the peace and blessings be upon Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad, the Imams and the Mahdis. INTRODUCTION The everlasting way of Allah requires for His vicegerent to be known through a divine and decisive law which would never fall behind its companion, nor have its links broken not even for a single day, in order that a false claimant would be able to claim it or claim one of its links. The links of the divine law are the text, the knowledge, and the banner of allegiance to Allah. And Allah swt has made the vicegerents known in His Holy Book by these links. And the following is an ex- ample concerning Muhammad pbuhap, the master of creation: -Regarding the text, the Almighty said, ﴾Those who follow the Mes senger, the Ummi* prophet, whom they find to be written in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and forbids them what is wrong and makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil and relieves them of their burden and the shackles which were upon them. So they who have believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him — it is they who will be the successful .ones.﴿ Surat al-Araf (The Heights) 7:157 The Almighty also said, ﴾And when Jesus son of Mary said, “O children of Israel, indeed I am the messenger of Allah to you confirm- ing what came before me of the Torah and bringing glad tidings of a messenger to come after me, whose name is Ahmed.” But when he ﴿”.came to them with clear evidences, they said, “This is obvious magic Surat as-Saff (The Ranks) 61:6. Regarding the knowledge, the Almighty said, ﴾It is He who has *. Ummi (pl. Ummiyeen), meaning in Umm al-Qura (Mother of the Villages), the village around which all other villages center. At the time of Prophet Muhammad pbuhap, it was Mecca, and today it is al-Najaf in Iraq. —Trans. 2 Musaylimah in a New Garment: Nasser “the Liar” Muhammad sent among the Ummiyeen a messenger from themselves reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book and -wisdom — although they were before in clear error.﴿ Surat al-Jumua (Fri day) 62:2. Regarding the call to Allah and His supremacy, the Almighty said, And why do you not believe in Allah while the messenger invites you﴾ to believe in your Lord and He has taken your covenant, if you were .believers?﴿ Surat al-Hadid (The Iron) 57:8 Despite the clarity of the truth of Muhammad pbuhap the beloved of Allah, the brightness of his proof, the evidence of his honesty and the fulfillment of the links of the divine law shown above; despite all the effort he exerted in warning the Muslims and fortifying them and specifying the means of guidance and salvation for them, we still find that a substantial number of people follow the claimants of falsehood like Musaylimah and Sajah. • THE FIRST MUSAYLIMAH AND HIS COMPANIONS Musaylimah the Liar had become a Muslim and later claimed prophethood in the year 10 a.h.. He claimed partnership in prophet- hood with the Messenger of Allah pbuhap. He wrote to the Messenger of Allah pbuhap saying, “I am a partner with you, you have half of the earth, and I have the other half, but Quraysh is an unjust nation.” So the Messenger of Allah pbuhap wrote back and said, “From Mu- hammad the Messenger of Allah to Musaylimah the Liar: After all [the introductions], the earth belongs to Allah and He bequeaths it to whomever He pleases of His servants, and the best outcome is for the righteous.” Tarikh al-Yaqubi, p. 130. Banu Hanifa and others who claimed to follow Islam ended up fol- lowing Musaylimah the Liar, while other tribes followed other false claimants such as Talha bin Khuwaylid who also claimed prophethood at the time of the Prophet pbuhap. Talha used to order them to aban- don prostration in prayers saying, “Allah does not establish [a decree] by covering your faces [in dust] nor disfiguring your backs.” Moreover, a group of savages and thugs followed Sujaah bint al- Harith, who also claimed prophethood. And when she went to Banu Hanifa in al-Yamama, the news of her claim reached Musaylimah the Liar, so he became frightened and sent someone to ask her for his safety so she granted him that. He then came to her and said, “We have half of the earth and Quraysh would have had the other half if they had been just, so Allah gave you the half that Quraysh turned down.” So she said to him, “Come down,” and he said, “Have your companions leave,” so she did, and he staked a tent, fastened it and then he met her inside. She said to him, “What has your Lord revealed to you?” He said, “Have you not seen your Lord, what he did with the preg- nant one, He brought out from her the breath of life that goes about, between the dermis and organs.” He mentioned another saying to her and she said, “I bear witness that you are a prophet.” Then they com- mitted adultery. Then a caller cried out, “Musaylimah, the messenger of Allah, has relieved you from two prayers which Muhammad has brought to you: the Fajr prayer and the Isha prayer.” Al-Kamal fi al-Tareekh, 4 Musaylimah in a New Garment: Nasser “the Liar” Muhammad Vol. 2 p. 355. These false prophets are liars who were followed by savages and thugs in the early time of Islam despite their lack of proofs and evi- dences to support their false claims, and what is strange is that their matter became more extreme after the death of the Messenger of Allah pbuhap even though their morally corrupt ways were enough to prove that they are liars!! MUHAMMAD pbuhap: THE FIRST YAMANI DURING THE FIRST JAHILIYYA There is no doubt that the Messenger of Allah Muhammad pbu- hap was mentioned by name and attributes to the People of the Book. Among his attributes is “the Yamani”, and in clarifying this, Imam Ahmed al-Hasan pbuh says, “Habakkuk, Chapter 3: 2 O Lord, I have heard the report of you, [ and your work, O Lord, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy. 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His splendor covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. 4 His brightness was like the light; rays flashed from his hand; and there he veiled his power. 5 Before him went pestilence, and plague followed at his heels. ] The meaning: God came from Teman : meaning God (Allah) came from Yemen. [ ] And the Holy One from Mount Paran : meaning the Holy One [ ] Muhammad pbuhap: The First Yamani during the First Jahiliyy 5 came from Mecca. And Allah is far above coming from the sky, let alone from the earth, because coming and going require movement and therefore oc- currence, thus negating the absolute divinity, so it cannot be consid- ered that the one who comes from Teman or Yemen is Allah swt, or that the one who comes from Paran is the Holy One swt; for this as well as the other attributes such as the hand, which Allah is far above. His brightness was like the light; rays flashed from his hand; and [ there he veiled his power. Before him went pestilence, and plague fol- lowed at his heels. ] Rather, the one who comes is the Servant of Allah Muhammad pbuhap and his progeny pbut after him, as they are from Mecca, and Muhammad and his progeny pbut are Yamanis as well … And the fact that Teman is Yemen has been mentioned even in the Gospel in the words of Jesus pbuh when he described the Queen of Yemen as the Queen of the South (or Teman). Matthew Chapter 12: 42 The Queen of the South will rise up at the [ judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, some- thing greater than Solomon is here. ” A Letter Proving the Unity of Personalities of ] the First Mahdi, the Riser and the Yamani by Alaa al-Salim, page 30.