I have learnt so much from Khan Academy. The advice is to stop being emotional, prejudiced, and learn to appreciate his work. I am just happy to learn so much about the world from him. The good part is, he even teaches how to learn, asks you to probe, compare and be critical/questioning
@@michaelrowsell1160 His dialect of arabic is not the same as Petra. His lineage is from makkah. He was known in makkah. Attacked by the people of makkah hence the migration.
@@michaelrowsell1160 if people in the fist century prayed towards Petra then there would be a difference amongst the muslims. The Sunnis, shias , khawarij and muztazilies would not have agreed on the kabah being in makkah. ecspecially since they have tension between them and lived more than a months journey away.
I have to say that this series was put together very well and extremely non biased. Some of the comments on previous videos claimed that this was a proselytization attempt by Sal but it's very obvious that it's simply educational content based around historical events. In today's society, its more crucial than ever to educate the people on what Islam is and to discourage blindly following the media. Good work, Sal.
Islamophobe keyboard warriors LOL You don't have the guts to talk this in public cuz u know your beliefs and dead brain are wrong ISIS is not islam We hate them more than anyone else cuz they ruined our image
Markus Mauer. 1. The first Hadith you pointed out wasn’t perverted. The word “pubes” isn’t mentioned in the original Arabic. 2. You are ignorant of Banu Qurayzha. They backstabbed the Muslims and therefore the Muslims started war. Lol, epic fail.
for all the Muslims visiting this comment section.. Don't reply to hateful people.. because hate comes from ignorance.. and you can't have a proper conversation with an ignorant person.
I respect you and your opinion please read this verse from The Qur`an Allah says ( O muslims do not argue them (in religious issues) except in the perfect way.
@Easter Worshipper by seeing your comment record on this channel, I see that you are hopeless rotten to the core by the media Congratulations on making yourself a joke mr. Keyboaed warrior ;)
Easter Worshipper ummm, you only pay taxes if you’re living under Muslim rule and even then when you are, you are exempt from joining the military. It is lower than the “taxes” Muslims are to pay (zakat). Also, those taken into servitude where those who went to battle with the Muslims and lost. Furthermore, even those persecutors are given rights such as being able to buy their freedom, marrying who they want, benefitting from their expertise, being leaders, and being taken care of in the home of whichever Muslim they are in. “It was narrated that Abu Dharr (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “They are your brothers whom Allaah has put under your authority, so if Allaah has put a person’s brother under his authority, let him feed him from what he eats and clothe him from what he wears, and let him not overburden him with work, and if he does overburden him with work, then let him help him.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (6050).” Anything can be twisted to sound a certain way. Good day
Nice work, very unbiased. Islam is a peaceful religion. Those surahs you quoted in regards to killing is clearly in the context of selfdefence against an enemy who is persecuting you and killing you. Even then when the Muslims conquered Makkah finally they did not kill the non muslims like the crusaders did. The only reasons why Islam spread so fast and is spreading today is because if you really follow the teachings you will find happiness and success. Just look at the economic teachings of the Quran, it would solve a lot of problems! Just curious if you are a Muslim yourself or believe in god? Thanks
How tf is it a peaceful religion when millions were killed in the wars conducted my mohammed? How tf is it a peaceful religion when women are suppressed by restricting their rights as a human? How tf is it a peaceful religion when Mohammed himself engaged in slavery and manumission?
May Allah praise you for highlighting the quotes clearly from the Quran. May Allah guide the people following the wrong path. Amin. These people just TALK without any knowledge. Very ignorant behaviour from the person above.
@@aesthetic15912 that's funny my man. You just described most religions. The christian crusaders went on 13 long crusades, killing many million innocent muslims. Read the Old Testament at some point. Almost every Prophet is a very very broken man. Abraham engaged in idolatry and incest, king david had a hundred concubines, all kinds of stuff like that. On your note of slavery, almost every early religion talked about slavery. It is horrible, but it was just part of the times. Christianity Judaism and islam all allowed if not encouraged slavery. One cannot judge religion on the faults of its believers.
This is a very interesting discussion. In the last part I think, Mr. Khan talked about the "peaceful conquest" on Mecca, on how nobody was killed but later accepted Islam. It got me thinking about the forceful conversions that followed such conquests (I can only give the Indian context here). I really don't want to disrespect anyone or be offensive, but would like to know your opinions on it. :) P.S.: I have put "peaceful conquest" in quotations because of the oxymoron that it is.
@@LittleBaboon because Allah commanded us to send peace and blessings everytime we mention any of His Prophets. Be it Muhammad, Jesus, Moses etc., whenever we mention them, we say "May Peace be upon him"
@Ahmed Imam well you dont need to say bismillah before reading any Quranic passage. You should say bismillah when starting a Surah. Muslim scholars are not like Christian and Jews scholars, we are not secular. Even if I am teaching a class with no Muslims I will say ﷺ after mentioning Rasulullah and I will say bismillah if am starting a new Surah.
Full quote of Quran 2:256 is "There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing." So, they do consider non-Muslims as wrong in their beliefs.
Well yes obviously, we believe only the Qur'an to be the true word of God. But that doesn't undermine the fact that there is not compulsion in religion. The point is even if we don't agree with what you believe, you are free to believe in what you want and we respect that you have different beliefs to us.
@@leenaahmed9418 aren't the disbelievers ordained to be punished by stoning to death by the prophet himself? Why don't you denounce those verses where stoning is advised? Isn't modern judiciary doing a good job that you require medieval punishments? Talk about 'you are free to believe in what you want'
@@lightjoybliss such things we don't look for answers as Muslims we just follow it because it's a divine instruction from Allah. But non-Muslims are not forced and there is no compulsion in Islam. Hope I answered your question.
I would like to add, if it is not yet known, that in islam, we can not take what is written in quran based on translation. we need to have knowledges of arabian language and historical knowledge to understand it's true meaning. that also applies to haditses
andrianto irsyad it’s not true. Quran is meant to be universal, it is not only an Arabic thing. If the only way you can understand Quran is through Arabic then it not a religion for the whole world it is a religion for only Arabs.
I agree you should be native speaker to fully understand Many people read the translation literally or cut verses instead of reading the whole thing do they often make mistakes and take the wrong idea
All your videos about this topic were so good they actually helped me a lot thank you so much without being bias you explained everything which I was looking for
FOR MUSLUMS VISITING THIS COMMENT SECTION.. Don't reply to hateful people, because hate comes from ignorance and you can't have a proper conversation with an ignorant person.
I'm so impressed! India was wone for Islam mainly bei merchants. The even more astonishing fact is, that it costed only about 800 million Indian lifes. What would have been the toll, if the Muslims would have come as conquerors?
As someone who is open minded and impartial. Yes, I think - a holistic approach, evaluating the situation (context) in which the verse was said is important. Islam is a peaceful religion. That’s what I believe.
Greatly appreciate Khan Academy for presenting Islamic traditions and ideas. As we have seen and heard from the other two monotheistic traditions, Judaism and Christianity, there are peaceful and violent interpretation of the holy books. The interpretation of holy scriptures are dependent upon the whims of humans. As humans we all have our own interests, and the teachings of God or Prophets are used to achieve the goals of ordinary human beings. Rightly or wrongly violence, destruction, and oppression have long been the tools of people with authority. Even the scriptures of compassionate religions have been used to justify atrocities in name of God.
Fight them if they fight you means only in self defense. Here is just a few of verses you must have overlooked in your bible about fighting and killing for Christianity. Mathew 10:24 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword Luke 19:27 But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.’ Deuteronomy 17:1-20 2 Chronicles 15:12-13 Leviticus 20:27 1 Samuel 15:2-3 Deuteronomy 17:12 Deuteronomy 17:2-5 Exodus 21:15 Hosea 13:16 Exodus 22:20
Except that you made a huge mistake that shows you do not understand Christianity. The Jewish laws in the old testament, are not followed by Christians, because Jesus came to establish a new set of laws. This is important because you are proposing Christians still listen to Jewish laws established before Jesus, which they do not. The books between Genesis to Songs of Solomon are part of the old testament, mostly composed of Jewish laws predating Jesus. For Matthew, you are taking it out of context. Also, it's Matthew 10:34 not 10:24. If you read the scriptures right after Matthew 10:34, you'll know that it's referring to people having conflict within their own households/ having chaotic lives if they place others before God. The scripture you nitpicked doesn't mention killing, it mentions that there will be no peace for those who do not follow God. It's not the same thing. Luke 19:27 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+19&version=KJV In context, it's referring to attackers, that scripture isn't commanding everyone to kill others. It is pertaining to a specific event. Again, you took something out of context. Do you acknowledge that Christians do not follow Jewish laws, yes or no? You are religiously illiterate, you nitpicked scriptures that Christians do not follow (The OT established the history of Christianity, and Judaism, along with having many things that overlap into the new testament), or you ignored the event it was referring to. Unlike the quran, Luke 19:27 isn't a command for all Christians, it also isn't written in a way that would imply Christians are to kill others as it is a story from a fight/ war. Read the scriptures before and after that one.
@@themiddleman5886 Matthew 5:17 - “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them." (NIV) Jesus never advocated for a distinction between the Jews and the Christians. It was later theologians who theorised that the only covenant that gentiles need to make was through Christ, not through commandments given to the Jews. Jesus was a man who wanted to uphold the Torah. Whether or not Christians /do/ follow Jewish law isn't the issue here - it's the issue of 'why do they ignore what was important to Jesus?'. Luke 2:46-47 - "After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers." (NIV) He was a man who excelled in rabbinical knowledge and understanding. The OT would have been to him what the gospels are to Christians today, so why don't Christians treat the OT with the same reverence Jesus did, if they aspire to be as holy?
@@alexanderbarlow3264 because what Jesus did was TRANSCENDED the law to a higher level. Mohamed has taken to down to a lower level then what Jesus had said and done. Matthew 5:21 "you have heard that it was said to the people long ago. You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment. But I TELL YOU that ANYONE who is ANGRY with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment." Much love!
All Persians were Zoroasterian before Islam as you know. They believed in one God, Ahoura Mazda, which is called Allah in Islam, and it is claimed that the word Majous who own book in Koran includes the Zoroasterian peaple too. They have a book called Avesta. Zoroaster was one the ancient prophets rose from Iran and directed people to one God and true ways, so why do you call them pagan? Although, the most ancient resources of Persia were destroyed during the wars between Persians and Arabs, there are some good sources for knowing Zoroaster. So please read the history in more detail and use different sorts of references.
I want to formulate the question he raised in the end in another way, which is: If you were beaten, persecuted and killed, would you have resisted for the sake of your principle, or would you have surrendered and accepted the fait accompli?
The verses about killing should be understood only after reading about the context or time during which such verses were revealed. The context and background must be kept in mind while reciting verses from Quran. Only then one can have better understanding. The translation from Arabic to any language some how distort the exact meanings. Also, the literal meaning of any verse of Quran could be different when one goes into the figurative or contextual meaning.
@@petermarendy9559 its not the same case. We have reward on only reading it in its original language which is arabic. Then we have translation if i am not native arabic speaker. Then if you want to goe into details of every verse we have Tafaseer from the islamic scholars in order to get the background and deep understanding about that specific verse. Quran had been revealing not as a whole but over the period of 23 years, verse by verse or chapter by chapter. So we are well aware of the islamic history and context in which the specific verse was revealed. If we did not understand from the translation then we read the Tafaseer. So if you read a verse and take it literally then you could easily distort the whole context because to get the understanding you must read the whole Chapter or Surah. Its not the ordinary book. Forexample, a man claims that Namaz (Prayer) is prohibited in Quran. Yes its a one verse but he did not read the whole part which is Do not go for Namaz when your are not in your senses when you are drunken or polluted. Its the man who would take one part of the Quran and present it before the people without conveying the whole context. How could a non believer understand it without reading it? So they will take the information from such videos as true. We should not be biased on listening to just one man. And its fact that in this era of social media one uses and spreads the information for just views or to make people think what that man or organization wants to
The translation that you have done "And kill them wherever you take them" is not actually accurate. As I have searched in the Tafseer of Quran that the word "Waktuluhum" does have literal meaning "And kill them" but it does not depicts this meaning as in the book of Tafseer it is clearly shown that the word "Waktulhum" mean "And Fight Them" and the word "Haisu" means "whenever" and the word "Sakiftumuhum" which means "You Find Them". So this clearly shows that the translation you are using by any english scholar is totally wrong. Islam is not a deen by force, Islam does not promotes 'by force' Islam only promotes your "will" which is the beauty of this Deen. Asslam o Allikum. Thank YOu.
@Msvks first of all there is no concept of wrong in Quran. Quran is the revelation from Allah so whoover does not belief in it he is not considered to be a muslim. Yes Muhammad (PBUH) was a military leader but have you read the Islamic history of how Islam spread to the world. He PBUH faught battles but none was started by muslims all of the battles were faught either started by enemies or faught because of the non muslims who didn't followed the treaties. If you think Islam is spread by force then you are at wrong and even you do not have knowledge about Islam. I suggest you to read Seerat Nabvi and Advent of Islam you that you will have a clear understanding about the religion of Islam.. :-)
Alright forstly you have no right to say anything about our Holy Book.. And yes every single word in Quran e Pak is abouslutely 100% correct. It basically depends on the critical thinking or approach of a man to understand it. I am not sure from which religion you are but let's take an example of Hinduaism. Do you know how many gods they worship? And how they have started worshipping them..Men were not allowed to marry the wife of Muhammad (PBUH) because they were associated with the most beloved person and just for a second think the same women would go into the nikkah of some other men and they had a Boy then the same boy would be given soo much importance and their inherent would also be given so much importance and the peoplewho have mind set like hinduism they would have started worshipping that chain just like the system or Peeri Fakeeri running right now. That is why they were not allowed to marry the wifes of Muhammad (PBUH).....Muhammad (PBUH) is the most beloved creature of Allah and you right now is living in this word just because of Him. This world is created just because of our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and He was sent down to deliver the messages of Allah (which is right now in the shape of Quran).
This life is just an exam for human being and who over pass this exam they would get reward afterwards in the Jannah...The rewards are in many shapes and forms, "Relaxation, Lots and lots of food(rizq), canals full of milk, noble women, you will get whatever want" Its an ideal place for everone... You have incomplete knowledge who have read just a few thing and without understanding the whole verse you just pointed out only 1 thing "Virgin Women"... Please read Quran and history very carefully you will never get a book as precious as Holy Quran and person as perfect as Muhammad (PBUH)...
And the verse your are referring 55:56 this is from Surah Rehman in which Allah the Almighty is letting us know the prizes and winnings (Rehmatain) that HE has bestowed upon us (human beings) you just quoted the one verse just one Prize and what about the others..?? Ok do you marry only for sex and pleasure. If yes then you are a moron,,, there are soo many responsibilities and perks comes with marriage.. In that verse Allah guided you all the things that HE has and HE will bestow on you not just one thing... Just go and listen Moulana Tariq Jamil, Dr Israr and Dr Zakir Naik about Allah, The Quran and The Holy Prophet (PBUH) this will open your and you will get all your answers..
@Msvks I am not comparing Islam with any other religion. And how can you use false language or blame anyone by saying that He (PBUH) made up verses as per his convenience.. No one in this world is allowed to say thay even the people of that time some of them might be you ancestors believes that Muhammad (PBUH) is the most honest person. Many people at that time did not followed him religiously but they always followed Him as a nodle, kind and honest person. Have you forgot about the treaties that he have made with jews, have you forgot about the disputes among tribes that He has settled.. We are following Muhammad (PBUH) as a person as a messanger of Allah and every thing he said and written in Quran is the message came directly from Allah and their is no doubt about it...
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In Parts 1 & 2 of this series, I was quite impressed by (and thankful for) your objective and informative presentation of the early days of the spread of Islam. However, your dwelling on the admittedly ambiguous terminology of Surah 2:190-193 made you sound a bit like a Muslim apologist, sorry. Please keep in mind that Surah 2 is the just the first of 28 Medinan surahs -- and it is followed by numerous other surahs which are not ambiguous at all when it comes to the non-self-defensive nature of physically violent jihad. I would recommend that you and interested viewers also read Surahs 8, 3, 33, 4, 57, 47, 66, 61, 58 and (last but not least) Surahs 5 and 9. In Surah 33, for example, we find these charming words from Allah to His faithful believers: "And He brought down those who supported them among the People of the Scripture from their fortresses and cast terror into their hearts [so that] a party you killed, and you took captive a party. And He caused you to inherit their land and their homes and their properties and a land which you have not trodden."
I did read some of them and I do not find them as violence propaganding as you do. Especially since it’s very directive in the limits of violence. It specifies that transgressions are forbidden, which is repeated many times in the Quran. So your interpretation is yours and other people’s interpretations are theirs. Mr. Kahn just explains them from both points of view and because you can not accept a view that opposes yours, you accuse mr. Kahn of propaganda
The fact that someone's unbiased objective explanation made you think of him as bias actually in fact screams out your own bias. His explanation of this specific verse is not necessarily an indication or explanation of his stance of Islam itself or his understanding/stance regarding other verses of warfare. And the charming verse that you quoted was from the specific event of the Jewish tribe Banu Qurayza who broke the treaty with Muslims to kill the Muslims.... And they accepted the judgement of a Muslim from their own tribe(jew who converted to Islam)... Which was death obviously.... What the ignorants fail to realize that Quran was revealed over a period of 23 years so its extremely contextual and not always so general that the ignorants think/unconsciously desires bcoz of their presupposed/biased hatred towards Islam
The one verse you mentioned will easily be justified once you spare 5 minutes of your time into reading the background story of it and why it was revealed. Same goes for every other verse. It is said in Quran that there will be people who take parts of the Quran and leave others and that is very wrong. Islam is a way of life.. A whole picture. You can't take few and leave others that only suits your thoughts. If you want to take things out of context in Quran, then there are verses that goes like: "Woe to the prayers".. While praying is a pillar of the Islamic faith.
how is it this Video does not mention one of the first places the spread of Islam took place East Africa i.e Somalia,Ethiopia & Eratria (Abyssinia) when are beloved Prophet Muhammad Salallah calyhu waa sallam told his Companions to seek refuge with King Najjash.
Ghadir Hroub: which one are you triggered by? Did someone tell you that the 1st ammendment was to be taken down for yourself? Any truth whatsoever is very harmful yes? It is typical, for I have never once seen the Islam faith opt for free speech, instead they try restricting ours; which is not fine, that no one ever speaks their mind and restriction seems always the tally to tell. Sticks and stones may break my bones but WORDS MUST BE FRIGGIN APOCALYPTIC
Sal Khan, as a Muslim, has obviously been taught a particular viewpoint on this topic growing up. How much of his “research” was just looking for validation of his preexisting notions is hard to know. As a Hindu, I find this overly sanitized. The actual Islamic invaders of India were very much like Spanish Conquistadors in belief and action. The only difference Is that Hindus did not capitulate.
God made his correct religion clear for people who search the truth. Islam will not get (neither seeking) "thumbs up" from today's or earlier arrogants.
There were some greatest genral of all time time Khalid bin Waleed who defeated the Byzantine Empire & Persian Sassanid. He have the tital of "Sword of the God" & Tariq bin zyad who conquered the Spain.
Very interesting and unbiased point view of Islam, displaying the both sides of the history and quote other sources as many seem to simply consider any thing related to islam "Biased/False" . History is highly debate able subject but to completely deny a major part of human history just because the term "Islamic Tradition" is there is simply idiotic and ignorant.
I lam liking the videos. You should provide more resources to understand the interpretation of Quran (a highly complex text) where you are asking to use own judgment. Thank you for putting this together.
In the Qr`an Allah says (the one who kills someone unlawfully(and the second one (who had been killed) is not a murderer and the second one did not make a corruption to people or things that live on the earth. the killer is considered as he would have killed all the human race.
@@khaledsabry8888. You need to read the entire verse 5:32, and then verse 5:33 afterwards. It is not as peaceful in the Quran as you portray it. On the contrary, massive violence is allowed in verse 33.
After watching the video, I read the comments suggesting this video is biased. Here is why people are saying the video is biased. Khan is attempting to show both sides of the argument for Muslim violence. When doing this, the best of both sides should be taken. When presenting the side advocating that the Quran teaches violence though, he took their weakest point, which most people I know would not even use in an argument because of the clear context of the verse. This does a disservice to them. You take the best point of one side, then you take the weakest point of the other and you spend 2 of your 12 minutes refuting that weak point. That's why people think you are biased. So, I agree, either he is ignorant of the actual argument that people make against the Quran in terms of it's violence (which I doubt), or he is biased attempting to make Islam seem more peaceful than it is. Let me explain more of what the other side says. The second to last surah to be revealed to Muhammad was Surah 9, At-Taubah. In this Surah, there is justified violence against "polytheists" unless they convert or request protection where you will teach them about Islam. He claims that any treaties made with them can be kept unless they break these treaties, but afterwards they should be killed everywhere they are. Over and over again in Surah 9 he refers to them as unbelievers or polytheists and advocates killing them until they repent, establish prayer, and give zakah (eg. become a Muslim) or in the case that they willingly pay the Jiyza (non-believer tax) and feel subdued. This was a later revelation by Muhammad, surpassing any previous revelations such as the peaceful ones mentioned in the video which applied during the time that Muhammad and his followers were minorities. He also quotes from Muhammads Farewell Sermon. That quote is meant for Muslims as Muhammad says immediately after "Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood." He also shows that there is superiority between peoples piety even within Islam. As Allah says in the Quran, those who disbelieve are the worst of creatures (98:6) and those who believe are the best of creatures (98:7). As for the Dhimmi status you can check Surah 9:29 where it says "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued." So you fight them until they pay Jizya and feel subdued. This was the tax for non-believers. Now let's look at the hadiths: Sahih Muslim, Book 19, Hadith 4294 "If they refuse to accept Islam, demand from them the Jizya. If they agree to pay, accept it from them and hold off your hands. If they refuse to pay the tax, seek Allah's help and fight them." Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 53, Hadith 386 (Umar talking to the great countries of pagans) "Our Prophet, the Messenger of our Lord, has ordered us to fight you till you worship Allah Alone or give Jizya (i.e. tribute)" Sahih Muslim, Book 1, Hadith 33 (Umar) "I have been commanded to fight against people till they testify that there is no god but Allah, that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, and they establish prayer, and pay Zakat" Now let's look at the best jihad: Sunan Ibn Majah (2794) It was narrated that ‘Amr bin ‘Abasah said: “I came to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which Jihad is best?’ He said: ‘(That of a man) whose blood is shed and his horse is wounded.’” Some will say, wait wait, but other hadiths say the best jihad is just a word spoken to an unjust ruler. Yeah? Which of the hadiths is more authentic? Because the one I quoted is Sahih, and the one they quote is Hasan. Islam is not that hard to understand guys. If you stop trying to 20th century this religion you can really figure out quickly why Islam was able to expand so fast. Let's also keep in mind that if you are not Muslim and a Muslim conquers your city and takes away your wife captive, she can become his sexual toy. Sahih Muslim Book 8 Hadith 3432 At the Battle of Hanain Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) sent an army to Autas and encountered the enemy and fought with them. Having overcome them and taken them captives, the Companions of Allah's Messenger (may peace te upon him) seemed to refrain from having intercourse with captive women because of their husbands being polytheists. Then Allah, Most High, sent down regarding that:" And women already married, except those whom your right hands possess (iv. 24)" (i. e. they were lawful for them when their 'Idda period came to an end). You hear that? Women already married are unlawful. Well, except for slaves (those whom your right hands possess). This is not talking about dead husbands as that has never been up for debate. This is talking about women who are currently married and their husband is alive. It's unlawful, unless you possess them. All the first caliphs and followers of Islam believed and practiced this. Some though thought that if both the husband and wife were slaves together then the marriage counted, however then they simply would separate them and have their way with their wives. If you become Muslim though... they can't take your wife as a slave. Let me ask how many men would allow some sweaty Arabs on camels who just overthrew your city to come in and take your wife to be his sexual slave unless she gets pregnant in which case he has to marry her as in the case between Muhammad and his slave girl Mariam? I bet not too many. I could imagine quite a few conquered peoples accepting Islam in order to not be 2nd classes citizens and have their wives delivered up as war booty to their Muslim enemies. Now let's look at it from the other side too. You can be a Christian with a single wife, or a Muslim with 4 wives and as many sex slaves as you want. Not only that but if you go to battle with the armies of Islam you have the opportunity to gain not only wealth from shared winnings but also sexual slaves. Of course this will be appealing to a large majority of men. And your wives cannot complain about you sleeping with your sex slaves, because Allah revealed that in the Quran very clearly that no one should forbid what Allah has allowed.
You seem to be very confused about the teachings of the Koran and is contrary about hadith. Why are you distorting the hadith?are you a Muslim hater too? Your comments suggest this.
first of all imma talk about surah no. 9, these verses were revealed during ghazwa e tabuk, conquest of borders of byzantines empire s, so yeh, it not talking about killing themwhenever
And people consider this revelation? How come an instinctive response of killing in defence(in all animals) be a revelation? Had it been spiritual it would have taught some smart ways to avoid violence(violence is cyclic) and not perpetuate it..
Because letting ourselves, those we love and other innocent people die is more honorable and spiritual? I think Quran's realism proves its divine nature, let alone degrading it.
In Iberia, the muslims never occupied north of the miño river and cantabrian mountains, and Iria Flavia was a bishopric of Asturias in 750, so that map is a bit wrong in northern Spain.
@@vengefulavenger7552 Not really, they invaded all the way into mid-france, but they had no control over the cities and the land of Southern France and North Iberia. There was no occupation, it was by no means a conquest. Likewise the Catholics also invaded deep into Southern Spain several times before 1492, but it doesnt count as conquest because there wasnt an effective occupation.
@@vengefulavenger7552 This is the map of the area they actually occupied: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Umayyad750ADloc.png/1200px-Umayyad750ADloc.png They did invade Northern Spain and France, sacking Santiago, Léon, Pamplona, Avignon and Marseille, but they never occupy or administred any of it.
The persecution was an economic boycut along with killing, torture, beatings....How can you say this persection is better than killing when it has killing and many more
Why can't we be peaceful? I don't care if you are atheist, christian, hindu or whatever your religion is. I respect it. I have been taught to respect other religions. Please stop the hate.
I agree with you. I am a Christian myself, and I think its horrible that other people discriminate against other religions. We should all live in unity, not hate.
Non muslim pay Jizza while Muslim pay zakat. Both are forms of tax. Jizza calculated base head count. Like 2 gold coins per head per year. While zakat calculated base on wealth. For example 2,5% of your wealth. If you are poor have don't have lots of wealth you will pay less if you pay zakat than jizza. That is why poor non Muslims massively convert so they could pay in zakat.
The fact is that the Arabians do not recognise converted Asian muslims as "MUSLIM". So why are muslims involved in conversions? Please answer practically. Anyone.
That is not true. A King of Kerala travelled by sea to meet the Prophet in those days and become Muslim in his presence. He died in Oman while returning to India. But his people became Muslim because he had chosen to accept Islam as his religion. Some Arabs do feel that Indian Muslims may not have enough knowledge but that is because the Quran is not written in Urdu or Hindi and hence there can be some misunderstandings. Also some Indians Muslims follow wrong practices like praying to dead people which is not considered correct by Muslims from Arabs. So there are some differences but it depends upon country to country and to the extent of the knowledge of both Arabs and Indian Muslims.
@@AsmaSohailMRTH today, language is not a barrier. As you said, the core is that the Muslim preachers do not preach the correct islaam that's why they lag behind Arabians. Is it so??
Rajesh Kumar I said some preachers, not all of them do not understand the complete Quran and all other related books of traditions and Islamic law. Over the years and based on the influence of culture and interpretations of Quran, some differences in practices have emerged between each country. For example in Triple Talaq, Arab Muslims in Saudi do not believe in instant triple Talaq but there is one incident during the time of the Prophet when a man had divorced the women by verbally saying that he divorced her but wanted to get back to marriage afterwards but he was not allowed. There could be many reasons but some of the today’s scholars in India think that once a man has divorced he should not be allowed reconciliation with his wife but that was once incident most of the other cases reconciliation has always been encouraged between husband and wife. That is why such matters are like the judgements of the SC each case has some special circumstances which must reviewed before deciding it cannot be one size fit all.
@@AsmaSohailMRTH Indian Muslims and Arabian Muslims are not equal. This is a well established truth. But you said that this is wrong judgement. Am I getting you right?
First of all if u wanna know anything. Read Quran and hadith. If u kept saying why arabians muslims did that and that u will get to no end. In this videos there is a saying of Prophet Mohammad pbuh. No one is lesser or higher why u keep it to muslims to be like. do no mistake. we r humans some practice some don't we r not to judge we r just like u trying to please GOD (Allah) U want to know islam Read quran and hadith and follow Prophet Mohammad Pbuh. Thanks
To all those that state that the video is biased and untrue know that the narrator is Muslim otherwise he would just refer to rasoolallah (saw) pbuh as "Muhammad "
I must share my gratitude with you for making such a video with befitting facts for suitable comprehension.However there is one thing and that is a fact"Muslims are not given the power to change even a single word of what was transcended 1400 years back on the Prophet Mohammad(Peace be upon Him) ,as to remove any ambiguity of was and is" Quran is the word of Allah and in Quran ,Allah mentions to safeguard it by HIMSELF.And so we see after this long years it is safe. Yes about translations -it is easy to translate as the language it was originally in,is ARABIC and its pretty much alive and hence one may possibly read Arabic and he would easily find meanings of translation.Unlike Bible which is not safe guarded and was in a language Aramece which divided into Hebrew and the modern Greek.So one reason one is optionless to read the language if even he has the original bible(which by the facts is no more available in original form).To say,the NASB(New American Standard Bible 1960)-the last bible authentic version was released in 1960 and then again in 1995.So yes it do gives a mark difference in the application of knowledge found from these two books or to say few more also from the past era ,and thats why few are catholic and some are protestants and still more the J ews also follow their Torah or HALAKAH and have similar slight modifications in each scripture.Now In this case QURAN is a Holy Book which is unchanged(the first ever and the today's Quran are same in every way-not a single word is modified) since it was first revealed in arabic and the language is also 5th ; the most spoken in the world.And thats why once any person who is in the desire of learning "who is he" and "who is GOD" and "what is happening inside our heart" , get close to this Quran,and yes this does help him more than the other scriptures as it has discussed everything of today's world in its entirety while still being in 14th century - and thats what concluded ; It is a miracle to be unchanged in this world-where everything is infected with time.So we all can use this fact for our comprehension as well.Thankyou
Nabeel there are so many things you said where I think you are absolutely wrong and shows nothing but pure ignorance. If you are interested we can have a conversation of this.
When You Call Or Hear The Name Of Prophet Say {Peace Be Upon Him} Verily, Allah and His angels send praise on the Prophet. O Believers! Pray upon him and greet him him with a worthy salutation. (Surat al-Ahzaab, 33:56) “Anyone who makes salawaat on me, Allah sends my soul back to make salaam, to send back salaam and I send salawaat to him.” Prophet (s) is going to send salawaat according to our salawaat level, so it is a different salawaat, which means every salawaat has its own beautiful smell.
As an Eastern Orthodox Christian I find these videos to be very helpful for me as I seek to understand the Islamic Tradition. Thank you👍
May God gives you hidayah, brother
Peace be upon u and guidance
We respect your religion to
@@asaeldafalla8183 would you say muslims have a generally good opinion of us?
Considering it’s the 21st century and if you are a Muslim in the west, then it’s hard not to make friends with a non believer, almost impossible.
Islam is a beautiful religion.
It rly is walhamdulilah
I have learnt so much from Khan Academy. The advice is to stop being emotional, prejudiced, and learn to appreciate his work. I am just happy to learn so much about the world from him. The good part is, he even teaches how to learn, asks you to probe, compare and be critical/questioning
Well learn this .Muhammed was born in Petra not Mecca
@@michaelrowsell1160 His dialect of arabic is not the same as Petra. His lineage is from makkah. He was known in makkah. Attacked by the people of makkah hence the migration.
@@Me-hu9br All the mosques in the first century after his death pointed to Petra.
@@michaelrowsell1160 the qiblah is an approximate
@@michaelrowsell1160 if people in the fist century prayed towards Petra then there would be a difference amongst the muslims. The Sunnis, shias , khawarij and muztazilies would not have agreed on the kabah being in makkah. ecspecially since they have tension between them and lived more than a months journey away.
I have to say that this series was put together very well and extremely non biased.
Some of the comments on previous videos claimed that this was a proselytization attempt by Sal but it's very obvious that it's simply educational content based around historical events.
In today's society, its more crucial than ever to educate the people on what Islam is and to discourage blindly following the media.
Good work, Sal.
@Javelin Melody Your statement proves that you are a self deluded liar.
@Javelin Melody pause at 2:29 and read clearly
Islamophobe keyboard warriors
LOL
You don't have the guts to talk this in public cuz u know your beliefs and dead brain are wrong
ISIS is not islam
We hate them more than anyone else cuz they ruined our image
Markus Mauer.
1. The first Hadith you pointed out wasn’t perverted. The word “pubes” isn’t mentioned in the original Arabic.
2. You are ignorant of Banu Qurayzha. They backstabbed the Muslims and therefore the Muslims started war.
Lol, epic fail.
I’m Muslim and I’m familiar with most of the things he’s mentioning but it’s still fascinating because of the way khan teaches I still watched!
proud to be Muslim 💜
Λli Majeed proud of what ,,,the slavery in North Africa ,,,the killing of the Coptic in Egypt
proud of invading other people's country and then force them to become muslims or pay Jezya
Agnostic sam Europeing Christians did that so
Crooked Squad
Lol
@@rassulzamel6876 haha . Europeans did worse and we all know that . You looted India, Africa and the entire planet and you're trying to civilize us ?
for all the Muslims visiting this comment section..
Don't reply to hateful people..
because hate comes from ignorance.. and you can't have a proper conversation with an ignorant person.
I respect you and your opinion please read this verse from The Qur`an Allah says ( O muslims do not argue them (in religious issues) except in the perfect way.
there is nothing hateful to what he said
Furthermore Never ever listen to someone who doesnt share your opinion
"You can't have a proper conversation with an ignorant person"
This is timeless wisdom.
How it did hurt you
All I can say is fantastic job. I wish that you were my History teacher.
That was amazing lecture I enjoyed my time thank you
That was a great amazing series of videos. It was clear, and filled with amazing facts. Allah is the greatest.
Even during the life of prophet Muhammad nobody was forced to convert to Islam. All convert volunteerily.
@Easter Worshipper by seeing your comment record on this channel, I see that you are hopeless rotten to the core by the media
Congratulations on making yourself a joke mr. Keyboaed warrior ;)
Easter Worshipper ummm, you only pay taxes if you’re living under Muslim rule and even then when you are, you are exempt from joining the military. It is lower than the “taxes” Muslims are to pay (zakat). Also, those taken into servitude where those who went to battle with the Muslims and lost. Furthermore, even those persecutors are given rights such as being able to buy their freedom, marrying who they want, benefitting from their expertise, being leaders, and being taken care of in the home of whichever Muslim they are in. “It was narrated that Abu Dharr (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “They are your brothers whom Allaah has put under your authority, so if Allaah has put a person’s brother under his authority, let him feed him from what he eats and clothe him from what he wears, and let him not overburden him with work, and if he does overburden him with work, then let him help him.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (6050).” Anything can be twisted to sound a certain way. Good day
@Easter Worshipper why is this guy on every video spewing lies? Makes me sick bro. Just keep your ignorant and hateful opinions to yourself
Nice work, very unbiased. Islam is a peaceful religion. Those surahs you quoted in regards to killing is clearly in the context of selfdefence against an enemy who is persecuting you and killing you. Even then when the Muslims conquered Makkah finally they did not kill the non muslims like the crusaders did. The only reasons why Islam spread so fast and is spreading today is because if you really follow the teachings you will find happiness and success. Just look at the economic teachings of the Quran, it would solve a lot of problems! Just curious if you are a Muslim yourself or believe in god? Thanks
How tf is it a peaceful religion when millions were killed in the wars conducted my mohammed? How tf is it a peaceful religion when women are suppressed by restricting their rights as a human? How tf is it a peaceful religion when Mohammed himself engaged in slavery and manumission?
May Allah praise you for highlighting the quotes clearly from the Quran.
May Allah guide the people following the wrong path. Amin.
These people just TALK without any knowledge. Very ignorant behaviour from the person above.
@@Bugra0528 yes
@@aesthetic15912 that's funny my man. You just described most religions.
The christian crusaders went on 13 long crusades, killing many million innocent muslims.
Read the Old Testament at some point. Almost every Prophet is a very very broken man. Abraham engaged in idolatry and incest, king david had a hundred concubines, all kinds of stuff like that.
On your note of slavery, almost every early religion talked about slavery. It is horrible, but it was just part of the times. Christianity Judaism and islam all allowed if not encouraged slavery.
One cannot judge religion on the faults of its believers.
This is a very interesting discussion. In the last part I think, Mr. Khan talked about the "peaceful conquest" on Mecca, on how nobody was killed but later accepted Islam. It got me thinking about the forceful conversions that followed such conquests (I can only give the Indian context here). I really don't want to disrespect anyone or be offensive, but would like to know your opinions on it. :)
P.S.: I have put "peaceful conquest" in quotations because of the oxymoron that it is.
Whenever you utter the name of "Muhammad" must say May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him. If you are Muslim.
Why?
@@LittleBaboon because Allah commanded us to send peace and blessings everytime we mention any of His Prophets.
Be it Muhammad, Jesus, Moses etc., whenever we mention them, we say "May Peace be upon him"
@Ahmed Imam whether the platform is secular or religious, if the speaker is a Muslim, he should say ﷺ
Don’t believe him.
@Ahmed Imam well you dont need to say bismillah before reading any Quranic passage. You should say bismillah when starting a Surah.
Muslim scholars are not like Christian and Jews scholars, we are not secular. Even if I am teaching a class with no Muslims I will say ﷺ after mentioning Rasulullah and I will say bismillah if am starting a new Surah.
very good summary for my history class, thanks!
Thank you. This is quite a lot of work put together. May Allah reward you for your dawah
Not really dawah, this is an unbiased view of Islam. And so it should be.
Full quote of Quran 2:256 is
"There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing." So, they do consider non-Muslims as wrong in their beliefs.
Well yes obviously, we believe only the Qur'an to be the true word of God. But that doesn't undermine the fact that there is not compulsion in religion. The point is even if we don't agree with what you believe, you are free to believe in what you want and we respect that you have different beliefs to us.
@@leenaahmed9418 aren't the disbelievers ordained to be punished by stoning to death by the prophet himself? Why don't you denounce those verses where stoning is advised? Isn't modern judiciary doing a good job that you require medieval punishments?
Talk about 'you are free to believe in what you want'
@@lightjoybliss such things we don't look for answers as Muslims we just follow it because it's a divine instruction from Allah. But non-Muslims are not forced and there is no compulsion in Islam. Hope I answered your question.
@@lightjoybliss my brother viraj killing an innocent man either Muslim or not is like killing the whole humanity.
Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallm...
I would like to add, if it is not yet known, that in islam, we can not take what is written in quran based on translation. we need to have knowledges of arabian language and historical knowledge to understand it's true meaning. that also applies to haditses
andrianto irsyad it’s not true. Quran is meant to be universal, it is not only an Arabic thing. If the only way you can understand Quran is through Arabic then it not a religion for the whole world it is a religion for only Arabs.
There are many Christian scholars learned Arabic to find the real meaning of Quran, and I heard that they became Muslim.
I agree you should be native speaker to fully understand
Many people read the translation literally or cut verses instead of reading the whole thing do they often make mistakes and take the wrong idea
All your videos about this topic were so good they actually helped me a lot thank you so much without being bias you explained everything which I was looking for
If it was a conquer , it wouldn't last for so long , but it was not
True that
FOR MUSLUMS VISITING THIS COMMENT SECTION..
Don't reply to hateful people, because hate comes from ignorance and you can't have a proper conversation with an ignorant person.
When you don't want to accept truth
I'm so impressed! India was wone for Islam mainly bei merchants. The even more astonishing fact is, that it costed only about 800 million Indian lifes. What would have been the toll, if the Muslims would have come as conquerors?
As someone who is open minded and impartial. Yes, I think - a holistic approach, evaluating the situation (context) in which the verse was said is important.
Islam is a peaceful religion. That’s what I believe.
Thanks ♥
I'm Muslim
Greatly appreciate Khan Academy for presenting Islamic traditions and ideas. As we have seen and heard from the other two monotheistic traditions, Judaism and Christianity, there are peaceful and violent interpretation of the holy books. The interpretation of holy scriptures are dependent upon the whims of humans. As humans we all have our own interests, and the teachings of God or Prophets are used to achieve the goals of ordinary human beings. Rightly or wrongly violence, destruction, and oppression have long been the tools of people with authority. Even the scriptures of compassionate religions have been used to justify atrocities in name of God.
4:10 which army conquered Indonesia,malasiya 🙂. Which army is forcing in present Europe and America.
I am a muslim and i love this! You did a good job!
Fight them if they fight you means only in self defense.
Here is just a few of verses you must have overlooked in your bible about fighting and killing for Christianity.
Mathew 10:24
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword
Luke 19:27
But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.’
Deuteronomy 17:1-20
2 Chronicles 15:12-13
Leviticus 20:27
1 Samuel 15:2-3
Deuteronomy 17:12
Deuteronomy 17:2-5
Exodus 21:15
Hosea 13:16
Exodus 22:20
Except that you made a huge mistake that shows you do not understand Christianity.
The Jewish laws in the old testament, are not followed by Christians, because Jesus came to establish a new set of laws. This is important because you are proposing Christians still listen to Jewish laws established before Jesus, which they do not.
The books between Genesis to Songs of Solomon are part of the old testament, mostly composed of Jewish laws predating Jesus.
For Matthew, you are taking it out of context. Also, it's Matthew 10:34 not 10:24. If you read the scriptures right after Matthew 10:34, you'll know that it's referring to people having conflict within their own households/ having chaotic lives if they place others before God. The scripture you nitpicked doesn't mention killing, it mentions that there will be no peace for those who do not follow God.
It's not the same thing.
Luke 19:27
www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+19&version=KJV
In context, it's referring to attackers, that scripture isn't commanding everyone to kill others. It is pertaining to a specific event. Again, you took something out of context.
Do you acknowledge that Christians do not follow Jewish laws, yes or no?
You are religiously illiterate, you nitpicked scriptures that Christians do not follow (The OT established the history of Christianity, and Judaism, along with having many things that overlap into the new testament), or you ignored the event it was referring to. Unlike the quran, Luke 19:27 isn't a command for all Christians, it also isn't written in a way that would imply Christians are to kill others as it is a story from a fight/ war. Read the scriptures before and after that one.
@@themiddleman5886 Matthew 5:17 - “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them." (NIV)
Jesus never advocated for a distinction between the Jews and the Christians. It was later theologians who theorised that the only covenant that gentiles need to make was through Christ, not through commandments given to the Jews. Jesus was a man who wanted to uphold the Torah.
Whether or not Christians /do/ follow Jewish law isn't the issue here - it's the issue of 'why do they ignore what was important to Jesus?'. Luke 2:46-47 - "After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers." (NIV)
He was a man who excelled in rabbinical knowledge and understanding. The OT would have been to him what the gospels are to Christians today, so why don't Christians treat the OT with the same reverence Jesus did, if they aspire to be as holy?
@@alexanderbarlow3264 because what Jesus did was TRANSCENDED the law to a higher level. Mohamed has taken to down to a lower level then what Jesus had said and done. Matthew 5:21 "you have heard that it was said to the people long ago. You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment. But I TELL YOU that ANYONE who is ANGRY with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment."
Much love!
Very insightful video. Maybe you want to do a more detailed series on Islam for non Muslims.
Thanks so much for this series! Wonderful
As muslim i appreciate the unbiased viewpoint 👍
Zorastrians were not considered people of the book and people of the book, they were considered as pagan polythiests and not as monotheists
All Persians were Zoroasterian before Islam as you know. They believed in one God, Ahoura Mazda, which is called Allah in Islam, and it is claimed that the word Majous who own book in Koran includes the Zoroasterian peaple too. They have a book called Avesta. Zoroaster was one the ancient prophets rose from Iran and directed people to one God and true ways, so why do you call them pagan? Although, the most ancient resources of Persia were destroyed during the wars between Persians and Arabs, there are some good sources for knowing Zoroaster. So please read the history in more detail and use different sorts of references.
This series is just amazing. It is unbiased and gives you the facts which is exactly what I am looking for. Great job Sal and may God bless you!
This is one best videos on TH-cam.
Greg Hearn LOL “Surah 9:29”, Surah’s aren’t numbered, they are named, this shows you’re lying.
I want to formulate the question he raised in the end in another way, which is: If you were beaten, persecuted and killed, would you have resisted for the sake of your principle, or would you have surrendered and accepted the fait accompli?
The verses about killing should be understood only after reading about the context or time during which such verses were revealed. The context and background must be kept in mind while reciting verses from Quran. Only then one can have better understanding. The translation from Arabic to any language some how distort the exact meanings. Also, the literal meaning of any verse of Quran could be different when one goes into the figurative or contextual meaning.
So does this mean Muslims don't read the Koran literally?
@@petermarendy9559 its not the same case. We have reward on only reading it in its original language which is arabic. Then we have translation if i am not native arabic speaker. Then if you want to goe into details of every verse we have Tafaseer from the islamic scholars in order to get the background and deep understanding about that specific verse.
Quran had been revealing not as a whole but over the period of 23 years, verse by verse or chapter by chapter.
So we are well aware of the islamic history and context in which the specific verse was revealed. If we did not understand from the translation then we read the Tafaseer.
So if you read a verse and take it literally then you could easily distort the whole context because to get the understanding you must read the whole Chapter or Surah. Its not the ordinary book.
Forexample, a man claims that Namaz (Prayer) is prohibited in Quran. Yes its a one verse but he did not read the whole part which is Do not go for Namaz when your are not in your senses when you are drunken or polluted.
Its the man who would take one part of the Quran and present it before the people without conveying the whole context. How could a non believer understand it without reading it? So they will take the information from such videos as true. We should not be biased on listening to just one man. And its fact that in this era of social media one uses and spreads the information for just views or to make people think what that man or organization wants to
extremely good video. thank you, sal. sorry if there's many hateful muslims commenting here. i as a muslim really appreciate your contents.
The translation that you have done "And kill them wherever you take them" is not actually accurate. As I have searched in the Tafseer of Quran that the word "Waktuluhum" does have literal meaning "And kill them" but it does not depicts this meaning as in the book of Tafseer it is clearly shown that the word "Waktulhum" mean "And Fight Them" and the word "Haisu" means "whenever" and the word "Sakiftumuhum" which means "You Find Them". So this clearly shows that the translation you are using by any english scholar is totally wrong. Islam is not a deen by force, Islam does not promotes 'by force' Islam only promotes your "will" which is the beauty of this Deen. Asslam o Allikum.
Thank YOu.
@Msvks first of all there is no concept of wrong in Quran. Quran is the revelation from Allah so whoover does not belief in it he is not considered to be a muslim. Yes Muhammad (PBUH) was a military leader but have you read the Islamic history of how Islam spread to the world. He PBUH faught battles but none was started by muslims all of the battles were faught either started by enemies or faught because of the non muslims who didn't followed the treaties. If you think Islam is spread by force then you are at wrong and even you do not have knowledge about Islam. I suggest you to read Seerat Nabvi and Advent of Islam you that you will have a clear understanding about the religion of Islam.. :-)
Alright forstly you have no right to say anything about our Holy Book.. And yes every single word in Quran e Pak is abouslutely 100% correct. It basically depends on the critical thinking or approach of a man to understand it. I am not sure from which religion you are but let's take an example of Hinduaism. Do you know how many gods they worship? And how they have started worshipping them..Men were not allowed to marry the wife of Muhammad (PBUH) because they were associated with the most beloved person and just for a second think the same women would go into the nikkah of some other men and they had a Boy then the same boy would be given soo much importance and their inherent would also be given so much importance and the peoplewho have mind set like hinduism they would have started worshipping that chain just like the system or Peeri Fakeeri running right now. That is why they were not allowed to marry the wifes of Muhammad (PBUH).....Muhammad (PBUH) is the most beloved creature of Allah and you right now is living in this word just because of Him. This world is created just because of our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and He was sent down to deliver the messages of Allah (which is right now in the shape of Quran).
This life is just an exam for human being and who over pass this exam they would get reward afterwards in the Jannah...The rewards are in many shapes and forms, "Relaxation, Lots and lots of food(rizq), canals full of milk, noble women, you will get whatever want" Its an ideal place for everone... You have incomplete knowledge who have read just a few thing and without understanding the whole verse you just pointed out only 1 thing "Virgin Women"... Please read Quran and history very carefully you will never get a book as precious as Holy Quran and person as perfect as Muhammad (PBUH)...
And the verse your are referring 55:56 this is from Surah Rehman in which Allah the Almighty is letting us know the prizes and winnings (Rehmatain) that HE has bestowed upon us (human beings) you just quoted the one verse just one Prize and what about the others..?? Ok do you marry only for sex and pleasure. If yes then you are a moron,,, there are soo many responsibilities and perks comes with marriage.. In that verse Allah guided you all the things that HE has and HE will bestow on you not just one thing... Just go and listen Moulana Tariq Jamil, Dr Israr and Dr Zakir Naik about Allah, The Quran and The Holy Prophet (PBUH) this will open your and you will get all your answers..
@Msvks I am not comparing Islam with any other religion. And how can you use false language or blame anyone by saying that He (PBUH) made up verses as per his convenience.. No one in this world is allowed to say thay even the people of that time some of them might be you ancestors believes that Muhammad (PBUH) is the most honest person. Many people at that time did not followed him religiously but they always followed Him as a nodle, kind and honest person. Have you forgot about the treaties that he have made with jews, have you forgot about the disputes among tribes that He has settled.. We are following Muhammad (PBUH) as a person as a messanger of Allah and every thing he said and written in Quran is the message came directly from Allah and their is no doubt about it...
"asaan Tarjuma Quran - The Noble Quran - Apps on Google" is the translation of the holy Quran, is available at google play store by Mufti Taqi Usmani who is one of the most famous and authentic Islamic scholars
May I know what English translation are you using for the verses in the Quran? Thank you very much.
In Parts 1 & 2 of this series, I was quite impressed by (and thankful for) your objective and informative presentation of the early days of the spread of Islam. However, your dwelling on the admittedly ambiguous terminology of Surah 2:190-193 made you sound a bit like a Muslim apologist, sorry. Please keep in mind that Surah 2 is the just the first of 28 Medinan surahs -- and it is followed by numerous other surahs which are not ambiguous at all when it comes to the non-self-defensive nature of physically violent jihad. I would recommend that you and interested viewers also read Surahs 8, 3, 33, 4, 57, 47, 66, 61, 58 and (last but not least) Surahs 5 and 9. In Surah 33, for example, we find these charming words from Allah to His faithful believers: "And He brought down those who supported them among the People of the Scripture from their fortresses and cast terror into their hearts [so that] a party you killed, and you took captive a party. And He caused you to inherit their land and their homes and their properties and a land which you have not trodden."
I did read some of them and I do not find them as violence propaganding as you do. Especially since it’s very directive in the limits of violence. It specifies that transgressions are forbidden, which is repeated many times in the Quran. So your interpretation is yours and other people’s interpretations are theirs. Mr. Kahn just explains them from both points of view and because you can not accept a view that opposes yours, you accuse mr. Kahn of propaganda
The fact that someone's unbiased objective explanation made you think of him as bias actually in fact screams out your own bias.
His explanation of this specific verse is not necessarily an indication or explanation of his stance of Islam itself or his understanding/stance regarding other verses of warfare.
And the charming verse that you quoted was from the specific event of the Jewish tribe Banu Qurayza who broke the treaty with Muslims to kill the Muslims.... And they accepted the judgement of a Muslim from their own tribe(jew who converted to Islam)... Which was death obviously.... What the ignorants fail to realize that Quran was revealed over a period of 23 years so its extremely contextual and not always so general that the ignorants think/unconsciously desires bcoz of their presupposed/biased hatred towards Islam
The one verse you mentioned will easily be justified once you spare 5 minutes of your time into reading the background story of it and why it was revealed. Same goes for every other verse. It is said in Quran that there will be people who take parts of the Quran and leave others and that is very wrong. Islam is a way of life.. A whole picture. You can't take few and leave others that only suits your thoughts. If you want to take things out of context in Quran, then there are verses that goes like: "Woe to the prayers".. While praying is a pillar of the Islamic faith.
@@faisalalharbi6971 He advises people to read, when he himself didn't bother to read tafsir.
Thank you so much for this. ❤️
I love you khan academy may Allah always keep you unbiased
wow, I can not thank you enough for your work!
2:20 where r Indonesia and Malaysia, Bangladesh
how is it this Video does not mention one of the first places the spread of Islam took place East Africa i.e Somalia,Ethiopia & Eratria (Abyssinia) when are beloved Prophet Muhammad Salallah calyhu waa sallam told his Companions to seek refuge with King Najjash.
I know your not native English, it our not are. So no disrespect, just to let you know
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@Javelin Melody There is no compulsion in religion.
I think this was mentioned in the previous parts of this video.
And Christians are still being murdered and persecuted.
Thanks i always wanted to know the history of Islam. Because of ur viedos it became easy for me to understand.
Khan Academy, you need to shut down the comment section. The comments are just horrible.
Lol my feelings cant handle mean words on the internet please the problem isn't with me its with everyone else.
Ghadir Hroub: which one are you triggered by?
Did someone tell you that the 1st ammendment was to be taken down for yourself? Any truth whatsoever is very harmful yes? It is typical, for I have never once seen the Islam faith opt for free speech, instead they try restricting ours; which is not fine, that no one ever speaks their mind and restriction seems always the tally to tell.
Sticks and stones may break my bones but WORDS MUST BE FRIGGIN APOCALYPTIC
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Thank u...very educational and clear
thank you شكراً
Great video
Sal Khan, as a Muslim, has obviously been taught a particular viewpoint on this topic growing up. How much of his “research” was just looking for validation of his preexisting notions is hard to know. As a Hindu, I find this overly sanitized. The actual Islamic invaders of India were very much like Spanish Conquistadors in belief and action. The only difference Is that Hindus did not capitulate.
As a Christian i really enjoyed these lectures. I've been educated at last! 🙏🙏👍
Very thankful for this educational content watched all three parts thanks a lot mate enjoyed it👌🏻
Perfectly handled. Thanks
Wish me luck I gotta write and SAQ about this and the Chinese exam system🙏😫
Shouldn’t Sicily be highlighted in the map?
God made his correct religion clear for people who search the truth. Islam will not get (neither seeking) "thumbs up" from today's or earlier arrogants.
Great knowledge..thank you so much
Wait what this channel has 4 million subs wow
7.6 million now
So intresting
Good
There were some greatest genral of all time time Khalid bin Waleed who defeated the Byzantine Empire & Persian Sassanid. He have the tital of "Sword of the God" & Tariq bin zyad who conquered the Spain.
Dear khan good work, its clear much misconception of mine
XD some europeans might say they forgot the 20th century.
Very interesting and unbiased point view of Islam, displaying the both sides of the history and quote other sources as many seem to simply consider any thing related to islam "Biased/False" . History is highly debate able subject but to completely deny a major part of human history just because the term "Islamic Tradition" is there is simply idiotic and ignorant.
I lam liking the videos. You should provide more resources to understand the interpretation of Quran (a highly complex text) where you are asking to use own judgment. Thank you for putting this together.
A guy that sacrificed his life so that we could live that's so cool like you wouldn't die if it were the fate of the world
Very nice🙌🙌
Where's part 2? I see part 1 and 3.
Every religion teaches us to love and help one another...
Awesome.
In the Qr`an Allah says (the one who kills someone unlawfully(and the second one (who had been killed) is not a murderer and the second one did not make a corruption to people or things that live on the earth. the killer is considered as he would have killed all the human race.
the rest of the verse ( and the one who has saved a soul (a person from death) is considered as he has saved all the human race)
@@khaledsabry8888. You need to read the entire verse 5:32, and then verse 5:33 afterwards.
It is not as peaceful in the Quran as you portray it. On the contrary, massive violence is allowed in verse 33.
Thank you!
After watching the video, I read the comments suggesting this video is biased.
Here is why people are saying the video is biased. Khan is attempting to show both sides of the argument for Muslim violence. When doing this, the best of both sides should be taken. When presenting the side advocating that the Quran teaches violence though, he took their weakest point, which most people I know would not even use in an argument because of the clear context of the verse. This does a disservice to them. You take the best point of one side, then you take the weakest point of the other and you spend 2 of your 12 minutes refuting that weak point. That's why people think you are biased.
So, I agree, either he is ignorant of the actual argument that people make against the Quran in terms of it's violence (which I doubt), or he is biased attempting to make Islam seem more peaceful than it is.
Let me explain more of what the other side says. The second to last surah to be revealed to Muhammad was Surah 9, At-Taubah. In this Surah, there is justified violence against "polytheists" unless they convert or request protection where you will teach them about Islam. He claims that any treaties made with them can be kept unless they break these treaties, but afterwards they should be killed everywhere they are. Over and over again in Surah 9 he refers to them as unbelievers or polytheists and advocates killing them until they repent, establish prayer, and give zakah (eg. become a Muslim) or in the case that they willingly pay the Jiyza (non-believer tax) and feel subdued. This was a later revelation by Muhammad, surpassing any previous revelations such as the peaceful ones mentioned in the video which applied during the time that Muhammad and his followers were minorities.
He also quotes from Muhammads Farewell Sermon. That quote is meant for Muslims as Muhammad says immediately after "Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood." He also shows that there is superiority between peoples piety even within Islam.
As Allah says in the Quran, those who disbelieve are the worst of creatures (98:6) and those who believe are the best of creatures (98:7).
As for the Dhimmi status you can check Surah 9:29 where it says "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued."
So you fight them until they pay Jizya and feel subdued. This was the tax for non-believers. Now let's look at the hadiths:
Sahih Muslim, Book 19, Hadith 4294
"If they refuse to accept Islam, demand from them the Jizya. If they agree to pay, accept it from them and hold off your hands. If they refuse to pay the tax, seek Allah's help and fight them."
Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 53, Hadith 386 (Umar talking to the great countries of pagans)
"Our Prophet, the Messenger of our Lord, has ordered us to fight you till you worship Allah Alone or give Jizya (i.e. tribute)"
Sahih Muslim, Book 1, Hadith 33 (Umar)
"I have been commanded to fight against people till they testify that there is no god but Allah, that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, and they establish prayer, and pay Zakat"
Now let's look at the best jihad:
Sunan Ibn Majah (2794)
It was narrated that ‘Amr bin ‘Abasah said:
“I came to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which Jihad is best?’ He said: ‘(That of a man) whose blood is shed and his horse is wounded.’”
Some will say, wait wait, but other hadiths say the best jihad is just a word spoken to an unjust ruler. Yeah? Which of the hadiths is more authentic? Because the one I quoted is Sahih, and the one they quote is Hasan.
Islam is not that hard to understand guys. If you stop trying to 20th century this religion you can really figure out quickly why Islam was able to expand so fast.
Let's also keep in mind that if you are not Muslim and a Muslim conquers your city and takes away your wife captive, she can become his sexual toy.
Sahih Muslim Book 8 Hadith 3432
At the Battle of Hanain Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) sent an army to Autas and encountered the enemy and fought with them. Having overcome them and taken them captives, the Companions of Allah's Messenger (may peace te upon him) seemed to refrain from having intercourse with captive women because of their husbands being polytheists. Then Allah, Most High, sent down regarding that:" And women already married, except those whom your right hands possess (iv. 24)" (i. e. they were lawful for them when their 'Idda period came to an end).
You hear that? Women already married are unlawful. Well, except for slaves (those whom your right hands possess). This is not talking about dead husbands as that has never been up for debate. This is talking about women who are currently married and their husband is alive. It's unlawful, unless you possess them. All the first caliphs and followers of Islam believed and practiced this. Some though thought that if both the husband and wife were slaves together then the marriage counted, however then they simply would separate them and have their way with their wives.
If you become Muslim though... they can't take your wife as a slave. Let me ask how many men would allow some sweaty Arabs on camels who just overthrew your city to come in and take your wife to be his sexual slave unless she gets pregnant in which case he has to marry her as in the case between Muhammad and his slave girl Mariam? I bet not too many. I could imagine quite a few conquered peoples accepting Islam in order to not be 2nd classes citizens and have their wives delivered up as war booty to their Muslim enemies.
Now let's look at it from the other side too. You can be a Christian with a single wife, or a Muslim with 4 wives and as many sex slaves as you want. Not only that but if you go to battle with the armies of Islam you have the opportunity to gain not only wealth from shared winnings but also sexual slaves. Of course this will be appealing to a large majority of men. And your wives cannot complain about you sleeping with your sex slaves, because Allah revealed that in the Quran very clearly that no one should forbid what Allah has allowed.
Your comment is gold. We need more people like you
You seem to be very confused about the teachings of the Koran and is contrary about hadith. Why are you distorting the hadith?are you a Muslim hater too? Your comments suggest this.
first of all imma talk about surah no. 9, these verses were revealed during ghazwa e tabuk, conquest of borders of byzantines empire s, so yeh, it not talking about killing themwhenever
And people consider this revelation? How come an instinctive response of killing in defence(in all animals) be a revelation? Had it been spiritual it would have taught some smart ways to avoid violence(violence is cyclic) and not perpetuate it..
Spiritual people also defend themself. Divine revelation is from God. The Hindu warriors also fought.
Because letting ourselves, those we love and other innocent people die is more honorable and spiritual?
I think Quran's realism proves its divine nature, let alone degrading it.
Plz call them with respect .....they are great personalities of Islam
In Iberia, the muslims never occupied north of the miño river and cantabrian mountains, and Iria Flavia was a bishopric of Asturias in 750, so that map is a bit wrong in northern Spain.
I thought they occupied all the way into mid- France?
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Not really, they invaded all the way into mid-france, but they had no control over the cities and the land of Southern France and North Iberia. There was no occupation, it was by no means a conquest.
Likewise the Catholics also invaded deep into Southern Spain several times before 1492, but it doesnt count as conquest because there wasnt an effective occupation.
@@FaithfulOfBrigantia I guess "conquest" is subjective.
@@vengefulavenger7552
This is the map of the area they actually occupied:
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Umayyad750ADloc.png/1200px-Umayyad750ADloc.png
They did invade Northern Spain and France, sacking Santiago, Léon, Pamplona, Avignon and Marseille, but they never occupy or administred any of it.
perfect
non biased. thank you Than
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The persecution was an economic boycut along with killing, torture, beatings....How can you say this persection is better than killing when it has killing and many more
Why can't we be peaceful?
I don't care if you are atheist, christian, hindu or whatever your religion is. I respect it.
I have been taught to respect other religions.
Please stop the hate.
I agree with you. I am a Christian myself, and I think its horrible that other people discriminate against other religions. We should all live in unity, not hate.
@@user-os2ys4xs8v yeah
Non muslim pay Jizza while Muslim pay zakat. Both are forms of tax. Jizza calculated base head count. Like 2 gold coins per head per year. While zakat calculated base on wealth. For example 2,5% of your wealth. If you are poor have don't have lots of wealth you will pay less if you pay zakat than jizza. That is why poor non Muslims massively convert so they could pay in zakat.
The fact is that the Arabians do not recognise converted Asian muslims as "MUSLIM". So why are muslims involved in conversions?
Please answer practically. Anyone.
That is not true. A King of Kerala travelled by sea to meet the Prophet in those days and become Muslim in his presence. He died in Oman while returning to India. But his people became Muslim because he had chosen to accept Islam as his religion. Some Arabs do feel that Indian Muslims may not have enough knowledge but that is because the Quran is not written in Urdu or Hindi and hence there can be some misunderstandings. Also some Indians Muslims follow wrong practices like praying to dead people which is not considered correct by Muslims from Arabs. So there are some differences but it depends upon country to country and to the extent of the knowledge of both Arabs and Indian Muslims.
@@AsmaSohailMRTH today, language is not a barrier. As you said, the core is that the Muslim preachers do not preach the correct islaam that's why they lag behind Arabians.
Is it so??
Rajesh Kumar I said some preachers, not all of them do not understand the complete Quran and all other related books of traditions and Islamic law. Over the years and based on the influence of culture and interpretations of Quran, some differences in practices have emerged between each country. For example in Triple Talaq, Arab Muslims in Saudi do not believe in instant triple Talaq but there is one incident during the time of the Prophet when a man had divorced the women by verbally saying that he divorced her but wanted to get back to marriage afterwards but he was not allowed. There could be many reasons but some of the today’s scholars in India think that once a man has divorced he should not be allowed reconciliation with his wife but that was once incident most of the other cases reconciliation has always been encouraged between husband and wife. That is why such matters are like the judgements of the SC each case has some special circumstances which must reviewed before deciding it cannot be one size fit all.
@@AsmaSohailMRTH Indian Muslims and Arabian Muslims are not equal. This is a well established truth.
But you said that this is wrong judgement.
Am I getting you right?
First of all if u wanna know anything. Read Quran and hadith. If u kept saying why arabians muslims did that and that u will get to no end. In this videos there is a saying of Prophet Mohammad pbuh. No one is lesser or higher why u keep it to muslims to be like. do no mistake. we r humans some practice some don't we r not to judge we r just like u trying to please GOD (Allah) U want to know islam Read quran and hadith and follow Prophet Mohammad Pbuh. Thanks
To all those that state that the video is biased and untrue know that the narrator is Muslim otherwise he would just refer to rasoolallah (saw) pbuh as "Muhammad "
It’s biased to u cause your brainwashed
So informative!
In the religion of Islam it's forbidden to Force people to convert.
i thought people in this comment sec is civilized people.
i geuss not.
there is a lot of hate.
peace....to ur unpeaceful heart.
".. Muslim conquerors ordinarily wished to dominate rather than convert other nations" YES ;) :p
Good videos man, very interesting.
Spain is 32% Islamic in year 2021 is 37% Islamic
Islamophobic. Watch all videos about islam by khan academy
this couldn't have been more wrong
@t 11.59 min is Contradictory.
I must share my gratitude with you for making such a video with befitting facts for suitable comprehension.However there is one thing and that is a fact"Muslims are not given the power to change even a single word of what was transcended 1400 years back on the Prophet Mohammad(Peace be upon Him) ,as to remove any ambiguity of was and is" Quran is the word of Allah and in Quran ,Allah mentions to safeguard it by HIMSELF.And so we see after this long years it is safe. Yes about translations -it is easy to translate as the language it was originally in,is ARABIC and its pretty much alive and hence one may possibly read Arabic and he would easily find meanings of translation.Unlike Bible which is not safe guarded and was in a language Aramece which divided into Hebrew and the modern Greek.So one reason one is optionless to read the language if even he has the original bible(which by the facts is no more available in original form).To say,the NASB(New American Standard Bible 1960)-the last bible authentic version was released in 1960 and then again in 1995.So yes it do gives a mark difference in the application of knowledge found from these two books or to say few more also from the past era ,and thats why few are catholic and some are protestants and still more the J ews also follow their Torah or HALAKAH and have similar slight modifications in each scripture.Now In this case QURAN is a Holy Book which is unchanged(the first ever and the today's Quran are same in every way-not a single word is modified) since it was first revealed in arabic and the language is also 5th ; the most spoken in the world.And thats why once any person who is in the desire of learning "who is he" and "who is GOD" and "what is happening inside our heart" , get close to this Quran,and yes this does help him more than the other scriptures as it has discussed everything of today's world in its entirety while still being in 14th century - and thats what concluded ; It is a miracle to be unchanged in this world-where everything is infected with time.So we all can use this fact for our comprehension as well.Thankyou
Nabeel there are so many things you said where I think you are absolutely wrong and shows nothing but pure ignorance. If you are interested we can have a conversation of this.
love u Sal ❤️
"and Strif is worse than killing"
Im muslim
Lovely video.
Might I suggest looking into Malcolm X's speeches. “We are nonviolent with people who are nonviolent with us.” Plenty of stuff to find on youtube.
When You Call Or Hear The Name Of Prophet
Say {Peace Be Upon Him}
Verily, Allah and His angels send praise on the Prophet. O Believers! Pray upon him and greet him him with a worthy salutation. (Surat al-Ahzaab, 33:56)
“Anyone who makes salawaat on me, Allah sends my soul back to make salaam, to send back salaam and I send salawaat to him.” Prophet (s) is going to send salawaat according to our salawaat level, so it is a different salawaat, which means every salawaat has its own beautiful smell.