This is not Islam but Saudi inspired Salafism or Wahhabism
Reader comment on item: Guest Column: The 'Sex Jihad'

Dear readers,

what has been mentioned here of the phenomenon of "sex jihad", and likewise many other nefarious practices such as suicide bombing, or mass killings, regardless of women and children, stems from the understandings of wahhabi juristic derivations, which the traditional Islam, or the real- authentic Islam that directly transmits from the Prophet Muhammad (sallahu alihye wasalam), regards it as a deviancy from the right path.

The Wahhabi heterodoxy has its roots in the Najdi culture of central Arabia, which the Prophet Muhammad (sallahu alihye wasalam) in his blessed lifetime criticized that part of Arabia for its inhabitants rigid, arid, tumultuous, deceptive characteristics and for their extremism and ignorance, in so much that he even refrained from praying for them. Wahhabism or so called Salafism is far from authentic Sunni Islam, or the true salaf(pious predecessors), and in fact Wahhabi beliefs are a blend of anthropomorphic beliefs, choatic jurisprudence, and kharijite practice (please see khawarij) which the traditional Sunni Islam, that is of the Prophet Muhammad (sallahu alihye wasalam), of his family and companions, is free and independent of.

All that one hears these days of muslims doing this or that come from either wahhabi or shiite umbrella groups, all of which are deviancy from the traditional islam.

One has to understand that in true Islam the commandments of allowed and forbidden have a basis and wisdom that serves as a criterion for them.

If that criterion is not met then that rule does not take place. In other words what is lawful and what is unlawful in Islam have a cause and effect that determine that specific command. The criterion of purity, justice, forebearing and giving is what entitles the obligations and recommended deeds, and what becomes unlawful is because of the presence of either lewdness, filth and going against the natural disposition with which we have been created, as the core in that unlawful deed

Allah swt says in the Holy Quran, 16:90 "Indeed Allah orders justice, good conduct, and giving to relatives, and forbids lewdness, bad conduct and oppression."

All the laws of orthodox Islam is based on the axis of the above verse

The Prophet Muhammad (sallahu alihye wasalam) said "I have been sent only to perfect good manners" and he said in another narration that the best of you in terms of morals and conduct, before Islam, will be the best after embracing Islam. Likewise he taught that one of the names of Allah which He made manifest on earth is Peace. so spread peace amongst one another, and that the example of a believer in manners, forebearance, patience and in giving to everyone is like a date-tree

So any law in Islam has to be an extension of the above principles and their objectives. Clearly one sees that notions of sex jihad has no place due to its filth root and going against the natural disposition with which Allah swt created all of us.

If one really wishes to learn the true Islam, then has to refer to teachers and sages who have their transmission back to the Prophet (sallahu alihye wasalam) himself. An example is Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, whose Mathanawi is a work that explains the core of the core of the Quran and what the true reality of Prophet Muhammad (sallahu alihye wasalam) and his teachings are. please click : www.dar-al-masnavi.org

Both Wahhabism that is espoused by Saudi Arabia and Jihadist groups, and Shiism that is expressed by Iran, Assad regime and Hezbollahare falsehoods that are misinterpretations of Islam

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