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Praise be to Allah.Undoubtedly

the mistakes that the Jews made are more serious than those which the

Christians made, although both of them have erred and are kaafirs. The

Qur’aan mentions a number of the ways in which the Jews went astray.

1.Among them there is a group which claims that Allaah has a son,

as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“And

the Jews say: ‘Uzair (Ezra) is the son of Allaah, and the Christians

say: Messiah is the son of Allaah. That is their saying with their mouths,

resembling the saying of those who disbelieved aforetime. Allaah’s Curse

be on them, how they are deluded away from the truth!”

[al-Tawbah 9:30]

2.They described Allaah as having shortcomings, and they killed

the Prophets and Messengers of Allaah, as Allaah says (interpretation

of the meaning):

“The Jews say: ‘Allaah’s Hand is

tied up (i.e. He does not give and spend of His Bounty).’ Be their hands

tied up and be they accursed for what they uttered. Nay, both His Hands

are widely outstretched. He spends (of His Bounty) as He wills”

[al-Maa’idah 5:64]

“Indeed,

Allaah has heard the statement of those (Jews) who say: ‘Truly, Allaah

is poor and we are rich!’ We shall record what they have said and their

killing of the Prophets unjustly, and We shall say: ‘Taste you the torment

of the burning (Fire).’”

[Aal ‘Imraan

3:181]

3.They distorted the word of

Allaah, i.e., the Tawraat (Torah). Allaah says (interpretation of the

meaning):

“So,

because of their breach of their covenant, We cursed them and made their

hearts grow hard. They change the words from their (right) places”

[al-Maa’idah 5:13]

“Then woe to those who write the

Book with their own hands and then say, “This is from Allaah,” to purchase

with it a little price! Woe to them for what their hands have written

and woe to them for that they earn thereby”

[al-Baqarah 2:79]

4.They deserved the curse of Allaah, because of what Allaah has

said about them. Allaah says:

“Those among the Children of

Israel who disbelieved were cursed by the tongue of Dawood (David) and

‘Eesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary). That was because they disobeyed

(Allaah and the Messengers) and were ever transgressing beyond bounds.

They used not to forbid one another

from Al-Munkar (wrong, evildoing, sins, polytheism, disbelief) which

they committed. Vile indeed was what they used to do”

[al-Maa’idah 5:78-79]

The

lies that they have fabricated against their Prophets are many, such

as the following:

1.The Jews claimed that the Prophet of Allaah Sulayman (Solomon)

was an apostate and that he worshipped idols, as mentioned in I Kings

11:5.

2.The Jews claimed that Loot (Lot) – peace be upon him – drank

wine and committed incest with his two daughters, as mentioned in Genesis

19:30ff.

3.The Jews claimed that the Prophet of Allaah Ya’qoob (Jacob) committed

theft, as mentioned in Genesis 31:12.

4.The Jews claim that the Prophet of Allaah Dawood (David) committed

adultery, as a result of which Sulaymaan (Solomon) was born to him,

as mentioned in II Samuel 11:4.

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and so on, may Allaah curse them and put them to shame.

Allaah

and His Messenger cursed them in numerous places in the Qur’aan and

Sunnah because of their shameless actions. For example, Allaah says

(interpretation of the meanings):

“And

they say, ‘Our hearts are wrapped (i.e. do not hear or understand Allaah’s

Word).’ Nay, Allaah has cursed them for their disbelief, so little is

that which they believe.

And when there came

to them (the Jews), a Book (this Qur’aan) from Allaah confirming what

is with them [the Tawraat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)], although

aforetime they had invoked Allaah (for coming of Muhammad) in order

to gain victory over those who disbelieved, then when there came to

them that which they had recognized, they disbelieved in it. So let

the Curse of Allaah be on the disbelievers”

[al-Baqarah

2:88-89]

“Among

those who are Jews, there are some who displace words from (their) right

places and say: ‘We hear your word (O Muhammad) and disobey,’ and ‘Hear

and let you (O Muhammad) hear nothing.’ And Raa‘ina [in Arabic,

this means‘Be careful, listen to us, and

we listen to you’, whereas in Hebrew, it means ‘an insult’]

with a twist of their tongues and as a mockery of the religion (Islam).

And if only they had said: ‘We hear and obey’, and ‘Do make us understand,’

it would have been better for them, and more proper; but Allaah has

cursed them for their disbelief, so they believe not except a few.

O

you who have been given the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Believe

in what We have revealed (to Muhammad)

confirming what is (already) with you, before We efface faces (by making

them like the back of necks; without nose, mouth and eyes) and turn

them hindwards, or curse them as We cursed the Sabbath-breakers.

And the Commandment of Allaah is always executed.”

[al-Nisaa’

4:46-47]

“So,

because of their breach of their covenant, We cursed them and made their

hearts grow hard. They change the words from their (right) places and

have abandoned a good part of the Message that was sent to them. And

you will not cease to discover deceit in them, except a few of them”

[al-Maa’idah

5:13]

“Say

(O Muhammad to the people of the Scripture): ‘Shall I inform you of

something worse than that, regarding the recompense from Allaah: those

(Jews) who incurred the Curse of Allaah and His Wrath, and those of

whom (some) He transformed into monkeys and swines, and those who worshipped

Taaghoot (false deities); such are worse in rank (on the Day of Resurrection

in the Hell-fire), and far more astray from the Right Path (in

the life of this world).”

[al-Maa’idah

5:60]

“The

Jews say: ‘Allaah’s Hand is tied up (i.e. He does not give and spend

of His Bounty).’ Be their hands tied up and be they accursed for what

they uttered. Nay, both His Hands are widely outstretched. He spends

(of His Bounty) as He wills. Verily, the Revelation that has come to

you from your Lord (Allaah) increases in most of them (their) obstinate

rebellion and disbelief. We have put enmity and hatred amongst them

till the Day of Resurrection. Every time they kindled the fire of war,

Allaah extinguished it; and they (ever) strive to make mischief on the

earth. And Allaah does not like the Mufsidoon (mischief-makers).

[al-Maa’idah

5:64]

And

the Prophet (peace and blessings

of Allaah be upon him) said:

“May

Allaah curse the Jews, for they have taken the graves of their Prophets

as places of  worship.”

“May

Allaah curse the Jews: fat was forbidden for them, but they melted it

down and sold it,”

These

two hadeeths are both narrated in Saheeh

al-Bukhaari.

Ibn

al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) described them well when he

said:

“The

nation upon whom is the Divine wrath are the Jews, the people of lies,

slander, betrayal, conspiracy and trickery, the killers of Prophets

and consumers of ribaa (usury) and bribes. They have the most evil hearts

of all nations, and the worst attitude. They are the farthest removed

from (divine) Mercy and the closest to (divine) wrath. Their way is

enmity and stirring up hatred. They represent the house of witchcraft,

lies and trickery. They do not see anything wrong in rejecting and disbelieving

in Prophets whom they did not like. With regard to a believer, they

respect not the ties, either of kinship or of covenant [cf. Al-Tawbah

9:10]. They do not respect the rights of those who agree with them,

or show any compassion towards them, nor do they show any justice or

fairness to those who work with them. There is no safety or security

for those who mix with them, and there is no sincerity towards those

who use their services. The most evil of them is the one who is most

intelligent, and the cleverest one among them is the one who cheats

the most. The one who is good at heart – which it is unlikely to find

among them – is not a Jew in any real sense. They are the most bad-tempered

of people, with the gloomiest houses and the filthiest courtyards. They

have very bad manners – their greeting is a curse, and meeting them

is bad news. Their slogan is wrath and they are filled with hatred.”

(Hidaayat

al-Hayaaraa, p. 8)

These

are just a few drops from a flood of information. Whoever researches

the matter will find out a great deal about their shameful actions and

the forms that their kufr and deviation take. We ask Allaah to suppress

them, humiliate them, put them to shame and defeat them, and to grant

the Muslims victory over them sooner rather than later. May Allaah bless

our Prophet Muhammad.

And

Allaah knows best.