Controversial Sayings

If the Khosrau is destroyed, no Khosrau will follow, if Caesar is ruined, no Caesar will follow. Their treasures will be divided in Allah's cause.

Heraclius' city, Constantinople, will be conquered.

All the sins of the first armed forces who set off to conquer the capital of Byzantine would be forgiven.

Prophet, We have made lawful to you the wives to whom you have granted dowries and the slave girls whom God has given you as booty.

except with their wives and slave girls, for these are lawful to them.

You would have got more reward if you had given her (i.e. the slave-girl) to one of your maternal uncles.

If a slave marries without the permission of his master, his marriage is null and void.

O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell-fire were you (women). They asked, 'Why is it so, O Allah's Messenger?' He replied, 'You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more de…

A nation with a woman as a ruler will never succeed.

If a man calls his wife to his bed, and she refuses him, and he passes the night angry with her, the angels will curse her till morning.

No woman should fast (Nawafil) except with the permission of her husband if he is present.

If you embrace Islam, you will be safe. You should know that the earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle, and I want to expel you from this land. So, if anyone amongst you owns some property, he is permitted to sell it, otherwise you should know that …

Fight in the name of Allah and in the way of Allah. Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy war, do not embezzle the spoils, do not break your pledge, and do not mutilate (the dead) bodies; do not kill the children.

Those whose pubic hair had grown were killed, and those whose pubic hair had not yet grown were let go.

The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. 'O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him.'

Whoever frees a Muslim slave, Allah will save all the parts of his body from the (Hell) Fire as he has freed the body-parts of the slave.

I have been made victorious with awe (by Allah) by terrorizing my enemies.

Booty has been made lawful for me yet it was not lawful for anyone else before me.

Kill any pagan you encounter on the spot.

On another occasion, again against a Jewish tribe of Medina, he ordered all the tribe's adult males, some nine hundred, beheaded in the city square, the women and children sold into slavery, and their property distributed among his Muslim followers.