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To Kill in Makkah (Hadith No. 1567)

Bismillah.
Hadith no. 1566 (below) is a repeat. Read it here.
Volume 3, Book 29, Number 71:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas (radiallaahu `anhu):
The Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) fixed Dhul-Hulaifa as the Miqat (the place for assuming Ihram) for the people of Medina, and Qaran-al-Manazil for the people of Najd, and Yalamlam for the people of Yemen. These Mawaqit are for those people and also for those who come through these Mawaqit (from places other than the above-mentioned) with the intention of (performing) Hajj and Umra. And those living inside these Mawaqit can assume Ihram from the place where they start; even the people of Mecca can assume Ihram from Mecca.

Today's Hadith:

Volume 3, Book 29, Number 72:
Narrated Anas bin Malik (radiallaahu `anhu):
Allah's Apostle (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) entered Mecca in the year of its Conquest wearing an Arabian helmet on his head and when the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) took it off, a person came and said, "Ibn Khatal is holding the covering of the Ka'ba (taking refuge in the Ka'ba)." The Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) said, "Kill him."  
Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) was most probably not in Ihraam when he entered Makkah during the conquest, as it says in the narration that he was wearing an Arabian helmet on his head. Scholars have differed in their opinions:
  • It is permissible to enter Makkah without Ihraam - without the intention of performing Hajj/`Umrah
  • This was special to the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) and no one else is allowed to enter Makkah without Ihraam. Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) had said:
    "Beware! (Mecca is a sanctuary) Verily! Fighting in Mecca was not permitted for anyone before me nor will it be permitted for anyone after me. It (war) in it was made legal for me for few hours or so on that day."
Ibn Khatal, as mentioned in stories (having unreliable sources), killed a Muslim slave and then apostatized. The only thing having a strong back to it is that he was a poet and used to recite verses abusing the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam). On the day of Makkah's Conquest, Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) had ordered for a few men to be killed. Ibn Khatal was one of them.
There's a lot of discussion on this matter. Some people are trying to prove how unfair the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) was in this decision of his, and others are trying to prove that this guy deserved it. I feel uninterested because I don't need a reason to believe in the correct judgement of the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam). If you feel the need to read up on it, avoid Google. Too many pseudo-Islamic-content-pushers out there. :P
Read books of reliable scholars, or indulge in discussions with the knowledgeable ones.
Side note, this proves how Makkah is NOT a sanctuary for criminals.

Islam and Abortion


Child killing or abortion due to economic burden and sexual discrimination is a criminal act against humanity.

Allah swt is provider and fear of poverty cannot be valid reason for this shameful act. Similarly the gender of child cannot be considered as an accepted argument for this barbaric behaviour .Allah swt has discussed this issue in Quran on different instances.

Some of these instances are as follows:

Indeed lost are they who have killed their children, from folly, without knowledge, and have forbidden that which Allâh has provided for them, inventing a lie against Allâh. They have indeed gone astray and were not guided. (Al-An'am 6:140)

And so to many of the Mushrikûn (polythesists - see V.2:105) their (Allâh's so-called) "partners" have made fair-seeming the killing of their children, in order to lead them to their destruction and cause confusion in their religion(Al-An'am 6:137)

kill not your children because of poverty - We provide sustenance for you and for them (Al-An'am 6:151)

And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) shall be questioned. (At-Takwir 81:8)

All these verses make it clear that a child must not be killed due to :-

1 ) Economic reason 
2 ) Gender bias

Some hadiths make it clear that we are not even allowed to kill bastards and thus we can conclude that we are not allowed to abort illegitimate pregnancies.

The only valid reason for abortion:-

The only situation where abortion is allowed is the one when there is a life risk to pregnant mother and the only option is to choose either pregnancy or mother .In that case life of mother should be preferred because she is an already living in the world and her life should not be sacrificed for the pregnancy who is yet to be born.
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