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Abu Lahab - Humid Limbs of the Torn Beadsman (2012)
You may remember Abu Lahab as Muhammad's uncle who said:
"Muhammad is my nephew and I know him better than anyone and he is a liar so do not believe him."
Abu Lahab is one of the few explicitly named people in the quran. Surah al-Masad, aka Surah al-Lahab (surah 111) is only five ayahs long, but is entirely about him.
https://quranx.com/111.1-5
May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he. His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained. He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood. Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
You may wonder how this came about.
https://quranx.com/Hadith/Bukhari/USC-MSA/Volume-6/Book-60/Hadith-293/
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: When the Verse:--'And warn your tribe of near-kindred, was revealed, the Prophet (ﷺ) ascended the Safa (mountain) and started calling, "O Bani Fihr! O Bani `Adi!" addressing various tribes of Quraish till they were assembled. Those who could not come themselves, sent their messengers to see what was there. Abu Lahab and other people from Quraish came and the Prophet (ﷺ) then said, "Suppose I told you that there is an (enemy) cavalry in the valley intending to attack you, would you believe me?" They said, "Yes, for we have not found you telling anything other than the truth." He then said, "I am a warner to you in face of a terrific punishment." Abu Lahab said (to the Prophet) "May your hands perish all this day. Is it for this purpose you have gathered us?" Then it was revealed: "Perish the hands of Abu Lahab (one of the Prophet's uncles), and perish he! His wealth and his children will not profit him...." (111.1-5)
https://quranx.com/Hadith/Bukhari/USC-MSA/Volume-6/Book-60/Hadith-325/
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: One day the Prophet (ﷺ) ascended Safa mountain and said, "Oh Sabah! " All the Quraish gathered round him and said, "What is the matter?" He said, Look, if I told you that an enemy is going to attack you in the morning or in the evening, would you not believe me?" They said, "Yes, we will believe you." He said, "I am a warner to you in face of a terrible punishment." On that Abu Lahab said, "May you perish ! Is it for this thing that you have gathered us?" So Allah revealed: 'Perish the hands of Abu Lahab!...' (111.1)
https://quranx.com/Hadith/Bukhari/USC-MSA/Volume-2/Book-23/Hadith-477/
Narrated Ibn `Abbas.: Abu Lahab, may Allah curse him, once said to the Prophet (p.b.u.h), "Perish you all the day." Then the Divine Inspiration came: "Perish the hands of Abi Lahab! And perish he!" (111.1).
shttps://quranx.com/Hadith/Bukhari/USC-MSA/Volume-6/Book-60/Hadith-495/
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: When the Verse:-- 'And warn your tribe of near kindred.' (26.214) was revealed. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went out, and when he had ascended As-Safa mountain, he shouted, "O Sabahah!" The people said, "Who is that?" "Then they gathered around him, whereupon he said, "Do you see? If I inform you that cavalrymen are proceeding up the side of this mountain, will you believe me?" They said, "We have never heard you telling a lie." Then he said, "I am a plain warner to you of a coming severe punishment." Abu Lahab said, "May you perish! You gathered us only for this reason?" Then Abu Lahab went away. So the "Surat:--ul--LAHAB" 'Perish the hands of Abu Lahab!' (111.1) was revealed.
https://quranx.com/Hadith/Muslim/USC-MSA/Book-1/Hadith-406
It is reported on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that when this verse was revealed: " And warn thy nearest kindred" (and thy group of selected people among them) the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) set off till he climbed Safa' and called loudly: Be on your guard! They said: Who is it calling aloud? They said: Muhammad. They gathered round him, and he said: O sons of so and so, O sons of so and so, O sons of 'Abd Manaf, O sons of 'Abd al-Muttalib, and they gathered around him. He (the Apostle) said: If I were to inform you that there were horsemen emerging out of the foot of this mountain, would you believe me? They said: We have not experienced any lie from you. He said: Well, I am a warner to you before a severe torment. He (the narrator) said that Abu Lahab then said: Destruction to you! Is it for this you have gathered us? He (the Holy Prophet) then stood up, and this verse was revealed:" Perish the hands of Abu Lahab, and he indeed perished" (cxi. 1). A'mash recited this to the end of the Sura.
This is "I'm rubber and you're glue..." Or perhaps the world's first diss track. Allah even gets in a dig about Lahab's wife being a former slave.
Don't forget though, that Islamic mythology insists that the quran is not being authored by Allah. It always existed, "uncreated," alongside Allah. So Muslims are obliged to believe that Surah al-Lahab existed before the universe itself existed.
Apparently Allah wasn't smart enough to warn Muhammad to steer clear of Lahab, who would make him look stupid. Nor was Allah even the more mature one, taking the high road and telling Muhammad that it doesn't matter what one minor human says about the prophet of the master and creator of the entire universe.
Things become more interesting and make much more sense given that Muhammad had been hoping Lahab, who was quite wealthy and influential, would fund and endorse his dawah, his mission to spread Islam and convert people. Suddenly this surah makes much more sense.
This is all just out there in the open. It's not a secret or forbidden knowledge. You're supposed to look at this and think, wow, Allah sure is great and wise.
May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined! May he be ruined too! Neither his wealth nor his gains will help him: he will burn in the Flaming fire - and so will his wife, the firewood-carrier, with a palm-fibre rope around her neck. Quran, Chapter 111.
"Muhammad is my nephew and I know him better than anyone and he is a liar so do not believe him."
-- Abu Lahab
People from his own family knew that Muhammad was a lying con artist.
Islam rests entirely on the say-so of a single, violent, pedophiliac liar.
AYAH NABI ﷺ DI NERAKA?
Pertanyaan ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ Ada tuduhan bahwasanya ayah Nabi Muhammad ﷺ tidak selamat dan masuk neraka, demikian pula paman Nabi Muhammad ﷺ yaitu Abu Lahab yang disebutkan masuk neraka.Padahal mereka adalah nasab yang sangat dekat dengan Nabi Muhammad ﷺ. Bagaimana menjawab tuduhan ini, Ustadz? Jawaban بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ Hadits…
