Accusation No.3

“An Assassin”

It is interesting to note that many of these so called “assassinations” reported in Ibn Ishaq’s or Tabari’s works all have
something in common, and that is that because the person who was assassinated insulted the Holy Prophet (S), were
assassinated. However, the scholars have looked at reports like this and have concluded:

All such reports, as ascribe the execution of others merely to their having harrased the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him) in the past, have Ibn Ishaq as the last narrator at the top; and in the terminology
of the traditionalists such reports are called Mursal and are not to be relied on."

(Source: Sirat-Un-Nabi, by Allama Shibli Nu'Mani, rendered into English by M. Tayyib Bakhsh Budayuni, Kazi Publications
Lahore, Vol. II, p. 199-203, bold and underlined emphasis ours)

Ali Sina can however now run and quote from the Authentic Collections of hadith where it shows that Ka’b bin Al-Ashraf was
executed. However, one must note that there were reports that say Ka’b bin Al-Ashraf planned to get the Prophet (S)
assassinated, and that he went to Makkah to incite the Pagans to fight the Holy Prophet (S).

Secondly, Ka’b did all this, despite the fact that the Holy Prophet (S) had a treaty with the Jews, which clearly says, “Whoever
is rebellious or whosoever seeks to spread enmity and sedition, the hand of every God-fearing Muslim shall be against him,
even if he be his son” (Source: The Life of Muhammad PBUH by Abdul Hameed Siddiqui, p. 141-142). Thus, the liar and
deceiver Ka’b bin Al-Ashraf had to pay the price, for planning to assassinate the Holy Prophet (S), and for putting the lives of
the Muslims and the Jews who the Muslims had a treaty with in danger.


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