Was Mohammed Merciful to Prisoners of War, Especially Women and Children?
Imagine the scene: a self-proclaimed prophet of mercy, hailed by millions as the pinnacle of compassion, overseeing the mass beheading of hundreds of men while their screaming women and terrified children are parceled out like livestock. This isn’t some ancient pagan ritual—it’s straight from the pages of Islam’s most revered texts, Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. The myth that Mohammed was merciful to prisoners of war, especially women and children, is peddled relentlessly by apologists to whitewash a religion built on blood and bondage. But when we dive into the authentic hadiths, the facade crumbles, exposing Islam not as a beacon of peace, but as a satanic fraud masquerading as divine truth. Was Mohammed merciful to prisoners of war, especially women and children? The unfiltered evidence screams a resounding no. Let’s dissect this barbarity with cold, hard facts.
Historical Context: The Bloody Wars with Medina’s Jewish Tribes
Flash back to 7th-century Medina, once Yathrib, a tinderbox of tribes where Mohammed arrived in 622 CE as a refugee from Meccan persecution. Jewish tribes like Banu Nadir, Banu Qurayza, and Banu Qaynuqa initially allied with him against their common pagan foes. But alliances soured fast. Political intrigue, broken pacts, and Mohammed’s insatiable hunger for power ignited a series of campaigns from 624 to 627 CE. He branded these as defensive or Allah-ordained punishments, but they were conquests pure and simple.
A damning hadith from Ibn Umar, preserved in Sahih Bukhari (Book of Military Expeditions, Chapter on the Narrative of Banu Nadir) and echoed in Sahih Muslim (Book of Jihad and Expeditions), lays it bare:
> Narrated by Ishaq bin Nasr, from Abdul Razzaq, from Ibn Jurayj, from Musa bin Uqba, from Nafi’, from Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): We fought against Banu Nadir and Banu Qurayza. We evicted Banu Nadir and settled with Banu Qurayza, imposing a fine on them until we fought Banu Qurayza again. We killed their men and divided their women, children, and property among the Muslims. Except for some who joined the Prophet (peace be upon him), who granted them security and they became Muslims. Then he evicted all the Jews from Medina: Banu Qaynuqa, the group of Abdullah ibn Salam, the Jews of Banu Haritha, and all the Jews of Medina.
This isn’t cherry-picked propaganda—it’s the gold standard of Islamic tradition, with an impeccable chain of narration (isnad). Expulsion for some, slaughter and enslavement for others. No mercy, just a ruthless ethnic cleansing blueprint, fulfilling Mohammed’s twisted vision of Arabia as Jew-free (Sahih Muslim 1767). How can anyone call this prophetic mercy? It’s the blueprint of a warlord, sanctified by a fraudulent faith.
Was Mohammed Merciful to Prisoners of War, Especially Women and Children? The Horrific Banu Qurayza Massacre
The crown jewel of Mohammed’s inhumanity shines in the 627 CE Battle of the Trench aftermath. Banu Qurayza, accused of treason for allegedly aiding Mecca’s invaders, surrendered without a fight. Mohammed could have shown leniency—release them, ransom them, anything. Instead, he appointed Sa’d ibn Muadh, a blood-sworn ally of the tribe turned vengeful judge. Sa’d channeled Deuteronomy 20:10-15 (ironic, borrowing from the corrupt Jews he hated), decreeing: adult men executed, women and children enslaved.
Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah, backed by hadiths, records 600 to 900 men dug into trenches and beheaded over days—heads rolling like trophies, bodies buried in gore-soaked pits. Women wailed as they watched, then were stripped of dignity. Mohammed rubber-stamped it: You have judged with the judgment of Allah from above the seven heavens. Divine approval for genocide? This is satanic inversion, where butchery becomes justice.
Rayhana bint Zayd, a Qurayza beauty and Abu Sufyan’s relative, caught Mohammed’s eye. He took her as a concubine—rape sanctified by right hand possession (Quran 33:50). Young boys? Inspected for pubic hair; if men, off with their heads. Only converts got a pass, proving mercy was a bribe for submission, not genuine compassion. Was Mohammed merciful to prisoners of war, especially women and children? Dig graves for hundreds, sex slaves for the victors—that’s your answer.
Treatment of Women and Children: Enslaved as Booty, Not Spared in Mercy
The hadith doesn’t mince words: women, children, and wealth were divided (qasama) as ghanimah—spoils of holy war. Women became sabaya, concubines for Muslim men’s lust (Quran 4:24). Children? Domestic slaves, some boys later conscripted into jihad. This wasn’t wartime necessity; it was codified depravity, etched into Sharia forever.
Contrast this with civilized standards. Geneva Conventions ban enslavement, demanding humane treatment and release. Even pagan empires like Byzantium or Sassanids often ransomed captives—Mohammed preferred profit and pleasure. Rayhana wasn’t freed; she stayed his sex slave until possibly marrying him under duress. Children auctioned off, lives ruined. Polemic? No, profane reality from Islam’s own books.
Echoes in Other Campaigns: A Pattern of Cruelty
Banu Qurayza wasn’t an outlier. Banu Nadir (625 CE): Plotting Mohammed’s assassination? Evicted to Khaybar, stripped of lands, beggared but alive—small mercy from fear of backlash. Banu Qaynuqa (624 CE): Banished after a smithy spat, possessions forfeited. Post-Qurayza, total expulsion of Medina’s Jews, per the prophecy: Two religions shall not remain in Arabia (Sahih Muslim).
Selective mercy elsewhere? Hudaybiyyah freed ransom-paying Meccans; Hawazin women redeemed by kin. But Qurayza’s orphans? Sold. Fatima bint Asad? Ransomed, not gifted freedom. This cherry-picking exposes the fraud: mercy for profit, death for defiance.
Broader Implications: Islam’s Satanic Jurisprudence Exposed
These atrocities birthed jihad’s playbook. Reliance of the Traveller (Umdat al-Salik), Sharia’s manual, cites Qurayza: kill male POWs, enslave families. Ibn Kathir cheers it as divine justice. Modern apologists whimper context—siege survival! But hadiths show unconditional surrender met with slaughter. Exaggeration? Sahih Bukhari’s mutawatir chains laugh at that.
Islam’s defenders twist: 7th-century norms! Yet contemporaries spared wholesale killings. This is why ISIS beheads, Boko Haram enslaves women—they ape sunnah, not aberration. Mohammed’s mercy chapters (Quran 21:107) ring hollow against trenches of heads. Islam isn’t misunderstood—it’s a satanic fraud, glorifying genocide as godliness.
Conclusion: No Mercy, Just a Demonic Conquest
The verdict from primary sources is brutal: Was Mohammed merciful to prisoners of war, especially women and children? Absolutely not. Banu Qurayza’s men massacred, women violated as concubines, children commodified as slaves. Exceptions for converts scream coercion, not kindness. This tribal savagery, laundered as sunnah, stains Islam’s core. Apologists peddle lies; hadiths tell truth. Exposing this fraud demands rejecting hagiography for history. Islam’s prophet of mercy was a butcher—time to call the satanic scam what it is.
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