Mohammed’s Litmus Test

Mohammed’s Litmus Test (…of Original Islam)

by Kenneth Roberts

What is the original Islam?

Muslim apologists claim that original Islam meant ‘peace’, but what is the evidence? Mohammed claimed the opposite.

According to Mohammed, original Islam is jihad.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
I heard the Apostle of Allah say: When you enter into the inah transaction (become businessmen), hold the tails of oxen (become cattlemen), are pleased with agriculture (become farmers), and give up conducting jihad, Allah will make disgrace prevail over you, and will not withdraw it until you return to your original religion. – Sunan Abu Dawud Book 23, Number 3455

Conducting jihad is the ‘original religion’ of Mohammed. Mohammed is the authority on Islam.

Mohammed’s Litmus Test

Just as adherence to the U.S. constitution is the litmus test of American identity, so adherence to jihad is Mohammed’s test of loyalty to Islam.

Mohammed’s litmus test is the willingness of Muslims to conduct jihad. That is how Mohammed determined who is a genuine Muslim and who is a lukewarm ‘hypocrite’.

Lukewarm Muslims do not go on jihad. Lukewarm Muslims go into trades or farming. By this test, most Muslims today are condemned. Non-jihadist Muslims have abandoned original Islam.

Lest this be considered too hasty, let’s examine further evidence.

Narrated Mujashi: My brother and I came to the Prophet and I requested him to take the pledge of allegiance from us for migration. He said, “Migration has passed away with its people.” I asked, “For what will you take the pledge of allegiance from us then?” He (Mohammed) said, “I will take (the pledge) for Islam and jihad.” – Bukhari 4,52,208

In the above quote, Mohammed says that allegiance to Islam includes a commitment to the political action of jihad.

In addition, the Koran says lukewarm Muslims can be recognized because they avoid jihad.

“It is only those who believe not in Allah and the Last Day and whose hearts are in doubt that ask your leave (to be exempted from jihad).” – K. 9.45

“But when a decisive surah (explaining and ordering things) is sent down, and fighting (holy fighting in Allah’s Cause) is mentioned (i.e. ordained) therein, you will see those in whose hearts is a disease (of hypocrisy) looking at you with a look of one fainting to death…” – K. 47:20

So not going on jihad is a disease or mental illness in Muslims according to Allah/Mohammed.

Non-Jihadists are ‘Rubbish’

Not content with calling non-jihadists ‘diseased’, Mohammed insults them further; they are ‘garbage’:

“Prophet Muhammad said; It is expected that the nations will call other nations to share them against you (Muslims) as the eaters call each other to eat from the food in front of them in a large wooden plate A person asked, Will that happen because of our small number on that day? The Prophet said, No. Your number will be great, but you will be rubbish like the rubbish of flood-water. And certainly Allah will remove from the hearts of enemies the fear of you and surely Allah will throw Wahn in your hearts. A person asked, What is Wahn, O Messenger of Allah? The Prophet said, Wahn is to love this world and to hate death.” – Abu Dawud 4284

The Messenger of God said: The nations are about to flock against you [the Muslims] from every horizon, just as hungry people flock to a kettle. We said: O Messenger of God, will we be few on that day? He said: No, you will be many in number, but you will be scum, like the scum of a flash-flood, without any weight, since fear will be removed from the hearts of your enemies, and weakness (wahn) will be placed in your hearts. We said: O Messenger of God, what does the word wahn mean? He said: Love of this world, and fear of death.

In this hadith, lukewarm Muslims love their earthly life and seek comfort and safety, whereas, real Muslims are jihadists who love death. Real Muslims are feared by kafirs. Fear of Muslims is what Allah wants.

But Islam is fatalistic. Allah controls people’s wills and causes lukewarm Muslims to rebel against him by placing ‘wahn’ in their minds. Kafirs have no reason to fear lukewarm Muslims, because they do not go forth in jihad. Lukewarm Muslims are no different from kafirs…they are ‘rubbish’…so they must be replaced by real Muslims who conduct jihad.

“O you who believe! What is the matter with you that when you are asked to go forth in the cause of Allah (jihad) you cling heavily to the earth? Do you prefer the life of this world to the hereafter? But little is the comfort of this life as compared with the hereafter. Unless you go forth He will punish you with a grievous penalty and put others in your place; but Him you would not harm in the least. For Allah has power over all things.” – K. 9:38-9

Mohammed’s Allies Agreed to Unending Jihad

When Mohammed arrived in Medina with few followers, he needed allies to begin jihad. Those tribes that made an alliance with Mohammed understood jihad as their main task.

“We are those who have given a pledge of allegiance to Muhammad that we will carry on Jihad as long as we live.” – Bukhari 4,52,87

According to the above, jihad is unending. Other hadiths also confirm that jihad is endless:

“As for one who disbelieves, we will fight him forever in the Cause of Allah. Killing him is a small matter to us.” – Tabari IX: 69

“‘Men, do you know what you are pledging yourselves to in swearing allegiance to this man?’ ‘Yes. In swearing allegiance to him we are pledging to wage war against all mankind.'” – Ishaq: 204

Jihad is the Proper Career for Muslims

Furthermore, according to Mohammed, jihad is not just a job, but a career.

…It is mentioned from Ibn ‘Umar from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, “My provision has been placed under the shadow of my spear, and abasement and humility have been placed on the one who disobeys my command.” – Bukhari 61, 2756

Good Muslims imitate Mohammed. Good Muslims threaten kafirs to submit: ‘Accept Islam and you will be safe’. Good Muslims make war on kafirs to remove their possessions and human rights. Kafirs are despoiled for the political crime of disobeying Mohammed.

‘Abasement’ and ‘humility’ mean making kafirs captive nations under discriminatory Sharia law. Thus, the purpose of jihad is to rob and subjugate non-Muslims and enrich and empower Muslims.

Jihad Brings Wealth

“O you who believe! If you will aid (the cause of) Allah He will aid you and plant your feet firmly.” – K. 47:7

As well, Mohammed is owner of the earth and Muslims will gain the treasures of Rome and Persia and the world through jihad (q.v. Bukhari 4,52,220).

Jihad makes Muslims Strong through Plunder

“The spoils of war were not made lawful for any people before us. This is because Allah saw our weakness and humility and made them lawful for us.” – Sahih Muslim 19,4327

Jihad is More Religious than Kind Deeds

Allah, the Exalted, says, Do you make the giving of drink to pilgrims or the maintenance of the Sacred Mosque equal to (the pious service of) those who believe in Allah and the Last Day and strive with might and main in the cause of Allah? They are not comparable in the sight of Allah: and Allah guides not those who do wrong (by avoiding jihad). Those who believe and suffer exile and strive with might and main in Allah’s cause with their goods and their persons have the highest rank in the sight of Allah: They are the people who will achieve (paradise). – K. 9:19-20.

It is not pious deeds, but the political act of jihad that guarantees religious salvation.

Jihad as Defined in Sharia Law

The legal definition of jihad is given in the authoritative Reliance of the Traveller, o9.0:

“Jihad means to war against non-Muslims.”

The Reliance of the Traveller is Sunni Islam’s authoritative volume on Sharia law. It is endorsed by Alazhar University, Islam’s equivalent of the Vatican.

Eminent Islamologist Hans Jansen points out that, to the original Muslims, jihad only meant violence: “The first generations of Muslims never understood anything else but ‘waging war’ when they heard the word jihad.”

Up to this point, the evidence has shown that…real Muslims are those who follow original Islam; they conduct war against non-Muslims; Mohammed says jihad is the proper career of Muslims; peaceful civilian jobs are a way of avoiding jihad.

But is this condition permanent in Islam? Can Islam be changed?

Can Jihad be abandoned? Can Islam be reformed?

Unfortunately, no. Jihad—warfare against non-Muslims—is the perfectly revealed ‘original religion’ of Islam declared in various ways by the final Messenger himself. It may not be changed.

‘Far removed (from mercy), those who changed (the religion) after me! – Bukhari Volume 9, Book 88, Number 174

Allah brings Muslims back to Original Islam

Islam may go off track for brief periods, but Allah will send someone to return it to his path.
Narrated Abu Hurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Allah shall raise for this Ummah at the head of every century a man who shall renew (or revive) for it its religion. – Sunan Abu Dawud 37, 4278

‘Revival’ in Islam means the revival of conducting jihad.

Modern Teachings on Jihadism

Jihadism is the teaching that jihad is the central mission of Islam.

In his 2008 sermon “Allah is Preparing us for Victory” , the late Anwar Awlaki wrote:

“Some Muslims say the way forward for this Ummah is to distance itself from terrorism and spend their time in becoming good in Business, good in technology, agriculture, and the rest; and this is how we can compete with the rest of the world. The commentators on this hadith (Abu Dawud 23:3455) say going back to the (religion) here means going back to (Jihad for Allah) the only way to go back to the (religion) is to go back to (Jihad for Allah) so Jihad becomes equal to the religion; the solution of the Ummah is to go back to Jihad fe Sabeelillah.”

Awlaki goes into details of jihadism as a money-making technique for modern Muslims:

“Leave the farming to the people of the book (Jews and Christians), you go and spread the religion of Allah (through jihad) they will farm and they will feed you; they will pay Jizya (poll tax), they will pay Kharaaj (tribute), if the (sustenance) of (the Messenger) was through Ghaneema (plunder) it must be the best (sustenance) and better than farming, business, shepherding and better than anything else because (the Messenger) said: “My (sustenance) comes beneath the shadow of my spear.”

Awlaki then argues that through robbery and extortion at the expense of kafirs, no Muslim will ever need to pay taxes. This will succeed because it is Mohammed’s original Islam.

Muslims Demand a Global Caliphate and Sharia

Opinion surveys consistently find that around 65% of Muslims worldwide approve of a global caliphate under discriminatory Sharia law. This state of affairs could only be achieved through a general jihad by Muslims, since a caliphate would be resisted by the superpowers. Nevertheless, Islamic dictatorship is a majority opinion among Muslims.

Is Jihad a Suicide Pact in the Nuclear Era?

Jihad is original Islam and Mohammed’s method. Consequently, Muslims are caught in this logical dilemma: If Mohammed’s method is still valid, therefore Islam is a suicide pact in the nuclear era; but if endless jihad is no longer valid, therefore Mohammed was wrong and original Islam is false. Muslims tiptoe around nuclear annihilation, rather than say Islam is false. Today, many Muslims hope to conduct jihad by other, stealthier means…since jihad may be conducted by word, by money or by the pen.

All the same, modern Muslims are aware that jihad is the litmus test for Mohammed’s original religion, but they are patiently awaiting the right leader.

This inspiring leader—a religious warlord—will call Muslims to a general jihad and establish a utopian dictatorship under discriminatory Sharia law. Muslims balk at imagining how apocalyptic this general jihad would be, even though it is obvious.

Using mathematical analysis, Bill Warner has revealed that jihad is the preponderant theme of the Islamic Trilogy.

Jihadism is thus not a far-fetched aberration promoted by a small minority of Muslims…it is the hidden agenda of Muslims…it is foundational Islam…the ‘original religion’ of Mohammed.

Original Islam is jihad, not peace.


Bill Warner, Director, Center for the Study of Political Islam
Permalink https://politicalislam.com/mohammeds-litmus-test/

12 Responses

  1. Democracyistheanswer
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    Bill Warner debated ‘Koran-only’ Moslems and demonstrated that the result is the same: ‘annihilation of competing civilizations’.

    https://politicalislam.com/a-new-koran/

    https://politicalislam.com/the-fictional-mohammed/

    https://politicalislam.com/the-enemy-of-peace-february-4-2010/

  2. Philip Power
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    Hi,

    There is a move away from Hadith by some Muslim groups. They say only the Quran is Islam.

    How many doctrines do Muslims get from Hadith, that they can’t get from the Quran?

    This would make a good article.

  3. Democracyistheanswer
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    Tolerance?

    “The caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim”,
    Chapter O-9.0: Jihad, The Reliance of the Traveller (Sharia law text) .

  4. Democracyistheanswer
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    Hello Huss,

    Koran 48.29 :

    ‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah
    Those with him are VIOLENT (ashiddaa’) against unbelievers,
    Compassionate between themselves. ‘

    Clearly, Islam is a contradiction of the Golden Rule and the philosophy of tolerance.

    Islam does not ‘tolerate’ apostates; murdering apostates is a meritorious ‘good deed’.

  5. Steffen Larsen
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    Huss declares without batting an eye:

    “All “Hadiths” here are weak “Hadiths”, all refrences are only to insight hatred towards Islam, the religion of love, peace and tolerance.”

    The Hadith presented in the article are overwhelmingly from THE most reliable Hadith collections.
    That these references to the sources of Islam, The Religion of Peace™, Love©, Tolerance© etc, are incitement to troble can only be blamed on their contents, not on the people telling us about them.

  6. Democracyistheanswer
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    Moslems like ‘Stefan’ have not read the Sira, Ahadith or Koran, nor analyzed their message.

    The result is that people like ‘Stefan’ invent their own subjective version of Islam, one that is more in harmony with the modern world. It is only be ignoring the overwhelming evidence for jihad that they can do so.

    Moslems like Stefan are ‘hypocrites’ according to Mohammed. They run from their number one Islamic duty to commit aggressive jihad and thereby liquidate, subdue and humiliate Kafirs.

    Jihad is so out of whack with the modern world, it is no wonder that ‘hypocrites’ like Stefan cannot think of way to perform it without spending the rest of his life in jail.

  7. Huss
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    All “Hadiths” here are weak “Hadiths”, all refrences are only to insight hatred towards Islam, the religion of love, peace and tolerance.
    Interpreting Jihad in a false way is an easy task to any biased person like the owners of this site.
    All the three monoathiest religions came to spread peace.
    A person can argue that the religion was used as a tool to legitimize wars, but the core of the religion and the true teachings is love, peace and tolerance.

  8. Aryana
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    And BTW, Stefan I double dog dare
    you to read the Medina part of the
    koron, chapter 9, specifically and
    then troll your sorry butt on a site
    like this and make an ignorant
    asanine statement like you did
    afterward. How dare you insult
    this man’s intellect by appearing
    like a flatulating camel spewing
    your incredibly anemic comment?

    We, on the other hand dare very
    easily. No non muslim likes the
    sura 9:5 mandate. And you call
    us bigots?. That is akin to a mole
    telling an eagle that his eyes are
    weak.

    The trolling sloth brains like you
    may be a little hard to train, but
    with enough lambastings, even
    the masquerading leftards and
    their scummy shariaites will
    eventually realize, you are not
    and will never be our bosses.

    And, you think we are supposed
    to like a book that gives troglodytes
    the direct mandate to kill kafirs because
    they have the true God, which is to
    say, we reject the moon god. Aw,
    too bad limbo land boy….the truth
    can set you free.

    I would say ‘Get Real’, but how
    is that possible. You aren’t.

    Give you a challenge. Read the
    gross book and debate with this
    grammy.
    .
    Islam is indeed the most inferior,
    dangerous political social disease
    on our planet. We abhor the book
    that gives inferior lots the idea they
    are superior over anyone. I mean
    anyone. Got it?

    Talk about mad. You have to watch
    what you say….we are organizing
    against criminals. 19,000 ++ acts
    of terrorism since 9/11 and this
    pimple on the butt of humanity puts
    2 cents worth of crud on a really
    wonderful truth site. Be gone with
    you. You do not belong here.

  9. Aryana
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    Message to Stefan: We have read
    your books. We are on to the you
    who should have shame. Read the
    the 3 books cretin. Everything that
    Bill says is true to the needles point.

    It is pretenders, liars and arrested
    adolescents like you that is giving
    the world an acute social disease.

    We are tired of your taqiyya and
    tawriya. We are coming out now.
    Get prepared.

    Try living with reality…we are sick
    of your tripe.

  10. Aryana
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    With literally billions of words being
    used by non muslims to explain the
    point of the Islamic beliefs and its
    goals with the rest of the world, I
    have found no one that explains
    it more succinctly than Bill Warmer
    in Mohammed’s Litmus Test.

    We, of the non muslim world can
    throw away 98% of all explanation
    when we read Mohammed’s Litmus
    test as presented here.

    All Western governments, in fact
    the whole world needs to read and
    to know the meaning of Islam and
    why there can be no end to jihad
    for the muslim people.

    PM Erdogan said, there are no
    moderate or extreme muslims…
    they are all just products of
    Islam acting as Islam in their
    beliefs.

    Thanks to Bill Warner for making
    this so easy. 5 billion people need
    to read this. Obama, we are on to
    you and your obfuscations.

  11. Stefan
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    You are totally insane bigots. Why do you spread such lies? Such bile. No shame.

  12. Dajjal
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    I am pleased to see the ahadith I frequently use cited by another writer in one of the better high volume blogs.

    I believe that readers should be encouraged to expand their horizons to include original sources, thus I encourage linking quotes to source texts. You will find a Windows utility for linking ayat & ahadith in the Resources for Bloggers page at Crusader’s Armory.

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