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"Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud: Once the Prophet was offering prayers at the Ka'ba. Abu Jahl was sitting with some of his companions. One of them said to the others, ‘Who amongst you will bring the abdominal contents (intestines, etc.) of a camel of Bani so and so and put it on the back of Muhammad, when he prostrates?’ The most unfortunate of them got up and brought it. He waited till the Prophet prostrated and then placed it on his back between his shoulders. I was watching but could not do any thing. I wish I had some people with me to hold out against them. They started laughing and falling on one another. Allah's Apostle was in prostration and he did not lift his head up till Fatima (Prophet's daughter) came and threw that (camel's abdominal contents) away from his back. He raised his head and said thrice, ‘O Allah! Punish Quraish.’ [the tribe whose members were mocking him]" Sahih Bukhari Book #4, Hadith #241.

Sahih Bukhari translated by M. Muhsin Khan. in SearchTruth.com. Retrieved April 20, 2013 , from the World Wide Web

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From a bit of correspondence with a Moslem friend in Pakistan whose name, for his safety, I can’t give:

Howard Bloom: Do you know that virtually only people who laugh in the Hadith are Satan and Mohammed's enemies in Mecca?

My Pakistani informant: “THAT hit me like a ton of bricks. It rings so true today even.” April 21, 2006

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O followers of Muhammad! By Allah! If you knew that which I know you would laugh little and weep much. Sahih Bukhari. Volume 2, Book 18, Number 154. Translator: M. Muhsin Khan. MSA-USC Hadith Database. USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts. University of Southern California.
Retrieved April 20, 2013, from the World Wide Web

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/018.sbt.html#002.018.154

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“The Prophet, sallallahu alayhe wa sallam. Abu Hurairah said that the prophet, sallallahu alayhe

wa sallam, was told, “O Prophet of Allah, you are joking with us.” He said, “I only say what is

true.” (Tirmithi) Another hadith relates that the prophet, sallallahu alayhe wa sallam, would

nickname Zeinab bint Um Salama by repeatedly calling her ‘O Zuweinab’.

Other Ahadith relate that the Prophet, sallallahu alayhe wa sallam, would play and joke with

small children. Thus we see that joking is a Sunnah. Sufyan bin Uyayna was asked, “ Is joking

prohibited?” He replied, “It is a Sunnah, but the point is that it must be done appropriately.”

Many of the scholars agree that. Omar (Radhiallahu anhu) said, “ I admire the man who is like a

child with his family (playful), and once he leaves them, he is more serious.” Thabit ibn Ubaid

said, “Zayd ibn Thabit was one of the most humorous men in his home. Outside of his home, he

was as serious as any man.”

It is also related that ibn Abbas asked some of his guests to have light and humorous conversation

so that they would have a good time and not feel bored. Rabi’a said, “Virtue is made of six parts,

three while in town (at the place of your home) and three while on a journey. The first three are

reciting the Qur’an, frequently being at the mosque, and spreading the way of Allah to other

lands.

The three parts while traveling are spending, showing virtuous behaviour and joking in what

Allah has permitted.” Ibn Abbas said, “Joking appropriately is permissible, for the Prophet,

sallallahu alayhe wa sallam, joked but he only said what was true.” Al Khalil bin Ahamd al

Fraheedi said, “People would feel imprisoned if they did not joke.”

Prohibition of joking:

On the other hand, some of the scholars have prohibited joking and they are supported by some

Ahaddeth. It is related that the Prophet, sallallahu alayhe wa sallam, said, “Everything has a

beginning and hostility begins with joking.” Ja’far bin Muhammad said, “Beware of joking for it

causes embarassment.” Ibrahim al-Nakh’i said, “Joking shows foolishness and arrogance.” Imam

ibn Abdul Bar said, “Some of thescholars denounced joking for what it causes of offences, spite

and malice between people.””

Islam and the sense of humor

By Soumy Ana: Jumad al- Awwal 1423 -- July - August 2002. Taqwa Palace, Palace of Faith. Ummah.com--The Muslim Directory Online. Retrieved April 20, 2013 , from the World Wide Web

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Sarwat Saulat, The Life of The Prophet, Islamic Publications Ltd., Lahore, Pakistan, 1983: p. 125

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Psychologist Ritch Savin-Williams and his teams of grad students would discover the hierarchical cruelty of adolescent girs in research on all-girl summer camps in the early 1980s.
Roberta L. Paikoff; Ritch C. Savin-Williams. "An exploratory study of dominance interactions among adolescent females at a summer camp."
Journal of Youth & Adolescence
, October 1983: 419-433.

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al-Tabari. The History of al Tabari: English translation of "at Tareekh al Tabari". Albany: State University of New York Press: Book VIII, p. 179.

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al-Tabari. The History of al Tabari ("Tarikh al-rusul wa’l muluk"), Volume VIII, The Victory of Islam. Trans. Michael Fishbein. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997

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Here’s a typical pronouncement from Mohammed on two subjects, women and laughter: “The Prophet then mentioned about the women (in his sermon). "It is not wise for anyone of you to lash his wife like a slave, for he might sleep with her the same evening." Then he advised them not to laugh when somebody breaks wind and said, "Why should anybody laugh at what he himself does?" Sahih Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 60, Number 466.. MSA-USC Hadith Database. USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts. University of Southern California. Retrieved April 20, 2013, from the World Wide Web

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/060.sbt.html#006.060.466

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Narrated Abu 'Amir or Abu Malik Al-Ash'ari: that he heard the Prophet saying, "From among my followers there will be some people who will consider illegal sexual intercourse, the wearing of silk, the drinking of alcoholic drinks and the use of musical instruments, as lawful. And there will be some people who will stay near the side of a mountain and in the evening their shepherd will come to them with their sheep and ask them for something, but they will say to him, 'Return to us tomorrow.' Allah will destroy them during the night and will let the mountain fall on them, and He will transform the rest of them into monkeys and pigs and they will remain so till the Day of Resurrection." Sahih Bukhari Book #69, Hadith #494v. Translated by M. Muhsin Khan in SearchTruth.com. “Search Truth is a non-profit organization aimed at utilizing the latest technologies available in order to spread the Word of Allah and the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) to as large an audience as possible.” Retrieved April 20, 2013 , from the World Wide Web

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Sarwat Saulat, The Life of The Prophet, Islamic Publications Ltd., Lahore, Pakistan, 1983.

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Hazrat Moulana Sayyed Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi(R.A.). The Seerah Of Muhammad(Sallallahu Laiyhi Wassallam): (The Last Prophet: A Model For All Time). Al-Islaah Publications. Retrieved April 20, 2013, From The World Wide Web: http://alislaah3.tripod.com/alislaah/id8.html

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A. Guillaume. The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah. New York: Oxford University Press, 1955 , eighteenth printing, 2004: p. 519.

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Hazrat Moulana Sayyed Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi(R.A.). The Seerah Of Muhammad(Sallallahu Laiyhi Wassallam): (The Last Prophet: A Model For All Time). Al-Islaah Publications. Retrieved April 20, 2013, From The World Wide Web:
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Hazrat Moulana Sayyed Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi(R.A.). The Seerah Of Muhammad(Sallallahu Laiyhi Wassallam): (The Last Prophet: A Model For All Time). Al-Islaah Publications. Retrieved April 20, 2013, From The World Wide Web: http://alislaah3.tripod.com/alislaah/id8.html

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"March and take booty". Qur'an, chapter 48, verse 15.

"All the booty that ye may acquire (in war)." Qur'an, chapter 8 verse 41. "Allah (on the other hand) will swiftly reward those who [who stand firm in war]". Qur'an, chapter 3 verse 144

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Sahih Muslim. Book 001, Number 0209. Retrieved April 20, 2013, from the World Wide Web

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/001.smt.html#001.0209
. “Huyayy, the enemy of Allah, was brought out. He was wearing a rose-colored suit of clothes that he had torn all over with fingertip-sized holes so that it would not be taken as booty.” al-Tabari. The History of al Tabari ("Tarikh al-rusul wa’l muluk"), Volume VIII, The Victory of Islam. Trans. Michael Fishbein. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997: p. 35.
"He is in the '(Hell) Fire." The people then went to look at him and found in his place, a cloak he had stolen from the war booty.” Sahih Bukhari, Book #52, Hadith #308.
Sahih Bukhari translated by M. Muhsin Khan. in SearchTruth.com. Retrieved February 15, 2006, from the World Wide Web

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A. Guillaume. The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah. New York: Oxford University Press, 1955
, eighteenth printing, 2004: p. 379.

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Sarwat Saulat, The Life of The Prophet, Islamic Publications Ltd., Lahore, Pakistan, 1983: p. 124.

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“The apostle made for a rock on the mountain to climb it. He had become heavy by reason of his age, and moreover he had put on two coats of mail, so when he tried to get up he could not do so. Talha b. ‘Ubaydullah squatted beneath him and lifted him up until he settled comfortably upon it [on the rock].” A. Guillaume. The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah. New York: Oxford University Press, 1955
, eighteenth printing, 2004: p. 383.

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A. Guillaume. The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah. New York: Oxford University Press, 1955
, eighteenth printing, 2004: p. 381.

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Muhammad H. Haykal. The Life Of Mohammed. Translated by Isma’il Raji al-Faruqi. Islamic Book Trust, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2002: p. 267. A. Guillaume. The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah. New York: Oxford University Press, 1955
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Hazrat Moulana Sayyed Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi(R.A.). The Seerah Of Muhammad(Sallallahu Laiyhi Wassallam): (The Last Prophet: A Model For All Time). Al-Islaah Publications. Retrieved April 20, 2013, From The World Wide Web:

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