It has been stated by a spokesman of TTP that since the young Malala was working against shariat she was attacked. The simple question is whether TTP has invented their own shariat or are they following the shariat of Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The Seeratul Nabi Vol-I by Allama Shibli Nomani and Allama Syed Suleman Nadvi (Page-359) states that the Holy Prophet Muhammad had ordered (that the commanders of Islamic armies must not kill an aged person, a child, a teenager and a woman) (Abu Daud). Now if the above order of the Prophet is to be obeyed, can the murderous attack on Malala be justified? This is a hard question that ought to be taken seriously.
Whenever the Prophet saw a woman’s dead body in war he strongly forbade slaying of women in war with the infidels (Sahi Muslim). As such, are the TTP not defacing the fair name of Islam by the methods adopted by them in trying to kill a Muslim girl?
DR MUHAMMAD YAQOOB BHATTI
Lahore
