In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

It used to be said:

لِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ وَارِث وَلِكُلِّ أَرْضٍ حَارِث وَلِكُلِّ ضَرٍّ هَالِك

For every people there is an inheritor, every land has a cultivator and every evil has one destroyed by it.

When some non-combantant Palestinians were arrested and stripped to their underwear, a member of Netanyahu’s Zionist/far-right army gave a very strange excuse for subjecting those civilians to such humiliation. He was asked:

“Dozens of men, some bound and blindfolded, stripped to their underwear, and we believe some of that was filmed by IDF members, what was the purpose of the exercise that was going on at that point in that part of Gaza?”

He replied: “First of all remember it’s the Middle East and it’s warmer here, especially during the day when it is sunny. To be honest, to take off your shirt might not be pleasant, but it’s not the end of the world”. Listen below:

i promise you that you’ve never seen a more insane moment in an interview than this pic.twitter.com/J6R02wkCTh

— mike ☭ 🇵🇸🔻 (@__mike91) December 9, 2023

Where did he inherit this evil behaviour?

Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

“Bani Israel [i.e. the impious among them] used to take bath naked (all together) looking at each other. The Prophet Musa, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to take a bath alone”. They said, “By Allah! Nothing prevents Musa from taking a bath with us except that he has a scrotal hernia”. So once Musa went out to take a bath and put his clothes over a stone and then that stone ran away with his clothes. Musa followed that stone saying, “My clothes, O stone! My clothes, O stone, until the Bani Israel saw him and said, “By Allah, Musa has got no defect in his body”. Musa took his clothes and began to beat the stone. Abu Huraira added, “By Allah! There are still six or seven marks present on the stone from that excessive beating.” [Sahih al-Bukhari 278]

Musa, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was a very shy man and used to cover his body completely. No part of his skin was seen due to shyness. So, he was hurt by those amongst the children of Israel who said, “He covers his body in this way only because of some defect in his skin- either leprosy or scrotal hernia, or he has some other defect”. Allah wished to free Musa from that which they said about him, so one day whilst he was in seclusion, he took off his clothes and put them on a stone, and started taking a bath. When he finished the bath, he moved towards his clothes to take them, but the stone fled with his clothes. Musa picked up his stick and ran after the stone saying, “O stone! My clothes” until he reached a group of the children of Israel who saw him without (clothes), and found him the best of that which Allaah had created, and Allah freed him from what they had accused him of. They said, “By Allaah! Nothing is wrong with Musa”. The stone stopped there, so Musa took his clothes and wore them, and thereafter started hitting the stone with his stick. By Allah, the stone still has some traces of the hitting- three, four, or five marks. This was what Allah referred to in His statement:

 يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَكُونُواْ كَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاذَوۡاْ مُوسَىٰ فَبَرَّأَهُ ٱللَّهُ مِمَّا قَالُواْۚ وَكَانَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَجِيہً۬ا

O you who believe! Be not like those who annoyed Musa (Moses), but Allah cleared him of that which they alleged, and he was honourable in the sight of Allaah].[Al-Ahzaab. 69]

Al-Allamah Zayd Bin Hadi, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:

This hadith (contains) one of the most amazing stories – a story through which Allah raised the status of Musa, peace be upon him. In this hadith, there is a clarification regarding the fact that the Messengers and the Prophets were put to trial at the hands of the evil ones in their nations, so they exercised patience whilst facing harm, received abundant reward from Allah, The Mighty and Majestic, and carried on propagating Allah’s message.

Indeed, the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, informed us that Musa, peace be upon him, was harmed by Bani Israa’eel (i.e. the disobedient among them) but he exercised patience. In this hadith, there is proof to show that the miracles of the Messengers and Prophets are affirmed. With regards to this particular miracle, the stone- an inanimate object – moved and fled with the thobe; then Musa, peace be upon him, was finally able to catch up with it. He hit it several times and left a mark on it. This is the great miracle that has been mentioned in this hadeeth. [1]

NB: This wicked deed can only be blamed on those who permitted it, those who executed it, and those who justified it. Thus, anyone who condemned or opposed it should not be held responsible, nor should this be used as a way to blame all individuals who identify as Jewish. Allah said:

أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ

That no bearer will bear the burden (of the crime and sin) of another. [2]

[1] An Excerpt from at-Taliqat Al-Malihah Alaa Silsilah Al-Ahadith As-Sahihah. 1/135]

[2]https://www.thenoblequran.com/q/#/search/53_38