Lucifer must like Islam because... "On the following day they went back.
She
said, 'Yes! News has come to me. How much is the blood-money among you.'
They replied, 'Ten camels.' She said, 'Bring forward the young man and ten
camels, and cast arrows. If they fall against the boy, add camels until
your
Lord [Would that be Satan, Hubal, or Allah?] is satisfied.'"
We continue with Ishaq's account: Tabari VI:5 "They returned to Mecca when
they had all agreed on the matter, Abdul Muttalib stood and prayed to
Allah
inside the Ka'aba beside Hubal. The arrows fell against Abdallah, so they
added ten camels, making twenty. With Muttalib standing and praying to
Allah
they went on this way ten times. Each time the arrows fell against
Abdallah." Satan's representative seems to have been considerably more
accommodating. There is just one chance in 1024 that fifty-fifty odds will
go awry ten times in a row.
Tabari explains the horror of it all: "Abdul Muttalib stood beside Hubal
in
the interior of the Ka'aba, calling upon Allah. The custodian of the
arrows
took and cast them, and the lot fell against Abdallah. So Muttalib took
Abdallah by the hand. He grabbed a large knife. Then he went up to the
idols
Isaf and Nailah [the fornicating stones] who Quraysh used to slaughter
their
sacrifices, to sacrifice Abdullah."
But rather than slice his son's throat, Muttalib opted for one more cast
of
the divining arrows. They finally fell in favor of the boy. So Abdul, the
stones, idols, gods, diviners, and sorcerers came to an understanding.
Abdallah's life was spared. "Your Lord is satisfied at last. The camels
were
slaughtered and left there. No man or wild beast was turned back from
eating
them."
"Abdul Muttalib took Abdallah by the hand. It is alleged they passed by
Umm
Qattal bt. Abd al-Uzza [Slave-to-the-goddess-al-Uzza], the sister of
Waraqa
[the Hanif]. She was by the Ka'aba. When she looked at his face she said,
'Where are you going, Abdallah? I have seen many camels slaughtered for
you,
so sleep with me now.'" Sure, why not add a little prostitution into the
mix. We've already got devil wor****p, paganism, gambling, and child abuse
occurring around the Ka'aba.
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