Tough Question: 29 Is Islam’s House Still Standing?

Date: April 08, 2025

Tough Question
If Matthew 12:25—“A house divided against itself will not stand”—holds true, how can Islam endure 1,400 years of internal wars—from the Fitna of 656 CE to 2025’s Sunni-Shi’a bombings—without proving its own foundation fatally flawed?

Answer: Muhammad’s Islam Fell – Today’s Beast Isn’t His
Matthew 12:25 lays it bare: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.” It’s a ruthless axiom—division kills coherence, and collapse follows. Islam’s 1,400-year trail of blood—from the First Fitna (656 CE) to 2025’s Sunni-Shi’a bombings—looks like proof: succession wars, sectarian massacres, dynastic purges. If “real Islam” is Muhammad’s Islam (Qur’an 33:21), forged in Medina’s raids and commands, how’s it still here? Logic demands ruin; history defies it. Here’s the unvarnished truth: Muhammad’s house fell fast—and what stands today isn’t his, but a fractured, feral beast wearing his name.

Muhammad’s House Collapses – The Original Islam Dies
Muhammad’s Islam—the Medinan model of 622-632 CE—was a unified ummah under one prophet, one law, one sword. Qur’an 4:59 (“obey those in authority”) promised order, but his death in 632 CE, with no clear heir, lit the fuse. Abu Bakr’s Ridda Wars (632-634) butchered Muslims rejecting him (Bukhari 6922, “kill whoever changes his religion”)—the “house” bled day one. First Fitna (656-661): Uthman’s assassination, Ali vs. Aisha at Jamal (10,000 dead), Ali vs. Muawiyah at Siffin (70,000 dead). Karbala (680): Husayn, Muhammad’s grandson, beheaded by Yazid’s Sunni army. Qur’an 49:9—“if two factions fight, make peace”—was a dead letter; the “best generation” (Bukhari 3650) shredded itself.

Within 24 years, the unified system—Muhammad’s 60+ campaigns (Sira, Ibn Ishaq), his Qur’anic rule (33:21), his deathbed plea (Sahih Muslim 2408, “don’t strike necks”)—lay in ruins. Umayyads fell to Abbasids (750, 90 beheaded at a banquet), Fatimids sacked Baghdad (1055), Ottomans and Safavids genocided each other (16th-17th centuries). Doctrine split—Sunni, Shi’a, Ibadi, Sufi—authority fractured—caliph vs. imam—takfir reigned (Bukhari 6922 vs. Al-Kafi). Muhammad’s Islam, a coherent “house” of one message, one leadership, collapsed before his corpse cooled. Matthew 12:25 nailed it: division gutted the original.

Today’s Beast – A Mutant, Not Muhammad’s
Yet Islam’s 1.8 billion (web, 2025 Pew) and global sprawl—Spain to Malmö—stand tall. How? Because what endures isn’t Muhammad’s Islam—it’s a different monster, a hydra born from his wreckage. His was Medinan: 9:29 (“fight those who do not believe”), 4:24 (slave captives), 6922 (kill apostates)—a prophet’s war machine. Today’s Islam? A kaleidoscope of sects, each claiming his mantle, none mirroring his reign. Sunni madhahib (Hanafi, Shafi’i) tweak his law, Shi’a imams (Al-Kafi) rewrite his succession, Sufis dodge his sword. Qur’an’s still recited, but Hadith split—Bukhari vs. Kulayni—turns “real” Islam into a brawl.

This beast thrives on fracture. Qur’an 9:29 and Bukhari 2787 (“fight until they testify”) fueled outward jihad—caliphs conquered amid chaos. Internal wars—Siffin, Karbala, 2025’s Syria (100,000+ dead, web, UN)—prune the weak; winners spread. X posts scream it: “Aleppo bomb, 20 gone, March 2025”; “Kabul purge, Feb 2025, Sunnis cleanse”; “Karachi clash, 8 dead, Jan 2025”; “Tikrit ambush, 10 gone, April 2025.” Saudi Wahhabis and Iranian Twelvers bomb Yemen (400,000 dead, Yemen Data Project)—sectarianism’s the engine. Taqiyyah, takfir, violence (Sahih Muslim 20:4553, “tribes will fight”) aren’t flaws—they’re the sinew holding this mutant together. Muhammad’s house? Gone. This is a new beast—cultural clout, coercive force, not his unity.

The Verdict – Fallen Then, Fractured Now
Does it “stand”? Muhammad’s Islam doesn’t. His unified ummah—Medina’s 10-year dream—died in 656 CE, gutted by knives his vague 4:59 unleashed. What lumbers on—25% of humanity (web, 2025), enclaves like Molenbeek (X, 2025, “Sharia cells”)—bears his name, not his shape. Numbers and conquest mask the rot; they don’t mend it. Matthew 12:25 holds: the original house, a coherent system under one prophet, is desolation—24 years and done. Today’s Islam—a sprawling, scarred hulk of rival sects—survives as utility, not truth. Qur’an 49:10’s “brothers” is a bitter laugh when X tallies graves (2025, “Baghdad blast, 12 dead”).

Muhammad’s Islam fell—its foundation, a warlord’s vision (9:29, 60+ raids), couldn’t outlast him. What stands isn’t his; it’s a Darwinian forgery, claws out, heads biting heads. Survival’s no proof of divine unity—it’s a geopolitical shell, hollowed by its own bloody contradictions. The house divided? Collapsed. The beast roaming? A grotesque parody of the Prophet’s dream.