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The following article is adapted from:
http://www.muhammad.net/
"Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas,
restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images; the founder of twenty
terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammad. As
regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well
ask, is there any man greater than he?"
Lamartine, HISTOIRE DE LA TURQUIE, Paris, 1854, Vol. II, pp. 276-277.
"It is not the propagation but
the permanency of his religion that deserves our wonder, the same pure
and perfect impression which he engraved at Mecca and Medina is
preserved, after the revolutions of twelve centuries by the Indian, the
African and the Turkish proselytes of the Koran. . . The Mahometans
have uniformly withstood the temptation of reducing the object of their
faith an devotion to a level with the senses and imagination of man. 'I
believe in One God and Mahomet the Apostle of God' is the simple and
invariable profession of Islam. The intellectual image of the Deity has
never been degraded by any visible idol; the honours of the prophet
have never transgressed the measure of human virtue, and his living
precepts have restrained the gratitude of his disciples within the
bounds of reason and religion."
Edward Gibbon and Simon Ocklay, HISTORY OF THE SARACEN EMPIRE, London, 1870,
p. 54.
"He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions,
Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army, without a
bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue; if ever any man had
the right to say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Mohammed, for he
had all the power without its instruments and without its supports."
Bosworth Smith, MOHAMMAD AND MOHAMMADANISM, London, 1874, p. 92.
"It is impossible for anyone who studies the life and character of the great
Prophet of Arabia, who knows how he taught and how he lived, to feel
anything but reverence for that mighty Prophet, one of the great messengers
of the Supreme. And although in what I put to you I shall say many things
which may be familiar to many, yet I myself feel whenever I re-read them, a
new way of admiration, a new sense of reverence for that mighty Arabian
teacher."
Annie Besant, THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF MUHAMMAD, Madras,1932, p. 4.
"His readiness to undergo persecutions for his beliefs, the high moral
character of the men who believed in him and looked up to him as leader, and
the greatness of his ultimate achievement - all argue his fundamental
integrity. To suppose Muhammad an impostor raises more problems than it
solves. Moreover, none of the great figures of history is so poorly
appreciated in the West as Muhammad."
W. Montgomery Watt, MOHAMMAD AT MECCA, Oxford, 1953, p. 52.
"Muhammad, the inspired man who founded Islam, was born about A.D. 570 into
an Arabian tribe that worshipped idols. Orphaned at birth, he was always
particularly solicitous of the poor and needy, the widow and the orphan, the
slave and the downtrodden. At twenty, he was already a successful
businessman, and soon became director of camel caravans for a wealthy widow.
When he reached twenty-five, his employer, recognizing his merit, proposed
marriage. Even though she was fifteen years older, he married her, and as
long as she lived, remained a devoted husband.
Like almost every major prophet before him, Muhammad fought shy of serving
as the transmitter of God's word, sensing his own inadequacy. But the angel
commanded "Read." So far as we know, Muhammad was unable to read or write,
but he began to dictate those inspired words which would soon revolutionize
a large segment of the earth: "There is one God."
In all things Muhammad was profoundly practical.
When his beloved son Ibrahim died, an eclipse occurred, and rumors of God's personal condolence
quickly arose. Whereupon Muhammad is said to have announced, "An eclipse is
a phenomenon of nature. It is foolish to attribute such things to the death
or birth of a human being."
"At Muhammad's own death an attempt was made to
deify him, but the man who was to become his administrative successor killed
the hysteria with one of the noblest speeches in religious history: "If
there are any among you who worshipped Muhammad, he is dead. But if it is
God you worshipped, He lives forever."
James A. Michener, "ISLAM: THE MISUNDERSTOOD RELIGION," in READER'S DIGEST
(American edition), May 1955, pp. 68-70.
Wolfgang Goethe, perhaps the greatest European poet ever, wrote about
Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. He said:
"He is a prophet and not a poet and therefore his Koran is to be seen as
Divine Law and not as a book of a human being, made for education or
entertainment."
(Noten und Abhandlungen zum Weststlichen Dvan, WA I, 7, 32)
IN FACT GOETHE EMBRACED
ISLAM!!!!!....Click
here
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA confirms:
"....a mass of detail in the early sources
show that he was an honest and upright man who had gained the respect and
loyalty of others who were like-wise honest and upright men."
(Vol. 12)
In the Introduction to the newly published English version of The last days
of Lev Tolstoy by Vladimir Chertkov, his closest friend, the publisher
writes: ”Nearly a century after his death, Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy remains
a giant in the world of literature. While the impact of his ‘spiritual’
mission cannot be fully gauged”. A Confession by Lev Tolstoy written in the
last decades of the last century could not have been appreciated among the
majority in a world that materialism was propagated as the only credible way
of approaching knowledge.
The great Russian writer and thinker who contributed a lot to the Russian
literature and history is more famous as a writer, his philosophical views
and works that reflect his ideas of God, soul, knowledge, love, the meaning
of life, etc. are much less known.
The Russian woman who married the Muslim E. Vekilov, wrote to Tolstoy that
her sons wanted to convert to Islam, and asked for his advice. This is what
the writer answered her:
“As far as the preference of Mohammedanism to
Orthodoxy is concerned…, I can fully sympathize with such conversion. To say
this might be strange for me who values the Christian ideals and the
teaching of Christ in their pure sense more that anything else, I do not
doubt that Islam in its outer form stands higher than the Orthodox Church.
Therefore, if a person is given only two choices: to adhere to the Orthodox
Church or Islam, any sensible person will not hesitate about his choice, and
anyone will prefer Islam with its acceptance of one tenet, single God and
His Prophet instead such complex and incomprehensible things in theology as
the Trinity, redemption, sacraments, the saints and their images, and
complicated services…”
Yasnaya Polyana, March, 15th, 1909
We can adduce another letter of his which explains his world outlook which
formed as a result of his long painful search for the truth.
“I would be very glad if you were of the same faith with me. Just try to
understand what my life is. Any success in life- wealth, honour, glory- I
don’t have these. My friends, even my family are turning away from me.
Some- liberals and aesthetes- consider me to be mad or weak- minded like
Gogol; others- revolutionaries and radicals- consider me to be a mystic and
a man who talks too much; the officials consider me to be a malicious
revolutionary; the Orthodox consider me to be a devil.
I confess that it is hard for me… And therefore, please, regard me as a kind
Mohammedan, and all will be fine”.
Yasnaya Polyana, April, 1884
For More about Tolstoy &
Islam....Click
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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW said about Muhammad:
"He must be called the Savior of Humanity. I believe that if a man like him
were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world, he would succeed in
solving its problems in a way that would bring it much needed peace and
happiness."
(The Genuine Islam, Singapore, Vol. 1, No. 8, 1936)
LAMARTINE,
the renowned historian speaking on the essentials of human
greatness wonders:
"If greatness of purpose, smallness of
means and astounding results are the three criteria of human genius, who
could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad? The
most famous men created arms, laws and empires only. They founded, if
anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled away
before their eyes. This man moved not only armies, legislation, empires,
peoples and dynasties, but millions of men in one-third of the then
inhabited world; and more than that, he moved the altars, the gods, the
religions, the ideas, the beliefs and souls....his forbearance in victory,
his ambition, which was entirely devoted to one idea and in no manner
striving for an empire; his endless prayers, his mystic conversations with
God, his death and his triumph after death; all these attest not to an
imposture but to a firm conviction which gave him the power to restore a
dogma. This dogma was two-fold, the unity of God and the
immateriality of God; the former telling what God is, the latter telling
what God is not; the one overthrowing false gods with the sword, the other
starting an idea with the words.
Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas,
restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images, the founder of twenty
terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammad. As
regards all the standards by which Human Greatness may be measured, we may
well ask, Is there any man greater than he?"
(Lamartine, HISTOIRE DE LA TURQUIE, Paris, 1854, Vol. II, pp 276-277)
MAHATMA GANDHI, speaking on the character of Muhammad, (pbuh) says in
(YOUNG
INDIA):
"I wanted to know the best of one who holds today's undisputed sway over the
hearts of millions of mankind....I became more than convinced that it was
not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of
life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet,
the scrupulous regard for his pledges, his intense devotion to this friends
and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God
and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before
them and surmounted every obstacle. When I closed the 2nd volume (of the
Prophet's biography), I was sorry there was not more for me to read of the
great life."
THOMAS CARLYLE in his
(HEROES AND HEROWORSHIP), was simply amazed as to:
"how one man single-handedly, could weld warring tribes and wandering
Bedouins into a most powerful and civilized nation in less than two
decades."
DIWAN CHAND SHARMA wrote:
"Muhammad was the soul of kindness, and his influence was felt and never
forgotten by those around him."
(D.C. Sharma, THE PROPHETS OF THE EAST, Calcutta, 1935, pp. 12)
EDWARD GIBBON and
SIMON OCKLEY speaking on the profession of Islam write:
"'I BELIEVE IN ONE GOD, AND MAHOMET, AN APOSTLE OF GOD' is the simple and
invariable profession of Islam. The intellectual image of the Deity has
never been degraded by any visible idol; the honor of the Prophet has never
transgressed the measure of human virtues; and his living precepts have
restrained the gratitude of his disciples within the bounds of reason and
religion."
(HISTORY OF THE SARACEN EMPIRES, London, 1870, p. 54)
Speaking on the aspect of equality before God in Islam, the famous poetess
of India, SAROJINI NAIDU says:
"It was the first religion that preached and practiced democracy; for, in
the mosque, when the call for prayer is sounded and worshippers are gathered
together, the democracy of Islam is embodied five times a day when the
peasant and king kneel side by side and proclaim: 'God Alone is Great'... I
have been struck over and over again by this indivisible unity of Islam that
makes man instinctively a brother."
(S. Naidu, IDEALS OF ISLAM, vide Speeches & Writings, Madras, 1918, p. 169)
In the words of PROF. HURGRONJE:
"The league of nations founded by the
prophet of Islam put the principle of international unity and human
brotherhood on such universal foundations as to show candle to other
nations."
He continues: "The
fact is that no nation of the world can show a parallel to what Islam has
done towards the realization of the idea of the League of Nations."
MICHAEL H. HART in his published book on ratings of men who
contributed towards the benefit and upliftment of mankind writes:
"My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential
persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he
was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the
religious and secular levels."
(M.H. Hart, THE 100: A RANKING OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSONS IN HISTORY,
New York, 1978, p. 33)
K. S. RAMAKRISHNA RAO, an Indian Professor of Philosophy in his booklet,
("Muhammad, The Prophet of Islam,") calls him the:
"Perfect model for human life."
Prof. Ramakrishna Rao explains his point by saying:
"The personality of Muhammad, it is most difficult to get into the whole
truth of it. Only a glimpse of it I can catch. What a dramatic succession of
picturesque scenes! There is Muhammad, the Prophet. There is Muhammad, the
Warrior; Muhammad, the Businessman; Muhammad, the Statesman; Muhammad, the
Orator; Muhammad, the Reformer; Muhammad, the Refuge of Orphans; Muhammad,
the Protector of Slaves; Muhammad, the Emancipator of Women; Muhammad, the
Judge; Muhammad, the Saint. All in all these magnificent roles, in all these
departments of human activities, he is alike a hero."
Today after a lapse of fourteen centuries,
the life and teachings of
Muhammad (pbuh) have survived without the slightest loss, alteration or
interpolation. They offer the same undying hope for treating mankind's many
ills, which they did when he was alive. This is not a claim of Muhammad's (pbuh)
followers but also the inescapable conclusion forced upon by a critical and
unbiased history. The least you could do as a thinking and concerned human
being is to stop for a moment and ask yourself: Could these statements
sounding so extraordinary and revolutionary be really true? And supposing
they really are true and you did not know this man MUHAMMAD (pbuh) or hear
about him, isn't it time you responded to this tremendous challenge and put
in some effort to know him?
It will cost you nothing but it may prove to be the beginning of a
completely new era in your life.
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During
his life. Muhammad had married 12 wives. When he married Khadija (his 1st
wife) he didn't have any other wives besides her. After her death he married
up to 11 wives…Now some westerns take this as a point against Islam. As
in their opinion
this is a clear violation of Islam's teachings
which states that "a man shouldn't marry more
than 4 wives at the same time". THEY
ALSO SAY that these marriages
of Muhammad were because of sexual desires &
they claim that Muhammad was a Womanizer!!!!!!!!!! Below is a
clear & fair investigation for this issue to
help us understand & to be able to answer the above question……
1st of all,
what's a womanizer??????^Top of the page^
A womanizer or
philanderer is a man
who engages in love affairs with women he cannot or will not marry. The love
affairs are typically sexually motivated, with little emotional attachment.
2nd,
Prophets of
the Bible & the Talmud had multiple wives^Top of the page^
When we read the Bible,
we learn about some Prophets marrying many wives, even hundreds of wives in
some cases. Let us look at some of the verses from the Old Testament:
In
Exodus 21:10, a man can marry an infinite amount of women without any
limits to how many he can marry.
In
2 Samuel 5:13; 1 Chronicles 3:1-9, 14:3, King David had six wives and
numerous concubines.
In
1 Kings 11:3, King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines.
In
2 Chronicles 11:21, King Solomon's son Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60
concubines.
So to call Muhammad a womanizer because
he married 12 wives (& not all of them were at the same time) is quite
ridiculous & dumb
3rd, the
social status of women in Arabia before Islam…^Top of the page^
Before
Muhammad announced the Message of Islam & even before when he was born &
since a long time. The situation in Arabia was very horrible regarding
women treatment.
As women were actually treated as SEX SLAVES!!! At that time
PROSTITUTION WAS THE ONLY JOB FOR WOMEN
(it was noted that tents which had red
flags in front of them were prostitute houses, other prostitute houses
belonged to Israelis as the prostitutes in these houses were Israelis as
their tents had the flag with the Israeli Star).
As
for other women they were either housewives or servants to the wives of
the masters of each tribe (& the masters of tribes sometimes had
sex with those servants, so they were forced to prostitution too!!!).
Women who were maids used to give wine to their masters & as we
said sometimes they were to be forced to commit adultery & if they
were pregnant their children were to be killed (there were exceptions
off course). As a result many Arab tribes were afraid that there
daughters might be forced to EITHER BE A SLAVE OR A PROSTITUTE
(Arab tribes used to fight with each other & the victorious tribe
would take the women, men & children as prisoners then later sell them as
slaves & maids in the market). So many Arab tribes used to burry their
daughters ALIVE!!! Yeah that's right…whenever a girl is born to man he used
to burry her as he was afraid that she might grow up to be a prostitute & as
a result bring him shame!!!! So they used to burry their new born daughters
because they were afraid from bringing shame to the family's name if they
became prostitutes. (As we said there were some tribes that didn't do this &
choose to raise their daughters in a healthy climate but they were a
minority).
The following extract is adapted from:
http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/SM_tsn/ch1s4.html
(Disclaimer)
Aspects of Pre-Islamic Arabian
Society
Social Life of the Arabs
The woman's decision would most often be enforced.
She was so highly cherished that blood would be easily shed in defense of
her honour. In fact, she was the most decisive key to bloody fight or
friendly peace. The marriage contract rested
completely in the hands of the woman’s legal guardian whose words with
regard to her marital status could never be questioned.
On the other hand, there were other social strata where
prostitution and indecency were rampant and in full operation.
Abu Da’ûd, on the authority of ‘Aishah [R] reported four kinds of
marriage in pre-Islamic Arabia: The first was similar to present-day
marriage procedures, in which case a man gives his daughter in marriage to
another man after a dowry has been agreed on. In the second, the husband
would send his wife – after the menstruation period – to cohabit with
another man in order to conceive. After conception her husband would, if he
desired, have a sexual intercourse with her.
A third kind was that a group
of less than ten men would have sexual intercourse with a woman!!!!!!
If she conceived and gave birth to a child, she would send for these men,
and nobody could abstain. They would come together to her house. She would
say: ‘You know what you have done. I have given birth to a child and it is
your child’ (pointing to one of them). The man meant would have to accept.
The fourth kind was that a
lot of men would have sexual intercourse with a certain woman (a
prostitute). She would not prevent anybody. Such women used to put a certain
flag at their gates to invite in anyone who liked. If this
prostitute got pregnant and gave birth to a child, she would collect those
men, and a seeress would tell whose child it was. The appointed father would
take the child and declare him/her his own.
When Prophet Muhammad [pbuh]
declared Islam in Arabia, he cancelled all these forms of sexual contacts
except that of present Islamic marriage.
[Abu Da'ud -
The Book of marriage]
Women always accompanied men in their wars.
The winners would freely have sexual intercourse with such
women, but disgrace would follow the children conceived in this way all
their lives!!!!
Pre-Islam Arabs had no limited number of wives. They could marry two sisters
at the same time, or even the wives of their fathers if divorced or widowed.
Divorce was to a very great extent in the power of the husband.
[Abu Da'ud -
The Book of marriage]
The obscenity
of adultery prevailed almost among all social classes except few men and
women whose self-dignity prevented them from committing such an act. Free
women were in much better conditions than the female slaves who constituted
the greatest calamity. It seemed that the greatest majority of pre-Islam
Arabs did not feel ashamed of committing this obscenity.
Abu Da’ûd reported: A man stood up in
front of Prophet Muhammad [pbuh] and said:
"O Prophet of Allâh! that boy is my son. I
had sexual intercourse with his mother in the pre-Islamic period."
The Prophet [pbuh] said:
"No claim in Islam for pre-Islamic affairs.
The child is to be attributed to the one on whose bed it was born, and
stoning is the lot of a fornicator."
[Abu Da'ud -
Chapter "The child is to the one on whose bed it was born]
With respect to the pre-Islam Arab’s relation with his offspring, we
see that life in Arabia was paradoxical and presented a gloomy picture of
contrasts.
Whilst some Arabs held children dear to their hearts and cherished them
greatly, others buried their female children alive because an illusory fear
of poverty and shame weighed heavily on them. The practice of infanticide
cannot, however, be seen as irrevocably rampant because of their dire need
for male children to guard themselves against their enemies.
Now let's hold on for
just a second
From the above we
can conclude the following…
1st
the situation in
Arabia was unfairly
stacked towards men's direction
2nd
women were treated as sex slaves to please the male
masters of the tribes in
Arabia
Important Note: before Islam also
many Arabs also used to marry up to 40 women as a sign of manhood & to have
many children (this
situation changed after Islam came
as we shall see in the next few lines).
As we know Muhammad
was from Quraish which is one of the noble tribes. So
IF HE WAS A WOMANIZER,
wouldn't he have relations with prostitutes
or at least to have a maid???? THE
FACT IS
HE STAYED 25 YEARS AS A
CHASTE & NEVER TOUCHED A WOMAN.
Then he got married to Khadija & he
NEVER MARRIED OTHER WOMEN WITH HER
until she died (when she died
Muhammad was 50 years old).
Important Note:
Khadija was married 2 times before her marriage to Prophet Muhammad…So
why on earth would a womanizer marry a 40 year old widow & leave young
virgin women or even leave prostitutes!!!!!!!!???
Another Note:
Khadija didn't interact with Muhammad before their marriage except when he
used to trade with her money (As we previously mentioned, at that time women
in Arabia didn't go to work) that she had inherited from her dead husbands.
& she used to deal with many male traders before BUT she loved him but at
the same time she felt shy to tell him this as she thought she is an old
widow whilst Muhammad didn't even think about young women so how could he
accept her marriage???(That's what she thought)
Anyway, she was the 1st woman
to believe in his message of Islam (although she married him before the
message of Islam for a long time)
So, IT'S CLEAR ENOUGH that Muhammad
DIDN'T INVENT ISLAM TO FULFILL
HIS SEXUAL DESIRES AS SOME PEOPLE CLAIM.
As after Islam came to him he didn't marry other women after Khadija & he
still loved her ONLY. & NEVER MARRIED OTHER WOMEN WHILE SHE WAS ALIVE.
When she died & at the same year his
uncle died ….this year was called the year of Grief. As the 2 persons who
died were the most important supporters to Muhammad since his message came &
they helped him & protected him against the harm that he was subjected to
from the Pagans of Mecca.
So
until here we see Muhammad as a very honest & Loyal man who loved his wife &
never married other women besides her & he NEVER knew prostitutes although
this way was open to him
After a year has passed since Khadija`s
death,
a
woman
(Khoula bint Hakim Al-Salmya) came to Muhammad &
said
to him:"
O Prophet of god, aren't you going to get married??? You have 7 children & a
huge message to inform others about it!!!!!!"
At that point
Muhammad
CRYED
& said:"
is there is someone after Khadija!!!!!!?????"
SO FROM THE ABOVE WE CAN
DEDUCE:-
1-Muhammad in his youth never knew women nor had he shown interest in them
2-Muhammad as a man didn't marry a woman he loved except Khadija who was a
widow, older than him
3-Muhammad didn't want to marry anybody after Khadija`s death & the proof is
that he wept
when a woman asked him to marry again.
4-Muhammad`s next marriages were obligatory & were 100% justified due to his
message obligations as we are going to see in the next few lines
Muhammad's 2nd marriage
to Souda bint Zama`a^Top of the page^
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Martial State |
Age |
| Muhammad when he married Souda |
Widow |
50 |
| Souda when she married Muhammad |
Widow |
55 |
SO AGAIN….HOW ON EARTH
WOULD A WOMANIZER
MARRY ANOTHER WIDOW
who is OLDER THAN HIM
AFTER HE STAYED WITH HIS 1ST WIFE FOR 25 YEARS
(WHICH WAS THE PERIOD OF HIS YOUTH)!!!!!!!??????????
The REASON FOR THIS
MARRIAGE IS THAT
he married Souda
to take
care of his children
so that
he could continue with informing the message of Islam without carrying the
Burden of the Kids all by himself….SO
IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS MARRIAGE IS JUSTIFIED & NOT BECAUSE OF SEXUAL DESIRES
,ISN'T IT?????
After
all that ….Do you still think Muhammad is a womanizer???? If so then keep
reading!!!!!
Muhammad's
3rd & 4th
marriages to Aisha & Hafsa respectively^Top of the page^
A-the marriage of Aisha
As we
explained before that Muhammad wasn't a pedophile when he married Aisha as
she had reached maturity & was able to have children
The REASON FOR THIS
MARRIAGE IS THAT
Muhammad wanted someone to carry
the message of Islam after him (i.e. to teach a new generation the message
so they would carry it after his death).
So whatever you think about Islam
whether it's a good message or not. It's easy to understand that this was
wisdom thinking to teach the new generations about the message of Islam.
THE PROOF OF THIS IS:
Aisha had a very strong memory, she was very smart. She memorized all the
sunna (Muhammad's sayings & actions).
And when Muhammad died
she was 18 & she lived for 47 years old later with nothing to do EXCEPT
teaching Islam to other people. Also
Aisha's rank among
the narrators of the Ahadith (Muhammad's sayings) was the 4th or
the 5th!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another REASON FOR THIS
MARRIAGE IS THAT
Muhammad wanted to increase the
connection between him & Abu Bakr (The father of Aisha). Besides he & Abu
Bakr were best friends, Muhammad also wanted to increase the connection by
marrying his daughter
as he knew that Abu Bakr would be his successor when he dies…AND
IT DID HAPPEN.
So the another wise
reason for this marriage is to improve the relations with his successors
to ensure that the Islamic Nation would have strong relations after his
death so they would be still standing as one family.
And this was
one of the reasons of his 4th marriage to Hafsa
(DAUGHTER OF
OMAR IBN EL-KHATTAB HIS 2ND SUCCESSOR)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And for the same very
reason
he made 2 of his daughters
(Ruqia & Oum Kolthom) marry Othman Ibn Affan
(HIS 3RD SUCCESSOR).
And AGAIN for the same reason
he made his other daughter (Fatma)
marries Ali Ibn Abi Talib
(HIS 4TH SUCCESSOR)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So all these were
FAMILY
MARRIAGES
in which nobody
objected on it & all these marriages were made by the approval of all
parties including the brides & even Aisha who was the most jealous wife
among Muhammad's wives didn't object although she was jealous from Khadija
because Muhammad never married other women besides her when she was alive.
BUT still she didn't object on these marriages as she knew that his marriage
to Hafsa was due to a political reason (i.e. to strengthen the relationships
inside the Islamic nation more & more so they could stand strong after his
death)
IMPORTANT NOTE: Hafsa
was ALSO A WIDOW
before her
marriage to Muhammad
as her husband (Khunis
Ibn Hozafa Al-Sahmi) was one of the martyrs of the battle of Badr between
the Muslims & the Pagans of Mecca (The
pagans killed him, that's why he is considered a martyr).
And her father
(Omar) wanted to
marry her to Abu Bakr as he was wise enough & a good person to cheer her up
after the grief she has been experiencing since the death of her husband.
But Abu Bakr REFUSED, Omar felt insulted & he then went to Othman Ibn Affan
who was in grief too after his wife Ruquia (daughter of Muhammad) died. But
again Othman REFUSED TOO!!! Omar was astonished & went to complain to
Muhammad from the actions of his pals. So Muhammad smiled & offered to marry
her himself, Omar was delighted & went to tell his daughter.
So this was another
reason for his marriage to Hafsa:
TO HONOR HER FATHER & TO CHEER HER
UP AFTER THE DEATH OF HER PREVIOUS HUSBAND.
I know that this seems
strange because this morals DON'T EXIST EXCEPT IN ISLAM. Today many people
in the west marry each other because of the physical beauty ONLY (or because
they have committed adultery which resulted in a child but this is rare!)
but it's uncommon today to have strong family relations the way Muhammad did
with his companions & each one of them
married from the other's
daughters to strengthen the relations & off course
this was by the approval
of the daughters
as they looked up to
each of these noble men.
Are
you still convinced that Muhammad is a womanizer???? Keep reading……..
As for his 5th marriage from Zainab Bint
Khouziama (WHO WAS ALSO A
WIDOW). Muhammad married her when she was 30 years old after her
previous husband Obeida Ibn-ul-Harith died as a martyr in the battle of Uhud.
However, not much is mentioned about her life in the books of history. But
the most thing she was noticed by it was her sincere care for the poor
people, which is why she was given the title "Um-ul-masakeen" which
means mother of the poor people.
According to R.V.C. Bodley in
"The Messenger" (London, 1946, p. 176), neither Aisha nor
Hafsa did give much attention to this marriage since Muhammad married her
only as a form of charity towards her. Bodley also describes her as being good and generous.
One other reason for the few information about her life is that after her
marriage from Muhammad, she died 8 months later;
which proves that life
spans at that time were short which again shows that Muhammad WAS NOT A
PEDOPHILE when he married Aisha at a young age.
In his 6th marriage from Umm Salama
(also a widow and a mother of 4!!!) ,
she was older than him since she was 65 and prophet
Muhammad was 58 (some historians say 56). Her previous husband
was killed from the wounds he received in the battle of Uhud.
Following her first husband’s death in the battle of Uhud
she had no
family in Medina except her small children, but she was given support by
both the Muhajirun (Immigrant Muslims from Mecca) and Ansar (Citizens of
Medina who became Muslims) who felt they had a duty to her. When she
completed the Iddah (ie. the waiting period of a woman who is either
divorced, seeks an annulment or her husband dies which in this case is) four
months and ten days, Abu Bakr and then Umar asked to marry her but she
declined. Muhammad then approached her and she
replied:
"O Messenger of Allah, I have three characteristics. I
am a woman who is extremely jealous and I am afraid that you will see in me
something that will anger you and cause Allah to punish me. I am a woman who
is already advanced in age and I am a woman who has a young family."
Muhammad replied:
"Regarding the jealousy you mentioned, I pray to Allah the Almighty to let
it go away from you. Regarding the question of age you have mentioned. I am
afflicted with the same problem as you. Regarding the dependent family
you have mentioned, your family is my family."
So they were married, and the one who managed her marriage to prophet
Muhammad was her son Salama son of her previous husband.
So again
like the 5th marriage
the reason for this marriage was a social one, to take care of a widow
and her children.
Again, womanizers are usually ones who think
only of fulfilling their sexual desires when meeting other women.
Certainly, showing mercy towards orphans and widows by
joining them to his family and adding more load and more responsibilities
doesn't seem to be an action taken by a womanizer, Is it????
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Aisha in Islam:
Let's discuss the age of Aisha being 9 when she married our Prophet in
Islam!
First of all, it is important to know:
Aisha's parents were the ones who married her to our Prophet,
and that no
Muslim or even pagan objected to the marriage because it was widely
practiced. And even until today in 3rd world countries (Muslims and
non-Muslims), little girls as young as 9 or 10 do get married.
Anyway, the
reason no one objected was to the Prophet's marriage was:
1-People used to have very short life-spans in Arabia. They used to live
between 40 to 60 years maximum. So it was only normal and natural for girls
to be married off at ages 9 or 10 or similar.
2-Marriage for young girls
was widely practiced among Arabs back then, and even today in many
third-world non-Muslim and Muslim countries.
See the following examples:
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7], etc...
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It is important to know that girls during the Biblical and Islamic days used
to be married off at young ages when they either had their first periods, or
their breasts start showing off. In other words, when they turn into
"women", then they get married off. It was quite different for men on the
other hand, because physical power and the ability of living an independent
life had always been and will always be a mandatory requirement for men to
have in life. So men waited much longer than women in terms of getting
married. The guy had to develop both his body and mind before he was ready
for marriage.
That is why you see girls as young as 9 or 10 were married to men as old as
30 or even older. The culture back then and in many third world countries
today (NON-MUSLIM ONES TOO) is quite different than what you live in today.
Prophet Muhammad's marriage with Aisha was 100% legal and acceptable by all
laws and Divine Religions!
So to call Prophet Muhammad a pedophile for marrying a girl that was OFFERED
TO HIM by her parents and was accepted by all of the people back then
including the enemies of Islam, the pagans, is quite absurd.
Also, in
Exodus 21:7-11 as further elaborated on below,
girls were sold off
as slave girls by their own fathers to other men.
So most certainly, no one
is qualified to call the Prophet of Islam a pedophile!
Young girls in the Bible and Jewish Talmud.
Fathers can sell their daughters as slave girls to other men in the Bible.
Is the GOD of Israel a pedophile?
Quick side Note:
Numbers 31:35-40 "[From the captives of war] 32,000 women who had never
slept with a man.......of which the tribute for the LORD was 32 [among them
were virgin girls]."
Even though GOD Almighty's share of the 32 virgin girls is metaphoric,
meaning that He didn't come down and have sex with them, but if any wants to
call Prophet Muhammad a pedophile or womanizer for marrying
(his best
friend's daughter with both her parents' approval) a young girl and marrying
multiple women throughout his life, then he should not only call his
Biblical Prophets as such, but also the GOD of Israel Himself!
Also today, the Jewish law for marriage sets the age of consent for females
at 11. (Consent is only one way of marriage) I do not know if modern Jewish
law still allows (in theory) betrothal by intercourse as it was practiced in
ancient times.
Thirty years ago, the renowned sexologist R.E.L. Masters and Allan Edwardes
said in their study of Afro-Asian sexual expression (_The Cradle of
Erotica_, Julian Press, New York:1962) said, "Today, in many parts of North
Africa, Arabia, and India, girls are wedded and bedded between the ages
of five and nine; and no self-respecting female remains unmarried beyond
the age of puberty."
**** Also, the age consent in the US and Europe only 100 years ago for
girls' marriage was as little as 10, and some popular men figures married
little girls who were as young as their daughters.
I have provided the
Western links and proofs. (Disclaimer)
Fathers can sell their daughters as slave girls to other men in the Bible:
Exodus 21:7-11
7. "If a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as
the male slaves do.
8. "If she is displeasing in the eyes of
her master who designated her for
himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He does not have authority to
sell her to a foreign people because of his unfairness to her.
9. "If he designates her for his son
[Note: "his son" means that the master
is either her father's age or even much older!], he shall deal with her
according to the custom of daughters.
10. "If he takes to himself another woman, he may not reduce her food, her
clothing, or her conjugal rights.
11. "If he will not do these three things for her, then she shall go out for
nothing, without payment of money."
First of all, did the daughter have any choice to be sold off by her father,
married off by her master to either himself or his son?
No!
Also, the fact that the master can either marry her or marry her off to his
son, means that MOST LIKELY, SHE IS
HIS DAUGHTER'S AGE and younger than
his son!! So he's probably at least 30+
years older than her. Yet, he himself (her father's age or even MUCH older)
can marry her.
Also, the fact that there is no AGE LIMIT to how girls in the Bible were
sold off and married off to other men, WITHOUT ANY CHOICE, who were much
much older than them as also the case with the Biblical Prophets who married
100s of wives each clearly proves the hypocrisy of some Christians who
attack Islam through Aisha's very young age, while they clearly ignore the
same fact in their own Bible. Here is a sample
of the 100s of wives of the Biblical Prophets:
In
Exodus 21:10, a man can marry an infinite amount of women without any
limits to how many he can marry.
In
2 Samuel 5:13; 1 Chronicles 3:1-9, 14:3, King David had six wives and
numerous concubines.
In
1 Kings 11:3, King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines.
In
2 Chronicles 11:21, King Solomon's son Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60
concubines.
Aisha was "9" when she married our Prophet. If this is weird
or unacceptable to you, then are BOTH HER PARENTS and the whole Arabs'
culture BACK THEN also guilty for giving her and others like her in marriage
to other men, 1500 years ago?
Even today, girls in many third-world countries
are married off at the same
or similar age. Also, it is believed by many Jews and Roman Catholics that
Mary was 12 - 14 when she had Jesus. Also as I said, the Biblical Prophets
who had 100s of wives each most probably married young girls as well.
Also, what about Aisha's PARENTS (MOM AND DAD)? Didn't they see it right and
fit to marry their daughter at that age and at that time?
Who are we to
judge?
Also as I said, didn't the
Biblical Prophets marry 100s of wives each?
Is it
possible that some of those wives were little girls as well? It's both
highly probable and possible!
The fact that Biblical Prophets married 100s of wives each and
fathers used to sell their daughters as slave girls to other men without any
age limit makes it extremely possible and probable that several if not many
of these wives were little girls between 9 to 13, while the Prophets were
MUCH MUCH OLDER than them.
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Important Note: Please pay attention toward the end of this article to the
Virgin Mary's (peace be upon her) age. According to Christian resources,
Mary was 12-14 when she had Jesus. You will also see
proofs from the Jews'
Holiest Book, the Talmud, that girls were married off before at the age of
3, meaning that the Bible's Old Testament has no age limit on when girls can
marry, and certainly the Jews had awfully abused it in the past. You will
also see a section on the Prophets of the Bible who married hundreds of
wives. You will also see response to the missionaries'
argument: "Jesus never got married, so therefore Muhammad is not truthful".
Every time the Muslims talk about Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him to the
anti-Islamic, the anti-Islamic use Muhammad's marriage with a girl named
Aisha as a point against Islam. They claim that since Muhammad was in his
50's and Aisha was only 9 years old, then its ok to call him a "Child
Molester":
Narrated Aisha:
"The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six (years). We
went to Medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj. Then I
got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew (again) and my mother,
Um Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my
friends. She called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do
to me. She caught me by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house.
I was breathless then, and when my breathing became Alright, she took some
water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me into the house.
There in the house I saw some Ansari women who said, "Best wishes and
Allah's Blessing and a good luck." Then she entrusted me to them and they
prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah's Apostle came to me in
the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a
girl of nine years of age." (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Merits of the
Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar), Volume 5, Book 58, Number 234)
Notice here that Aisha's mother and the Muslim women back then were ok with
her marriage. It
was part of the Arab custom and still is in many of the Muslim and
non-Muslim countries today for girls to marry at a very young age. When
a girl's body starts showing up (her breasts and her height and
physical size), then she would be ready for marriage. This is further
elaborated on in the "The Middle Eastern and other Cultures" and "What
about Aisha's parents (mon and dad), are they too "Child Molesters"?"
and "The life span 1400 years ago was very short" sections below in
this article.
The "child molester" charge is a terrible unfair attack on Islam because it
doesn't apply to our beloved prophet in anyway!
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It was told that Aisha was already engaged to
a non Muslim man named Jober
Ibn Al-Moteam Ibn Oday. Back then, the people of Mecca did not object to Aisha's engagement to Jober because she was physically big enough and tall
enough to be considered for marriage. Her parents saw that and they engaged
her to Jober.
The only reason why Aisha's father, Abu Baker Al Siddeek, broke her
engagement with Jober is because he was a non-Muslim. Later, a woman named
Kholeah Bint Hakeem suggested for Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him to
marry Aisha, because the Prophet and Abu Baker became best friends. Prophet
Muhammad engaged Aisha for 2 years before he married her.
All Muslim scholars agree 100% that Prophet Muhammad and Aisha were engaged
for 2 years before marriage. However, some say that she was 7 when she got
engaged, and 9 when she got married. Others say that she was 9 when she got
engaged and 11 when she got married.
Think that it makes more logical sense to say that she was 9
when she got engaged to Prophet Muhammad and 11 when she got married,
because if she were 7 when she got engaged to the Prophet, then how old was
she when she first got engaged to Jober? I don't think she was big enough
and mature enough to get engaged with Jober before the age of 7. I don't
think her parents would have allowed it.
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If you take the time to study a little bit about the history of the tribes
in South America, Middle East, Africa, India and the far eastern Oriental
countries 1400 years ago, you would find that many tribes even until today
(as shown in the Thai girl's and the 12-year old Romanian girl links above)
allow the marriage of females at a very young age.
Do you think it is fair for you to come today and attack our beloved Prophet
and call him a child molester when nobody 1400 years ago from his tribe had
objected to his marriage? Not even the Pagans of Mecca, nor the Jews and
Christians of Medina ever objected to it or used it as a point against Islam
as anti-Islamic do today.
We all need to understand the culture that we are talking about. Life in the
Middle East is a very simple one. It is a lot simpler than what our brain
can imagine, because the simplest in America may be a very
difficult or complicated thing to them in the Middle East especially for
those folks who live in tribes in the rural areas where they don't have TV,
electricity, or any electrical equipment. They live on natural water and
survive on what they have available from fruits, vegetables and animals as
food.
Parents look at the girl's physical appearance when they prepare her for
marriage. They don't care about her age. She could be 9 or 13, it doesn't
matter.
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Since Aisha's
parents both approved of her engagement with Jober and later approved
to her marriage to Muhammad, is it fair for anyone to call her mom and
dad and former fiancée and whole tribe all child
molesters?Whoever does that would be out of his mind and needs to study
a little history about the Middle East.
Let us look at the following narration:
Narrated Aisha:
"The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six (years). We
went to Medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj. Then I
got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew (again) and my mother,
Um Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my girl
friends. She called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do
to me. She caught me by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house.
I was breathless then, and when my breathing became Alright, she took some
water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me into the house.
There in the house I saw some Ansari women who said, "Best wishes and
Allah's Blessing and a good luck." Then she entrusted me to them and they
prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah's Apostle came to me in
the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a
girl of nine years of age."(Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Merits of the
Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar), Volume 5, Book 58, Number 234)
Notice here that Aisha's mother and the Muslim women back then were ok with
her marriage. It was part of the Arab custom and still is in many of the
Muslim and non-Muslim countries today for girls to marry at a very young
age. When a girl's body starts showing up (her breasts and her height and
physical size), then she would be ready for marriage.
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Below are the points that perhaps could be of some use in the defense of the
marriage of Lady Aisha to our beloved Prophet (peace be upon him). You would
know if they are good enough to be utilize:
Firstly -
if indeed the marriage of Lady Aisha was something which was
despicable even at that time and in that culture,
this fact would never have
been recorded for posterity and all efforts to conceal or cloud it would
have been undertaken.
But the fact that this hadith had reached us after it was recorded centuries
ago and to all the Muslim generations in between proved that the marriage
was culturally and morally acceptable and the fact is also that the Muslim
community at that time remained unshakened in its faith in his Prophethood
and the message which he had brought bear testimony to this assertion.
Secondly - we have to look at
the life of Lady Aisha afterwards.
She was
without doubt one of the foremost scholars of Islam. It is even said that
she had attained in her lifetime the position of Mufti( someone capable of
giving religious rulings) a position very few Muslims will ever occupy.
She was seeked by many,
both men and women, who hungered for knowledge and
they came to her from all directions, Yemen, Bahrain, Syria. History does
not know of any woman who was approached by so many for such a noble
purpose.
If indeed
she had became a victim of sexual abuse she would in most
probability be devastated emotionally, psychologically, mentally and perhaps
even physically but the achievements she had made in her life after the
death of the Prophet proved that she was a woman who was in complete control
of her faculties, becoming one of the intellectual giants of Islam.
And the fact that she had spoken so dearly of the Prophet was indicative of
the innocence of the marriage and of the impeccable character of her husband
because given the trust enjoyed by her by the virtue of her relationship
with him, she could have unleashed a vengeful attack against him by
attributing to him words or deeds of horrendous nature if indeed she was a
victim of his supposed lust, destroying both the Prophet and Islam.
No sexual abuse victim would ever spoke
positively of her attacker, much less becoming a channel that promote love
and understanding of him and the message which he had brought.
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Well, a lot of
the things we do today are not right in the eyes of many. Our
"standards"
today mean nothing to what took place 1400 years ago. Today, anyone under
18 years old is considered a "child", a baby still under his mommy's and
daddy's care. Back then on the other hand, people who reached the age of 18
were considered wise and very mature.
Let me share this Islamic story with you:
There is a famous Islamic figure called "Osama bin Zayd". It
was
told that this man was once a leader or one of the leaders of the Muslims
who met the Roman Christians. He defeated them. He was only 16 to 18 years
old.
So the point is, Aisha, might look as child to you, but
back then she certainly was considered as "woman" who was qualified for
marriage.
The following articles contain more proofs:
From:
http://ismaili.net/histoire/history03/history333.html
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Osama bin Zaid
At about the middle of the month of Safar, in the 11th A.H., on Monday,
Muhammad ordered his followers to make speedy preparations for an expedition
against the people of Mauta in the Byzantine territory, and the sources go
to say, to avenge the massacre of the soldiers, who had fallen in recent
skirmishes. The next day, on Tuesday he appointed Osama to the command of
the army. Osama was the son of Zaid bin Harith, who had been slain at Mauta,
and was a youth of 17 or 18 years. On Wednesday, a violent inroad of
headache and fever seized Muhammad, but the next morning of Thursday, he
found himself sufficiently recovered to prepare a flag-staff, with his own
hands, which he made over to Osama. The camp was then erected at Jorf, three
miles from Medina on the route to Syria. He ordered all his followers at
Medina to join it at once, not excepting even the renowned companions to
join it at once. Only Ali, who was required to remain with him at Medina,
was exempted. The malady, although gaining ground, did not confine Muhammad
entirely to his house. He used to move into the mosque, through the door of
his apartment, to lead the prayers. After about a week of his summoning the
men to the Syrian expedition under Osama, he perceived that the progress to
join the camp at Jorf was very slow and poor, therefore, he once again
addressed the people to join the Syrian expedition. The sickness of Muhammad
was increasing every day, and the Syrian expedition, weighed upon his mind,
and continued saying to those around him, "Send off quickly the army of Osama." According to the Shiites, Muhammad was really reprimanding his
companions for not joining the expeditionary force. Knowing that Muhammad's
end was near, the companions were reluctant to leave Medina at such a
critical time and fearful that, if they absented themselves, Ali might step
uncontested. In sum, the army of Osama could not depart from Medina during
the time of Muhammad.
..........
From:
http://www.dawn.com/2003/08/22/fea.htm
(Disclaimer)
"...Assuming the responsibilities of the caliphate he was confronted with
the problems that some of the tribes who had already embraced Islam broke
off, many tribes declined to pay Zakat and false prophets emerged to take
advantage of the situation. Hazrat Ayesha (RA) at this is reported to have
uttered that the problems faced by my father if had befallen on Jibal-ur-
Rasiat it would have shattered. However, credit goes to him who with courage
and resolution overcame them.
His first priority was to dispatch the expedition to Syria under the command
of Osama bin Zaid originally ordered by the Holy Prophet but delayed due to
his death. It was a critical juncture for him. In the wake of alarming
condition he was advised not to send, but he did not yield and without
hesitation dispatched it in order to execute the wishes of the Holy Prophet.
He was so much concerned that he himself came out of Madina to see the
expedition off which soon returned graced by victory. It boosted the morale
of the Muslims very much...."
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The discussion of Muhammad's marriage to Aisha has recently come up on a
Muslim message board, with the usual cries of 'Muhammad was a pedophile'
coming from the usual anti-Islam lobby.
In order to answer this filthy slander, going to
police website detailing the traits of a
pedophile, (Disclaimer)
and this is what came up with it. It seems that, even by today's standards,
Muhammad could not be considered a pedophile.
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Okay, lets have a look at the psyche of a typical pedophile, and see how
much of it fits Muhammad shall we?
Quoted text is taken from Understanding
the Pedophile Psyche, courtesy of the Police Federation of England & Wales:
http://www.polfed.org/magazine/08_2001/80_2001_paedophile.htm
(Disclaimer)
"Low self esteem. Many pedophiles, although by no means all, do not have a
great sense of capacity for adopting a sexual demeanor towards adults or
those of their own age or older. They feel unhappy and fearful at the
prospect of sexual behaviour with adults and hence turn to children due to
the fact that they are unable to have the strength of personality to seek
adults for sexual demeanor. When considering treatment therefore it is
important to establish and develop a higher sense of self-esteem in such
individuals."
As well as being married to Aisha, he was also married to many other women
during his life. He wasn't certainly suffering from low self-esteem.
Therefore, this does not apply to Muhammad.
"Lack of impulse control. Many pedophiles find it extremely difficult to
deal with the impulsive nature which inclines them towards sexual behaviour
to children. They simply cannot control their need for engaging children in
sexual practices. They might be said to suffer from an obsessive-compulsive
condition. Here again treatment would involve developing better impulse
control and of course redirecting the sexual inclinations."
As has been mentioned before, Muhammad waited for at least two years before
consummating the marriage. Therefore, this point of 'lack of self control'
does not apply to Muhammad. Also, fasting during Ramadan requires abstention
from sexual relations. Why would Muhammad practice this if he had no
self-control?
"Denial. Many pedophiles deny there is anything wrong with having sexual
relations with children and many will in due course paradoxically deny
having carried out such practices should they be confronted. It is vital to
change the attitudes of such individuals much as in the lack of empathy with
their victim."
Muhammad never once denied having sex with his wife. Also note the use of
the term 'victim'. Aisha could not be described as a victim. Therefore, this
does not apply to Muhammad.
"History of previous pedophile activity. Many pedophiles have carried out
minor or major acts of pedophile behaviour in the past and this has led to
habit as well as the obsessive-compulsive nature of the act towards
children. It is vital here to promote alternative habits i.e. in attitudes
and demeanor of sexual behaviour with adults."
Muhammad has no history of pedophile activity whatsoever. Also, as pointed
out, all of Muhammad's other wives were adult, and there is no evidence of
him being obsessed with children. Therefore, this doesn't apply to Muhammad.
"Poor family relationships - many pedophiles have come from families that
are in chaos or are lacking in stability. This has led them to view sexual
behaviour with children rather than adults as acceptable especially if this
has been practiced upon them by a member of the family in the past. Although
it is difficult to reverse what has happened in the past through discussion
or attitude changes it is vital that insight must be gained by the
individual into how his/her pedophile activity originated and was developed
through the family dynamics."
Although he was orphaned at a young age,
Muhammad was always very close to
all his family members, and advocated that whosoever cuts the bond of kith
and kin, he/she would be denied paradise. Therefore, this does not apply to
Muhammad.
"Low IQ - there are pedophiles who have low intelligence but by no means all
are in this category. Where this is the case appropriate therapeutic efforts
must be made to develop understanding of what they are doing wrong and what
they must do to change."
Despite being illiterate, Muhammad had a reputation for being a very bright
young boy, an excellent trader, and an extremely wise man. Therefore, this
point does not apply to Muhammad.
"Loneliness, depression and relationship needs - this particular trait is
associated with low self-esteem and lack of empathy with the victim. Many
pedophiles are lonely individuals who live on their own and have found it
difficult to establish relationships with adults, especially for sexual
purposes. Some suffer from psychological problems and even psychotic
illnesses. Here intensive treatment and monitoring is in order."
Muhammad wasn't suffering from depression when he married Aisha. Also, low
self-esteem, loneliness, and difficulty to establish relations could not be
attributed to Muhammad.
"Having been themselves sexually abused - many pedophiles have themselves
been sexually abused in the past by adults. They merely imitate what they
experienced and continue their activity considering it as appropriate since
it was done to them."
This certainly isn't true.
It has been demonstrated that, despite the fact Muhammad married a nine-year old
girl, he could NOT be considered a pedophile.
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Did you also research the average life span 1400 years ago in the Middle
East? The gypsy, or Roman people, of Indian descent who now for the most
part occupy eastern Europe, arrange their children in marriage. They arrange
the children @ the age of 9 to be engaged for 3 or 4 years before they are
married. The only ground for divorce in their culture is failure to conceive
a child within a year of marriage (what an irony-- largely illiterate people
recognize the American Medical Association's definition of infertility and
divorce, while 'educated' people in the west pursue various infertility
'treatments' for years w/o end). Also, compared to Europeans, the average
life span of the Romany is around 45, compared with those life spans in the
60's and 70's, so when their children are married, their lives are about 1/3
over.
An addition by Mr. Osama Abdallah:
Life 1400 years ago was very rough in the too hot desert. From my personal
knowledge, the average life span back then was 50 years. People used to die
from all kinds of diseases. Both parents of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon
him for instance, died natural deaths before he even knew them. His father,
Abdallah bin Hashem, died while Amina bint Wahb (Amy in English as Mary for
Mariam), Muhammad's mother was still pregnant with Muhammad. After she gave
birth, she died when he was 2 years old (I believe). Muhammad was the only
child of his parents.
Muhammad was raised by his mother's female servant, Saadiyyah, and by his
uncle (father's brother) Abu Talib, who later stood up for him and protected
him when Muhammad declared to be Allah Almighty's Messenger at the age of
40.
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Not only was it a custom in the Arab society to Engage/Marry a young girl
it
was also common in the Jewish society. The case of Mary the mother of Jesus
comes to mind, in non biblical sources she was between 11-14 years old when
she conceived Jesus. Mary had already been "BETROTHED" to Joseph before
conceiving Jesus. Joseph was a much older man. therefore Mary was younger
than 11-14 years of age when she was "BETHROED" to Joseph. We Muslims would
never call Joseph a Child Molester, nor would we refer to the "Holy Ghost"
of the Bible, that "Impregnated" Mary as a "Rapist" or "Adulterer".
According to the Priest of
Saint Mary's Catholic Church: "Mary was approximately 14 years old when she
got pregnant with Jesus. Joseph, Mary's Husband is believed to be around 36.
Mary was only 13 when she married Joseph. When she first was arranged with
Joseph she was between 7 to 9 years old."
(Note: off
course we Muslims have other beliefs concerning Jesus...click
here to read about them)
According to the
"Oxford Dictionary Bible" commentary, Mary (peace be upon
her) was was 12 years old when she became impregnated.
So
if we want to be as silly and ridiculous as many of the Christians,
we
would respond to them by saying that Mary was psychologically and
emotionally devastated for getting pregnant at a very young age. And
speaking of "child molesting", since most Christians believe that Jesus is
the Creator of this universe, then why did GOD allow himself to enter life
through a 12-year old young girl's vagina? Please note that we Muslims love
and respect Allah Almighty, Mary, Jesus and Allah's Message to the People of
the Book (The Jews and Christians). In other words, we Muslims would never
make fun of Christianity through such childish topic like this one as many
ridiculous Christians do make fun of Islam through our Prophet's (peace be
upon him) marriage.
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When we read the Bible, we learn about some Prophets marrying many wives,
even hundreds of wives in some cases. Let us look at some of the verses from
the Old Testament:
In
Exodus 21:10, a man can marry an infinite amount of women without any
limits to how many he can marry.
In
2 Samuel 5:13; 1 Chronicles 3:1-9, 14:3, King David had six wives and
numerous concubines.
In
1 Kings 11:3, King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines.
In
2 Chronicles 11:21, King Solomon's son Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60
concubines.
And knowing that the Bible's Old Testament
allowed before for men to have
sex with girls who were at the age of 3, (Disclaimer) then it wouldn't surprise me that
those Prophets who had 700 wives for instance, had many very young "teenage"
girls before as their wives.
It wouldn't surprise me if they too had wives that were younger than Mary
when she got pregnant, and younger than Aisha when she got married.
Since there are so many wives that those Prophets married (hundreds of
wives), then how would anyone know that they didn't marry young women as our
beloved Prophet peace be upon him did with his marriage to Aisha peace be
upon her?
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Well, anyone who studies Islam would realize that we Muslims respect Prophet
Jesus, peace be upon him, very dearly and
we regard him as one of Allah
Almighty's favorite Prophets. We ARE NOT like some followers of other
religion(s) who believe that he was a
liar and that his mother Mary was not a good woman. But Jesus, peace be upon him, is not the measuring
stick! Meaning, that whether he married or not, this wouldn't make a person
good or bad, truthful or untruthful. It is totally irrelevant to us Muslims
that Jesus peace be upon him never got married before whether it was by his
choice or not. Certainly, Christians can't even follow his foot steps in
this issue, if they did then how on earth do they think they could survive
as human beings!!!???
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How did Muhammad react to these
situations???????????
Situation 1:
A man came to ask Muhammad's permission to commit adultery!!!!!!!!!^Top of the page^
Some people who read the title probably are
rubbing their eyes now!!!
They are saying: is he insane???? How can a man ask such question to a man
who is supposed to be a prophet & the starter of a religion that forbids
adultery!!!
Other readers are making assumptions ALREADY!!!!
They are saying: "Duh! no doubt Muhammad ordered that
this man should be flogged" (as this is the punishment of adultery in
Islam for non-married people). BUT WAIT,
Muhammad didn't do that…..so
what did he do? Yelled at
him??? No, again.
He did something which doesn't exist except in Islam…let's
see what happened from the begging, shall we???
"A young man came to Prophet Muhammad & said: "O prophet of
god, give me the permission to commit
adultery!!!!!!!!!!.
At that point the people yelled at the man.
So Muhammad said:
"Leave him, stop, you (meaning the man)
come here!!!!"
The man came & sat with Prophet Muhammad. &
Muhammad asked him:"
Would you like that to happen to your mother?" The
man answered:" No".
Prophet Muhammad
then said:" & all other people
wouldn't like that to happen to their mothers,
would you like that to happen to your
daughter?"
Again the
man replied: "No".
Prophet Muhammad then said:"
& all other people wouldn't like that to happen to their daughters,
would you like that to happen to your sister?"
Again the
man replied: "No".
Prophet Muhammad then said:"
& all other people wouldn't like that to happen to their sisters,
would you like that to happen to your
paternal aunt?"
Again the
man replied: "No".
Prophet Muhammad then said:"
& all other people wouldn't like that to happen to their paternal aunts,
would you like that to happen to your
maternal aunt?"
Again the
man replied: "No".
Finally prophet
Muhammad said :"
& all other people wouldn't like that to happen to their maternal aunts".&
then he put his hand on the young man's
chest & said : "O God, expiate his
sin , purify his heart , fortify his private parts (i.e. from illegal sexual
acts)"(1)
Ladies & gentlemen this is TRUE ISLAM. THIS
IS MUHAMMAD!!! Unlike the stereotypes
in the western media.
Can you find these morals today in any place OTHER than Islam???? I don't
think so
Not only Muhammad advised
him gently, but also he debated with him &
convinced him with logic. I know that some
westerns thought that Muhammad was a cruel person & when they read the title
they thought that Muhammad would punish him BUT
NO…this might have happened in Afghanistan when Taliban was in control of
the country BUT
these people DON`T REPRESENT ISLAM
& like we mentioned before
judge Islam by the
actions of it's best follower (prophet Muhammad)
not by the actions of some
ignorant fanatics who don't understand true Islam.
In the meantime let's continue with some situations & how Prophet Muhammad
reacted to them……
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Situation 2: The response
of Prophet Muhammad to a pregnant adulteress^Top of the page^
Al-Ghamedeea
was one of Muhammad's companions.
She learnt the Quran from him. In
addition, she was married to a very decent
man who was also among the companions
of Prophet Muhammad. SO UNTIL NOW she seems a
very good person.
HOWEVER, one day SHE COMMITED ADULTREY. Yes, that's right adultery!!!!!!
BUT as we mentioned before to prove
adultery there has to be witnesses.
IN HER CASE THERE WERE NO WITNESSES!!!!!!!
So she could have kept the secret But No as she was a good person…Now hold
on a second….I said that she's a good person yet she committed
adultery…..How can a good person commit adultery???? The answer is:"we all
make mistakes because perfection belongs to god only".
Now enough talking let's continue the story……
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As she felt guilty, she went to Muhammad & said:" O prophet of god.
Purify
me, I've committed adultery!" And let's hold on just for a second. Let's
understand what she said first, and then we can continue. Here, although she
had committed adultery (& the punishment of adultery in Islam for married
people is to be stoned to death). Moreover, as we said there were no
witnesses to prove adultery. So why she would announce such a scandal on
herself???? Simply she felt guilty & all what she seeks now is god
forgiveness. NOW let's continue with our story & see how did Muhammad react
when she told him of what she did…….
1st thing Muhammad did is that
he waved her away & tried to move away from
her BUT
when he tries to move away in any direction, he finds her standing
in front of him repeating: "O prophet of god. Purify me". Then
finally she added:
"I'm also pregnant!"
At that point Prophet
Muhammad said: "come back when you give birth to the
child!"
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Now what do you think of Muhammad as a human being???? Moreover, do you think
that she will return to him after he left her????? Let's see…….
Yes, she did return after 9 months carrying the baby this time. And
she
repeated her request: "O prophet of god. Purify me".
He then
said: "come
back when the baby stops getting natural milk from you". To all the people
who claim that Muhammad was a heartless, blood thirsty killer who doesn't
know mercy…WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT??? Still there is more to come let's
continue….
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She returned back after 2 years & her baby was holding a piece of bread in
his hand, again she repeated her request:
"O prophet of god, purify me".
At
that point Muhammad held the child high & said to his other companions who
were sitting in front of him:
"Who would take care of this child & as a
reward he will be with me in paradise". A lot of
companions raced & offered
to take care of the child. Can you see how merciful Muhammad was???
He
didn't wish for the child to live in shame for the rest of his life, nor to
be called "son of an adulteress". So
after he made sure that the future of
the boy is safe. He ordered that Al-Ghamedeea should be stoned to death as
her punishment of adultery. And while she was thrown with stones she tried
not to move as she believed that she deserved this. And
when she died,
Muhammad said: "now we are going to pray on her soul".
But Omar Bin El-Khattab
(one of the companions) objected saying:" O prophet of god, are you going to
pray on the soul of an adulteress!!!!???".
Muhammad replied:" O Omar, she has
repented to god & if her repent was divided on the people of the city, it
would have been enough for each of them"(2). Truly Muhammad was a noble man
& the proof is what you've read.
Muslims shouldn't have been the only people defending Muhammad, it should
have been the whole humanity... you now realize why did we became angry when
prophet Muhammad was subjected to insults in a filthy newspaper!!!!!
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Situation 3: A man came to kill Prophet Muhammad while he was asleep^Top of the page^
When Muhammad &
his companions went to the battle Inmar. Some
Arab disbelievers heard the news .So they
went after them in the mountains. &
when Muhammad & his companions camped, it
rained & Muhammad's clothes became wet so
he put some of his clothes on a tree to dry & he
took a nap waiting for his clothes to dry. At
that time Ghotfan (one of the Arab disbelievers)
told Da'thour Bin El-Harith (another
disbeliever):"Muhammad
is alone now, & you won't find him away from his companions in an hour
better than that". So
Da'thour took a sharp sword & went to Muhammad who was
asleep waiting for his clothes to dry.
Da'thour approached Muhammad & when his sword was before
Muhammad's head he said:" O Muhammad,
who's going to stop me from (killing) you?".
Muhammad answered:
"Allah"
3 times. The sword fell from Da`thour's hands & Muhammad took it & said:"
who's going to stop me from (killing) you?".
Da'thour said:"
No one" (Some Narrators say that he urged Muhammad to be good).
Muhammad said:"
Do you bear witness that there is only one god?".
Da'thour said:"
NO, but I promise not to fight you nor to be among people who fight you".
Prophet Muhammad said:"
stand up, and then go for your cause". Not to mention that
the man went back to his people saying: "I
came to you coming from best of the people". Some Narrators say that
he converted to Islam lately. (3)
Can you see how merciful Muhammad was??? Can you now realize that
connecting Islam to terrorism is an ignorant lie???? Muslims don't kill
except the one who tries to harm them & killing is the last option & even
disarmed enemies can not be killed according to the true teachings of Islam.
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(1)Authentic Hadith. Narrated by Imam Ahmed
(256\5), and Tabrany (7679) in "Al-Kabeer"
(2) Authentic Hadith . Narrated by Imam Muslim in Sahih
Muslim "The punishment of adultery chapter. p68, part 2"
(3)Authentic Hadith. Narrated by Imam Ahmed & by Abu Musa
Also from the book "Asad El-Ghaba Fi Ma'rfa El-Sahaba" (Knowing the
Companions of Muhammad)- Chapter of "Dal" (Arabic letter) - from 33 to 191 -
Da'thour Bin El-Harith
The book can be found online here BUT IN ARABIC on this link
http://www.al-eman.com/Islamlib/viewchp.asp?BID=400&CID=33#s10
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