Note:This
is the beginning of a series of rebuttals to Sam Shamoun's final false strong
holds against Islam. Insha'Allah (if Allah Almighty is Willing), after I soundly
refute all of his bias and misunderstandings against Islam in his article above, I will
invite him for a second round of debate regarding morality in both the Bible and Islam,
because the first round was not fair to me and he knows that very well, if he is truly
honest and sincere regarding Truth seeking, and not just bashing.
At any rate, I sincerely pray that Allah Almighty would open the heart of Mr. Sam
Shamoun and the non-Muslim reader to Islam, because truly Islam is the Divine Truth of GOD
Almighty.
“You shall not
covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his
manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your
neighbor.” Exodus 20:17- see also Deuteronomy 5:21
"You have
heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who
looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
Matthew 5:27-28
"But among you
there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or
of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people.” Ephesians 5:3
The Quran:
Also (prohibited are) women already married, except those whom your right
hands possess: Thus hath God ordained (Prohibitions) against you: Except for these,
all others are lawful, provided ye seek (them in marriage) with gifts from your property,
- desiring chastity, not lust, seeing that ye derive benefit from them, give them their
dowers (at least) as prescribed; but if, after a dower is prescribed, agree Mutually (to
vary it), there is no blame on you, and God is All-knowing, All-wise. S. 4:24 Y. Ali
And when you said to him to whom Allah had shown favor and to whom you had
shown a favor: Keep your wife to yourself and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; and
you concealed in your soul what Allah would bring to light, and you feared men, and
Allah had a greater right that you should fear Him. But when Zaid had accomplished his
want of her, We gave her to you as a wife, so that there should be no difficulty for the
believers in respect of the wives of their adopted sons, when they have accomplished their
want of them; and Allah's command shall be performed. There is no harm in the Prophet
doing that which Allah has ordained for him; such has been the course of Allah with
respect to those who have gone before; and the command of Allah is a decree that is made
absolute: S. 33:37-38 Shakir
O Prophet! Lo! We have made lawful unto thee thy wives unto whom thou hast
paid their dowries, and those whom thy right hand possesseth of those whom Allah hath
given thee as spoils of war, and the daughters of thine uncle on the father's side and the
daughters of thine aunts on the father's side, and the daughters of thine uncle on the
mother's side and the daughters of thine aunts on the mother's side who emigrated with
thee, and a believing woman if she give herself unto the Prophet and the Prophet desire to
ask her in marriage - a privilege for thee only, not for the (rest of) believers -
We are Aware of that which We enjoined upon them concerning their wives and those whom
their right hands possess - that thou mayst be free from blame, for Allah is ever
Forgiving, Merciful. S. 33:50 Pickthall
Muslim commentator
Al-Qurtubi enumerates Muhammad’s privileges:
And any believing
woman who dedicates herself to the Prophet if the Prophet wishes to wed (Nikah)
her; this only for thee, and not for the Believers (at large).
As for what was
granted and made lawful (by Allah) to the prophet –pbuh- they are 16 issues:-
·First: To be fair with the spoils.
·Second: To (forcefully) take a fifth of a fifth or just a
fifth (of the spoils of war).
·Third: “Al Wisal” (Dimitrius- the fast or fasting.
This usually refers to fasting or abstaining from food.)
·Fourth: To take more than four women.
·Fifth: To marry, “Yas-tan-kih” (or have
intercourse), with a woman who verbally pronounces her dedication (to the prophet).
·Sixth: To marry, “Yas-tan-kih,” without the presence
(or permission) of a legal guardian.
·Seventh: To marry, “Yas-tan-kih,” without a dowry.
·Eighth: To marry (and have intercourse) during a state of
ritual consecration and purification.
·Ninth: The annulment of an oath he may make to his wives.
·Tenth: If Muhammad looks at a woman (and desires her) THEN
IT IS NECESSARY FOR HER HUSBAND TO DIVORCE HER AND FOR MUHAMMAD TO MARRY HER. Ibn Al
A’raby said, “This is what the servant of the two holy mosques has also said,as was clear to the scholars FROM THE STORY OF ZAID which also had this meaning.”
·Eleventh: That the prophet released Safiyyah (from her
captured status) and he considered her release as her dowry.
·Twelfth: To enter Mecca without being in a state of ritual
purification.
·Thirteenth: To fight in Mecca.
·Fourteenth: That he is not inherited by anyone at all. This
was mentioned in the oath of absolution for when a man approaches death due to illness,
most of his possessions are taken away, so that he does not have more than a third left
for him. But the possessions of the prophet remained for him, as is evidenced in the verse
of inheritance and in Surat Mariam.
·Fifteenth: His marriage is still considered effective after
his death.
·Sixteenth: If he divorces a woman she remains prohibited to
everyone and may not be married, “Nikah,” to someone else.
“Yas-tan-kih”
comes from the word “Yan’kah.” For it is said in different forms
“Nakaha” and “Istan-kaha” just as it is said “Ajab” and
“Ista-jab”… It is permissible to use the word, “Istan-kaha,” to
mean one whom requests marriage or one who requests sexual intercourse. (Source- http://quran.al-islam.com/Tafseer/DispTafsser.asp?l=arb&taf=KORTOBY&nType=1&nSora=33&nAya=50)
My response:
Sam Shamoun had raise two main points above:
1-
Slave women as war booties.
2-
Coveting the neighbor's wife and another man's wife.
Point #1:
(Slave women as war booties)
The refutation to his points above is quite simple. Have he read his Bible, he
would've seen that in Deuteronomy 20:13-20 below, women were taken as
war booties in the Bible long before Islam.
What's different between Islam and the Bible is that in Islam, slaves
can request and get their freedom from their Muslim masters, and one of Islam's Ultimate
Goals was to eliminate slavery. On the other hand, the Bible forces slaves and all
the generations that come after them to be inherited by their masters forever and ever.
The reason for slavery and why it took place:
It is important to know that thousands of years ago life was different than today.
Today, people wouldn't accept slavery for any reason. The reason for this is
because people are a lot more independent both financially, education wise, mentally,
etc... But people back then were different. When a tribe or a group of people
lose a major battle and their money is mostly, if not all, is taken as war booty by the
other side, then people could and would accept being slaves for the following reasons:
1- Both financial and social security.
When their country or tribe lost the war, they also lost most or all of their money as war
booty. Being out of money and food, it becomes necessary for an individual to find
the means for basic survival in life. Living as a slave would provide this.
2- Protection from hostile individuals.
Even under the Islamic rule, you can still find hostile individuals who violate the
Law and take matters into their own hands. An enemy family can be sometime in danger
if they don't have a "protector".
3- Widows, Orphans, and the extremely poor
of the enemy side need the financial and social protection from a Master. Back then,
there were no governments with good social system that protects everyone. Slavery
back then was that social system in special cases.
There are probably more points I can add, but I think these are sufficient enough.
Simple proofs:
I do not wish to crowd this article with too many topics and verses.
The following links have the direct proofs for all of my claims and points above:
Note: Pay
attention to my analysis point #2 below.
Deuteronomy 20:13-20
13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou
shalt smite every male thereof
with the edge of the sword (even the unarmed ones): 14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in
the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of
thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which
are not of the cities of these nations.
16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an
inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and
the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the
LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto
their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God (Luke 2:52: GOD forgave Jesus' sins and was "charitable" with him).
19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou
shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of
them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ
them in the siege:
20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy
and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with
thee, until it be subdued.
In the following verses we see the following:
1-
All men, including the unarmed ones, were to be executed (Deuteronomy
20:13).
2- All
women and children were to be taken as spoils of war (Deuteronomy
20:14).
3-
For the others, kill and destroy every creature that is breathing - that is all
men, women, children and animals (Deuteronomy 20:16-17).
By the way, wasn't
there COVET also against the slave women, by Moses and his men?
Notice that in point #1 above, all men, women and children had
to be killed. Keep in mind that one of the ten commandments says "Thou shalt not murder. (Exodus
20:13)". In other verses in the
Bible we see more terrorism to even "suckling children":
1 Samuel 15:2-4
2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to
Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not;
but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and
ass.
4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two
hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
A praise for dashing little children
against rocks as a form of revenge:
Psalm 137:8-9
8 O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who
repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.
9 O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the
rock!
I find it to be absolutely ridiculous that the bible feeds us all kinds of lies and contradictions about "love your enemy", and yet, we see mass
slaughter of suckling infants and innocent boys, girls, unarmed men, women (old and
young), and innocent domestic farm animals by the tens of thousands! It is clear
that the inconsistent man-altered, man-corrupted and morally corrupt bible is nothing but
a false book, and can not be a Divine and Perfect Holy Book!
Clearly, the Moral Code for not murdering had been SOUNDLY
violated in Sam Shamoun's Bible!
Will Mr.
Shamoun now reject his
own Bible?
My open challenge to Sam
Shamoun:
Jews and Christians today often talk about the lie of
"Islamic Terrorism". I openly challenge any Jew or Christian to produce ONE, JUST ONE Noble Verse from the Muslims' Noble
Quran that condones killing of innocent children, women or even hostile enemy men who drop
their weapons before Muslims (surrender).
"On that account: We ordained for
the Children of Israel that if any one slew a person - unless it
be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land - it would be as if he slew
the whole people: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the
whole people. Then although there came to them Our apostles with clear signs,
yet, even after that, many of them continued to commit excesses in the land. (The Noble Quran, 5:32)"
"Fight in the cause
of God those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for God
loveth not transgressors. (The Noble Quran, 2:190)"
Allah Almighty also Commanded UNCOMPROMISED Justice:
"O ye who believe! Stand out
firmly For justice, as witnesses To Allah, even as against Yourselves, or your parents, Or
your kin, and whether It be (against) rich or poor: For Allah can best
protect both. Follow not the lusts (Of your hearts), lest ye Swerve, and if ye Distort
(justice) or decline To do justice, verily Allah is well-acquainted With all that ye
do. (The Noble Quran, 4:135)"
(Coveting the neighbor's wife and
another man's wife)
We already saw above how Moses and his men were allowed to covet women who were "spoils of
war"!
Before I answer this important point, let us all just assume for one
second that Muhammad was indeed a True Prophet from GOD Almighty. If this is
correct, then this would make Prophet Muhammad:
1-
The final Prophet of all Prophets, since he is their seal and the final Messenger
of GOD Almighty to the billions upon billions of humans to come after him:
"Muhammad is not the father of any of your
men, but (he is) the Apostle of God, and the Seal of the Prophets:
and God has full knowledge of all things. (The Noble
Quran, 33:40)"
2-
Well worthy of special privileges that would only be given to him and not to any of
his followers, as this also was the case in the
Bible as I will demonstrate shortly!
Before we go any further, please see these important
articles:
So even if the Prophet had inner natural feelings to a woman or women, this is still
normal, because he is a human who lived in a society where sex and lust was a norm.
Also, the Prophet's Bible, did worse! These Prophets raped women
and committed adulteries. Jesus also had inner feelings to Mary
Magdalene. See the links above at the top of this article
for the clear-cut proofs for all of these claims.
But as Islam developed, sexual morality also developed in the
society until it became complete and sealed. That is why today you see Muslim women
cover up in modesty, remain virgins along with Muslim men as well, and pray to GOD
Almighty 5-daily sets of Prayers with several prostrations and recitations of the Noble
Quran everyday and Praise Him and Glorify Him in the maximum way. All of this is the
end result and the final fruit of Islam!
Islam
truly transformed the hopeless sexually
immoral pagan society into a Role Model
society in chastity and in Faith in GOD Almighty!
So having established these two points, the Muslim reader, since all
of us are assumed to be Muslims for this section, can clearly see that there is absolutely
nothing wrong with the Noble Verses that Sam Shamoun mentioned above. Now let me
demonstrate and prove my points regarding the Bible's Prophets so that I can hopefully
shed some Light upon everyone.
First I want to comment on the following points:
·Fourth: To take more than four women.
·Fifth: To marry, “Yas-tan-kih” (or have
intercourse), with a woman who verbally pronounces her dedication (to the prophet).
·Sixth: To marry, “Yas-tan-kih,” without the presence
(or permission) of a legal guardian.
·Seventh: To marry, “Yas-tan-kih,” without a dowry.
·Eighth: To marry (and have intercourse) during a state of
ritual consecration and purification.
·Ninth: The annulment of an oath he may make to his wives.
These are clear man-made interpretations that are not backed up by
the Noble Quran! For instance point #7 is clearly refuted in
the above Noble Verse that Sam Shamoun himself presented:
O
Prophet! Lo! We have made lawful unto thee thy wives unto whom thou hast paid
their dowries, and those whom thy right hand possesseth of those whom Allah
hath given thee as spoils of war, and the daughters of thine uncle on the father's side
and the daughters of thine aunts on the father's side, and the daughters of thine uncle on
the mother's side and the daughters of thine aunts on the mother's side who emigrated with
thee, and a believing woman if she give herself unto the Prophet and the Prophet desire to
ask her in marriage - a privilege for thee only, not for the (rest of) believers - We are
Aware of that which We enjoined upon them concerning their wives and those whom their
right hands possess - that thou mayst be free from blame, for Allah is ever Forgiving,
Merciful. S. 33:50 Pickthall
So for some absurd "Muslim scholar" to say that the Prophet
did not have to pay dowry is not only something very absurd and contradicting to the Noble
Quran, but it definitely requires some concrete evidence and proofs to prove it.
Brining some doubtful and absurd narrations that were written around 300 years after the
death of the Prophet and his close companions and people in general all died, would not
cut it! The Noble Quran is clearly and obviously in contradiction with this absurd
point. I therefore have the right to reject it!
Now to the covet and sexual immorality issue, we have already seen
how the Bible's murder code in one of its ten commandments had been horribly
violated by the Prophets of the Bible themselves! This answer by
itself can be sufficient enough to refute Sam Shamoun's points above!
I can simply stop here!
The fact that the Bible itself can not hold ground on the moral issue
of murdering innocent lives, such as slaughtering in the tens of thousands "suckling infants", it becomes
quite absurd to use it as a measuring stick, and a hammer and a club, to refute and to
beat on any other scripture such as the Noble Quran!
I think
Sam Shamoun would clearly agree with me on this one!
But I want to demonstrate to him, that even the covet law had been horribly violated and
refuted, like the murder one, in the Bible by its own Prophets as well. Let us look
at the following examples:
Genesis 38:23-30
23 Then Judah said, "Let her keep what she has, or we will
become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you didn't find
her."
24 About three months later Judah was told, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of
prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant." Judah said, "Bring
her out and have her burned to death!"
25 As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. "I am
pregnant by the man who owns these," she said. And she added, "See if you
recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are." 26 Judah recognized them and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I
wouldn't give her to my son Shelah." And he did not sleep with her again.
27 When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.
28 As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet
thread and tied it on his wrist and said, "This one came out first."
29 But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, "So this is
how you have broken out!" And he was named Perez.
30 Then his brother, who had the scarlet thread on his wrist, came out and he was given
the name Zerah.
In these verses, we see clearly see the following points:
1-
The woman committed the adultery, and she was supposed to be burnt with fire.
The decision was already made against her.
2-
After discovering that Judah was the one who slept with her, the decision was
terminated. Neither she got burnt nor Judah!
3-
Have she slept with an ordinary man, by GOD!!!, she would've got burnt to death!!
Can Mr.
Shamoun here honestly tell me, WHY did GOD Almighty allow
this??
Leviticus 19:29
29 " 'Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute,
or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.
Leviticus 21:9
9 " 'If a priest's daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces
her father; she must be burned in the fire.
Now to Lot's offering:
Genesis 19 1 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening,
and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them
and bowed down with his face to the ground.
2 "My lords," he said, "please turn aside to your servant's house. You can
wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning."
"No," they answered, "we will spend the night in the square."
3 But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared
a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate.
4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both
young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them
out to us so that we can have sex with them."
6 Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7 and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them
out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don't do anything to
these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof."
In these verses, we see clearly see the following points:
1-
The Bible prohibits any man from making his daughter(s) as prostitute(s).
2-
Lot did offer his daughters as prostitutes.
Wasn't Lot in
clear violation to the Bible's moral code regarding daughters and prostitution?
I am not saying that Prophet
Lot, peace be upon him, was a bad person. But he certainly was in
contradiction and violation to Sam Shamoun's Bible's commands, wasn't he?
The two Angels simply had the power to defend themselves!
They didn't need his sacrifice.
When one reads Genesis 19, especially Genesis
19:31-38, he sees that the daughter's of Lot, whom GOD Almighty saved from the
destruction of Sodom and Gomorah, shortly after the great event decided to commit
fornication with their father, and both of them ended up getting pregnant and bearing a
child each from him!
My Question is:
Since Lot's daughters were initially innocent and virgins before the
Great Event, since Lot said that they knew no man when he offered them to his people as a
redemption and sacrifice to the two Angels, then how come GOD Almighty did not save the
other innocents from the people of Sodom and Gomorrah?
It is hard to imagine that out of the thousands, perhaps even
hundreds of thousands, that GOD Almighty doomed, not a single CHILD existed among them!
Objecting to this point would obviously be preposterous!
So my question to Mr. Shamoun is, how come GOD Almighty didn't doom
Lot's daughters since He, the Almighty, Knew that they would do the greatest sin with
their father after they made him drunk?
Wasn't this clear favoritism to Lot, hence, breaking the very Law and
Reason of why GOD Almighty doomed Sodom and Gomorah?
If you're answer is because they were innocent girls back then, then
my question is, what about the children in that town then? Weren't they too
innocents?
King David is probably the biggest one of all! He broke three
main commands from the ten commandments! Each one of them is sufficient enough for
his execution. Yet, he was not executed! GOD Almighty Forgave him! This
is also in the Noble Quran.
The story is too long to post here. The reader can read chapters 2 Samuel 11 & 12
from the Bible to see the details for themselves.
In chapter 2 Samuel 4 , David SO UNJUSTLY killed an innocent man for only telling him that Saul
died! Saul died because of the old animosity between him and David. Read 1 Samuel 24 to learn about their animosity and reconciliation for more details.
David's men, not knowing that the two reconciled, killed Saul in the battle, who
was fighting against them, and thought they were pleasing David. A
messenger from them rushed to tell David about what they thought was "the
good news," and David decided to unjustly
kill the messenger who anyway had nothing to do with the killing of Saul. AND EVEN IF HE DID, THAT STILL WOULDN'T JUSTIFY HIS KILLING! See the rebuttal below for more details.
1-
Was the killing of the unknowing messenger, who had nothing but loyalty to David,
and who anyway had nothing to do with the killing Saul, a justified act?
2-
If Prophets were not favored by GOD Almighty in the Bible, and favoritism and
compromise did not exist in the Bible, then how come GOD Almighty never condemn David's
unjust killing?
Perhaps this point would not occur to anyone, because no one would
use something positive as a negative point against something, except for rare occasions,
such as the following:
In the Mosaic Law and the Old Testament, we clearly saw above the
no-mercy and absolute annihilation and hatred toward the enemy by GOD Almighty and his
Believers.
Even
"suckling infants" were not saved from the mass killings and terrorism of the
Bible! (click here)
For Jesus to actually come and say "Love
for your enemy what you love for yourself"(Luke
6:27), is actually and ironically, a CLEAR CONTRADICTION
to the Mosaic Law toward enemies!
Jesus' new law is an actual contradiction and a breaking for the
Mosaic Law! And Jesus' new law, by the way, doesn't answer away the evil, terrorism
and pedophilia that exist in the Bible!
Narrated Aisha:
I used to look down upon those ladies who had given themselves to Allah's Apostle and I
used to say, "Can a lady give herself (to a man)?" But when Allah revealed:
"You (O Muhammad) can postpone (the turn of) whom you will of them (your wives), and
you may receive any of them whom you will; and there is no blame on you if you invite one
whose turn you have set aside (temporarily)." (33.51) I said (to the Prophet), "I
feel that your Lord hastens in fulfilling your wishes and desires." (Sahih
Al-Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 60, Number 311)
Muhammad and Aisha:
Narrated
'Aisha:
I used to play
with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet, and my girl friends also used to play with
me. When Allah's Apostle used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide themselves,
but the Prophet would call them to join and play with me. (The playing with the dolls and
similar images is forbidden, but it was allowed for 'Aisha at that time, as she was a
little girl, NOT YET REACHED THE AGE OF PUBERTY.) (Fateh-al-Bari page 143,
Vol.13) (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 73, Number 151- http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/073.sbt.html#008.073.151)
'A'isha (Allah
be pleased with her) reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) married her
when she was seven years old, and he was taken to his house AS A BRIDE when she was
nine, AND HER DOLLS WERE WITH HER; and when he (the Holy Prophet) died she was
eighteen years old. (Sahih Muslim, Book 008, Number 3311- http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/008.smt.html#008.3311)
'A'isha
reported that she used to play with dolls in the presence of Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) and when her playmates came to her they left (the house) because they felt
shy of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), whereas Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) sent them to her. (Sahih Muslim, Book 031,
Number 5981- http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/031.smt.html#031.5981)
And here is a religious
fatwah which mentions Muhammad and Aisha:
Praise Allah and peace
be upon the prophet:
After the permanent
committee for the scientific research and fatwahs (religious decrees) reviewed the
question presented by Abu Abdullah Muhammad Al-Bashry, whose question was forwarded by the
grand scholar of the committee with reference number 1809 issued on 7/5/1421 (Islamic
calendar). The inquirer asked the following:
It has become wide spread these days, and especially during weddings, the
habit of mufa’khathat of the children (mufa’khathat literally
translated means “placing between the thighs” which means placing the male
member between the thighs of a child). What is the opinion of scholars knowing full
well that the prophet, the peace of Allah be upon him, also practiced the
“thighing” of Aisha - the mother of believers- may Allah be pleased with
her.
The following link provides independent evidence that the above
fatwah does indeed exist: http://www.islamic-fatwa.net/viewtopic.php?TopicID=8330.
In the above link Islamic scholar Dr Ahmad Al-Hajj Al-Kurdi comments on the fatwah
in question. He is responding to a person who is asking whether or not the fatwah actually
exists, and whether or not Muhammad committed this action. In response he says that
Muhammad most probably did this after he consummated the marriage at 9 rather than when
she was 6. His point of contention therefore is concerning when Muhammad did this to the
little girl, and not whether or not he did it. We also read:
Fatwah 23672:
The inquirer asks: "My parents married me to a young girl who hasn't yet reached
puberty. How can I enjoy her sexually?"
There is also a Shi'ite reference condoning the practice. In Ayatu Allah Al
Khumaini's book, "Tahrir Al wasila," p. 241, issue number 12, we read: “It
is not illegal for an adult male to 'thigh' or enjoy a young girl who is still in the age
of weaning; meaning to place his male member between her thighs, and to kiss her.”
My response:
This section is divided into the following sub-sections:
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:
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.
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...
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!
Like I mentioned above, I'd like to ask the reader to assume for one second that
Muhammad was indeed a True Prophet from GOD Almighty. If this is correct, then this
would make Prophet Muhammad:
1-
The Greatest Prophet of all Prophets, since he is their seal and the final
Messenger of GOD Almighty to the billions upon billions of humans to come after him.
2-
Well worthy of special privileges that would only be given to him and not to any of
his followers, as this also was the case in the
Bible as I already demonstrate above, and will further even
prove below!
So having established these two points, the Muslim reader, since all
of us are assumed to be Muslims for this section, can clearly see that there is absolutely
nothing wrong with the Hadiths that
Sam Shamoun mentioned above.
My response will be divided into the following points:
1-
Young girls were married off to much older men in the Bible (Luke 2:52: GOD forgave Jesus' sins and was "charitable" with him).
2-
Moses and his men even raped 3-year old slave
girls! THREE YEARS OLD!
3-
The Bible allows for "digital defloration" of girls, where a finger is
inserted into the girl's vagina! Even minority
Christians TODAY in Europe still practice it!
Prophet Muhammad committed no adultery or fornication with Aisha. She was his wife
even before they consummated! The culture back then and still today in many parts of
the world as we'll see shortly did allow for such marriage to take place.
The Bible too allowed for little girls being married off as well:
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 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 (Luke 2:52: GOD forgave Jesus' sins and was "charitable" with him). 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 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.
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 (Luke 2:52: GOD forgave Jesus' sins and was "charitable" with him). 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?
Numbers 31:17-18
"Now kill all the boys [innocent kids]. And kill every
woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has
never slept with a man."
It is only natural for girls who have never slept with any man to be young in age!
In the case of the time that these verses occurred, the girls were as young as
three. Here is the Jewish Talmud's historical elaboration on what exactly took place
by Moses and his men when they took the virgin girls as
spoils of war. Pay attention to the bolded
and underlined quotes below.
Sometimes one has to read a passage twice to believe what has been written in the
Sacred Books of Judaism: what has been decreed the way to a holy life by the "sages
of blessed memory... whose words are the natural sounds of Judaism" [131]:
Said Rabbi Joseph, "Come and take note: A girl three years and one day
old is betrothed by intercourse. And if a Levir has had intercourse with her,
he has acquired her. And one can be liable on her account because of the law prohibiting
intercourse with a married woman. And she imparts uncleanness to him who has intercourse
with her when she is menstruating, to convey uncleanness to the lower as to the upper
layer [of what lies beneath]. If she was married to a priest, she may eat food in the
status of priestly rations. If one of those who are unfit for marriage with her had
intercourse with her, he has rendered her unfit to marry into the priesthood. If any of
those who are forbidden in the Torah to have intercourse with her had intercourse with
her, he is put to death on her account, but she is free of responsibility [M.Nid. 5:4].
Sanhedrin 7/55B [132]
R. Nahman bar Isaac said. "They made the decree that a gentile child should be
deemed unclean with the flux uncleanness [described at Lev.15], so that an Israelite child
should not hang around with him and commit pederasty [as he does]."
For said R. Zira, "I had much anguish with R. Assi, and R. Assi with R. Yohanan, and
R. Yohanan with R. Yannai, and R. Yannai with R. Nathan b. Amram, and R. Nathan b. Amram
with Rabbi [on this matter]: 'From what age is a gentile child deemed unclean with the
flux uncleanness [described at Lev.15]'? And he said to me, 'On the day on which he is
born.' But when I came to R. Hiyya, he said to me, 'From the age of nine years and one
day.' And when I came and laid the matter before Rabbi, he said to me, 'Discard my reply
and adopt that of R. Hiyya, who declared, "From what age is a gentile child deemed
unclean with the flux uncleanness [described at Lev.15]? From the age of nine years and
one day."'
[37A] Since he is then suitable for having sexual relations, he also is deemed unclean
with the flux uncleanness [of Lev.15]." Said Rabina, "Therefore a gentile girl who is three years and one day old, since
she is then suitable to have sexual relations, also imparts uncleanness of the flux
variety."
That is self-evident!
Abodah Zarah 36B-37A [133]
The basis for these rulings is the following Mishnaic passage of Tractate Niddah
(filth):
A girl three years and one day old is betrothed by intercourse. "A girl
three years old may be betrothed through an act of sexual intercourse,"
the words of R. Meir. And sages say, "Three years and one day old."
And if a Levir has had intercourse with her, he has acquired her. And they are liable on
her account because of the law prohibiting intercourse with a married woman. And she
imparts uncleanness to him who has intercourse with her when she is menstruating to convey
uncleanness to the lower as to the upper layer. If she was married to a priest, she eats
heave offering. If one of those who are unfit for marriage has intercourse with her, he
has rendered her unfit to marry into the priesthood. If one of all those who are forbidden
in the Torah to have intercourse with her did so, they are put to death on her account.
But she is free of responsibility.
If she is younger than that age, intercourse with her is like putting a finger in the eye.
(Mishnah Niddah 5:4) [134]
Thus, one "of the many important issues worked out in the Mishnah concerns proper
conduct with women," [135] and the "entire society of Judaism – that is, the
community formed by the Torah – found in the Talmud those modes of thought and
inquiry, those media of order and value, that guided the formation of public affairs and
private life as well." [136]
While it is reassuring to see there was at least some limit as to what the sages
would declare holy and moral, this ruling had severe implications on the interpretation of
other topics as well. The Tannaïtic Midrash Sifre to Numbers in §157
comments on the above quoted commandment of Moses to kill the Midianite women as well as
the male children:
"Now therefore, kill every male among the little
ones, and kill every woman that has known a man by sleeping with him.(Num 31:17).
[This] refers to her who has slept with a man as well as her who is suitable for
intercourse, even when she has not slept with a man... But all the young girls who have not known a man by sleeping with him, keep alive for
yourselves. From here R. Shimon b. Yohai used to say: a Proselyte girl who became a
proselyte in the age of less than three years and one day, is rendered fit to marry into
the priesthood." [137]
According to the Tannaïte Rabbis, Moses therefore had ordered
the Israelites to kill all women older than three years and a day,
because they were "suitable for having sexual relations." [138]
[132] Ibid., vol.XXIII.B, Tractate Sanhedrin 1984, 150. See also
vol.XIX.A, Tractate Qiddushin 10a-b, 1992, 33. "Menstruating" here of course
refers to the ritual "flux uncleanness" described in Lev.15.
(The Bible allows for "digital defloration" of girls, where a
finger is inserted into the girl's vagina!)
(Minority Christians in Europe still do it
today! See the CLEAR-CUT proofs below!)
Fingers are allowed to be inserted into virgin girls' vaginas before marriage in Sam
Shamoun's Bibles:
"If a man takes a wife and, after laying with her, dislikes
her and slanders her and gives her a bad name, saying, 'I married this woman but when I
approached her, I did not find proof of her virginity,' then the girl's father and mother
shall bring proof [how do you think they would do that?] that she was a virgin to the town elders at
the gate. The girl's father will say to the elders, 'I gave my daughter in
marriage to this man, but he dislikes her. Now he has slandered her and said, 'I did
not find your daughter to be a virgin.' But here is the proof of my daughter's
virginity.' Then her parents shall display the cloth [the father would literally stick his two
fingers covered with a piece of cloth into his daughter's vagina before she gets married
and keep that bloody cloth for as long as his daughter is married] with before the elders of the town,
and the elders shall take the man and punish him. (From the NIV Bible, Deuteronomy 22:13-18)"
Here is a more clear translation from Hebrew Resources: "The
girl's father and mother shall produce the evidence of the girl's virginity before the
elders of the town at the gate. And the girl's father shall say to the elders,
"I gave this man my daughter to wife, but he had taken an aversion to her; so he has
made up charges, saying, 'I did not find your daughter a virgin.' But here is the evidence
of my daughter's virginity!" And they shall spread out the cloth
before the elders of the town. (From the New JPS
translation, Deuteronomy 22:15-17)"
The New JPS translation of Deuteronomy 22:15-17 makes it even more clear about having
the parents of the girl displaying the bloody piece of cloth before the elders of the
town.
According to the Talmud, the cloth should be "A
cloth of less than 3 square finger-breadths. (From the
Talmud, Eruvin 29b-30a and Succah 16a)", and before it is being used, it should be "soft,
woolen and clean. (From the Talmud, Niddah 17a)"
Before we get into the fathers and daughters issue, it is
important first to know that some males in the Bible did it to females. Let us look
at the following information:
"There were, of course, others who might examine accused brides. Dwyer, 63, notes
the role of doctors in modern Morocco. In pre-modern times this role was performed by
midwives (see Westermarck, Marriage Ceremonies in Morocco, 229f.; Marcus, p. 324.
M. Friedman, Ribbui Nashim Beyisra'el [Tel Aviv: Mosad Bialik etc., 1986], 169-170,
263). According to the Midrash Hagadol, Isaac
himself examined Rebekah digitally before their marriage (Midrash
Hagadol to Genesis 24:67 [ed. M. Margulies; Jerusalem: Mosad Harav Kook, 1967, 411];
according to Pirke Rabbi Eliezer, chap. 16, p. 38a, the examination consisted of digital defloration [ref. courtesy of my
colleague, Prof. Judah Goldin]). According to the aprocryphal Book of James, sec.
19-20, Mary was likewise examined digitally for virginity by Salome (New Testament
Apocrypha, ed. E. Hennecke & W. Schneemelcher, 385; ref. courtesy of Prof. Tikva
Frymer-Kensky and my colleague Prof. Robert A. Kraft)."
8- Some minority Christians in
Europe still do it today:
The following two posts were sent to me by Anna C., may Allah Almighty further Lead her
to Islam. Ameen. They contain a link that has a story about old-fashion
Christians in Europe practicing this Biblical law. For the sake of readability, the
structure of every post that is stored on my site is as follows:
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I think, on the issue of fathers digitally raping their daughters, that it would also
be interesting to note that this custom was also practiced by the Gypsies that lived in
the Iberian Peninsula.
Note: Because I realize that
this contribution by Anna C. will offend many of the Islam-hating Jews and Christians, I
decided to keep her email address anonymous.
The link above contains the following quotes:
"But the gypsy wedding I attended was all rejoicing and
beauty - albeit of a rather uncivilised kind, which made it all the more exciting. The
lovely 17 year old bride, our neighbour Paqui, walked down from El Coro (our gypsy
neigbourhood) in a cloud of white chiffon on the arm of her father, Conejo (Rabbit, as he
is known), between two rows of admiring neighbours - even the payos came out to gape. In
the great round church, the mothers of bride and groom stood by
the altar until the priest had finished his standard sermon and
then, with great feeling, sang lamenco marriage chants into the microphone,
one of which, I remember, spoke of the union of "gitano con gitana". As they
left the church, a white dove was released into the air, a symbol of the bride's purity,
soon to fly away."
.........
"Paqui was then taken away by the two mothers and an old
gypsy woman with a great mane of white hair, who, it was explained to me, was a
virginity examiner (the actual expression for what she does is sacar la
honra, or "display the honour"), who had been brought especially all the way
from Cadiz, at great expense: 100,000 pesetas for the night's work, which is more than the
minimum monthly wage. The reason why the sacaora, as she is known, has to come from
so far away is, they said, to ensure her impartiality...
An hour later the three women and Paqui (who looked sheepishly
proud, as if she had just been awarded her high school diploma) were back: the
"judge" entered the church screaming and holding up a
large white handkerchief embroidered in each corner with three red roses (this is because,
generations ago, three corners of the handkerchief were twisted together to form a lancet
which actually deflowered the girl, and came out stained in blood). I drew closer and
could observe that there was a yellowish stain in the middle of the handkerchief, which
showed signs of having been creased. The current, more "civilised" procedure is
for the judge to wrap the handkerchief around her finger and introduce it in the vagina to
feel, rather than break the hymen."
As we clearly see above, those Gypsy minority in Europe are Christians, and among those
Christians, the digital defloration of virgin women before marriage is
still practiced even until today!
What's your say about this
Biblical practice Sam Shamoun?
Did Isaiah 53 really prophesies about the
crucifixion of Jesus? It supports Islam's claims about Jesus peace be upon him
never died on the cross. I also addressed John 19:36-37 from the Bible and proved
that Jesus never got crucified, since GOD Almighty promised that he will protect Jesus'
body and not let even a single bone be broken. My question to all Christians is: How in the world is it possible for the feet to get nailed on the cross
without any penetration to the bones by the nails, hence breaking part of the feet's
bones?! I also added refutations to Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9:12, Zechariah 12:10 and Psalm 34:20, which
supposedly prove the Christians' belief about Jesus crucifixion. I proved that this
dogma has no truth what so ever and exposed the wrong Trinitarian English translation of Zechariah 12:10.
Allah Almighty also promised in several Divine Prophecies that He will show the Glorious Quran's Miracles to mankind. For example:
1- The root letters for "message" and all of its derivatives occur 513times throughout the Glorious Quran. Yet, the Prophets' and Messengers' actual names (Muhammad, Moses, Noah, Abraham, Lot etc....) were also all mentioned 513 times in the Glorious Quran. See detailed listing here.
Coincidence? See 1,000s of examples! [1]. (zip file).
2- Allah Almighty said that Prophet Noah lived for
950 years. Yet, all Praise and Glory are due to Allah Almighty Alone, the entire Noble Surah (chapter Noah) is exactly written in 950 Letters. You can thoroughly see the accurate count in the scanned images.
3- Allah Almighty in the Glorious Quran said that earth is: - Spherical: "egg-shaped" [1]. - Is rotating around itself. - Is moving in space in curvy orbits [2]. - Is traveling through the constantly expanding universe [3].
"When the sky disintegrates, and turns rose colored like paint (وردة كالدهان)." (The Noble Quran, 55:37) [2] [3]
As we also see from the picture, Noble Verse 55:37 is a Divine Promise (Allah promised to show mankind) that mankind will actually see this come to pass one day. NASA and other space agencies, by Allah Almighty's Will, have certainly fulfilled this Prophecy, because a natural rose wouldn't form when a "Heaven" or a Solar System or even an entire galaxy and its trillions of solar systems all blow up (explode). It is rather the look of it, and this is exactly what NASA confirms.
Quran: All Bibles are mostly of corrupt [1]قول (Quran 10:94 and 10s others discussed). See also the 39+ members of trinity. Jesus called every believer a Muslim in Luke 6:40.
"I cannot do anything on my own." (i.e., Jesus could not perform a single Miracle without GOD sending it down to him first!). I can not perform a single Miracle on my own!! I am totally POWERLESS without Allah Almighty!
John 5:31 "if I (Jesus) bear witness of myself, then I would be a liar!"
GOD didn't talk this way when He spoke to Moses. GOD's testimony alone is always sufficient! Jesus also bowed his face down to the ground, like we Muslims (Isaiah 56:5: Muslim is the future believers' name, and sons and daughters of GOD titles will be "no more"; ; Jesus called every believer a Muslim in
Luke 6:40) Muslims do everyday, and prayed to GOD Almighty.
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