Islam and mistreatment of wives and slaves, flogging, beating

What Muhammad could have said instead

11/17/2014

From Sahih Bukhari, we read this statement:

Statement 1) "The Prophet said 'None of you should flog his wife as he flogs a slave and then have sexual intercourse with her in the last part of the day.'"

Now Muhammad could have instead given us this statement:

Statement 2) "None of you should flog his wife, none of you should flog a slave, and none of you should own a slave."

So the Debate Question then is: "Which statement is wiser, Statement 1 or Statement 2?

1 Comment

Herman

11/19/2014 03:30:34 am

Muslims, one of the Shariah Laws calls for the barbaric amputation of the hand of those who have stolen (Koran 5:38). But Islam calls for no punishment for those who enslave others for life. Indeed, Muhammad himself owned slaves (Koran 33:50; also, the hadiths record some of the names of Muhammad’s slaves).
So I ask you: please explain why stealing someone’s camel is worse than enslaving another human being for life.
Let me get you started: “Stealing a camel is worse than enslaving another human for life because…_________ ” [fill in the blank]

What Muhammad could have said instead

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