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Muhammad, Adultery, Fornication, & Rape

11/17/2014

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One of the most striking hadiths I have found is provided below:

"We [Muhammad’s merry men] went out with Allah's messenger on the expedition to the Mustaliq and took captive some excellent Arab women; and we desired them for we were suffering from the absence of our wives, (but at the same time) we also desired ransom for them.So we decided to have sexual intercourse with them but by observing azl" (withdrawing the male sexual organ before emission of semen to avoid conception).But we said:"We are doing an act whereas Allah's messenger [i.e., Muhammad] is amongst us; why not ask him?"So we asked Allah's messenger and he said:"It does not matter if you do not do it, for every soul that is to be born up to the Day of Resurrection will be born". (Sahih Muslim, Vol. 2, #3371)
Tellingly, the role model of the Muslims, Muhammad, does not exclaim:





“DO NOT FORNICATE WITH THE CAPTIVES!”

Nor does he exclaim to the married men: “DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY WITH THE CAPTIVES!!”

Finally, we note that he does not yell: “DO NOT RAPE THE CAPTIVES!!!”
So the Debate Question is then:  “Why did Muhammad not instead say, “Leave the poor captives alone!”?


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Herman47
12/8/2014 08:20:23 am

“Why did Muhammad not instead say, “Leave the poor captives alone!”? -- Because Muhammad believed that women exist for the pleasure of men.

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Herman
11/27/2016 10:21:39 am

Muhammad and his merry men treated the women of Awtas in a similar manner to the women of Mustaliq, as these 2 hadiths record:

Abu Sa’id Al Khudri said “The Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) sent a military expedition to Awtas on the occasion of the battle of Hunain. They met their enemy and fought with them. They defeated them and took them captives. Some of the Companions of Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) were reluctant to have intercourse with the female captives in the presence of their husbands who were unbelievers. So, Allaah the exalted sent down the Qur’anic verse “And all married women (are forbidden) unto you save those (captives) whom your right hand posses.” This is to say they are lawful for them when they complete their waiting period (Sunan Abu Dawud 2 2150).

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him) reported that at the Battle of Hanain Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent an army to Autas and encountered the enemy and fought with them. Having overcome them and taken them captives, the Companions of Allah's Messenger (may peace te upon him) seemed to refrain from having intercourse with captive women because of their husbands being polytheists. Then Allah, Most High, sent down regarding that:
" And women already married, except those whom your right hands possess (iv. 24)" (i. e. they were lawful for them when their 'Idda period came to an end). (Sahih Muslim, 1456).

NEITHER MUHAMMAD NOR HIS GOD DISAPPROVE IF A MUSLIM MAN IS COMMITTING ADULTERY WITH ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE, IF THIS SECOND MAN IS NOT A MUSLIM.

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