Sunday, 16 October 2016

Paul Sucked Timothy's P***S




Paul sucked Timothy's penis !!


Shockingly we read from the stories of Paul that he sucked Timothy's penis! Now a Christian Paul lover may start abusing and cursing you as soon as you tell them this, however after the evidence is thrown of their face the truth will takeover making them stand still like idols. We shall use the book of acts as our biblical evidence and then historical information to nail any doubts.. Prepare for the shock!!!!!!!


 In the Book of Acts we are informed that Paul had Timothy circumcised:
1: And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess that believed; but his father was a Greek. 

2: The same was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. 


3: Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those parts: for they all knew that his father was a Greek. (Acts 16:3 )


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So now we need to ask, how was circumcision practised then? What was the method used in those days to circumcise someone? This is explained in detail by A. N. Wilson who writes: 
  By Roman times, circumcision was done with a metal knife, and, if we believe that Paul did insist on Timothy undergoing circumcision, it is perhaps worth reminding ourselves of the three essential parts of the ritual, without which it is not complete. The first part is milah, the cutting away of the outer part of the foreskin. The is done with one sweep of the knife. The second part, periah, is the tearing of the inner lining of the foreskin which still adheres to the glans, so as to lay it wholly bare. This was (and is) done by the operator - the mohel, the professional circumciser - with his thumb-nail and index finger. The third and essential part of the ritual is mesisahthe sucking of blood from the wound. Since the nineteenth century, it has been permissible to finish this part of the ritual with a swab, but in all preceding centuries and certainly in the time of Paul it was necessary for the mohel to clean the wound by taking the penis into his mouth. In the case of a young adult male such as Timothy the bleeding would have been copious. 12 We can easily imagine why Paul's Gentile converts were unwilling to undergo the ritual; and, given the more liberal attitudes towards the Torah which had already begun to emerge among the Hellenists of Syrian Antioch, it is not surprising that the custom of circumcision should have started to wane. It took the extremism of Paul to think that the knife of circumcision would actually 'cut you . . . off from Christ'. But could any greater contrast be imagined between this belief and the traditional Jewish view that those who did not weild that knife delayed the coming of the Messiah?
(Ibid.,  p. 131)
  In other words, Paul had to take the penis of Timothy in his mouth in order to circumcise him!  Whatever interpretation Christians may have given to Paul's action later on (correctly or incorrectly), the fact that Paul would put the penis of an adult man in his mouth is shameful and disgusting to say the least
Can you imagine how Timothy felt when we had his perish in pauls mouth, just the thought of this dirty act makes you feel sick. This also makes one wonder why Paul wasn't married and that's another topic we will discuss soon




Another epic failure by Christians !

Another failure by a roadside Christian apologist 

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A Roadside Nigerian Christian  apologist by the name of  Korede keeps going on about the same Hadith which scholars have confirmed doubtful, he claims that Prophet Muhammed Pbuh tried commit suicide. Yet he rejects what hadith scholars have to say about it. It's been proven that the indication of suicide is unreliable and doesn't have the strong chain of narration, as we will prove in this paper In Shaa Allah. We shall also show Korede how prophets from his own bible tried to commit suicide. let's read what muhaddiths have to say before we jump to the bible... 




The Hadith
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The hadith from Sahih Bukhari is a long one its relevant part goes as;
ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْشَبْ وَرَقَةُ أَنْ تُوُفِّيَ وَفَتَرَ الْوَحْيُ فَتْرَةً حَتَّى حَزِنَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِيمَا بَلَغَنَا حُزْنًا غَدَا مِنْهُ مِرَارًا كَيْ يَتَرَدَّى مِنْ رُءُوسِ شَوَاهِقِ الْجِبَالِ فَكُلَّمَا أَوْفَى بِذِرْوَةِ جَبَلٍ لِكَيْ يُلْقِيَ مِنْهُ نَفْسَهُ تَبَدَّى لَهُ جِبْرِيلُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ حَقًّا فَيَسْكُنُ لِذَلِكَ جَأْشُهُ وَتَقِرُّ نَفْسُهُ فَيَرْجِعُ

‘…then after a few days Waraqa died and the Divine Inspiration was also paused for a while and the Prophet became so sad as we have heard that he intended several times to throw himself from the tops of high mountains and every time he went up the top of a mountain in order to throw himself down, Gabriel would appear before him and say, "O Muhammad! You are indeed Allah's Messenger in truth" whereupon his heart would become quiet and he would calm down and would return home …“ (Sahih Bukhari, Kitabul Ta’beer, Hadith 6467)

On the words about suicide:

The full Hadith of which above quoted is only a small part is indeed authentic. The Hadith has its unbroken chain of trustworthy narrators. But the words about suicide are not narrated through the chain rather they are added by Zuhri who is one of the narrators.

We clearly see the words;
فِيمَا بَلَغَنَا
As we have heard’

And this testifies that the words to follow are not reported through the chain mentioned in the beginning and thus for us they are nothing more than mere ‘hearsay’.

Hafiz Ibn Hajr writes;
إِنَّ الْقَائِل فِيمَا بَلَغَنَا هُوَ الزُّهْرِيّ ، وَمَعْنَى الْكَلَام أَنَّ فِي جُمْلَة مَا وَصَلَ إِلَيْنَا مِنْ خَبَر رَسُول اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي هَذِهِ الْقِصَّة وَهُوَ مِنْ بَلَاغَات الزُّهْرِيّ وَلَيْسَ مَوْصُولًا

“The one who says ‘as we have heard’ (fi ma balaghana) is Al-Zahri. And this means the sentence that has reached us [as if] from the reports about the Prophet, on whom be the peace and blessings of Allah, in this narration is from amongst the un-attributive reports of Zuhri and is not fully linked.”(Fath Al-Bari 19/449, Kitabul Ta’beer)

The words are doubtful:

The narration which is not fully linked and especially the un-attributive chains of Al-Zuhri have been considered untrustworthy by the Master of Hadith Sciences (Muhaddithin).

Knowing fully that being ignorant of the subtleties of the Islamic science of narration the non-Muslim readers will find it difficult to agree with the opinions of the Muslim scholars doubting such narration, I quote an orientalist.

Alfred Guilluame, the well known English Arabist writes;

“A word that very frequently precedes a statement is za’ama or za’amu, ‘he (they) alleged’. It carries with it more than a hint that the statement may not be true, though on the other hand it may be sound… Another indication of reserve if not skepticism underlies the expression fi ma dhukira li, as in the story of the jinn who listened to Muhammad as he prayed…An expression of similar import isfi ma balaghani.” (The Life of Muhammad: A translation of Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah with introduction and notes by A. Guilluame Oxford University Press, Karachi, Seventeenth impression, 2004, p. xix)

Thus we find that even a Christian is agreeing that words transmitted using the expression ‘fi ma balaghana’ are doubtful.

This is even supported by the fact that the same report is found in elsewhere in Sahih Bukhari itself (Hadith 3) Sahih Muslim (Hadith 231), Mustadrik Al-Hakim (Hadith 4830), Baihaqi’s Dala’il Al-Nubuwwah (Hadith 445), Musnad Ahmad (Hadith 24681) and also as Ibn Hajr says in the works of Abu Nai’m, Isma’ili and Ibn Mardwiya and not one of them contains the words about alleged suicide attempts.

The reality that the words have reached us in an un-attributive way from a person who never met the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and the fact that so many other narrations, most of them through the same person -Al-Zuhri, do not make any mention of this leave us to safely conclude that there is no authentic report about the alleged suicide attempts. Therefore we find the attempts of the missionaries frustrated once again and all praise be to Allah!


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Let's turn the tables on Korede and show him from his own bible how Prophets whom he accepts wanted to commit suicide :


"Throw me into the sea," Jonah said, "and it will become calm again. I know that this terrible storm is all my fault." (Jonah 1:12)

Notice how Jonah was asking to be thrown into the sea? Is that not suicide giving up his own life? How about samson the mighty strong man who tore apart a lion cup like it was paper he was Yahweh to give him strength so he can killed thousands with him?


 28 Then Samson prayed to the Lord, “Sovereign Lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.” 29 Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other, 30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.

Notice how samson prayed for strength and kill other with him and yawhe accepted it..
(30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!”) 

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Korede Olawoyin See how your biblical  Moses wished to be killed . That is what we a call a Suicide Wishing death before Its time.


MOSES WISHED TO BE KILLED ( SUICIDE) 

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He (MOSES)asked the Lord, “Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their ancestors? Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and KILL ME—if I have found favor in your eyes—and do not let me face my own ruin.”
(Numbers 11:11-15)


Read verse 14 and 15 carefully :

"I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me"

The burden was to heavy upon Moses he could not bear it?


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Did Jesus talk about giving up his life?

No one takes my life from me. I give my life of my own free will. I have the authority to give my life, and I have the authority to take my life back again. This is what my Father ordered me to do." (John 10:18)


Notice how Jesus is saying he take his own life when he wishes to? Is that not suicide? Wether he took it or not the fact he's saying it says a lot how about Jesus commanding his followers to give up there lives for him? Suicide 


Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
(Matthew 10:39


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Let's summarise this, Jonah the Prophet disobeyed God admitted to his mistake and asked to be thrown into the sea! In others words that's suicide, let not forget Jesus was using this Prophet Jonah as his 3 days and 3 nights example, funny he didn't condemn his suicidal thoughts?

Samson the great strong man asks Yahweh's permission to kill himself along side his enemies and Yahweh  grants him, funny Jesus never condemned him?

Moses was fed up of Yahwehs deception on changing his mind so he wanted to end his life, I.e suicide 

And finally the biblical Jesus himself says his came to lay down his life, take his life? Is that not Suicide alongside asking his followers to do the same!!

Now Muslims scholars have confirmed that the Hadith you keep on going on about has its weakness get still acceptable as a whole with the exception of unknown parts.. How do u rectify your biblical characters and your so called saviôur!!


SHAME KORED ANOTHER BLOW ON YOUR CHEAP ATTEMPT..  NOTE KOREDE SAID NO BIBLE PROPHET COMMITTED SUICIDE! MAYBE HE SHOULD OPEN HIS EYES WHILST READING THE BIBLE.

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Praise be to Allah.

Firstly:

The hadith asked about is in Saheeh al-Bukhaari, no. 6581, in the Book of Dream Interpretation, in the chapter on the first thing of revelation that came to the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) was true dreams. The wording of the report is as follows:

Az-Zuhri said: ‘Urwah told me, from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: … the revelation ceased for a while, for so long that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) became sad. According to the reports that have reached us, he was so sad that on several occasions he wanted to throw himself from the top of high mountains, but every time he went to the top of a mountain in order to throw himself down from it, Jibreel appeared to him and said: O Muhammad, you are truly the Messenger of Allah. And he would calm down as a result and feel at ease, and he would go back. When the revelation had ceased for a long time, he would do the same thing again, and when he reached a mountaintop, Jibreel would appear to him and say the same thing to him.

Secondly:

This additional material (which speaks of the cessation of revelation and the Prophet’s contemplating suicide) is not the words of ‘Aa’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her). Rather these are the words of az-Zuhri, who was one of the Taabi‘een and was not contemporary to that event. He did not state that any of the Sahaabah told him that; therefore when he stated that in the report, he prefaced it with the words, “According to the reports that have reached us.”

Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

Moreover, the one who said “According to the reports that have reached us” is az-Zuhri. What these words mean is: one of the things that we heard about the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) is this story. It is one of the stories that az-Zuhri heard, and it is not mawsool (i.e., it has no connected chain of narration between him and the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)). Al-Karmaani said: This is what appears to be the case.

Fath al-Baari (12/359).

Abu Shaamah al-Maqdisi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

These are the words of az-Zuhri or someone else, and not ‘Aa’ishah. And Allah knows best. That is because he said “According to the reports that have reached us”, and ‘Aa’ishah did not say any such thing a concerning this matter.

Sharh al-Hadith al-Muqtafa fi Mab‘ath an-Nabi al-Mustafa (p. 177).

Thirdly:

The reports of az-Zuhri in which he says “According to the reports that have reached us” are not acceptable, because their chains of narration are interrupted from the beginning. Hence they are like mu‘allaq reports [mu‘allaq, lit. “hanging”; a report in which one or more narrators is/are omitted from the beginning of the chain]. The fact that such stories or mu‘allaq reports are mentioned in the book of Imam al-Bukhaari does not mean that they are saheeh (sound) in his view, or that it can be said of them “it was narrated by al-Bukhaari”, because the report of which that may be said is the report that he narrated with a complete isnad (chain of narration).
Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

Attributing it to al-Bukhaari [by saying “it was narrated by al-Bukhaari”, as if it were a saheeh hadith] is a serious mistake, because it gives the impression that this story of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) wanting to throw himself down from a mountaintop is saheeh according to the conditions set by al-Bukhaari. But that is not the case; rather al-Bukhaari mentioned this at the end of the hadith of ‘Aa’ishah about the beginning of revelation… [and he quoted the report mentioned above].

This additional material was also narrated by Ahmad (6/232-233); Abu Na‘eem in ad-Dalaa’il (p. 68-69); al-Bayhaqi in ad-Dalaa’il (1/393-395) via ‘Abd ar-Razzaaq from Ma‘mar.

Via this isnad it was also narrated by Muslim (1/98), but he did not narrate the same wording; rather he narrated the version of Yoonus from Ibn Shihaab, which does not contain this additional material. It was also narrated by Muslim and Ahmad (6/223) via ‘Aqeel ibn Khaalid that Ibn Shihaab said … without this additional material. It was also narrated by al-Bukhaari at the beginning of as-Saheeh from ‘Aqeel.

I [Shaykh al-Albaani] say: From the above we may conclude that there are two problems with this additional material:

The first is that Ma‘mar is the only one who narrated it; it was not narrated by Yoonus and ‘Aqeel. Therefore it is regarded as shaadhdh (odd).

The other is that it is mursal [i.e., the Sahaabi is missing from the chain of narrators] and problematic. The one who says “According to the reports that have reached us” is az-Zuhri, as is clear from the context and as was stated by al-Haafiz in al-Fath.

I say: This is something that Dr. al-Booti [the author of the book that Shaykh al-Albaani is critiquing here] did not realise, because he was unaware of it, so he thought that every single letter in Saheeh al-Bukhaari meets the author’s conditions of soundness. Perhaps he did not distinguish between hadiths with complete isnaads and mu‘allaq hadiths, and he did not distinguish between mawsool hadiths [those with a complete chain of narration going back to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)] and mursal hadiths [those in which the Sahaabi is missing from the chain of narration], which al-Bukhaari may quote incidentally, like this hadith of ‘Aa’ishah, at the end of which this mursal addition appears.

It should be noted that this additional material was not narrated via any complete chain of narrators that may be regarded as sound, as I have explained in Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth ad-Da‘eefah, no. 4858. I also referred to that in my comments on Mukhtasar li Saheeh al-Bukhaari.

End quote from Difaa‘ ‘an al-Hadith an-Nabawi (40-41).

Fourthly:

There are other chains of narration for the story of the Prophet’s alleged suicide attempt during the cessation of revelation after it came to him for the first time. All of them are to be rejected, and are either da‘eef (weak) or mawdoo‘ (fabricated).

These isnaads include the following:

  1. The isnad of Ibn Mardawayh

Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar said:

It was narrated by Ibn Mardawayh in at-Tafseer via Muhammad ibn Katheer, from Ma‘mar, with the omission of the phrase “According to the reports that have reached us”. The wording is as follows: … a period when the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) was sad [as a result of the cessation of revelation] and his grief overwhelmed him to the extent that… All of it is similar to the report of az-Zuhri, from ‘Urwah, from ‘Aa’ishah, although the former report is the reliable one.

Fath al-Baari (12/359-360).

What is meant by the words of al-Haafiz, “although the former report is the reliable one” is the report of az-Zuhri contains the phrase “According to the reports that have reached us”, but this report has no unbroken chain of narrators.

Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allah have mercy on him) said, commenting on the view of al-Haafiz:

This is supported by two things:

The first is that this Muhammad ibn Katheer– who is as-San‘aani al-Maseesi – is da‘eef (weak), because of his poor memory.

Al-Haafiz said: He is honest but makes a lot of mistakes. He is not Muhammad ibn Katheer al-‘Abdi al-Basri, who is thiqah (trustworthy).

The second is that it is contrary to the report of ‘Abd ar-Razzaaq, which says: Ma‘mar told us…, which clearly distinguishes between the first and last parts of the hadith, and clarified that the latter part was the wording of az-Zuhri.

All of this indicates that Muhammad ibn Katheer as-San‘aani was mistaken in his suggestion that this additional material had an unbroken chain of narrators, and proves that it is in fact da‘eef (weak).

Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth ad-Da‘eefah wa’l-Mawdoo‘ah (10/453).

    2. The isnad of Ibn Sa‘d

Muhammad ibn Sa‘d said:

Muhammad ibn ‘Umar told us: Ibraaheem ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Moosa told me, from Daawood ibn al-Husayn, from Abu Ghatafaan ibn Tareef, from Ibn ‘Abbaas, that after the revelation came to the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) in Hiraa’, he did not see Jibreel for several days, and he felt so sad that he went to Thabeer (mountain) and to Hiraa’, wanting to throw himself down from the mountaintop. Whilst the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) was like that, going to one of these mountains, he heard a voice from heaven. So the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) stopped, shocked by the voice, then he lifted his head and saw Jibreel, sitting on a chair between heaven and earth, saying: “O Muhammad, you are indeed the Messenger of Allah, and I am Jibreel.” So the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) left, after Allah had comforted him and put his mind at rest. Then the revelation started to come frequently.

At-Tabaqaat al-Kubra (1/196).

Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

This is a fabricated isnad. The problem with it is either Muhammad ibn ‘Umar – namely al-Waaqidi – who is accused of fabricating reports. Al-Haafiz said in at-Taqreeb: He is matrook (rejected) despite his great knowledge. We have mentioned above that the leading scholars discussed him more than once.

Or (the problem with it) is Ibraaheem ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Moosa – namely ibn Abi Yahya – whose full name is Sam‘aan al-Aslam, the freed slave of Banu Aslam, Abu Ishaaq al-Madani. He is also matrook, like al-Waaqidi, or more so. Al-Haafiz said concerning him: He is matrook (rejected). The views of leading scholars criticizing him were narrated in at-Tahdheeb, and there is virtual consensus that he was a liar. For example, al-Harbi said: The scholars of hadith overlooked his hadith. Al-Waaqidi narrated from him hadiths that could be fabricated, but al-Waaqidi is worthless.

And he said regarding the chain of narration: Ibn Abi Moosa, but I think this is an error, and what it should have said is Ibn Abi Yahyaa. It may be that this is the tadlees [when a narrator narrates a hadith that he did not hear directly from his shaykh, without mentioning the name of the third party from whom he did hear it, using wording that may or may not give the impression that he heard it directly] of al-Waaqidi himself, because he engaged in tadlees in other reports. ‘Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa‘eed al-Masri said: He is Ibraaheem ibn Muhammad ibn Abi ‘Ataa’, from whom Ibn Jurayj narrated, and he is ‘Abd al-Wahhaab from whom Marwaan ibn Mu‘aawiyah narrated, and he is Abu’dh-Dhi’b from whom Ibn Jurayj narrated.

Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth ad-Da‘eefah wa’l-Mawdoo‘ah (10/451).

    3. The isnad of at-Tabari

Ibn Jareer at-Tabari said:

Ibn Humayd told us: Salamah told us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaaq, who said: Wahb ibn Keesaan, the freed slave of the family of az-Zubayr, told me: I heard ‘Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr saying to ‘Ubayd ibn ‘Umayr ibn Qataadah al-Laythi: Tell us, O ‘Ubayd, how Prophethood began for the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) when Jibreel (peace be upon him) first came to him. ‘Ubayd said:  I was present with others when ‘Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr narrated: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to retreat to Hiraa’ for one month every year. … Jibreel came to him on the command of Allah. The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “He came to me whilst I was sleeping, bringing a cover of brocade in which there was a written document, and he said: ‘Read!’ I said: ‘What should I read?’ Then he pressed me to him until I thought that I would die, then he released me and said: ‘Read!’ I said: ‘What should I read?’ I only said that so that he would not do the same thing to me again. He said: ‘Recite in the name of your Lord who created - … Taught man that which he knew not’ [al-‘Alaq 96:1-5]. So I recited it. Then he stopped and went away. I got up from my sleep, and it was as if those words were inscribed on my heart. No one in Allah’s creation was more hated to me than a poet or a madman; I could not bear to look at them. I said: This person – meaning himself – must be a poet or a madman. I do not want Quraysh to ever talk about me like that at all. I shall surely go to a high mountain and throw myself down from it and kill myself, and find relief thereby. So I went out, intending to do that, but when I was halfway up the mountain, I heard a voice from heaven saying: ‘O Muhammad! You are indeed the Messenger of Allah and I am Jibreel.’ I looked up, and saw Jibreel in the form of a man, with his feet astride the horizon, saying: ‘O Muhammad! You are indeed the Messenger of Allah and I am Jibreel.’”

Taareekh at-Tabari (1/532, 533).

The text of this report is munkar (odd) and is contrary to the sound reports. In this text, the meeting of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) with Jibreel occurs in a dream, not when he was awake. Moreover, it says that he (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “What should I read?” Both of these ideas are false. The meeting with Jibreel occurred when he was awake, and what he (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said [when instructed to read] was, “I am not a reader,” stating that he was unable to read. But this weird report claims that he was not unlettered.

As for the isnad of the report, Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

But this isnad is something with which we do not feel comfortable, especially as it is contrary to what was quoted above of the narration of trustworthy narrators. It has several flaws:

  1. It is mursal. ‘Ubayd ibn ‘Umayr was not a Sahaabi; rather he was one of the senior Taabi‘een. He was born during the time of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him).
  2. Regarding Salamah – who is ibn al-Fadl al-Abrash – al-Haafiz said: He is honest but makes a lot of mistakes. I [al-Albaani] say: In addition to that, Ziyaad ibn ‘Abdillah al-Bakaa’i differed with him. Ziyaad is the one who narrated the Seerah from Ibn Ishaaq, and Ibn Hishaam narrated it via him. Concerning him, al-Haafiz said: His reports on the Maghaazi (military campaigns of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)) are good.

Ibn Hishaam narrated this hadith in as-Seerah (1/252, 253) from him, from Ibn Ishaaq, without the additional material that I put between square brackets [ ], in which is found the strange story of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) thinking of throwing himself down from a mountaintop.

It is possible that al-Abrash is the only one who narrated it, and al-Bakaa’i did not narrate it, in which case it is munkar (odd) for another reason, which is that it differs from the report of al-Bakaa’i, for al-Abrash is less reliable than al-Bakaa’i with regard to their narration from Ibn Ishaaq, as is indicated by the comments of al-Haafiz noted above.

And it is possible that Ibn Hishaam himself omitted it from his book, because the meaning is very odd and it is contrary to the fact that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) was infallible and could not have contemplated such a sin. In his introduction to his book, Ibn Hishaam indicated that he did something like that, as he said (1/4): I have omitted some of what Ibn Ishaaq mentioned in this book, that it is not appropriate to attribute to the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)… and other things that are very weird.

Moreover, there is another problem with the isnad, which is:

  1. Ibn Humayd – whose name is Muhammad ar-Raazi – who is da‘eef jiddan (very weak). A number of leading scholars, including Abu Zar‘ah ar-Raazi – regarded him as a liar.

In conclusion, the hadith is da‘eef (weak) in its chain of narrators and munkar (odd) in its text. The believer does not feel comfortable believing these weak narrators and what they attribute to the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), that he thought of killing himself by throwing himself down from a mountaintop, when he (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) is the one who said – as is soundly narrated from him –: “Whoever throws himself down from a mountain, killing himself, will be in the fire of Hell, throwing himself down therein, for ever and ever.” [Agreed upon]. At-Targheeb (3/205) – especially when those weak narrators contradicted the trustworthy scholars of hadith. 

Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth ad-Da‘eefah wa’l-Mawdoo‘ah (10/455-457).

Fifthly:

From the above it may be established that the reports about the Prophet’s alleged suicide attempt are da‘eef (weak); in fact some of them are false. It is also clear that the texts of these reports are false and odd, for several reasons:

  1. The cessation of revelation was to allow time for calming the fear that had come to our Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) the first time revelation came to him, and to give him to prepare himself for what was to come. How can that be reconciled with the idea that he (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) wanted to commit suicide?

Ibn Tooloon as-Saalihi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

The wisdom behind the cessation of revelation – and Allah knows best – was so that he (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) could recover from the shock he had experienced and so that he would long for the revelation to come back.

Subul al-Huda wa’r-Rashaad fi Seerat Khayr al-‘Ibaad (2/272).

    2. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) did not doubt for a moment that he was a Prophet, for Allah, may He be exalted, made his heart steadfast by means of the Revelation. What he felt of fear when the revelation came for the first time is indicative of his humanity and of the intensity of revelation. After that, some forms of revelation still used to cause him (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) some hardship.

Conclusion:

The report which says that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) thought of committing suicide because of the delay in the revelation during the early stages of his mission, and the additional material which is in al-Bukhaari but does not meet the standards of al-Bukhaari, cannot be regarded as part of as-Saheeh. Al-Bukhaari himself (may Allah have mercy on him) confirmed that these were the words of az-Zuhri and no one else, and that it was something that he had heard without any isnad, and it is not sound. We have mentioned some other versions of the hadith, all of which confirm that this story is not sound in either its chain of narrators or its text.

And Allah knows best.

Why did Prophet Mohammed (Pbuh) marry many wives?


When people hear that the prophet had many wives they conclude without much thought that the prophet was a sensuous man. However, a quick historical review of his marriages, proves otherwise. 



When he was twenty-five years old he married for the first time. His wife, Khadijah, was fifteen years older than he. She remained the only wife of the prophet for the next twenty-five years, until she died (may Allah be pleased with her). 



Only after her death, did the prophet marry other women. Now, it is obvious that if the prophet was after physical pleasure he did not have to wait until he was more than fifty years old to start marrying more wives. He lived in a society in which it was quite acceptable to have many wives. But the prophet remained devoted to his only wife for twenty-five years. When she died she was sixty-five years old. 



His later marriages were for various reasons. Some marriages were with the view to help the women whose husbands had been killed while they were defending their faith. Others were with a view to cement relationships with devoted followers like Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him. Yet others were to build bridges with various tribes who were otherwise at war with the Muslims. When the prophet became their relative through marriage, their hostilities calmed down, and much bloodshed was averted. 


Recent non-Muslim writers who had the opportunity to study the life of the prophet first-hand reach a similar conclusion about his plural marriages. 

John L. Esposito, Professor of Religion and Director of the Centre for International Studies at the College of the Holy Cross, says that most of these marriages had "political and social motives" (Islam: The Straight Path, Oxford University Press, 1988, p. 19). This he explained as follows: "As was customary for Arab chiefs, many were political marriages to cement alliances. Others were marriages to the widows of his companions who had fallen in combat and were in need of protection" (John L. Esposito, Islam: The Straight Path, pp. 19-20). Esposito reminds us of the following historical fact: "Though less common, polygyny was also permitted in biblical and even in postbiblical Judaism. From Abraham, David, and Solomon down to the reformation period, polygyny was practiced" (p. 19). 


Another non-Muslim Caesar E. Farah writes as follows: "In the prime of his youth and adult years Muhammed remained thoroughly devoted to Khadijah and would have none other for consort. This was an age that looked upon plural marriages with favor and in a society that in pre-Biblical and post-Biblical days considered polygamy an essential feature of social existence. David had six wives and numerous concubines (2 Samuel 5:13; 1 Chronicles 3:1-9, 14:3) and Solomon was said to have had as many as 700 wives and 300 concubines (1 Kings 11:3). Solomon's son Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 concubines (2 Chronicles 11:21). The New Testament contains no specific injunction against plural marriages. It was commonplace for the nobility among the Christians and Jews to contract plural marriages. Luther spoke of it with toleration" (Caesar E. Farah, Islam: Beliefs and Observances, 4th edition, Barron's, U.S. 1987, p. 69). Caesar Farah then concluded that Muhammed's plural marriages were due "partly to political reasons and partly to his concern for the wives of his companions who had fallen in battle defending the nascent Islamic community" (p. 69). 


1. KHADIJAH : She was 40 years old when she proposed to marry the Prophet when he was 25 years old. After 15years of their marriage he became a prophet. She had been married twice before she married Prophet Muhammed (pbuh). Her first husband was Aby Haleh Al Tamemy and her second husband was Oteaq Almakzomy. They had both died leaving Khadijah a widower. Khadijah died in 621A.D. This was the same year the Prophet ascended into heaven (Meraj). 

2. SAWDA BINT ZAM'A: Her first husband was Al Sakran Ibn Omro Ibn Abed Shamz. He died within a few days after his return from Ethiopia. She was 65 years old, poor, and had no one to care for her. This was why Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) married her. 

3. AISHA SIDDIQA: A woman named Kholeah Bint Hakeem suggested that Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) marry Aishah, the daughter of Abu  Bakr (RA),  to form a close relationship with Aby Bakr's family. She was already engaged to Jober Ibn Al Moteam Ibn Oday. At this time Jober was not yet a Muslim. The people of Makkah did not object to Aishah becoming married because although she was young, she was mature enough to understand the responsibility of marriage. Prophet Muhammed (bpuh) was engaged to Aishah for 2 years before he married her. Aby Bakr was the first leader after Prophet Muhammed's (pbuh) death. 

4. HAFSAH BINT U'MAR : She was the daughter of Omar, the second Calipha. Omar asked Othman to marry Hafsah. Othman refused because his wife had recently died and Othman did not want to remarry. Omar then went to Aby Bakr but he also refused to marry Hafsah. Aby Bakr knew that the Prophet had already considered marrying Hafsah. Omar then went to Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) and complained that Othman and Aby Bakr did not want to marry his daughter. The Prophet told Omar that his daughter will marry and Othman will also remarry. Othman married the daughter of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh), Om Kolthoom, and Hafsah married the Prophet. This made Omar and Othman both happy.

5. ZAYNAB BINT KHUZAYMA: Her husband died in the battle of Uhud, leaving her poor and with several children. She was old when Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) married her. She died 3 months after she married the Prophet 625 A.D. 

6. SALAMA BINT UMAYYA: Her husband, Abud Allah Abud Al Assad Ibn Al Mogherah, died leaving Hend poor and with many children. Hend was at least 65 years old at the time. Aby Bakr and several others asked her to marry them, but because she loved her husband very much, she refused the marriage's offers. But finally she accepted Prophet mohammed's offer to marry her and take care of her children. 

7. ZAYNAB BINT JAHSH: She was the daughter of Prophet Muhammed's aunt, Omameh Bint Abud Almutaleb. The Prophet arranged for Zaynab to marry Zayed Ibn Hareathah Al Kalby. This marriage did not last and the Prophet received a verse in the Quran which stated that if they became divorced, then the Prophet must marry Zaynab (Sura 33:37). 

8. JUWAYRIYA BINT AL-HARITH: Her first husband's name was Masafeah Ibn Safuan. Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) wanted Juayreah's tribe (Beni Al Mostalag)to convert to Islam. Juayreah became a prisoner after the Muslims won the Battle of Al Mostalaq. Juayreah's father came to the Prophet and offered a payment for her return. The Prophet asked her father to give her a choice. When she was given a choice she said she accepted Islam and Prophet Muhammed as the last God's Messenger. The Prophet then married her. Her tribe of Beni Almostalag accepted Islam. 

9. SAFIYYA BINT HUYAYY: She was from the tribe of Beni Nadir, who were from the children of Levi (Israel). She was married twice before, then she married Prophet Muhammed (pbuh). Her first husband Salam Ibn Moshkem, and her second husband was Kenanah Ibn Al Rabeeah. 

10. UMMU HABIBA BINT SUFYAN: Her first husband was Aubed Allah Jahish. He was the son of the aunt of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh). Aubed Allah died in Ethiopia. The king of Ethiopia arranged the marriage of Ramelah to Prophet Muhammed (pbuh). 

11. MAYAMUNA BINT AL-HARITH : She was 26years old when she married Prophet Muhammed (pbuh). Her first husband was Abu Rahma Ibn Abed Alzey. When the Prophet opened Makkah in 630 AD , she came to the Prophet, accepted Islam and proposed to marry him. Her actions encouraged Many Makkahans to accept Islam and Prophet Muhammed (pbuh). 

12. MARIA AL-QABTIYYA : She was sent to Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) as a hand maid servant from the king of Egypt. Maria had a son from the Prophet. His name was Ibrahim.






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