Women in Islam: An exegesis
By Abul
Kasem
Prologue: After the Islamic revolution in Iran many
people became interested in Islam, which was, hitherto, a very obscure
religion usually associated with the Arabs, the poor, and the Blacks.
Although I was a born Muslim and was indoctrinated in the faith in a very
rigid manner in my childhood, I had very little idea about the ‘real
Islam.’ Just like most
Bangladeshis, I thought Islam to be peaceful, tolerant, and very positive
towards women. After the Iranian revolution, I read a lot about Islam. The
advent of Internet brought me the greatest opportunity to learn about
Islam in a short period of time. I
scanned innumerable essays in various Islamic web sites written by Islamic
scholars mostly residing in the Western countries.
Their essays on women gave an impression that Islam has many
goodies for them. Like an ordinary gullible Muslim, I also believed in
whatever they wrote. Then I found a great discrepancy in what these Islamic
scholars (read Islamists) wrote and the unspeakable barbarity and gross
unfairness perpetrated on the women in the Islamic paradises like, Iran,
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and certain parts of Nigeria and Malaysia. If the present trend continues, then, soon Bangladesh would
be in the list of Islamic paradises.
I thought about my aging mother. I thought about my working
sisters. I thought about my loving wife.
I was greatly distressed when I thought of what could happen to
these dearest relations of my life if Bangladesh goes Islamic and
Allah’s laws (read Sharia) are enforced in Bangladesh. This forced me to
dig deeper and deeper into Islam and especially the Sharia provision/s for
women. I made a microscopic dissection of Islam from its very root. What I
found was shocking. Sometimes, I just could not believe what I was
reading. Thus, I completely discarded the explanations, apologies, and
tafsirs from the erudite Islamic scholars and started to use my own
brain, common sense, and judgment to find the truth. After I found the
‘real Islam’, I could not look straight into the eyes of my mother. I could not sit comfortably with my sisters.
I could not be at ease with my wife. I was forced to pick up the
pen (read keyboard) to tell all the mothers, sisters, and wives of Islamic
faith what Sharia/Islam means for them.
We must let our women folk know the truth about the treatment of
Islamic women before many so called ‘moderate’ Muslim countries bring
this Trojan Horse into their lives and become another Afghanistan,
Iran, or the Northern parts of Nigeria and Malaysia. As I write, I heard
the news that a Nigerian woman would be stoned to death after her newly
born so called illegitimate daughter is weaned, probably after a period of
two years. Please think of
this barbarity. Please
remember your mother, remember your sisters and your loving wife when you
read this essay. Won’t you?
This essay is quite lengthy. I apologize for writing
such a prolix article, but I could not help it. No matter how much I
tried, I could not shorten further. It had to be very lengthy, for there
is so much to tell. For
convenience, I have divided the essay in 7 (seven parts).
To begin with, let us start with the unfairness of
Allah towards women.
Allah prefers men and you know it!
The interdependency of men and women is recognized in
Islam. This is because of the importance of women as a preserver of human
species. However, a thorough
examination of Qur’an, ahadith and the Islamic Sharia clearly
demonstrates the heavy bias of Allah towards men.
Why men are considered superior? It is because of their physical strength, financial ability
to pay dower and to spend on women. The
Qur’an is very clear about the superiority of men over women.
Let us review a few verses from Qur’an to demonstrate this fact.
Men have a degree over women...2:228
002.228
YUSUFALI: Divorced women shall wait concerning themselves
for three monthly periods. Nor is it lawful for them to hide what Allah
Hath created in their wombs, if they have faith in Allah and the Last Day.
And their husbands have the better right to take them back in that period,
if they wish for reconciliation. And women shall have rights similar to
the rights against them, according to what is equitable; but men have a
degree (of advantage) over them. And Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.
This verse establishes the supremacy of men over
women, although Qur’an ambiguously claims to bestow similar rights for
both men and women. This verse never mentions what those rights are;
neither do we find the clarification on this matter in the entire Qur’an.
Therefore, a variety of interpretation can be made out of this verse. This
verse can really be used to justify anything that a man can find
convenient to establish his superiority over women. Of course, the Islamic
apologists take this opportunity to make Qur’an look very fair and
non-discriminatory to women. It could be true that Muhammad really wanted
to see some improvement of status of women in Arabia during his time.
However, he was reluctant to enforce a radical change for fear of a
backlash from the male dominated Arab society. This verse may look a
little benign for it does mention about certain rights of women although
not being so specific. To see the real Islamic treatment of women we need
to look elsewhere.
Let us examine the following verse up close:
Men are protectors and maintainers of women; women
must be devoutly obedient, if not then beat them...4:34
004.034
YUSUFALI: Men are the protectors and maintainers of
women, because Allah has given the one more (strength) than the other, and
because they support them from their means. Therefore the righteous women
are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the husband's) absence what Allah
would have them guard. As to those women on whose part ye fear disloyalty
and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (Next), refuse to share their
beds, (And last) beat them (lightly); but if they return to obedience,
seek not against them Means (of annoyance): For Allah is Most High, great
(above you all).
The above verse is quite clear about the superiority
of men over women. The verse is lucid in telling the reason for the
superiority of men. It is
because of their physical strength and their ability to support women
financially. Islamists often
use this divine decree to justify the subjugation of women in Islam.
But their logic falls flat if we recognize today’s reality that
physical size and strength does not mean a thing.
Many animals are much stronger physically than men.
How about an elephant? An
elephant is hugely stronger than a man is but that does not make it
superior to a human. Similarly,
a woman may be weaker in physical strength (with proper training a woman
can be as strong as any man, if not more) but her physical weakness, in no
way make her inferior to men. Financial
dependence? This could be
true for some ancient societies; but surely not true any more.
We have many examples of single women leading a financially
independent happy life. There are plenty of single mums (either widowed,
divorced or unmarried) who steadfastly support her family without the help
of any man.
This verse also prescribes physical punishment for
disobedient women. I shall
write more on Islamic wife beating later.
Why does God have to prescribe this torture on wives?
Isn’t it because men make women dependent on them?
Imagine what would happen to a man if he were completely dependent
on a woman for his financial support?
Will he dare to raise his hand against her?
Please note the comment (lightly) inserted by the
translator Yusuf Ali. He deliberately did this keeping in mind that
beating is a gross indecency and a criminal offence in western societies.
His purpose of translation of Qur’an was primarily aimed at the western
people and the non-Muslims. That
is why he softens Qur’an from its extremely harsh statements.
The original Qur’an and the translation by other authors do not
contain the comment (slightly)
insert. Here is the
translation of Pickthal and Shakir. While Pickthal translates to whip
women, Shakir translates as plain beating without specifying the method.
PICKTHAL: Men are in charge of
women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and
because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good
women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded.
As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to
beds apart, and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way
against them. Lo! Allah is ever High, Exalted, Great.
SHAKIR: Men are the maintainers of women because Allah
has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their
property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as
Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion,
admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them;
then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is
High, Great.
When Qur’an treats women in such a disgraceful
manner, one may wonder why almighty Allah created women after all. Was it
not better to have no woman at all? Actually,
Qur’an does not really know the reason for creation of women because
Qur’an is not really from God. Muhammad himself with the help of a few
of his scribes wrote it. Therefore,
in Qur’an we simply find the mention of what people believed in those
days regarding the creation of human albeit in a new format.
Here is the verse that tells the reason for the
creation of women
God created us from a single person and made mate of
like nature; pregnancy is a light burden to women...7:189
007.189
YUSUFALI: It is He Who created you from a single person,
and made his mate of like nature, in order that he might dwell with her
(in love). When they are united, she bears a light burden and carries it
about (unnoticed). When she grows heavy, they both pray to Allah their
Lord, (saying): "If Thou givest us a goodly child, we vow we shall
(ever) be grateful."
The verse is rather very ambiguous. It says that
God created a single person first. What was the sex of that single person?
Islamists often use this verse to portray the sexual equality of Islam and
how Islam differs from the Christianity and Judaism. In the Bible God says that He created Adam first then He
created Eve from Adam’s rib. Do
not be fooled by this simple-minded interpretation of the Islamists. The
key word in this verse is ‘you’. Who is this ‘you’ that God seems
to be talking to. Is it a man or a woman?
Remember, whom did God reveal the Qur’an? It was not a woman but
a man. Moreover, elsewhere in the Hadith we read that women were created
from a rib that is why they are crooked (See Shahih Muslim
8.3467). Therefore, the meaning of this verse is no different from
the verse in the Bible. In this verse, the Qur’an says that women were
created to give companion and pleasure to men.
Please take a moment to read and think about the meaning of this
verse once again. We do not really need exegesis/mullahs/Islamists to tell
us the “Real” Tafsir of this verse.
Simple common sense tells us that God created women to give men
companionship and pleasure and to bear children.
God did not create women as his primary reason.
One may conclude that God made women on second thought to alleviate
the loneliness and the dullness for men.
Women were merely created for men’s sensuous pleasure.
Pure and simple. This
is obvious from the following verse.
God created mate for tranquil living and put love and
mercy among sexes…30:21
030.021
YUSUFALI: And among His Signs is this, that He created
for you mates from among yourselves, that ye may dwell in tranquillity
with them, and He has put love and mercy between your (hearts): verily in
that are Signs for those who reflect.
Does
this verse seem to be contradicting the previous verse (7:189)? Of course, it does. This
verse seems to suggest that God created women for men and vice versa. That
is to say, God created two persons, and not one as was suggested in the
previous (7:189) verse. Doesn’t it? Who was created first? Man or the woman? Surely,
God did not create men to give pleasure and tranquillity to women.
It was the woman who was created for men. Thus, from the very
beginning of creation of human we see the unfairness of God. Not only that
God created woman as a second thought but also he burdened her with the
task of child bearing. One may legitimately ask, ‘Why? Why God has to
put women in such a burdensome position?’
The answer, if we go by the Islamic rule, is a simple one. Only God
knows the answer. And that’s all. But
it is not that difficult to ponder on the real reason. All religious books
are written by men (religionists say that they are the messages sent by
God through His postman like Gabriel).
It is, then a simple matter to realize that these prophets of God
could never displease men by giving them a secondary position (like women)
in the process of creation. Therefore, the women must accept without
question the superiority of men. After
all, pregnancy and giving birth are dirty/painful jobs that fit only
slaves. Doesn’t it make
sense to realize that when these ‘messengers of God’ wrote their holy
scriptures they viewed women as nothing more than sexual pleasures and
slaves to carry the burden of sex (pregnancy)? Read the ancient history of
Arabia that will confirm of what I have written.
Can you then guess what would have been the story of
creation of Adam and Eve if God’s messengers were women?
Another reason given by Qur’an as to why God
prefers men is simply laughable. Have a look at the following verse.
Men love to purify themselves…9:108
009.108
YUSUFALI: Never stand thou forth therein. There is a
mosque whose foundation was laid from the first day on piety; it is more
worthy of the standing forth (for prayer) therein. In it are men who love
to be purified; and Allah loveth those who make themselves pure.
In this verse, the Qur’an says that God prefers men
because they (the men) love to purify themselves. Are we then to assume
that the women does not know how to purify/cleanse themselves? In other words, are women unclean? Of course, the apologists will say that the meaning of purify
means spiritual/mystical, sublime etc.
Nowhere in the verse, it says what is the meaning of purification.
It could be both spiritual as well as physical (meaning ablution before
prayer). Let us take examples from the real world. Are there differences
in cleanliness/purification between men and women? The answer is ‘No.’ Then, why should Qur’an use such
inane argument to justify the divine superiority of men? Some may say that the verse did not say that the women do not
know how to purify; it simply says that God loves those men who go to the
mosque and purify themselves. This argument is simply not unacceptable.
Are not women allowed in the mosque?
If it is so, then the unfairness of God becomes more inexcusable.
Why does God blatantly show his preference for men when both sexes
are equally praying in the mosque? Isn’t
it a kind of religious apartheid?
This kind of Islamic bias for men is again
demonstrated in the following verse.
Men are true to their covenant…33:23
033.023
YUSUFALI: Among the Believers are men who have been true
to their covenant with Allah: of them some have completed their vow (to
the extreme), and some (still) wait: but they have never changed (their
determination) in the least:
How about the believing women? Are they not true to their faith and are they not ready to
die for it? We shall, later
in this article, see that women are equally commanded by God to go for
Jihad and lay down their lives, if required. Why then God has a clear bias
for men? Does not God trust women believers regarding their truthfulness
and fealty in faith?
Only men receive revelation from God
The Qur’an and God are absolutely adamant that only
men are capable of handling revelations from God.
God always sends revelations to men. Thus, we have all the prophets
to be men. God has never selected a woman as a prophet and in future also,
he will not do so. Here are two verses that demonstrate amply this
unreasonable desire of God. Have
you ever wondered what would have God decided if women were financially
strong in the Arabian Desert? What
would have God chosen? Do you remember many extant tribal societies where
the women ruled supreme? I
wonder why God overlooked them.
For more unfairness of God, look at the following
verses.
Revelations are sent to men only…12:109
012.109
YUSUFALI: Nor did We send before thee (as messengers) any
but men, whom we did inspire,- (men) living in human habitations. Do they
not travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those before
them? But the home of the hereafter is best, for those who do right. Will
ye not then understand?
Only men are chosen by God to be His
messengers…16:43
016.043
YUSUFALI: And before thee also the messengers We sent
were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: if ye realise this not, ask
of those who possess the Message.
God chooses messengers from men and angels…22:75
022.075
YUSUFALI: Allah chooses messengers from angels and from
men for Allah is He Who hears and sees (all things).
Let us briefly review those three verses.
In 12.109 God says that he had never sent any messenger before
Muhammad who was not a man. Muslims believe that Muhammad is the last
prophet and messenger from God. Therefore,
the natural conclusion is that there will never ever be woman messenger
from God. In verse 16:43, God
confirms his commitment of selecting only men as his messenger before
Muhammad was selected to be his Prophet and messenger.
This is to say that God had never selected a woman in the past to
be his messenger. In 22:75, God confuses us.
This time he says that he sometimes chooses men and sometimes
chooses angels as his messengers. We have heard the name of a few
messengers of God including Muhammad. Who were the angels sent as
messengers? Was it Gabriel, Michael, Azazil, Azrael, Malik, Harut or Marut?
Or does God mean that men and angels are at the same level in the eyes of
God as far as the reception of his messages are concerned? Why were women
excluded from the list of angels? This,
too, is answered in the following verse.
Men are superior in the worshipping of God …24:37
024.037
YUSUFALI: By men whom neither traffic nor merchandise can
divert from the Remembrance of Allah, nor from regular Prayer, nor from
the practice of regular Charity: Their (only) fear is for the Day when
hearts and eyes will be transformed (in a world wholly new),-
Well, the above verse tells it all.
Men are simply miles ahead in the worshipping of God than the women
folks. Need no further explanation.
Here is a hadith that tells us that there never were
perfect women although there were many perfect men.
Since God is the only authority who reserves the right to bestow
perfection to whomever he pleases, we must, therefore, conclude that only
men are given perfection and not women no matter how much they (the women)
may try. Perfection by women
is simply out of question.
There are many perfect men but there are no perfect
women except Mary, Asiya (Pharaoh’s wife) and Aisha (Muhammad’s
wife)… (Shahih Muslim 31.5966)
Book 031, Number 5966:
Abu Musa
reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: There are
many persons amongst men who are quite perfect but there are not perfect
amongst women except Mary, daughter of 'Imran, Asiya wife of Pharaoh, and
the excellence of 'A'isha as compared to women is that of Tharid over all
other foods.
Having established the indisputable superiority of
men, God now elevates a man to the position of a kind of smaller god in
the eyes of women. Here is
what Islam thinks a woman should do for a man.
A man is next to God for a woman
This concept of absolute superiority of men in
Islam is very similar to the Hindu practice. In Hinduism, women are asked
to worship their husbands as Devota (demi God). Islam is no
different on this. A woman’s single purpose in life is to please her
husband. Nothing is holier than this. In fact, if a woman were required to
worship any one other than God it would be her husband. In hadith we
read:
If a woman is to prostrate to another person (besides
Allah) it will be her husband.
.(Sunaan Abu Dawud 11.2135)
Book 11, Number 2135:
Narrated
Qays ibn Sa'd:
I went to
al-Hirah and saw them (the people) prostrating themselves before a satrap
of theirs, so I said: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) has most
right to have prostration made before him. When I came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him),
I said: I went to al-Hirah and saw them prostrating themselves before a
satrap of theirs, but you have most right, Apostle of Allah, to have
(people) prostrating themselves before you. He said: Tell me , if you were
to pass my grave, would you prostrate yourself before it? I said: No. He
then said: Do not do so. If I were to command anyone to make prostration
before another I would command women to prostrate themselves before their
husbands, because of the special right over them given to husbands by
Allah.
Part 2
Women are downright inferior!
Islamists often write prolix
essays showing the merciful and glorious treatment of women under Islam.
If you have read one of this extremely lengthy rhetoric with
mind-boggling logic, you have read them all. Because they are all written
in almost the same format, so much so that sometimes you may wonder
whether all these essays are written by the same writer or not.
Their pens are absolutely fluent in describing the half-truth and
twisted, convoluted logics. However,
they will never tell the true status of women in ‘real Islam.’ Here I
am citing a few examples from the roots of Islam, that is, Qur’an and
hadith.
Women witness is half of men...2:282
This is a very well known fact in
Islam. Even if a woman is the Prime Minister of an Islamic Paradise she is
still inferior to the dumbest of men when it comes to legal matters. Her
evidence by herself is never acceptable in an Islamic court of law. It is
because of her deficiency in intelligence and lack of memory. What a
disgrace to women and their ability of judgment! What happens if a woman
becomes a judge? I really do not know the answer. Not only that a single
woman’s evidence is unacceptable in an Islamic court, but also the women
witnesses are completely unacceptable in Sharia where Hudud
punishments are involved such as adultery, apostasy, theft…etc. This
means that if a woman is raped her evidence or the evidence of any other
women (even though there were thousands of women who witnessed the very
act with their own eyes) will not be accepted unless four adult Muslim men
give evidence that they saw the actual act of fornication with their own
eyes. What a justice! I think even a Kangaroo court is better than this
type of Islamic court. Now, let us hear from the Qur’an. This verse is
very lengthy, in fact, the longest verse in the Qur’an. Therefore, I
shall quote only the relevant part.
002.282
YUSUFALI: O ye who believe! When ye deal with each other,
in transactions involving future obligations in a fixed period of time,
reduce them to writing Let a scribe write down faithfully as between the
parties: let not the scribe refuse to write: as Allah Has taught him, so
let him write. Let him who incurs the liability dictate, but let him fear
His Lord Allah, and not diminish aught of what he owes. If they party
liable is mentally deficient, or weak, or unable Himself to dictate, Let
his guardian dictate faithfully, and get two witnesses, out of your own
men, and if there are not two men, then a man and two women, such as ye
choose, for witnesses, so that if one of them errs, the other can remind
her.
This verse is nothing but a slap
on the face literally to every woman in this world.
In today’s world, we have women in almost every profession, even
in the tough professions like Law, Medicine, Engineering, Education,
Professor, even Astronaut. If
we go by ‘real Islam,’ then all those professional ladies who are not
only highly qualified, but also superbly capable of managing the affairs
of a company or even a nation are simply lacking in intelligence (read
stupid). It’s a small
wonder that we see the most of the wretched women in Islamic paradises.
Could it be that I probably made
some mistake in commenting on verse 2:282?
Could it be that there may be some divine/secret reason for sending
down verse 2:282 that only God knows?
May be, God really did not mean to insult the women. May be our interpretation is all wrong. If you are thinking in this fashion, then perish that
thought. See Shahih Bukhari
confirms women’s lack of intelligence in the very words of Muhammad.
Majority of women are in hell...(
Shahih Bukhari 1.6.301)
Volume
1, Book 6, Number 301:
Narrated
Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Once
Allah's Apostle went out to the Musalla (to offer the prayer) o 'Id-al-Adha
or Al-Fitr prayer. Then he passed by the women and said, "O women!
Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell-fire
were you (women)." They asked, "Why is it so, O Allah's Apostle
?" He replied, "You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your
husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and
religion than you. A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of
you." The women asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What is deficient in
our intelligence and religion?" He said, "Is not the evidence of
two women equal to the witness of one man?" They replied in the
affirmative. He said, "This is the deficiency in her intelligence.
Isn't it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her
menses?" The women replied in the affirmative. He said, "This is
the deficiency in her religion."
This hadith not only confirms what
I wrote previously, but also goes one-step further in saying that hell is
the abode for most of the women in hereafter.
Why should it be so? The
reason is also explained in this hadith.
Are you still appalled?
No, not yet? Look at this hadith.
Women
are like animals and slaves.
Women, slaves and camels are same; must seek Allah's refuge from all
these...(Sunaan Abu Dawud 11.2155)
Book 11, Number 2155:
Narrated
Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
The
Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If one of you marries a woman or buys a
slave, he should say: "O Allah, I ask Thee for the good in her, and
in the disposition Thou hast given her; I take refuge in Thee from the
evil in her, and in the disposition Thou hast given her." When he
buys a camel, he should take hold of the top of its hump and say the same
kind of thing.
Here is another insult to women.
In the following hadith a woman is as impure as a dog and a monkey.
In fact, there is a very little difference between the treatment of
a dog and a woman if we really go deeper to get the latent meaning of this
pernicious hadith. What words
do we have to use to express our disgust?
What would be the feeling of a modern, educated, working,
respectable lady reading this authentic hadith?
A prayer is annulled by a passing woman, dog and a
monkey...( Shahih Bukhari 1.9.490)
Volume
1, Book 9, Number 490:
Narrated
'Aisha:
The
things which annul the prayers were mentioned before me. They said,
"Prayer is annulled by a dog, a donkey and a woman (if they pass in
front of the praying people)." I said, "You have made us (i.e.
women) dogs. I saw the Prophet praying while I used to lie in my bed
between him and the Qibla. Whenever I was in need of something, I would
slip away. for I disliked to face him."
All women have natural
menstruation cycle. This is
completely normal and almost 100% women are fully at ease with this
natural phenomenon. It is not
something for which a woman has to see a doctor every time she has her
period unless there are complications.
However, Islam is different. What
the world thinks as simple and natural phenomenon, Islam thinks otherwise.
It considers menstruation as a pestilence.
Here is yet another the verse from the Qur’an.
Menstruation is a disease...2:222
002.222
PICKTHAL:
They question thee (O Muhammad) concerning menstruation. Say: It is an
illness, so let women alone at such times and go not in unto them till
they are cleansed. And when they have purified themselves, then go in unto
them as Allah hath enjoined upon you. Truly Allah loveth those who turn
unto Him, and loveth those who have a care for cleanness.
Whenever this verse is cited as anti-feminine and derogatory to women, our
Islamic brothers get very defensive. They would twist and turn, and beat
around the bush by saying that this verse is really meant to protect women
during her period by warning people that it is a difficult time for women.
How merciful! See how great Islam is!
No science could discover that menstruation is a disease, but look
at Islam. It is truly great.
It can discover which no science or medicine could find! Let me ask
our Islamic brothers a simple question.
If menstruation is a disease, then why do we not ask the women to
see a doctor? Why should the
women be ostracised during her period? Sex during period is not advisable, although medical evidence
shows that it is ok. This
simple fact does not need any intervention from the almighty God through
His mighty Qur’an. Even the
primitive people had the knowledge of this natural periodic cycle of women
and knew how to tackle it without insulting and ostracising women. Why did
Muhammad do that? It was all
based on the old Jewish/Zoroastrian practice of segregating women to a
secluded place during her period. Muhammad did not have the guts to
completely reform this discriminatory treatment of women but maintained
that age-old tradition.
Here is a hadith that further
confirms the gross insult (and gross miscarriage of justice too!) to women
due to her physical makeup and biology.
Please note that this hadith restricts a woman from doing her
religious obligations because of her natural biological phenomenon. If we
go by this hadith, then I wonder how would a workingwoman manage to go to
work during her period.
Menstruation
is a defect in women for they cannot fast and pray during their periods...
(Shahih Bukhari 3.31.172)
Volume 3, Book 31, Number 172:
Narrated
Abu Said:
The
Prophet said, "Isn't it true that a woman does not pray and does not
fast on menstruating? And that is the defect (a loss) in her
religion."
In today’s world, there
are a few countries ruled by women including Bangladesh. This is what
Islam has to say about a nation being ruled by women.
People ruled by a woman will never
be successful...(Shahih Bukhari 5.59.709)
Volume
5, Book 59, Number 709:
Narrated
Abu Bakra:
During
the days (of the battle) of Al-Jamal, Allah benefited me with a word I had
heard from Allah's Apostle after I had been about to join the Companions
of Al-Jamal (i.e. the camel) and fight along with them. When Allah's
Apostle was informed that the Persians had crowned the daughter of Khosrau
as their ruler, he said, "Such people as ruled by a lady will never
be successful."
Imam Ghazali is one of the
greatest Islamic scholars of all times.
Some Muslims would even say that his position is next to Muhammad. This ‘great’ Islamist was one the most anti-woman scholar
I had ever read. Here are a
few ‘gems’ from this greatest of all Islamists.
I wonder how is it possible for a woman to be more pious than a man
is when both Qur’an and ahadith find so many faults in her and relegate
her position in society to that of a slave and an animal.
To make sure that a woman is inferior to a man and she is always
below him Imam Ghazali categorically advises Muslims not to marry rich
women forgetting the fact the founder of Islam (Muhammad) himself married
one of the richest lady in Arabia (Khadija) and without her immense wealth
Muhammad could never have been what he dreamed of.
Talk about double standard in Islam!
Why does Imam Ghazali have to prescribe such a marital
prescription? A prescription
for disaster, may I add? He
knew the power of money and wealth. He
knew that a rich lady would never accept the degrading treatment of hers
in the hands of her husband; she will simply desert her man if ever any
man dares to dehumanise her. Nevertheless,
the gross sexism of Islam must prevail.
Therefore, he had no choice but to recommend marrying poor women,
for, their financial dependence on men will ensure their inferiority and
servitude. Here are the quotes from Ghazali’ famous book.
Women
should be beneath men on four things (Ref:
7.Vol II p373)
And someone else remarked: “ A
wife should be beneath her husband in four things or else she will despise
him: age, height, wealth and lineage. She should be better than him in
four others: beauty, manners, character and scrupulousness in matters of
religion.”
Do not
marry a rich woman, marry a poor woman
(Ibid, p373)
Someone once said: “The man who
marries a rich woman will find five things in her, an expensive dowry, a
delayed wedding, a lack of service, constant expense and an inability to
divorce her should he wish to do so, because of his fear of losing her
money. The case of poor woman, however, is quite the opposite.”
The matter of inheritance in Islam
is quite a lengthy issue and it is downright contentious too!. It is not an appropriate matter to be discussed in this
essay, which is solely devoted to women related issues. However, let us not forget the unfairness of Islam towards
women on this matter. Women
get only half that men get. Many
Islamists justify this rule by saying that a woman does not contribute
anything to the creation of a family wealth.
All the money she gets is for hers to keep.
They also contend that other religions gave no rights of
inheritance to women. Islam was/is the only religion that gave women some
rights of inheritance. The
first argument can be countered by the reasoning that the man who inherits
something from his relatives also did not put an effort to the creation of
wealth of the relative concerned. So,
a man or a woman inheritor is in the same footing.
So, why shouldn’t they have equal share in inheritance?
The second argument is simply not relevant in today’s world. No
other religion follows their age-old/antiquated inheritance rules any
more. Most of them follow the
secular rules. It is only the
Islam that still persists on keeping this gross unfair inheritance rules.
Rules on inheritance women get
half of men: (Note as per Shah Waliullah these verses abrogate
2:180)...4:11-12
004.011
YUSUFALI: Allah (thus) directs you as regards your
Children's (Inheritance): to the male, a portion equal to that of two
females: if only daughters, two or more, their share is two-thirds of the
inheritance; if only one, her share is a half. For parents, a sixth share
of the inheritance to each, if the deceased left children; if no children,
and the parents are the (only) heirs, the mother has a third; if the
deceased Left brothers (or sisters) the mother has a sixth. (The
distribution in all cases ('s) after the payment of legacies and debts. Ye
know not whether your parents or your children are nearest to you in
benefit. These are settled portions ordained by Allah; and Allah is
All-knowing, Al-wise.
Part
3
Women are harmful/devilish/crooked and damaging
The holy scriptures of Islam is full of mindless,
unbelievably misogynic contents. Islam considers women to be crooked,
evil, devilish, damaging, Satanic, harmful, portents of bad luck, and what
not. One may be greatly
surprised at what I just mentioned. I
am listing a few statements below from the principle sources of Islam. After reading these citations, it is difficult not to be
disturbed. We may wonder¾why
is Islam so misogynic? I
sometimes wonder what wrong the women have done to be treated in such a
harsh, derogatory and in dehumanized manner.
It seems as if Islam is out to prove that women are/were created to
be bad and they are devilish inherently.
It is not in their upbringing, education, family background….
etc. that are responsible for their badness, dummy!
Therefore, there is no way of improving their status, no matter how
much a woman wishes or tries. It
is her fate and destiny as determined by God.
Allah/Islam has relegated her to permanent servitude.
It is a great tragedy to be born as a woman especially in an
Islamic paradise. The only
path for a Muslim woman is accepting the sexual slavery or death.
Islamic apologists often take pride by saying that Islam improved
the lot of women from those prevalent in the ‘dark days’ of Arabia,
such as abolishing the live burial of girl infants.
What a great achievement! After
you peruse the following demeaning provisions of Islam for women, you may
wonder whether it is worth living as a woman (in an Islamic paradise under
Sharia) or not.
It is true that Muhammad did make some improvement
to the status of women in Arabia, such as the right of inheritance,
abolition of burial of girl babies, etc.
However, he did not go further, for he did not want to upset the
men of Arabia through a radical change in the then existing status of
women. Furthermore, we cannot compare those reforms of women with
the time before Islam. We are
no longer living in those so-called ‘dark’ days of Ayame-Jahliat,
are we? The world is moving
forward and all the secularist countries guarantee the rights of women.
It is only the Islamic countries that want to live in their
‘golden period’ of the past and still subscribe to their ‘Gender
Apartheid’ policy. I
would like to ask anyone reading the following ‘holy’ citations to
bring in statements from any secular law more misogynic than what is
quoted down below.
A woman is like a rib---that is
why she has the crookedness...(Shahih Bukhari 7.62.113)
Volume
7, Book 62, Number 113:
Narrated
Abu Huraira:
Allah's
Apostle said, "The woman is like a rib; if you try to straighten her,
she will break. So if you want to get benefit from her, do so while she
still has some crookedness."
Women were created crooked;. if you try to
straighten her you will break her and breaking her is divorcing her…(
Shahih Muslim 8.3467)
Book 008,
Number 3467:
Abu
Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported: Woman has been created from
a rib and will in no way be straightened for you; so if you wish to
benefit by her, benefit by her while crookedness remains in her. And if
you attempt to straighten her, you will break her, and breaking her is
divorcing her.
Women, house and horses are evil
omens..( Shahih Bukhari;7.62.30)
Volume
7, Book 62, Number 30:
Narrated
Abdullah bin 'Umar:
Allah's
Apostle said, "Evil omen is in the women, the house and the horse.'
Portents of hour are drinking, sex , 50 women per
men...(Shahih Bukhari 1.3. 81)
Volume
1, Book 3, Number 81:
Narrated
Anas:
I will
narrate to you a Hadith and none other than I will tell you about after
it. I heard Allah's Apostle saying: From among the portents of the Hour
are (the following):
1.
Religious knowledge will decrease (by the death of religious learned men).
2.
Religious ignorance will prevail.
3. There
will be prevalence of open illegal sexual intercourse.
4. Women
will increase in number and men will decrease in number so much so that
fifty women will be looked after by one man.
Nothing is more harmful to men
than women...(Shahih Bukhari 7.62.33)
Volume
7, Book 62, Number 33:
Narrated
Usama bin Zaid:
The
Prophet said, "After me I have not left any affliction more harmful
to men than women."
Please read the following hadith
if you still thought that Islam has a lot of kind words reserved for women
and is very merciful to them. In
this hadith, Muhammad clearly declares that a woman is actually a devil in
the guise of a human (albeit a female) being.
There is no confusion on this matter.
Is there any contextual issue for this hadith?
I would really like to hear from the Islamic apologists who are
always looking for contexts as to what they have to say on this hadith.
Is the provision of this hadith applicable today or not?
Shall we not consider a woman as an extension of the devil?
What punishment Allah has reserved for the devil?
Does not this hadith say that our mothers, wives, sisters, and
daughter are actually devils? Could any one show me any secularist provision more misogynic
than the content of this hadith?
A woman advances and retires in
the shape of a devil; so when one of you sees a woman, he should come to
his wife and have intercourse with her…(Shahih Muslim 8.3240)
Book 008,
Number 3240:
Jabir
reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) saw a woman, and
so he came to his wife, Zainab, as she was tanning a leather and had
sexual intercourse with her. He then went to his Companions and told them:
The woman advances and retires in the shape of a devil, so when one of you
sees a woman, he should come to his wife, for that will repel what he
feels in his heart.
Here is another gem from Imam Ghazali.
Women are half devils (Ref: 7.vol.
II, p367)
Someone once said: “The devil
says to women: ‘You are half my army! You are my arrow with which I do
not miss! You are my confidante! You are my messenger with whom I achieve
my wants!’ Thus half of his army is desire, the other half being
anger.”
The house, the wife and the horse
are bad luck…(Shahih Muslim 26.5523)
Book 026,
Number 5523:
'Abdullah
b. 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: If
there be bad luck, it is in the house, and the wife, and the horse.
Women are more harmful to men than
anything else…(Shahih Muslim 36.6603)
Book 036,
Number 6603:
Usama b.
Zaid reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I have
not left after me any (chance) of turmoil more injurious to men than the
harm done to the men because of women.
Avoid the allurement of women…(Shahih
Muslim 36.6606)
Book 036,
Number 6606:
Abu Sa'id
Khudri reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: The
world is sweet and green (alluring) and verily Allah is going to install
you as vicegerent in it in order to see how you act. So avoid the
allurement of women: verily, the first trial for the people of Isri'll was
caused by women. And in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ibn
Bashshar the words are:" So that He should see how you act."
Never walk behind a woman (Ref:
7vol. II, p370)
Said ibn Jubayr said:
“Temptation came to David (peace be upon him) merely through a glance.
Therefore. He told his son (Solomon) (peace be upon him): “O my son!
Walk behind a lion or a black cobra, but never walk behind a woman.”
Women are damaging (Ibid, p371)
And the Messenger of God (peace
and prayer be upon him) said: “A gaze is a poisoned arrow from Satan.
Whoever abstains from it in fear of God shall receive from Him increase in
faith, the sweetness of which he will feel in his heart.”
He (peace and prayers be upon him)
also said: “I leave behind me no temptation damaging to men than that of
women.”
Women are to be feared most (Ibid,
p375)
And ibn Al Musayyid said at the
age of eighty four when he had lost the use of one eyes, and was almost
blind in the other: “In my opinion, women are to be feared more than
anything else.”
A few traditions on Muhmmad about
women (Ref. 6, pp678-679)
“I have left no calamity more
detrimental to mankind than women.”
“Look to your actions and
abstain from the world and from women, for verily the first sin which the
children of Israel committed was on account of women.”
Finally here is a warning for men.
If your boss is a woman then think of changing your job.
p28.1 (1) (Ref. 8, p672)
The Prophet (Allah bless him and
give him peace) said,
(1)
“Men are already destroyed when they obey women.”
Women
are ungrateful; therefore, can’t trust them.
The foundation
of a family is the mutual trust among the family members especially
between the husband and wife. Lack
of trust will make it almost impossible to have a congenial environment to
raise a family. So, how much
trust a Muslim husband should put on his wife/s?
The Islamic apologists no doubt will tell us that Islam puts the
highest priority on family. So,
this question is rather a stupid one.
Well, let us see what the ‘real Islam’ has to say on trusting a
woman.
Women should give charity and forgiveness because
the majority of women will be in hell. The reasons are 1. women curse too
much 2. they are ungrateful to their husbands 3.they are lacking in common
sense 4. they are failing in religion 5. they rob the wisdom of the
wise…(Shahih Muslim 1.0142)
Book 001,
Number 0142:
It is
narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Umar that the Messenger of Allah
observed: O womenfolk, you should give charity and ask much forgiveness
for I saw you in bulk amongst the dwellers of Hell. A wise lady among them
said: Why is it, Messenger of Allah, that our folk is in bulk in Hell?
Upon this the Holy Prophet observed: You curse too much and are ungrateful
to your spouses. I have seen none lacking in common sense and failing in
religion but (at the same time) robbing the wisdom of the wise, besides
you. Upon this the woman remarked: What is wrong with our common sense and
with religion? He (the Holy Prophet) observed: Your lack of common sense
(can be well judged from the fact) that the evidence of two women is equal
to one man, that is a proof of the lack of common sense, and you spend
some nights (and days) in which you do not offer prayer and in the month
of Ramadan (during the days) you do not observe fast, that is a failing in
religion. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Tahir with
this chain of transmitters.
Because
of Eve women are unfaithful towards their husbands…(Shahih Muslim
8.3471)
Book 008,
Number 3471:
Abu
Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: Had it not been for Eve, woman would have never
acted unfaithfully towards her husband.
The above two hadiths have
sealed the fate of a Muslim woman for good.
Firstly, the hadith says that women are ungrateful to their
husband, and they cannot observe fully the religious rituals (like
fasting) because the way Allah has created them.
It is not the fault of a woman to have menstruation period.
Why should then she be blamed for not fasting during her period?
Who imposed this ban? Why
was this prohibition obligatory, after all?
What would a modern workingwoman think when she learns that Allah
penalises her for the attribute that He himself gave her.
Why is this devilish and whimsical Allah so cruel and unjust to
her? Can some erudite pedagogue come forward and explain to us
all?
All those are the
questions that any sensible human being will ponder upon.
Is it fair to relegate women to hell for the crime that they did
not commit in the first place? How insulting is it when a wife hears that
she is unfaithful to her husband just because Muhammad had said so?
It is absolutely a gross injustice to women to label them as a
bunch of ungrateful sinners who are at the mercy of their supposedly godly
husbands. There is nothing a woman could do in her power to purge this
derogatory treatment of her. It
is because Allah has created her to be ungrateful.
What a blunder Allah did at the time of Genesis?
How absurd! How insulting! How about the fidelity of men to their
wives? Surprisingly, both
Qur’an and ahadith are completely reticent about this. Does this silence
imply that men are always faithful to their wives?
Shall we assume that men are created sinless and Allah imbued the
women with all the sins? [One
Bangladeshi professor who is now in Canada had retorted the other day in
NFB that he is now a believer because Allah made opposite things such as
day-night, hot-cold, man-woman, etc.
I guess in the same vein, Allah made man sinless and to counter
balance that He made women with all the sins!]
Can we trust our wives in matters of wealth and property? These are silly questions, one would say.
However, Islam is not silly with women.
This is what the Dictionary of Islam cites about putting trust on
your dear wife/s on matters of wealth and property.
Can’t tell a wife secrets,
amount of property…etc. no musical instruments for her (Ref: 6 p675)
As to the three things to be
avoided in husband towards his wife:-
- Excess
of affection, for this gives her the predominance and leads to a state
of perversion. When the power is overpowered and the commander
commanded, all regularity must infallibly be destroyed. If troubled
with redundance of affection let him at least conceal it from her.
- Let
him not consult her on matters of paramount importance; let him not
make her acquainted with his secrets, nor let her know the amount of
his property, or the stores he possesses, beyond those in present
consumption, or her weakness of judgment will infallibly set things
wrong.
- Let
him allow her no musical instruments, no visiting out of doors, no
listening to men’s stories, nor intercourse with women noted for
such practices; especially where any previous suspicion has been
raised
What do
all the women of the world feel when they read those three provisions of
Islam? Women are not worth to be loved in excess, they are unintelligent
to manage the affairs of property, wealth and business, no learning of
musical instrument for them, they are not even be allowed outside home. I would just like to know the reactions from Megawati Sukarno
Putri, the President of Indonesia, Begum Khaleda Zia, the Prime Minister
of Bangladesh and Mrs. Helen Clark, the Prime Minister of New Zealand if
they ever read this ‘golden’ treatment of women in Islam. If a woman cannot be trusted with the basic family matters,
how can the world trust these women leaders to lead their nations- if we
really go by Islamic way?
Part
4
Sharia is on men’s side and make no mistake about it!
Islam has
shocked the world with the its best kept secret, that is, Sharia laws,
especially its provision on matters of sex, marriage, gender rights,
polygamy…etc. Islamists are
dying to enact these barbaric laws wherever they see their potential of
success. A few of the once secular countries (such as Iran, Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Sudan, and certain parts of Malaysia and Nigeria) have come
under these medieval, uncivilized, barbaric rules of Islamic Sharia.
Words fail to describe the inhumane, tormenting, and mind boggling
cruelty and despicable provisions contained in the Sharia laws.
More importantly, this Sharia has totally robbed the Muslim women
of whatever little rights they could exercise during the ‘decadent’
secular rules. The worst and
the largest victim of Sharia had been the women, unquestionably.
Quite often, we find a woman is to be stoned to death for being
raped by criminals. A victim
is to be executed for the crime committed by the culprits!!
This is what is ‘true’ Islamic justice.
Why is it so?
Isn’t Islamic justice the perfect justice system on earth?
After all, the Sharia is Allah’s laws.
Allah could never do such abominable injustice to women.
What a load of rubbish! Sharia
is designed to protect men all the way. Through and through.
It is simply because tyrannical men who call themselves prophets of
God wrote those laws. Didn’t
they? That is precisely why
Sharia is always and will always remain on men’s side when it comes to
sex, family, matrimonial—any matter where both sexes are involved.
In making Sharia, these prophets never consulted women.
Imagine what would be the provisions of Sharia if the prophets were
women and not men.
Here I am
citing a few examples of the bias of Sharia for men.
Men can punish rebellious wives by
beating them. However, a woman cannot punish a rebellious husband in a
similar manner. If the man is cruel then the woman must seek to please him
and compromise with him as per verse 4:128
Men are greedy; if women fear
cruelty from men then they can make an amicable settlement...4:128
004.128
YUSUFALI: If a wife fears cruelty or desertion on her
husband's part, there is no blame on them if they arrange an amicable
settlement between themselves; and such settlement is best; even though
men's souls are swayed by greed. But if ye do good and practise
self-restraint, Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.
Women should beg a man not to
divorce her (Shahih Bukhari 7.62.134)
Volume
7, Book 62, Number 134:
Narrated
Aisha:
regarding
the Verse: 'If a wife fears cruelty or desertion on her husband's part
...') (4.128) It concerns the woman whose husband does not want to keep
her with him any longer, but wants to divorce her and marry some other
lady, so she says to him: 'Keep me and do not divorce me, and then marry
another woman, and you may neither spend on me, nor sleep with me.' This
is indicated by the Statement of Allah: 'There is no blame on them if they
arrange an amicable settlement between them both, and (such) settlement is
better." (4.128)
Polygamy by men is divine. Don’t
we know this already?
Many Islamic
writers take great pride to announce to the world that Islam was the only
religion that put a limit on the number of wives that a man can have at
any given time. They always
cite very ancient, biblical customs when many men used to have unlimited
wives. They even go one step further in saying that ‘actually
Islam promotes monogamy since Qur’an says that it is impossible to be
fair with all the wives—and that is a requirement by Allah to have
multiple wives, therefore, it is not possible to have more than one wife
at any time’. What a
convoluted logic! Even a
primary school kid will laugh when this type of inane argument is
presented. Another issue they
always try to avoid is that they never talk about the modern secular
matrimonial laws. They are
always living in the past --very distant past indeed, at least a few
thousand years behind. A
further tactic used by these “erudite” Islamic scholars is that they
will exhort hundreds of virtues of polygamy when asked why they do not
compare their rules with secular ones.
What a bizarre
situation. Think of it. At
one point, they are adamant that monogamy is the way to go—and Islam is
actually for monogamous marriage. At
the same time, just like a chameleon they quickly change color to eulogize
polygamy for infinite reasons. They
will even tell you that the best cure for today’s promiscuous society is
actually the practice of polygamy by men.
According to them, polygamy is a divine provision for men.
It is because men, by nature, desire to have multiple sex partners.
So, instead of turning to the prostitutes for this excess libido,
they should marry more women. How about multiple husbands at any time by a woman?
Does not women also desire to have sex with many men?
Nope. No way.
Allah is absolutely against this.
Why? Have any Islamist
ever asked any woman on this matter?
If they have not, then let me say that the desire to have sex with
multiple partners is equally strong in women as it is with men if not
more. Have a look at nature.
You will see plenty of examples. In
fact, prehistoric societies were matriarchal where a woman was the center
of everything. She used to
have many sex partners without any problem just as Islamic men have
multiple wives today.
Can we not,
therefore, conclude that Islamic polygamy is just a sexist phenomenon,
unfair and an utterly illogical provision on the pretext of enforcing
divine sanction?
Let us look at
some of the provisions of Islamic polygamy in the Holy Scriptures.
Four free women wives (some say
nine) at a time and any number of slave girls are permitted...4:3
004.003
YUSUFALI: If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal
justly with the orphans, Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four;
but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then
only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess, that will be more
suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice.
People with very little knowledge of Islam often
think that the provision of four wives at any time is all that Islam
allows for having multiple sex partners.
Perish this thought. The reality is that a Muslim man can have sex
with as many women as his heart desires at any time whether through
marriage or not. In fact, the
holy man of Islam, Imam Hasan had up to 300 wives, believe it or not (more
on this will be found in a subsequent section). Besides four legal wives
at any one time, Islam permits a man to have unlimited number of
concubines as long as they are slave women or captive women.
More on sex with captive women will be found in a later part of
this essay.
So, Muslim men, rejoice! You do
not need to carry the burden of four wives. When Islam takes over the
world, slavery will be re-introduced. Slave markets will be re-established
in all the important parts of the world. If you are tired with your old
wives, then just go to the nearest slave market and buy a slave-girl/s.
Have sex with her for as long or as much as you like, then when you
are tired of her, you can sell her off to recover your principal.
All you need to do is to feed and cloth the sex-slave for the
duration of your desire. See,
how beautiful the Islamic rule is! A
free unlimited sex is also possible with captive women.
Where can you get captive women in today’s world?
If you think that this is impossible, then you have not understood
Islam. Remember, when the Jihadis conquer the Western countries, all
non-Muslim women there become their captives, at least in theory.
The Jihadis then can distribute them to all the Muslim residents
and among themselves. Then
they can enjoy these petite infidel women to their hearts content.
This is the provision of Allah.
In Iran and the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, the Mullahs did
just that. Whenever, an atheist, secular, socialist, communist woman was
captured for waging war against God, she was given to a prison guard to
use her as he pleased. The
guard made sure that he had sexually enjoyed her before she is executed.
Unbelievable, huh? See (http://www.homa.org/wings/irisituation.html
)
Here is Holy Scripture on sex with slaves and
captives.
Sex with captive women and slave
women is permitted…23:1-6
023.001
YUSUFALI: The believers must (eventually) win through,-
023.002
YUSUFALI: Those who humble themselves in their prayers;
023.003
YUSUFALI: Who avoid vain talk;
023.004
YUSUFALI: Who are active in deeds of charity;
023.005
YUSUFALI: Who abstain from sex,
023.006
YUSUFALI: Except with those joined to them in the
marriage bond, or (the captives) whom their right hands possess,- for (in
their case) they are free from blame,
As I wrote before, that many Islamists are adamant
that Islam does not encourage polygamy although there is no harm if
someone wants to resort to it. These
Islamists are simply hiding the truth.
The fact of the matter is that the Muslims are openly encouraged to
have multiple wives. This is evident from the following hadith.
The best Muslims had the largest
number of wives...( Shahih Bukhari 7.62.7)
Volume
7, Book 62, Number 7:
Narrated
Said bin Jubair:
Ibn 'Abbas
asked me, "Are you married?" I replied, "No." He said,
"Marry, for the best person of this (Muslim) nation (i.e., Muhammad)
of all other Muslims, had the largest number of wives."
It is not only that the
best Muslims had the largest number of wives but they also had incredible
sex drive. Imagine having sex
with all the wives in one’s harem in a single night and that also when
you are past fifty! Well, you
may say this is almost an impossible task. Then you are not a good Muslim. See the founder of Islam did just that. Allah’s Qudrat, no doubt.
The best Muslim men should have
incredible sex power (Shahih Bukhari 7.62.142)
Volume
7, Book 62, Number 142:
Narrated
Anas bin Malik:
The
Prophet used to pass by (have sexual relation with) all his wives in one
night, and at that time he had nine wives.
The best women to marry as per Islam
Have you noticed that most of the
Islamic Paradises (like, Pakistan, Nigeria Bangladesh, Sudan…etc) are
incredibly poor and unbelievably over populated?
Why is it so? Does
Islam have anything to do with this poverty and overcrowding?
It is true that in the past, the government of those Islamic
Paradises used to emphasize a lot on birth and population control. The exploding birth rate in these countries is a time bomb
ticking away. It is one of
the root causes of the backwardness, poverty, and unhygienic/unhealthy
living conditions of these teeming millions. When the Islamists took over
the control of these nations, population control was no longer a top
priority. Why?
The reason is that the Islamists have a secret agenda.
The agenda is that they want to Islamize the whole world by
exploding the population bomb albeit through Islamic population. They are
pursuing this issue quite adroitly. Their
method of subjugating the world through a terrible Islamic population bomb
negates all the attempts by various national and international agencies to
improve the living conditions of these ‘Islamic Proletariat’.
On this matter, they are quite close to the communistic ideology.
The Islamists want to replace the communist idea of ‘dictatorship
of the Proletariat’ with the ‘dictatorship of the Islamic
Proletariat’. Where did the
Islamists get this idea from? Did they borrow from Karl Marx’s ‘Manifesto of the
Communist Party’ or his classic work ‘Das Kapital’?
Nope. The Islamists
found this strategy in the very words of Muhammad himself. Here is the advice by Muhammad on how to select a woman
carefully to be used as a baby-making factory.
Muhammed advised not to marry
barren women, but to marry only those women who can give birth to plenty
of children...( Sunaan Abu Dawud 11.2045)
Book 11,
Number 2045:
Narrated
Ma'qil ibn Yasar:
A man
came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and said: I have found a woman of
rank and beauty, but she does not give birth to children. Should I marry
her? He said: No. He came again to him, but he prohibited him. He came to
him third time, and he (the Prophet) said: Marry women who are loving and
very prolific, for I shall outnumber the peoples by you.
The above hadith clearly
explains the agenda of the Islamists.
Doesn’t this hadith make a woman as some kind of a child-making
factory? You see, in an
Islamic marriage, mutual love, understanding, companionship is not so
important. The most important
reason for marriage is procreation (the production of unlimited number of
children) without any regard for the health or the welfare of the women
(mothers in this case).
It is not only that a
woman is quite similar to a baby-making factory; she is also a machine for
enjoyment. Read this
disgusting hadith to see for yourself how merciful and sympathetic Islam
is towards women!
If you marry a pregnant woman,
then her vagina is lawful if you pay the dowry, after she gives birth,
flog her; the child becomes your slave...( Sunaan Abu Dawud
11.2126)
Book 11,
Number 2126:
Narrated
Basrah:
A man
from the Ansar called Basrah said: I married a virgin woman in her veil.
When I entered upon her, I found her pregnant. (I mentioned this to the
Prophet). The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: She will get the dower,
for you made her vagina lawful for you. The child will be your slave. When
she has begotten (a child), flog her (according to the version of al-Hasan).
The version of Ibn AbusSari has: You people, flog her, or said: inflict
hard punishment on him.
How about the women who are
secularists/freethinkers and feminists?
These women can forget about getting married, as they are totally haram
for any Muslim man. Can they marry non-Muslims? Don’t even think of
that, for, that is haram too.
If any woman violates this rule, then she and her husband faces
possible stoning to death as this type of union will be regarded as
adultery. If you are not a beautiful woman, your chances of marriage
with a Muslim man are also very slim.
These women are all condemned to remain spinster until they die,
—if we go by the ‘real Islam’ here is what Imam Ghazali says.
Women not legal for marriage. Already married, apostate, atheist,
feminist, permissive, Zoroastrian, idol worshipper, a fifth wife, accused
of adultery whether proved or not, and others prohibited due to kinship.
(Ref: 7 vol. I, pp 226-228)
She should be
beautiful Ibid, p228)
She should be
beautiful, this is also desirable as with it you will preserve your
chastity. As for her nature, she should not be ugly, as much as she should
be beautiful so her nature should be beautiful, as the two should go hand
in hand.
The definition of
the best woman (Ibid, p228)
The prophet said,
“The best of your women is the one who if her husband looks at her she
pleases him, and if he orders her something she obeys, and if he is away
she keeps him in herself and his wealth.”
She should be
beautiful and cheap (Ibid, p228)
Her dowry should be
reasonable. The Prophet said: “The best of the women are the beautiful
in face and the least in dowry.”
She should be fertile (Ibid, p228)
She should be fertile, so if she
was known to be barren, she should not be sought in marriage. The Prophet
said: “Marry the fertile and amicable.” If she was not married and her
condition was unknown, then watch her health and youth as if she is
healthy and young and she will be fertile.
She should be virgin if not
previously married (Ibid, p229)
She should be virgin. The Prophet
said to Gaber when he married a deflowered woman: “It would have been
better if you had married a virgin you would have enjoyed each other
better.”
Choose carefully for your sperm
(Ibid, p229)
The prophet said: “Stay away
from the flower which grows in the sewerage.” So they said: “ And what
is the flower which grows in the sewerage?” he said: “She is the
beautiful woman of bad origin.” He also said: “Choose carefully for
your sperm, because bad traits are inherited.”
Asking men to look for beautiful
women may be benign. How
about ugly and unsightly men? While
the beauty of a woman is a desirable feature for a Muslim man, there is
gross injustice for a beautiful woman who ends up with an ugly man.
If a woman marries an ugly man, then surprisingly the fault still
lies with the woman and not with the ugly man!!
Some justice, huh!
As per Imam Ghazali, an ugly
husband is a woman’s punishment.
An ugly husband is a punishment
for a beautiful woman (Ibid, p235)
It was narrated that Al Asmo’ai
said: “I entered a scrub land who had the ugliest face, so I asked her:
“O you, how did you accept to marry some one like him?” she said:
“Hold your tongue, you have uttered a wrong thing, he may be best in
what is between himself and his creator, so He made me a reward for him,
or it may be that I am the worst in what is between myself and my creator,
so he made him my punishment.”
Dower (Mahr) for women
Marriage is an
important institution in Islam. With
marriage, a family unit, the basic building block of a society is founded.
An Islamic marriage is not a legal marriage without mahr.
And what is mahr? Mahr
is the dower a prospective groom pays to contract a woman for marriage.
No Islamic marriage is valid without a mahr.
If we condemn the dower demanded by grooms (in India and
Bangladesh) to marry a woman, then we must also do the same for Islamic
mahr. Why should a man pay a
woman to get married to her?
The plain
answer is that a man pays to his wife/s to have sexual intercourse with
her. What?
This is outrageous, you say. Here
is the truth. As per Islam,
the mahr is the price a man pays to use a woman’s private parts.
Are you enraged and furious? Of
course, you are. Now, before
you call me an ‘Islam basher’ please read on.
Let us search
the Qur’an first.
Give dower to women as a free
gift...4:4
004.004
YUSUFALI: And give the women (on marriage) their dower as
a free gift; but if they, of their own good pleasure, remit any part of it
to you, Take it and enjoy it with right good cheer.
This verse looks very innocent indeed until we dig
deeper. After all, giving
some present to some one is nothing so special. We all do that. Sons give
present to their mothers. Mothers give presents to their children. Friends
give present to friends and so on. Husbands give present or gift to wives
and vice versa. This custom is very much a social etiquette. Now, what is
so different in giving mahr to a woman for marriage?
To get the real reason for a mahr we need to look at
hadith and Sharia. Read the following hadith from Shahih Bukhari.and
Shahih Muslim
Marriage gives the man the right
to enjoy a woman's private parts...( Shahih Bukhari;7.62.81)
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 81:
Narrated
'Uqba:
The
Prophet said: "The stipulations most entitled to be abided by are
those with which you are given the right to enjoy the (women's) private
parts (i.e. the stipulations of the marriage contract)."
The most worthy condition that must be fulfilled
in a marriage is that sexual intercourse becomes lawful…(Shahih Muslim
8.3302)
Book 008, Number 3302:
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