Muhammad violated Allah’s restriction on him on the number of his wives  

When Muhammad married Zaynab bt Jahsh, the wife of his adopted son, Zayd b. Harith, Allah was a little bit displeased with his audacious crave for young, beautiful, sexy and luscious women—married or single. So, Allah clamped down on Muhammad and sternly warned him that that was enough, that he could not accumulate further, any extra wives. Allah made Zaynab Muhammad’s wife number eight or nine—the last wife. Here is the verse where Allah forbade Muhammad to marry further after marrying Zaynab bt, Jahsh:  

Allah put restriction on Muhammad's marriage; he is not to take any new wife, neither exchange old wives for new…33:52  

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YUSUFALI: It is not lawful for thee (to marry more) women after this, nor to change them for (other) wives, even though their beauty attract thee, except any thy right hand should possess (as handmaidens): and Allah doth watch over all things.  

Now, let us have a look at the list of women with whom Muhammad had had some kind of connection, including sexual. This list has been prepared from the book of Tabari (vol. ix, pp.120-141). Please note that this list is in chronological order. I have highlighted the name of Zaynab to demonstrate how flagrantly Muhammad had dishonoured Allah’s restriction on him!—he had collected at least 13 more wives, a sex-slave and a concubine even when Allah commanded him to restrain his wife collection.  

Muhammad had married 21 wives:  

1. Khadijah bt.Khuwaylid
2. Sawdah bt, Jamah
3. Aisha bt. Abu Bakr
4. Hafsah bt. Umar (Hafsha found Muhammad and Mariyah in her bed and she became hysterical (footnote 884).
5. 5.      Umm Salamh
6. 6.      Juwayriyyah
7. Umm Habiba bt. Abi Sufyan
8. Zaynab bt Jahsh
9. Safiyyah bt. Huyayy
10. Maymunah bt. Al-Harith
11. 11.  Sana bt. Asma or Saba bt. Asma. She died before Muhammad consummated the marriage.
12. 12.  al-Shama bt. Amr al-Ghifariyaah. Muhammad divorced for doubting his prophethood.
13. 13.  Ghaziyyah bt. Jabir or Umm Sharik. She was previously married and had a son named Sharik. She was beautiful but she refused to consummate the marriage. Muhammad found her old (page 139);  so he returned her to her people
14. 14.  Amrah bt. Yazid or Umm Sharik. Osme say she herself gave to Muhammad (33:50). The marriage was not consummated.
15. 15.  Asma bt. Al-Numan. Muhammad found her suffering from leprosy; so he divorced her giving her compensation.
16. 16.  Zaynab bt. Khuzaymah—also called Umm al-Masakin (mother of the poor)
17. 17.  Al-Aliyaah bt. Zabyan. It is alleged that she peeped through her door at the people in the mosque. So Muhammad divorced her after paying her some compensation (footnote 919).
18. 18.  Qutaylah bt. Qays—but Muhammad died before he could consummate his marriage with her. She and her brother apostatized from Islam.
19. 19.  Fatimah bt. Shurayh (Sara)
20. Kawlah bt. Hudhayl
21. Layla bt. Al-Khatim. She offered herself to Muhammad and Muhammad accepted her as his wife.. Later, when her people admonished her for marrying Muhammad, she requested for a divorce and Muhammad divorced her.

People used to say that Muhammad was a womaniser (Tabari, vol.ix, p.139).  

List of women to whom Muhammad proposed but did not marry  

1. Umm Hani bt. Abi Talid—she had a child
2. Dubbah bt. Amir—she was too old
3. Safiyyah bt. Bashshamah—she was a captive
4. Umm Habiba bt al-Abbas—fosterage
5. Jamrah bt. Al-Harith—was suffering from leprosy
6. Khawlah bt. Hakim
7. Amamah bt. Hamzah

Muhammad’s concubines were:

1. Mariyah bt. Shamun
2. Rayhanah bt. Zayd al-Quraziyaah

Marriage not consummated:

1. Mulaykah bt. Kab al-Laythi—Muhammad divorced her
2. Bint Jundub

Even the greatest Islamist apologist of all time, Maulana Yusuf Ali admits that Muhammad did indeed transgress the stipulation of the Qur’an.

Yusuf Ali (commentary number 3754, p.1123) writes: “This was revealed in A.H. 7. After that the Prophet did not marry again, except the handmaiden Mary the Copt, who was sent as a present by the Christians Muaqauqas of Egypt . She became the mother of Ibrahim, who died in his infancy.”

Muhammad violated the Qur’anic law on the punishment of sex offenders

Fornication and adultery are two most serious offences in Islamic societies. The punitive measures, as enacted in the Qur’an are truly extremely harsh and barbaric. Let us read the verse which deals with such grave crimes:  

Punishment for adultery or fornication (both man and woman) is one hundred lashes in front of the believers …24:2  

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YUSUFALI: The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication,- flog each of them with a hundred stripes: Let not compassion move you in their case, in a matter prescribed by Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day: and let a party of the Believers witness their punishment.

Strangely though, when it came to a friend of Muhammad, who admitted having committed a punishable offence (illegal sex, perhaps), Muhammad did not apply this Qur’anic rule. Here is a hadis from Sahih Bukhari on this violation of the Qur’an:  

 Muhammad did not punish a person for illegal sexual intercourse because the person prayed with him...(Sahih Bukhari, 8.82.812)

Sahih Bukhari: Volume 8, Book 82, Number 812:

Narrated Anas bin Malik:

While I was with the Prophet a man came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have committed a legally punishable sin; please inflict the legal punishment on me'.' The Prophet did not ask him what he had done. Then the time for the prayer became due and the man offered prayer along with the Prophet , and when the Prophet had finished his prayer, the man again got up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have committed a legally punishable sin; please inflict the punishment on me according to Allah's Laws." The Prophet said, "Haven't you prayed with us?' He said, "Yes." The Prophet said, "Allah has forgiven your sin." or said, "....your legally punishable sin."

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