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"Faith
is believing what you know ain't so."
_____Samuel
Clemens "Mark Twain"
Don Juan of 7th century
By
Sher Khan
In
Spanish legend, Don Juan was a charismatic hero but a licentious rogue who
seduced many women. Based on this fictional character, Spanish author
Tirso de Molina wrote a play “The Seducer of Seville”. In this play,
Don Juan seduces the daughter of knight Don Gonzalo.
He invites Don Juan to a duel but Don Juan killed him. The complex
personality of Don Juan has fascinated many writers and composers. George
Bernard Shaw, Moliere, Mozart and Lord Byron interpreted this knotty
character differently in their masterpieces.
In
the 7th century of Arabia, there was another Don Juan whose
alluring leadership and unique controlling power made a history. His
triumphant but sadistic ideology was so powerful that it would haunt
people of whole world for centuries to come.
In
his childhood, Don was deprived from motherly affection. For an unknown
reason another lady raised him. When he grew up, he took a job of
commission agent. Khadijah, a mid-age lady who happened to be his boss
fell in love with this good-looking guy. She earned a substantial amount
of wealth from two of her previous husbands. Although 15 years younger
than Khadijah Don did not want to miss the opportunity. Some cartoon films
have characters with dollar sign sparkling on their eyes. Likewise Dinar
sign sparkled in Don’s eyes too. So, one day they got married. Besides
the financial gain, he also found motherly affection along with natural
passion. Nevertheless, he was known for his trustworthiness. One day he
claimed that messenger of God spoke to him and he was scared to death.
This scariness could be due to his first big lie. It’s unknown whether
he found a religious book Torah and decided to play the same game that was
played by former prophets. Some people say he could not read or write but
this claim may not be of any importance.
After
Khadijah passed away, Don faced serious baby sitter problem. He could not
go out and raid the caravans with small children. His friends found fifty
yrs old widow. Her name was Saudah Bint Zama. She was perfect for Don. She
could take care of the kids and would not ask much from Don. She was very
generous. Later on, when Don had plenty of beautiful women and everyone
had to wait for her turn to get Don’s company, Saudah gave her turn to
Aisha being unable to handle this lustful man.
By
now, Don has gained more power and tired of tasting old women. He decided
to marry a young girl. Now the question is, how young? His friend Abu Bakr
had a little girl name Aisha, She was only six years old and obviously had
no idea of this grandpa like old man is planning to do. He did marry her
anyway and took her to bed when she was nine years old. She became very
outspoken when grew up. Aisaha was extremely jealous and did not like the
way other women offered themselves to Don. She asked, “Does a woman
offer herself?” To her
dismay, Don’s imaginary friend Allah sent a revelation to justify his
action, “You may defer any of them you wish and take to yourself any you
wish, and if you desire any you have set aside no sin is chargeable to
you.” Indeed, Aisha was very outspoken and she did not hesitate to
comment, ”It seems to me that your lord hastens to satisfy your
desire.” It does not take a MIT graduate to understand that Aisha meant
sexual desire.
Don
wanted to try something challenging. Hafsa was the daughter of Don’s
friend Umar. She was stubborn and well known for haughty attitude. Her
first husband died in a battlefield. When Umar asked Uthman to marry his
daughter, Uthman panicked and refused. Don took the challenge and married
her to enjoy a voluptuous but stubborn lady.
Next,
Don married Zainab; She was a widow also. Her husband died in the battle.
This marriage did not last that long. She died after a few months. She was
about 30 years old.
Umm
Salamah, another wife of Don did not want to marry him. She was in deep
love with her husband. Although he died in a battle, Umm Salamah did not
want to marry anymore. She was proud of her two children and memory of
departed husband. However, Don was persistent. Not for a date but to marry
her. She made some excuses, I’m very jealous, I have children and I am
old. Don laughed because she was younger than him. Finally she had to give
up and marry him.
Marilyn
Monroe has a famous picture. Her skirt became uncontrollable from an
unexpected wind and she is trying to manage it with a mischievous smile.
Almost same thing happened when Don saw Zainab Bint Jahsh, wife of his
adopted son. She was dressed in a relax manner when Don saw her
unexpectedly. His heart jumped as if a teen-age boy found a PLAYBOY
magazine for the first time in his life. Zaid, adopted son of Don knew
what’s going on and offered to divorce his wife and allow Don to marry
her. But it was not that easy. Marrying the wife of own or adopted son is
not a descent behavior. It definitely caused some uproar among the
followers of Don. So he picked up his spiritual phone and called his
imaginary friend,” Hey Allah. Help me. Send some verses.” Allah
answered, ”No problemo. One revelation coming up.” So, it did. Don was
able to nail his adopted son’s wife without that much trouble. Actually,
Allah went out of the box and took the initiative to guarantee on behalf
of Don.
Don
raided Banu Mustaliq tribe and captured 200 camels, 5000 goats and
captives of about two hundred families. When this group of bandits
distributed their spoils, she fell to the lot of Thabit ibn Qais ibn
Shammas. She was exceptionally beautiful and caught Don’s eye. He did
not waste time to propose her and married right away. Outspoken A’isha
made a nice comment, As soon as I saw her at the door of my apartment, I
took a dislike to her, and for I know that the Prophet would see her as I
saw her.
Marrying
Umm Habibah was not a colorful event. She was married to Ubaid Allah ibn
Jahsh. This gentle man decided to become Christian and Umm Habibah became
alone. Don proposed and married her.
Safiyah
bint Huyeiy ibn Akhter was born in Medinah, She belonged to the Jewish
tribe of Banu ‘I-Nadir. Don kicked out this tribe from Medina and they
settled in Khaiber. When Don became powerful and had no one to fight with
he decided to visit Khaiber and kill some people. He raided Khaiber
successfully and captured a good number of captives. Safiyah was
beautiful. Her father and husband got killed in this raid. After a brief
marriage ceremony Don took her to his tent. Abu Ayyub was one of Don’s
mercenaries. He strolled all night long and guarded the tent. Don asked
him about this special attention. He answered, I was afraid for you with
this young lady. You had killed her father, her husband and many of her
relatives, and till recently she was an unbeliever. I was really afraid
for you on her account. Don was very pleased. He prayed for him and
immediately fax a thank you note to Allah.
Maimunah
was another wife of Don. Her husband divorced Maimunah bint al-Harith. She
was married to Abd al-Uzza for the second time but he died. On the
initiation of her sister she was married to Don.
These
were the eleven wives of Don that are recognized by most of the scholars.
However, His lust for women was limitless and there are other incidents
that prove him as an extremely libido person.
In
one occasion, Don went to visit his wife Hafsa’s house and saw Mariah
the captive of Hafsa. He wanted her so bad that he failed to hide his
desire. Don had allotted time for each wife. He deprived his scheduled
wife and took Mariah to bed. Unfortunately his wife Hafsa caught him.
Hafsa talked to Aisha and both of them revealed this incident to others.
Don was very upset and promised not to see any of his wives for a month.
Quiz
of the day.
Do
you know the real name of Don?
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