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Dear Fellows,
It is a complete and utter lie that Seyyidina Ayesha was ´Married´ to the Prophet [saw] at the age of 6 years.
She was bethrothed to effendimiz M [saw] at a ´YOUNG´ age according to the custom of the time, by her illustious father, Seyyidina Abu Bekr (ra). Her ´Nikah´ and, later her ´Vida´a´ [tranfer as a wife] was at the age of 16 years [quite normal for the Arabs - and even now].
I can prove this from history. let us examine the life of the Prophet (saw) ... because there lurks the nefarious accusation of Paedophelia in the European mind ... where Paedophelia and incest is a common occurrence in the present society [I was born and live in England].
Prophet (saw) was the most kind, considerate, chaste, moral and loving person. His whole youth was spent in monogomy with seyyidina Khadica [Hatice] ... 25 years older than him. Apart from seyyidina Ayesha, ALL his wives were WIDOWS, whom he married for reasons totally removed from sexual desires [read his pure lifestyle]. He attained a position in life that he could have kept hundreds odf slave girls and married whom so ever he pleased from among the ´Damsels´ of the richest families. Did he? When he died he did not possess even a ´shekle´ of earthly wealth. Paedophiles do not lead a life of such purity. They are not content with abusing just one ´minor´ it a pattern repeated throughout their life ... it ia character defect. Do we witness this debauchery and lisentious pattern in the person of the Prophet (saw)??
A noted British author has observed: "No great religious leader has been so maligned as Prophet Mohammed. Attacked in the past as a heretic, an impostor, or a sensualist, it is still possible to find him referred to as "the false prophet." A modern German writer accuses Prophet Mohammed of sensuality, surrounding himself with young women. This man was not married until he was twenty-five years of age, then he and his wife lived in happiness and fidelity for twenty-four years, until her death when he was fourty-nine. Only between the age of fifty and his death at sixty-two did Prophet Mohammed take other wives, only one of whom was a virgin, and most of them were taken for dynastic and political reasons. Certainly the Prophet´s record was better than the head of the Church of England, Henry VIII." Geoffrey Parrinder, Mysticism in the World´s Religions (New York: Oxford University Press, 1976, pg. 121)
"But do you mean to tell me that the man who in the full flush of youthful vigour, a young man of four and twenty (24), married a woman much his senior, and remained faithful to her for six and twenty years (26), at fifty years of age when the passions are dying married for lust and sexual passion? Not thus are men´s lives to be judged. And you look at the women whom he married, you will find that by every one of them an alliance was made for his people, or something was gained for his followers, or the woman was in sore need of protection." - - Dr Annie Besant (Dr Annie Besant in ´The Life and Teachings of Mohammad,´ Madras, 1932)
Allah destined him to marry Seyyidina Ayesha, so that she could survive the prophet (saw) for 50 years and the almost the whole Sunni Fiqh [Juresprudence] is based upon her dispensation. The passage of History proved the segacity of this marriage. As for accusation of adultery ... she was the target of slander by the enemies of Islam at the time, especially by the clan led by Abdullah bin Ubey, the arch enemy ... and Allah Himself absolves her and history proves this.
By all means examine Islam as critically as you please. But the moral character of the Prophet (saw) ... whether one believes in him or not ... is beyond any reproach. It is unassailable from any aspect. Every learned historian ... from every nation ... during earliest times to present day ... have nothing but marvel for this ´perfect human being´ who stands in the full glare of history like NO OTHER PROPHET of Allah.
It will not surprise me if people to day begin to accuse him of ´NOT BEING A HOMOSEXUAL´ ... like Christians say regarding their own holy people ... and quote this as a ´STRENGTH´ of the quality of their ´LOVE´ for humanity.
I do not need to twist the facts in order to apologise for efendimiz Muhammad. He needs no defense. But, I will say this to ALL MUSLIMS ... ´Ba Khuda deewana bashad ... ba Muhammad hoshiyar´ [Farsi] > ´Be as speculative regarding the nature of God as, you wish ... but be very careful with Muhammad (the beloved)´ ...
All Prophets of Allah, including efendimiz Muhammad (saw) were perfect human beings sent to guide us in morals. Any misguided or careless remark regarding any of them IMMEDIATELY removes one from the pale of Islam. By all means, examine Islam and Qur´an from every aspect ... but please I entreat you [if you wish to continue to remain Muslim] ... not to even think of ascribing even a minor criticism of the prophet (saw).
Ofcourse, "La ikraha fid din´, > there is no compulsion in religion, freedom of conscience is guaranteed. One has full choice either to accept or reject islam. BUT YOU CANNOT CRITICISE THE PROPHET (SAW) AND HOPE TO REMAIN MUSLIM. If a Muslim does it under an impulse, he/she will have the whole eternity to regret it.
If one wishes to join Salman Rushdie >>> welcome >> but he had the courage to admit that he is no longer a Muslim. So one is free to make their choice.
[Note: If someone wishes to debate the question of seyyidina Ayesha´s marriage from historical sources, please feel free either to send me a private message or e-mail me to momtaazjung@hotmail.com. The only caveat being that one must be genuine in their enquiry and not conduct and argument for arguments sake ... I have no time for that]
***Please be as BRAVE and COURAGEOUS as you wish to be, in discussing aspects of Islam, but do not relinquish impartiality, sobriety and norms of rational debate.
Tazx1
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