6 May 2015

Muhammed Sex with Dead Aunt in Grave

Wood: Hadith book Kanz Al Umal says Prophet Mohamed had sex with his dead aunt!

Hu: First of all, the hadith book called "Kanz Al Umal" authored by an Indian Muslim scholar by the name of Al-Muttaqi Al-Hindi is not certified as authentic (sahih) by Muslims. Secondly, the hadith book says Prophet Mohamed lay with her aunt in her grave to lessen the pressure of the grave. The Arabic word اضطجعت (Id'tajat) means “to lie, recline, or repose”. The word اضطجعت (Id'tajat) doesn’t mean “to have sex” as many Christian apologists claim who are ignorant in Arabic language.

Wood: I am not ignorant in Arabic language. I do know the word “Id'tajat” generally means to lie down. But the word "Id'tajat” is often used to mean "to have sex" too. For example, in English, the word “sleep” generally means “to rest with eyes closed”. But the word “sleep” is often used to mean "to have sex" too when you add the preposition “with”.

Hu: You are confusing two different Arabic words that have the same root because you are ignorant in Arabic language. The word ضاجع (daja) is used to mean lying down with someone in a sexual sense. And the word اضطجعت (Id'tajat) is used to mean lying down with someone in a non-sexual sense.

You compared the English word “sleep” with the Arabic word اضطجعت (Id'tajat). I have already explained above why your comparison was wrong. You claimed sleeping with someone means to have sex with someone. I don’t think so. Let me tell you why. When you say you slept with your mother last night, no one assumes you had sex with your mother last night because your mother is your unmarriagable kin. Even if the hadith used the word ضاجع (daja) instead of the word اضطجعت (Id'tajat), that wouldn’t mean Prophet Mohamed had sex with his aunt because his aunt is his unmarriagable kin. Prophet Mohamed’s aunt Fatima bint Asad looked after him when he lost his mother at the age of 6. Prophet’s aunt Fatima bint Asad (who was also the mother of Ali Ibn Abi Talib) was considered as a mother like figure by Prophet Mohamed.

Prophet Mohamed often said about his aunt Fatima bint Asad: “I was an orphan and she made me her son. She was the kindest person to me after Abu Talib.” When the grave was made ready, Muhammad, the Messenger of God, entered it; he lay down in it, and said: “O God! Life and death are in Thy hands. Thou alone will never die. Bless my mother, Fatima bint Asad, and give her a mansion in Heaven. Thou art the Most Merciful.” When Fatima bint Asad was buried, Muhammad Mustafa repeated Allah-o-Akbar (God is Great) forty times, and prayed: “O God! Put her in the Light, and fill her heart with Light.”


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