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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