The Quran claims that Muhammad is humanities eternal example of conduct. Allah gave us Muhammad to be the final and everlasting demonstration on how we are supposed to live.
So what if he enslaved some people, I mean, you all are acting like Allah wouldnt want the act of enslaving a human to be forever codified as perfect conduct to emulate.
"Allah's Apostle was on a journey and he had a BLACK SLAVE called Anjasha, and he was driving the camels" http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/sunnah/bukhari/073.sbt.html#008.073.182
“I came and behold, Allah's Apostle was staying on a Mashroba (attic room) and a BLACK SLAVE of Allah's Apostle was at the top if its stairs.” http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/sunnah/bukhari/091.sbt.html#009.091.368
“…'Aisha further said, "Once the Prophet was screening me and I was watching the DISPLAY OF BLACK SLAVES IN THE MOSQUE and ('Umar) scolded them.” http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/sunnah/bukhari/015.sbt.html#002.015.103
2006-10-19 09:48:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I would say more becouse he married a 6 year old had far to many wifes and after cilling all the males in a town took a jewess as wife he was so kind as to let her morn her husband and father 3 days does that sound like a prophet to you
2006-10-19 09:54:02 · answer #1 · answered by Sam's 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No it is not reasonable at all. First of all owning slaves was the normal and accepted thing in that time, The Prophet only had one slave and after Islam he freed him and then adopted him as his son. The Prophet Abraham (pbuh) had slaves, did this make him less acceptable? Solomon ? David? They all had many slaves. Why is it that the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) is the only one being mentioned?
His wife Aisha was not 6 she was approximately nine although by some accounts she was from 12 -19. Women did not live as long in those days so they married younger. They were not allowed to marry until they had reached puberty however, no matter what their age. At one point she was given the choice to leave or stay and she choose to stay. In fact she was jealous of the Prophets first wife Khadijah and the way that the Prophet Muhammed(pbuh) praised her, she asked him "but then Allah sent you a better wife did he not?" The Prophet replied "no, for she believed when no one else did". This is the type of jealousy in a woman, not a child.
2006-10-19 10:26:10 · answer #2 · answered by brendagho 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He can retain his prophethood, but muslims need to recognize that the Koran was written when slavery was the norm. The Koran was written when marrying young was the norm. And as such "living" by the Koran in this modern world is now outdated. This includes Sharia Law and lifestyles expounded by the Taliban.
2006-10-19 09:59:23 · answer #3 · answered by Know-it-all 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you read this book and what are your view or answers to the list below from this book?
The Truth About Muhammad
by Robert Spencer
Meet the real Muhammad:
Muhammad's bizarre reaction to his first "revelation": "I will go to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I may kill myself"
The heretical Christian who convinced Muhammad he was a prophet – and may have taught him his erroneous views of Christianity
Islamic borrowings from Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism – and Muhammad's enraged replies to charges that he borrowed material rather than received actual divine revelations
The "revelation" that allowed Muhammad to marry his beautiful daughter-in-law
The strange incident in Muhammad's life that makes it virtually impossible to prove rape in Islamic countries today
The real "Satanic Verses" incident (not the Salman Rushdie version): how Muhammad's attempt to win over his opponents ended with his saying he had been inspired not by God, but by Satan
How the Qur'an's teaching on warfare against unbelievers developed – with constant war to establish the hegemony of Islamic law as the last stage
The first year of the Muslim calendar: not when Muhammad was born or became a prophet, but when he became a warlord
How Muhammad used the graphic lure of Islamic Paradise to urge his warriors to fight furiously to extend his rule
"Kill every Jew who comes into your power": why Muhammad became so angry with both Jews and Christians – with disastrous consequences that are still playing out in the world today
The momentous command by Muhammad that led to good being identified with anything that benefited the Muslims, and evil with anything that harmed them --without reference to any larger moral standard
Muhammad's child bride – and the terrible consequences his marriage to a nine-year-old still has in the Islamic world
"This is the caravan of the Quraysh possessing wealth. It is likely that Allah may give it to you as booty": how Muhammad gave divine sanction to the Muslims' bloody raids
"War is deceit": the permission Muhammad gave his followers to lie in order to gain an advantage over their enemies
How Muhammad broke the principal treaty he entered into, again setting a pattern for Muslim states thereafter
Muhammad's commands to his followers to wage perpetual war against non-Muslims, including Jews and Christians
Muhammad on women's rights: women "are prisoners with you having no control of their persons"
"If justice is not to be found with me then where will you find it?" Why Muhammad still stands for Muslims as the supreme model for human behavior
"I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula, and will not leave any but Muslims" – and other statements by Muhammad that contemporary jihadists take very seriously
Islamic tolerance? The onerous tax burden and other discriminatory regulations mandated for non-Muslims under Islamic law
How Muhammad ordered the killing of apostates from Islam
The massacre of a Jewish tribe by Muhammad that was invoked by modern-day jihadists at the beginning of Israel's July 2006 operations against Hizballah in Lebanon
"Embrace Islam, and your lives and property will be safe": Muhammad's threatening letters to the rulers of the lands around Arabia
Muhammad's frequent avowals that the Muslims would overcome the empires bordering on Arabia and one day stand as masters of the world
"I have been made victorious with terror" – and other statements of Muhammad on his deathbed
Six steps that American leaders can and must take in order to protect our nation from Islamic jihad terrorism
2006-10-20 06:41:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋