Completely unlike Jesus Christ who never had *** with a woman, Muhammad's
was ***ually involved with at least 22 women. Although in the Quran he
would
limit his followers to having four wives, he himself took more than four
wives and many concubines. The question of the number of women with whom
Muhammad was ***ually involved either as wives, concubines or devotees was
made a point of contention by the Jews in Muhammad's day. Ali Dashti
comments:
"All the commentaries agree that verse 57 of Sura 4 (on-Nesa) was sent
down after the Jews criticized Mohammad's appetite for women, alleging
that
he had nothing to do except to take wives" (Ali Dashti, 23 Years, pp.
120-138).
Now polygamy was practiced in the Old Testament by Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,
David and Solomon. In fact when David committed adultery with Bathsheeba,
God said, "Did I not give you your many wives, why have you done this
thing
with Bathsheeba", (2 Samuel 12:7-9 paraphrased). But the Koran claims to
be
a new revelation from God to man and specifically limited the number of
wives to four. In Sura 4:3. This means that Muhammad sinned against the
very
Koran he claimed to reveal.
Although Arabs gave us Algebra, modern Muslims are quite illogical
regarding
most aspect of their religion. If history contradicts the Koran, history
is
wrong! In order to keep Muhammad sinless, Muslims will actually deny the
fact that Muhammad had more than four wives. Their circular reasoning is
well do***ented by James A. Beverly, in his book "Understanding Islam". A
typical private conversation with a Muslim regarding Muhammad's many wives
will go as follows:
1.. The Quran condemns more than 4 wives in Q4:3.
2.. Muhammad was sinless.
3.. Therefore Muhammad did not have more than four wives, (Because
Muhammad was sinless.)
However, the facts of history cannot be changed. Informed Muslims like
Muslim scholar and statesman Ali Dashti gives the following list of the
women in Muhammad's life:
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