Sex In Islamic Scriptures

[Rahul Raj]

The Qur'an:

Allah managed to hand down quite a few "revelations" that sanctioned Muhammad's personal pursuit of sex to the doubters around him. Interestingly they have become part of the the eternal, infallible word of the Qur'an, to be memorized by generations of Muslims for whom they have no possible relevance.

Qur'an (33:37) - "But when Zaid had accomplished his want of her, We gave her to you as a wife, so that there should be no difficulty for the believers in respect of the wives of their adopted sons, when they have accomplished their want of them; and Allah's command shall be performed." 

No doubt millions of young Muslims, trying to outdo one another at memorizing the Qur'an, have wondered about what this verse means and why it is there. In fact, this is a "revelation" of convenience that Allah just happened to hand down at a time when Muhammad lusted after his daughter-in-law, Zaynab, - a state of affairs that disturbed local customs. The verse "commands" Muhammad to marry the woman (following her husband's gracious divorce). As for why this should be part of the eternal word of God...?

Qur'an (33:50) - "O Prophet! surely We have made lawful to you your wives whom you have given their dowries, and those whom your right hand possesses out of those whom Allah has given to you as prisoners of war, and the daughters of your paternal uncles and the daughters ofyour paternal aunts, and the daughters of your maternal uncles and the daughters of your maternal aunts who fled with you; and a believing woman if she gave herself to the Prophet, if the Prophet desired to marry her-- specially for you, not for the (rest of) believers; We know what We have ordained for them concerning their wives and those whom their right hands possess in order that no blame may attach to you; "

This is another special command that Muhammad handed down to himself that allows virtually unlimited sex, divinely sanctioned by Allah. One assumes that this "revelation" was meant to assuage some sort of disgruntlement in the community over Muhammad's hedonism.

Qur'an (33:51) - "You may put off whom you please of them, and you may take to you whom you please, and whom you desire of those whom you had separated provisionally; no blame attaches to you; this is most proper, so that their eyes may be cool and they may not grieve, and that they should be pleased.

This is in reference to a situation in which Muhammad's wives were grumbling about his preference for sleeping with a slave girl (Mary the Copt) instead of them. Accordingly, Muhammad may sleep with whichever wife (or slave) he wishes without having to hear the others complain... as revealed in Allah's literal and perfect words to more than a billion Muslims. 

Qur'an (66:1-5) - "O Prophet! Why ban thou that which Allah hath made lawful for thee, seeking to please thy wives?..."

 

Another remarkable verse of sexual convenience concerns an episode in which Muhammad's wives were jealous of the attention that he was giving to a Christian slave girl. But, as he pointed out to them, to neglect the sexual availability of his slaves was against Allah's will for him!

Bukhari (93:639) - The Prophet of Islam would recite the 'Holy Qur'an' with his head in Aisha's lap, when she was menstruating.

This Allah is Deity of Sex I guess. He is happy with such acts of Muhammad!!

Bukhari (62:6) - "The Prophet used to go round (have sexual relations with) all his wives in one night, and he had nine wives."

So this is a small illustration of Sex life and desires of Muhammad. Now, we can guess what kind of man he was.. 

[GOD IS GREAT. Rest, I don't know]

Excellent article

I wish I could have a LIKE button on google groups too. Anyways, thanks for giving education.

[timothy blair]

If Islam promote sex so much, then how come the biggest number of prostitutes are atheist Chinese then followed by Hidu Indians. Look around you. That is exactly what's going to happen to any man who take animals as gods. They will have uncontrollable sex lust such as that of the animals they worship. Just worship the One God who creates heaven and earth. The creator of the worldssssss....

[Rahul Raj]

Dear Timothy Blair,

Becoming prostitutes does not depend on Religion, as the article says that Islam promotes Sex and Women suppression, and in Islam women are a degree lower than men. Anyways your attack on people worshiping animal Gods is a logical fallacy called Tu Quoque. I don't need to reply to it.

Regards..

[timothy blair]

But those men who use prostitutes as their objects of lust and to satisfy their animal sex drive are the products of their religion. it is very much depend on their religion and what they believe. Most of them are either godless or worshipping animals such monkeys, elephanta, cows and etc,etc. I did not attack on those animal worshipping men. I am saying how low can anybody, with brain and ability to think and choose, be when he worships stones, animals, moons, suns, etc,etc. I presumed you do not believe in the life after death or hereafter.What you are saying is that those men who force their women to become prostitutes are free from punishment. You said Mohammed being all those "thing" you called in your blog, will he be free from punishment. I he was what you claim to be, he will, for sure meet his punishment. This is my logical explanation. I can tell if the society are putting their women a degree lower than men. Simply look for the number of brothels, nightclubs and gaybars in that society. I have the previlage to travel many countries Japan to Americas, from Australia to Europe, from middle east to Russia. By the way I am a professional structural engineer. I did not find any brothels in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt. May be there is but nowhere to be seen. In a stark contrast, I found brothels in numbers such as that of mushrooms after the rain in Europes, USA, Australia, Japan, Korea, India. Now.... I here from you that in Islam women are a degree lower than men. I think you must be those jobless graduates in your tiny compartment, who will never have a chance to travel the world or step out into that back alley of yours for that matter. Well you believe what you see and I believe what I saw. After all, seeing is believing. In this world of course. But in the hereafter seeing is no longer believing.