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Islamic Voodoos: Women, Part B

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Good Women, Bad Women

The most striking aspect of an Islamic woman is that she could never be independent. From birth to death she must be under the spell of Islamic Voodoos—under the control of her male owner, also known as Wali. This wali starts with the father, then husband, then son, then any other male relative who is eligible to be her mahram (a Muslim man who can meet her without having her to wear her veil, or with whom she could be alone in privacy).

Thus, a good woman (Islamic) must be obedient, and must never ever try to set herself free to decide her life. This lack of freedom of choice extends even to the extent of choosing her marriage partner.

In verse 2:232 Allah advises a woman’s guardian not to prevent her from marrying her former husband. Many scholars indicate that this verse means that the woman is not permitted to give herself in marriage. Rather, she requires a wali—a guardian, such as her father, brother, adult son, and so forth, to give her away in marriage, for only the adulteress gives herself away in marriage. True to the spirit of the above Qur’anic verse, a number of ahadith say that a woman should never chose her marriage partner herself, if she violates this rule she is an adulteress. In Sunaan ibn Majah (3.1882) and Tirmidhi (934) we read that if a woman contracts her own marriage she is an adulteress. Sunaan Tirmidhi (35) even writes that only an immoral woman gives herself in marriage.

Thus, the first quality of a good Islamic woman is for her not to seek her independence at any time of her life. She must remain a charge or a dependant until her death. Here are few ahadith which tell women how to be a good Muslimah (Islamic woman) or to enter hell as a bad woman.

  • The best and the most righteous women among the Quraysh were the riders of camels… (Sahih Bukhari, 7.62.19)
  • A woman should not ask a man to divorce his current wife to marry her, instead she should happily accept to be his another wife… (Sahih Bukhari, 8.77.598)
  • A good Muslimah readily undergoes female circumcision (cliterodectomy); as that is better for a her and more desirable for her husband… (Sunaan Abu Dawud, 41.5251)
  • For voluntary fasting a woman needs her husband’s permission… (Sunaan ibn Majah, 3.1762)
  • A woman who asks her ugly husband to divorce her will not enter paradise… (Sunaan ibn Majah, 3.2054, 2055, 2057)
  • A woman, alone cannot take a journey for more than a day… (Sunaan ibn Majah, 4.2899)
  • During prayer at home women stand behind men… (Sunaan ibn Majah, 2.975)
  • Women can pray in the darkness of a mosque… (Sunaan Nasai, 2.1365)

Men Will Enjoy Plenty of Women

This is perhaps the most laughable of all Islamic voodoos. Statistics show that in virtually all the Islamic paradises there is shortage of women. In Arab countries, such as Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait there is severe shortage of women. But Islamic scriptures say in the days to come each Muslim man will enjoy between forty to fifty women. When we assume that male to female ratio to be 50:50, currently there will be around 600 million Muslim men and 600 million Muslim women around the globe. Now, according to hadis, during the last days (assuming it happens now) there should be around 30000 million (or 30 billion) Muslim women in the world. This figure does not include the natural increase in population. Please read the following ahadith to marvel at Muhammad's statistics.
  • During the last hour knowledge would be taken away and ignorance would prevail, liquor would be drunk and adultery would be rampant, there will be one man to look after fifty women… (Sahih Muslim, 34.6451, 6452)
  • Portents of hour are: religious ignorance, drinking, sex, and fifty women per men... (Sahih Bukhari, 1.3.80, 81)
  • There will be scarcity of men; forty women for one man... (Sahih Bukhari, 2.24.495)
  • Each inmate of paradise will have 72 women; two will be from his wives on earth and 70 will be from the non-believers’ women; everyone with pleasant vagina; the man will have permanent erection; Muslims will inherit pharaohs wives… (Sunaan ibn Majah, 5.4337)

An Islamic Woman Can Breastfeed a Bearded Man

Recently, this topic has been of worldwide interest when an al-Azhar academic proposed an Islamic solution to prevent the sex segregation in Islamic offices. He suggested that the lactating (or women who could produce milk, somehow or other) women in the office breastfeed their male counterpart, for the men to become their mahram. This meant that having suckled the breast of the women, these men will become haram to the women who had breastfed them, and therefore, these men will be permitted to visit these women in the privacy of their office rooms.

 

Please do not have a guffaw.

The al-Azhar academic gave his recommendations based on a few ahadith. Deeply embarrassed, the al-Azhar authority, subsequently, claimed that Muhammad had instructed this procedure only as a once off case. Later, the academic lost his job for indulging in hadis fabrication.

Was the al-Azhar academic correct? He was, of course right in his assertion of the hadis. However, whether Muhammad made this one off or not is fiercely contested by opposing camps. There are controversial ahadith on this, so this has become a subject of fierce debate.

Let us read this interesting hadis.

A woman can suckle a grown up bearded man so that she becomes haram for him (i.e. they cannot get married; Hudhaifa, let his young wife suckle Salem, the freed-slave of him to make Salim sexually haram for her)…(Sahihh Muslim, 8.3428).

Because this is such an amazing hadis, let us read the full text.

    Sahih Muslim, Book 008, Number 3428: 
    Zainab daughter of Abu Salama reported: 
    I heard Umm Salama, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him, saying to 'A'isha: By Allah, I do not like to be seen by a young boy who has passed the period of fosterage, whereupon she ('A'isha) said: Why is it so? Sahla daughter of Suhail came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger, I swear by Allah that I see in the face of Abu Hudhaifa (the signs of disgust) on account of entering of Salim (in the house), whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Suckle him. She (Sahla bint Suhail) said: He has a heard. But he (again) said: Suckle him, and it would remove what is there (expression of disgust) on the face of Abu Hudhaifa. She said: (I did that) and, by Allah, I did not see (any sign of disgust) on the face of Abu Hudhaifa.

Sunaan ibn Majah narrates a similar hadis.

A woman can suckle (breastfeed) a grown up (with beard) man to make him unlawful to her for marriage… (Sunaan ibn Majah, 3.1943)

This event is better understood from the following narrations (Muhammad’s Companions, p.188-189):

Abu Abdullah Salim remained a freed slave of Abu Hudhayfa. Salim married Hudhayfah’s niece Fatima bt. Waleed. Abu Hudhayfah’s wife was Sahla bt. Suhail When he became a bearded adult he was breastfed by Sahla bt. Suhail. He was not an Arab but an Iranian. Abu Hudhayfa, the son of Utba b. Rabiah, adopted him.

Abu Hudhayfa’s freed slave was Salim. Hudhayfa disliked the free entrance in his house of Salim, then a grown up adult with beard. Muhammad permitted Sahla to breastfeed a bearded Salim so that he became her foster son (ibid, p.415). Sahla bt. Suhail breastfed Salim. Muhammad said to Sahla, “Feed him the milk from your breast, and thus he will become your confidant and shall be able to be admitted into the women’s apartment (ibid, p.190).”

Muhammad, however, recommends that a man should not have sex with a lactating woman. In Sunaan ibn Majah (3.2012) we read that do not have sex with a woman who suckles a baby, if you do, her child will become a very weak rider, he will die falling down from the horse.

Islamic Protocol on the First Time with Your Wife/s

Here are two interesting ahadith to amuse the readers
  • If you marry a virgin woman then stay with her for a week; if you marry a previously married woman then stay with her for three days… (Sahih Muslim, 8.3443, 3444)
  • Spend three nights with a previously married woman and seven nights with a virgin woman… (Sunaan ibn Majah, 3.1916, 1917)

Conclusions

Despite the enthusiastic claims by the crafty Islamists of today, that Islam is a religion of peace, rationality and scientific thought, it is quite clear that Islam is just the opposite of what these Islamists claim. From the founts of Islam, such as the Qur’an, ahadith, and Sharia we can demonstrate that Islam is deeply mired in superstitious, fallacious, irrational, unscientific, unhealthy, and sometimes simply dangerous voodoo practices and beliefs which might be mind-boggling to those who are not familiar with the ‘true’ nature of Islam.

This ‘voodoo’ nature of Islam would not be a problem had Islam been like any other religion or voodoo cults of Africa, South America, or certain parts of Asia. As written in the beginning, the danger of Islamic voodoo emanates from the enforceable nature of Islamic irrationalities. Sharia laws give teeth to these Islamic mumbo-jumbos, no matter how much the civilised world think them to be illogical, superstitious, barbaric and pure evil. In many Islamic societies, these Islamic evils are enforced with the might of legal power, and the Islamic courts mete out harsh punitive measures for violating them. Herein lays the reason/s why Islam cannot be reformed.

Before anyone attempts to reform Islam, he/she must reform the very sources of Islam, that is, the Qur’an, ahadiith, and Sharia. It is as simple as this. Except for Islam, most other religions have lost their teeth to enforce their ‘voodoos’ on gullible people. The exception is Islam.

Islam is the last frontier, which the humanity must conquer to ensure to live in a civilised society.

In essence, from this essay, we may conclude the following:

  • Islamic Voodoos are simply the irrationalities, and superstitious beliefs of the Bedouin Arabs. The aim of Islam is to impose on the world this Bedouin Arabism, through terror and bloodshed, if needed.
  • Islamic voodoos emanate straight from the Qur’an, ahadith, Sharia, and Sirah (Muhammad’s biography).
  • It is compulsory for Muslims to believe in Islamic Jinns, Islamic Angels, and Islamic human Messenger (Muhammad).
  • Muslims must believe that some animals and insects are Muslims too. Like it or not, Allah will send a beast as the final messenger.
  • Islamic biology and embryology are the most unscientific, irrational, and superstitious. However, Muslims are forced to believe in such grossly corrupt, unscientific, and ridiculous Islamic mumbo-jumbo.
  • Many Mullahs use the Qur'an to practice Islamic Black Magic. In many Islamic societies, Islamic Black Magic is a flourishing business.
  • Non-Muslims must endure Islamic punishment in their graves. Allah will not reprieve them even in their graves. This is a terror tactic par excellence, to coerce the non-Muslims into Islam.
  • Like it or not, Muslims must believe in and resort to Islamic Medicines and Islamic surgeries, no matter how dangerous they could be. This Islamic medicine might even include the drinking of camels’ and cattle urine.
  • Equally dangerous are the use Islamic medicines such as, human saliva, dust, and ash. Unfortunately, a true Muslim must believe in the healing power of such potentially harmful materials; he must not doubt what Muhammad had prescribed as Islamic medicines.
  • A mosque is a potentially dangerous place for the non-Muslims. Allah has permitted His adherents to use mosque as a planning centre to conduct jihad, that is, to murder non-Muslims. A mosque is also a potential Islamic voodoo centre.
  • Islamic personal hygiene practices are absolutely, unhealthy, impractical, and potentially dangerous.
  • Islam is Arab/white racism. Islam advocates the superiority of the Arab white-complexion people. Islam detests the black Muslims. Even on the day of resurrection, Allah will not admit into paradise a pious Black Muslim, until Allah has changed his skin to white. This should be strong a message to all the African/American Black Muslims.
  • Islamic Voodoo is grossly enmeshed with the Islamic penis. An Islamic penis is very dear to Allah. Every Muslim must be meticulous in taking care of his penis.
  • Islamic concept of human souls is the most unscientific, grossly untrue, and potentially harmful to those who undertake Islamic Black Magic.
  • Islamic toilet practices are crude, shameful, embarrassing, and have the potential to spread many life-threatening epidemics.
  • Islamic Voodoos have the most damaging effect on women. Islam treats women as devils, stupid, impure, and less than human.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Internet resources

The following websites are useful to read online versions of the Qur’an and ahadith. Please note that only about fifty percent of all ahadith are available in the Internet version of Sunaan Abu Dawud. Note that not all ahadith of Sahih Bukhari are available in the internet version of it. Currently, as far as the author is aware of, the only source of the English translation of Tirmidhi ahadith is Alim CD ROM.

Printed Books

    Abu Dawud, Sulayman b. al-Ash’ath. 2001 Al-Sunaan, a collection of Hadith, vol.iii. Translated in English by Prof. Ahmad Hasan. Kitab Bhavan, 1784 Kalan Mahal, Daraya Ganj, New Delhi-110002 (India).

    Abu Dawud, Sulayman b. al-Ash’ath. 2001. Al-Sunaan, a collection of Hadith, vol.i. Translated in English by Prof. Ahmad Hasan, Kitab Bhavan, 1784 Kalan Mahal, Daraya Ganj, New Delhi-110002 (India).

    Abu Dawud, Sulayman b. al-Ash’ath. 2001. Al-Sunaan, a collection of Hadith, vol.ii. Translated in English by Prof. Ahmad Hasan, Kitab Bhavan, 1784 Kalan Mahal, Daraya Ganj, New Delhi-110002 (India).

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    Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik ibn Anas. 2004. Translated in English by Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley. Madinah Press Inverness, Paper Edition. ISBN 0710303610

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    Muslim, Abu al-Hussain b. al-Hajjaj al-Qushairi. 2004. Sahih Muslim, vol .iv. Translated in English by Abdul Hamid Siddiqi,. Kitab Bhavan, 1784 Kalan Mahal, Daraya Ganj, New Delhi-110002.

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Abul Kasem is an Bengali ex-Muslim and academic. He has contributed in Leaving Islam - Apostates Speak Out and Beyond Jihad - Critical Voices from Inside. He has also written extensively on Islam in various websites and is the author of five e-Books: A Complete Guide to Allah, Root of Terrorism ala Islamic Style, Sex and Sexuality in Islam, Who Authored the Quran? and Women in Islam. Mr. Kasem leaves in Sydney, Australia. He can be contacted at abul88@hotmail.com.


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