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1 Contents Page
1 Contents Page.............................................................................................................. 2
2 Introduction................................................................................................................. 3
3 The life of Prophet Mohammad .................................................................................. 3
4 Islam-Sikhism website wrote: Background summary: ............................................... 3
4.1 SikhingTruth response: Background Rebuttal .................................................... 3
5 Prophet Mohammad’s Concubine – Mariyah ............................................................. 4
5.1 SikhingTruth response (summary):..................................................................... 4
5.2 SikhingTruth response (in detail): Historical background.................................. 4
6 SikhingTruth response: Summary regarding the lifestyle of Prophet Muhammad .. 10

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2 Introduction
Sikhism respects all religions and supports the concept of "Sarbat da Bhalla" which
means "Good for All". Sikhs do not have any ill will towards any community, as all
human beings are sons and daughters of one God.

“See the brotherhood of all mankind as the highest order of Yogis; conquer your own
mind, and conquer the world.” (Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Page 6)

Our aim with publishing this document is only to highlight the truth and as Sikhs we
respect all Muslims who choose to follow an Islamic lifestyle without the hatred, judgement
and superiority complex.

3 The life of Prophet Mohammad

This essay focuses on Islam and some of the incorrect statements that Muslims often
make to give Islam a more human image. We go through this section in the standard
statement and answer format.

Sikhism respects all religions and supports the concept of "Sarbat da Bhalla" which
means "Good for All". Sikhs do not have any ill will towards any community, as all
human beings are sons and daughters of one God.

“See the brotherhood of all mankind as the highest order of Yogis; conquer your own
mind, and conquer the world.” (Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Page 6)

Our aim with publishing this document is only to highlight the truth and as Sikhs we
respect all Muslims who choose to follow an Islamic lifestyle without the hatred,
judgement and superiority complex.

4 Islam-Sikhism website wrote: Background summary:

“He (Mohammad) had eleven wives and he left nine of them behind when he died (peace
be upon him). Those nine were: 'Aa'ishah, Hafsah, Zaynab bint Jahsh, Umm Salamah,
Safiyyah, Umm Habeebah, Maymoonah, Sawdah and Juwayriyyah. The first of his wives
to follow him after he died was Zaynab bint Jahsh in 20 (After Hijri) and the last of them
to die was Umm Salamah in 62 (After Hijri) during the caliphate of Yazeed”

4.1 SikhingTruth response: Background Rebuttal

The above is an incorrect account of the Prophet Muhammad’s wives as firstly it does not
mention that Muhammad had a concubine. So insha'Allaah, we will aim to simply present
the truth about the life of Prophet Muhammad and the Islamic scriptures.

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5 Prophet Mohammad’s Concubine – Mariyah

5.1 SikhingTruth response (summary):
It is crazy to even think that the Last Messenger of God could think of keeping a
concubine for either himself or any of his disciples. But insha'Allaah we are here to
simply present the truth, using historical facts as recorded by Muslims.

5.2 SikhingTruth response (in detail): Historical background

Mariyah was one of the prophet’s wives’ maids and Muhammad slept with her without
any ceremony, which caused uproar among his wives and finally was settled by Divine
intervention. This story is recorded in an authenticated Hadith and is reported by Omar.

This Hadith is describing the reason for the revelation of verse 66: 4 of Quran. The verse
says:

“If ye two turn in repentance to Him, your hearts are indeed so inclined; But if ye back
up each other against him, truly Allah is his Protector, and Gabriel, and (every)
righteous one among those who believe,- and furthermore, the angels - will back (him)
up.”

Omar explains that these two women were Hafsa and Ayesha who became disrespectful
of the prophet causing him grief until he thought of divorcing all of his wives. Here is the
full story.

Bukhari Volume 3, Book 43, Number 648:

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas:

I had been eager to ask 'Umar about the two ladies from among the wives of the Prophet
regarding whom Allah said (in the Qur'an saying): If you two (wives of the Prophet
namely Aisha and Hafsa) turn in repentance to Allah your hearts are indeed so inclined
(to oppose what the Prophet likes) (66.4), till performed the Hajj along with 'Umar (and
on our way back from Hajj) he went aside (to answer the call of nature) and I also went
aside along with him carrying a tumbler of water. When he had answered the call of
nature and returned. I poured water on his hands from the tumbler and he performed
ablution. I said, "O Chief of the believers! ' Who were the two ladies from among the
wives of the Prophet to whom Allah said:

'If you two return in repentance (66.4)? He said, "I am astonished at your question, O Ibn
'Abbas. They were Aisha and Hafsa."

Then 'Umar went on relating the narration and said. "I and an Ansari neighbor of mine
from Bani Umaiya bin Zaid who used to live in 'Awali Al-Medina, used to visit the
Prophet in turns. He used to go one day, and I another day. When I went I would bring

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him the news of what had happened that day regarding the instructions and orders and
when he went, he used to do the same for me. We, the people of Quraish, used to have
authority over women, but when we came to live with the Ansar, we noticed that the
Ansari women had the upper hand over their men, so our women started acquiring the
habits of the Ansari women. Once I shouted at my wife and she paid me back in my coin
and I disliked that she should answer me back. She said, 'Why do you take it ill that I
retort upon you? By Allah, the wives of the Prophet retort upon him, and some of them
may not speak with him for the whole day till night.' What she said scared me and I said
to her, 'Whoever amongst them does so, will be a great loser.' Then I dressed myself and
went to Hafsa and asked her, 'Does any of you keep Allah's Apostle angry all the day
long till night?' She replied in the affirmative. I said, 'She is a ruined losing person (and
will never have success)! Doesn't she fear that Allah may get angry for the anger of
Allah's Apostle and thus she will be ruined? Don't ask Allah's Apostle too many things,
and don't retort upon him in any case, and don't desert him. Demand from me whatever
you like, and don't be tempted to imitate your neighbor (i.e. 'Aisha) in her behavior
towards the Prophet), for she (i.e. Aisha) is more beautiful than you, and more beloved to
Allah's Apostle.

In those days it was rumored that Ghassan, (a tribe living in Sham) was getting prepared
their horses to invade us. My companion went (to the Prophet on the day of his turn, went
and returned to us at night and knocked at my door violently, asking whether I was
sleeping. I was scared (by the hard knocking) and came out to him. He said that a great
thing had happened. I asked him: What is it? Have Ghassan come? He replied that it was
worse and more serious than that, and added that Allah's Apostle had divorced all his
wives. I said, Hafsa is a ruined loser! I expected that would happen some day.' So I
dressed myself and offered the Fajr prayer with the Prophet. Then the Prophet entered an
upper room and stayed there alone. I went to Hafsa and found her weeping. I asked her,
'Why are you weeping? Didn't I warn you? Have Allah's Apostle divorced you all?' She
replied, 'I don't know. He is there in the upper room.' I then went out and came to the
pulpit and found a group of people around it and some of them were weeping. Then I sat
with them for some time, but could not endure the situation. So I went to the upper room
where the Prophet was and requested to a black slave of his: "Will you get the permission
of (Allah's Apostle) for Umar (to enter)? The slave went in, talked to the Prophet about it
and came out saying, 'I mentioned you to him but he did not reply.' So, I went and sat
with the people who were sitting by the pulpit, but I could not bear the situation, so I went
to the slave again and said: "Will you get his permission for Umar? He went in and
brought the same reply as before. When I was leaving, behold, the slave called me
saying, "Allah's Apostle has granted you permission." So, I entered upon the Prophet and
saw him lying on a mat without wedding on it, and the mat had left its mark on the body
of the Prophet, and he was leaning on a leather pillow stuffed with palm fires. I greeted
him and while still standing, I said: "Have you divorced your wives?' He raised his eyes
to me and replied in the negative. And then while still standing, I said chatting: "Will you
heed what I say, 'O Allah's Apostle! We, the people of Quraish used to have the upper
hand over our women (wives), and when we came to the people whose women had the
upper hand over them..."

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'Umar told the whole story (about his wife). "On that the Prophet smiled." 'Umar further
said, "I then said, 'I went to Hafsa and said to her: Do not be tempted to imitate your
companion ('Aisha) for she is more beautiful than you and more beloved to the Prophet.'
The Prophet smiled again. When I saw him smiling, I sat down and cast a glance at the
room, and by Allah, I couldn't see anything of importance but three hides. I said (to
Allah's Apostle) "Invoke Allah to make your followers prosperous for the Persians and
the Byzantines have been made prosperous and given worldly luxuries, though they do
not worship Allah?' The Prophet was leaning then (and on hearing my speech he sat
straight) and said, 'O Ibn Al-Khatttab! Do you have any doubt (that the Hereafter is
better than this world)? These people have been given rewards of their good deeds in this
world only.' I asked the Prophet . 'Please ask Allah's forgiveness for me. The Prophet did
not go to his wives because of the secret which Hafsa had disclosed to 'Aisha, and he said
that he would not go to his wives for one month as he was angry with them when Allah
admonished him (for his oath that he would not approach Mariyah). When twenty-nine
days had passed, the Prophet went to Aisha first of all. She said to him, 'You took an oath
that you would not come to us for one month, and today only twenty-nine days have
passed, as I have been counting them day by day.' The Prophet said, 'The month is also of
twenty-nine days.' That month consisted of twenty-nine days. 'Aisha said, 'When the
Divine revelation of Choice was revealed, the Prophet started with me, saying to me, 'I
am telling you something, but you needn't hurry to give the reply till you can consult your
parents." 'Aisha knew that her parents would not advise her to part with the Prophet .
The Prophet said that Allah had said:--

'O Prophet! Say To your wives; If you desire The life of this world And its glitter, ... then
come! I will make a provision for you and set you free In a handsome manner. But if you
seek Allah And His Apostle, and The Home of the Hereafter, then Verily, Allah has
prepared For the good-doers amongst you A great reward.' (33.28) 'Aisha said, 'Am I to
consult my parents about this? I indeed prefer Allah, His Apostle, and the Home of the
Hereafter.' After that the Prophet gave the choice to his other wives and they also gave
the same reply as 'Aisha did."

This hadith is reported also in Muslim 9.3511, and Bukhari 3.43.648, 7.62.119

The above Hadith is significant as it contains two important historic points. First it
reveals, by Omar’s own admission, that “Ansari women had the upper hand over their
men”. Even if we consider that to be an exaggeration, it is clear that women in Medina
had more rights and authority than their Quraishy counterparts. Mecca, the home of the
Quraish tribe, where Omar and Muhammad came from was a religious hob. People living
in religious towns are generally more bigots than those living in other cities. Religion in
general has played a major role in subjugating women and taking away their human
rights. So it is natural that women in Mecca were more subdued than those living
anywhere else in Arabia and especially Medina that was a more cosmopolitan city having
people like Jews and Christians as its inhabitants. Omar and Muhammad’s wives enjoyed
this emancipating atmosphere and were starting to exercise their relative freedom. This
attitude, of course, did not sit well with Omar and Muhammad and as this Hadith
demonstrates, they were angry of their wives newfound liberties and rebelliousness.

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The importance of this Hadith is in the fact that it proves that women prior to Islam had
much more freedom, which was taken away from them by Muhammad and his khalifas.
It becomes clear that the deplorable status of women in Islam is not a divine verdict but a
reflection of how women were treated in Mecca 1400 years ago.

The fact that there is so much emphasis in Quran and in Ahadith about the importance of
women being obedient to their husbands is indeed an indication of Muhammad’s own
desire to control his young and rebellious wives. (See Q.4:34)

The other important point of the above Hadith is that it reveals yet another sexual scandal
of the prophet.

One-day Muhammad goes to his wife’s house Hafsa the daughter of Omar and finds her
maid Mariyah attractive. He sends Hafsa to Omar’s house, telling her that he wanted to
see her. When Hafsa leaves, Muhammad takes Mariyah to bed and has intercourse with
her. Meanwhile Hafsa, who finds out that her father was not expecting her, returns home
much sooner than expected, and to her chagrin finds her illustrious husband in bed with
her maid.

She becomes hysteric and forgetting the station of the prophet she shouts and causes a
scandal. The prophet pleads with her to calm down and promises not to sleep with Mariah
anymore and begs her also not to divulge this secret to anyone else.

However, Hafsa would not control herself and relays everything to Ayisha who also turns
against the prophet and jointly with his other wives cause him much anguish. So the
prophet decides to punish all of them and not sleep with any one of his wives for one
month. Depriving one’s wives sexually is the second grade of punishment recommended
in the Quran. The first level is admonishing, the second level is depriving them of sex and
the third level of punishment is beating them. Q. 4: 34.

Of course when a man decides to punish a wife with sexual deprivation he can satisfy
himself with his other wives. But Muhammad’s anger had made him make the oath not to
sleep with any of them for one month. That of course would have been too much of
hardship for the beloved messenger of God, therefore God in his mercy came to the aid of
his prophet and revealed the Surah Tahrim (Banning). In this Surah Allah rebukes
Muhammad for being hard on himself and for depriving himself from what he really likes
and has been made lawful for him, in order to please his wives.

This is the text of the Surah Tahrim: 66:1-5.

1. O Prophet! Why do you ban (for yourself) that which Allâh has made lawful to you,
seeking to please your wives? And Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
2. Allâh has already ordained for you (O men), the dissolution of your oaths. And Allâh is
your Maula (Lord, or Master, or Protector, etc.) and He is the All-Knower, the All-Wise.
3. And (remember) when the Prophet (SAW) disclosed a matter in confidence to one of
his wives (Hafsah), so when she told it (to another i.e. 'Aishah), and Allâh made it known
to him, he informed part thereof and left a part. Then when he told her (Hafsah) thereof,

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she said: "Who told you this?" He said: "The All-Knower, the All-Aware (Allâh) has told
me".
4. If you two (wives of the Prophet SAW, namely 'Aishah and Hafsah turn in repentance
to Allâh, (it will be better for you), your hearts are indeed so inclined (to oppose what the
Prophet SAW likes), but if you help one another against him (Muhammad SAW), then
verily, Allâh is his Maula (Lord, or Master, or Protector, etc.), and Jibrael (Gabriel), and
the righteous among the believers, and furthermore, the angels are his helpers.
5. It may be if he divorced you (all) that his Lord will give him instead of you, wives
better than you, Muslims (who submit to Allâh), believers, obedient to Allâh, turning to
Allâh in repentance, worshipping Allâh sincerely, fasting or emigrants (for Allâh's sake),
previously married and virgins. “

Although Muhammad gave his word to Hafsa, not to have sex with her maid he could not
resist the temptation. Especially now that he had taken another oath not to sleep with all
of his wives. It was a difficult situation and no one but Allah could help him. Well,
nothing is impossible when you are the prophet of Allah. Leave everything in the hands
of the Almighty and let him take care of it. And that is exactly what happened. Allah
himself intervened and gave him the green light to follow his heart's desire. In the Surah
Tahrim God licensed his prophet to have his flings and not pay attention to his wives.
What more could anyone want? Allah was so concerned about Muhammad's carnal
pleasures that he even allowed ALL MEN to break their oaths as a bounty. Isn't Allah
great?

It is also worthy of mention that Muhammad who came to know that Hafsa did reveal the
secret to Aisha, lied to her by pretending that it was Allah who told him so (Ayat 3) while
he actually learned it from Ayisha. But of course Muhammad is not the author of the
Quran. It is Allah himself who is lying for his prophet.

In reaction to the above verses, Aisha, who was not only young and pretty but also clever,
is reported to have said to Muhammad, "Your God indeed rushes in coming to your aid!"

The above story must have been also embarrassing for Muhammad’s followers even
when they gobbled mindlessly everything he told them that they made other hadiths to
explain away those verses of the Quran that were already explained by Omar.

Muslim 9: 3496

'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) narrated that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) used to spend time with Zainab daughter of Jahsh and drank honey at her house.
She ('A'isha further) said: I and Hafsa agreed that one whom Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) would visit first should say: I notice that you have an odour of the Maghafir
(gum of mimosa). He (the Holy Prophet) visited one of them and she said to him like this,
whereupon he said: I have taken honey in the house of Zainab bint Jabsh and I will never
do it again. It was at this (that the following verse was revealed): 'Why do you hold to be
forbidden what Allah has made lawful for you... (up to). If you both ('A'isha and Hafsa)
turn to Allah" up to:" And when the Holy Prophet confided an information to one of his
wives" (lxvi. 3).

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The existence of the above Hadith and its difference with the one narrated by Omar
reveals yet another fact that the companions of Muhammad were willing to lie, to save
the image of their prophet from blemish. It would be foolish to accept the excuse of
drinking honey to justify those Ayat. First of all honey does not smell bad. But above all
it is inconceivable that a trivial incident like drinking honey could cause such an upheaval
in the household of Muhammad to the extent that he decides to divorce all of his wives or
to punish them for one month by not sleeping with them.

Could such an insignificant incident like drinking honey provoke so much uproar that the
creator of this universe be forced to intervene with a warning to Muhammad’s wives that
he would divorce all of them and He (Allah) would give him virgin and faithful wives?

Several Muslims have claimed that the Hadiths quoted above narrated by Abdullah bin
'Abbas are false and the correct version is the one about honey. This is a nonsense. This
hadith is recorded by both Bukahri and by Muslim. Furthermore it is the only logical
explanation of the sha'ne nozool (context) of the Sura Tharim. According to Muslim
scholar Asif Iftikhar "a Hadith can be regarded as a source of religious guidance only `if
the basis of that Hadith exists in the Quran or the Sunnah or the established principles."
We can clearly see that the Quran allows having sex with the "right hand possessions" i.e.
slaves (Q. 4:24) and it was Muhammad's habit to have sex with his slave women. The
text of the Sura makes it also clear that it is about having sex and not eating honey which
is a silly explanation. Asif Iftikhar writes:

"Imam Ibni Ali Jauzee is reported to have said: "If you find a Hadith against the dictates
of common sense or contrary to a universal rule, consider it a fabrication."

The story of honey is ludicrous and makes no sense. Why so much ado about honey? And
who said honey smells bad? This hadith has been forged because obviously even in those
early days, Muslims felt embarrassed about the actions of their prophet. However the
hadiths about Muhammad sending Hafsa out so he could have sex with Mariyah makes
perfect sense. It is in accordance with the Quran and in conformity with Muhammad's
depravity of conduct.

This story is also reported by Ibn Sa'd in Tabaqat:

Waqidi has informed us that Abu Bakr has narrated that the messenger of Allah (PBUH)
had sexual intercourse with Mariyyah in the house of Hafsah. When the messenger came
out of the house, Hafsa was sitting at the gate (behind the locked door). She told the
prophet, O Messenger of Allah, do you do this in my house and during my turn? The
messenger said, control yourself and let me go because I make her haram to me. Hafsa
said, I do not accept, unless you swear for me. That Hazrat (his holiness) said, by Allah I
will not contact her again. Qasim ibn Muhammad has said that this promise of the
Prophet that had forbidden Mariyyah to himself is invalid – it does not become a
violation (hormat). [Tabaqat v. 8 p. 223 Publisher Entesharat-e Farhang va Andisheh
Tehran 1382 solar h ( 2003) Translator Dr. Muhammad Mahdavi Damghani]

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Qasim ibn Muhammad of course tries to find justification for Muhammad's breach of his
own premise. His words had no validity which is why he gave them and if they were
valid why did he broke them?

The Qur’an also contains the following tafseer side by side with the Sura Tahrim.

Also it is reported that the Prophet had divided his days among his wives. And when it
was the turn of Hafsa, he sent her for an errand to the house of her father Omar Khattab.
When she took this order and went, the prophet called his slave girl Mariyah the Copt
who bore his son Ibrahim, and who was a gift from the king Najashi and had sexual
intercourse with her. When Hafsa returned, she found the door locked. So she sat there
behind that locked door until the prophet finished the business and came out of the house
while pleasure was dripping from his face. When Hafsa found him in that condition she
rebuked him saying you did not respect my honor; you sent me out of my house with an
excuse so you could sleep with the slave girl. And in the day that was my turn you had
intercourse with someone else. Then the Prophet said, be quiet for although she is my
slave and halal to me, for your contentment I at this moment make her haram to myself.
But Hafsa did not do this and when the Prophet went out of her house she knocked at the
wall that separated her room from that of Aisha and told her everything. She also gave
the glad tiding about what the Prophet had promised about making Mariyah haram to
himself. [Published by Entesharat-e Elmiyyeh Eslami Tehran 1377 lunar H. Tafseer and
translation into Farsi by Muhammad Kazem Mo’refi]

The Sikh community is truly blessed to have Gurus that have shown the highest standard
of human conduct and who are true role models for human beings.

6 SikhingTruth response: Summary regarding the

lifestyle of Prophet Muhammad
• The prophet had sex with his concubine called Mariah and informed his allocated
wife Hafsa for that day that Mariah was halal (legal) for him but that just to please
Hafsa he would make her Haram (illegal).

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