02-13-2018, 07:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-13-2018, 07:44 AM by Charlotte4711.)
See I’ve heard all the ‘married to a child’ thing and as far as I’m aware that’s not true!! She was not 6 and she remained his wife for his lifetime & she loved him just as much as he loved her! This was also common practice back then to marry young (after menstruation starts) just as in ancient Egypt so yes it’s awful now but wouldn’t be frowned upon then.
Mohammed was also a very pious man (obviously)and the reason he married her was because she was a slave & he wanted to prove that women of that stature were worthy of more than slavery - as back then a slave was just that no one would marry her.
he also ensured many women’s rights which they still hold to today! He stopped women the process of women being buried alive too. (And yes to us the treatment of women often appears unfair as a modern world!) but the hijab is the misinterpretation of the Qu’ran not the word of God. There’s no obligation but it’s become common practice accepted as ‘fact!’
Now don’t get me wrong! I don’t fir one minute think Islam is the way but I believe the majority of people love their religion & see it in a different light to the way you do! You see the negative side to it and they see the reasons behind why it’s that way but they are the most part happy with it!
Of course there’s people who distort it and use it for their own selfish needs &
that’s wrong and God will deal with them on the day of judgement!
And he didn’t slaughter tribes for not converting... in the Qu’ran it says ‘there is no compulsion in religion’ if you don’t belive then that’s your choice! Of course he faught in wars, bit he was often under attack by polytheists who detested his views!
There’s also a lot of distortion of the facts by the Sunni /Shia divide which occurred after his death, the Sunnis believe the Kalifate who took over after Mohammad’s death was the right leader of the religion but the Shi’a believe it was Ali (Mohammad’s cousin & close friend) who was best to continue as leader (and Mohammad’s choice) so once he died the religion was distorted from there on!
Basically we’ll never know the truth much like he Bible etc they all have been translated too many times with agendas to know their true meaning!
Mohammed was also a very pious man (obviously)and the reason he married her was because she was a slave & he wanted to prove that women of that stature were worthy of more than slavery - as back then a slave was just that no one would marry her.
he also ensured many women’s rights which they still hold to today! He stopped women the process of women being buried alive too. (And yes to us the treatment of women often appears unfair as a modern world!) but the hijab is the misinterpretation of the Qu’ran not the word of God. There’s no obligation but it’s become common practice accepted as ‘fact!’
Now don’t get me wrong! I don’t fir one minute think Islam is the way but I believe the majority of people love their religion & see it in a different light to the way you do! You see the negative side to it and they see the reasons behind why it’s that way but they are the most part happy with it!
Of course there’s people who distort it and use it for their own selfish needs &
that’s wrong and God will deal with them on the day of judgement!
And he didn’t slaughter tribes for not converting... in the Qu’ran it says ‘there is no compulsion in religion’ if you don’t belive then that’s your choice! Of course he faught in wars, bit he was often under attack by polytheists who detested his views!
There’s also a lot of distortion of the facts by the Sunni /Shia divide which occurred after his death, the Sunnis believe the Kalifate who took over after Mohammad’s death was the right leader of the religion but the Shi’a believe it was Ali (Mohammad’s cousin & close friend) who was best to continue as leader (and Mohammad’s choice) so once he died the religion was distorted from there on!
Basically we’ll never know the truth much like he Bible etc they all have been translated too many times with agendas to know their true meaning!