Ali Sina - Understanding Muhammad

Muhammad’s Ecstatic Experiences
In another hadith Muhammad says, “Gabriel brought me a small pot of
food. I ate from that food and gained the sexual strength of forty men.” 251
This tale, like many other stories in the hadith, is fabricated to conceal the
fact that Muhammad was sexually inept. A narcissist with such a monumental
ego could not possibly be seen as impotent.
Many secrets of Muhammad’s life can be unveiled if one reads between
the lines of his biography. Curiously, on the day that Ibrahim died, Muhammad
went to the mosque and after praying delivered a sermon on, of all topics,
adultery and the punishment awaiting adulterers. He exclaimed from the pulpit:
O followers of Muhammad! By Allah! There is none who has more ghaira than
Allah [read Muhammad] as He has forbidden that His slaves, male or female
commit adultery (illegal sexual intercourse). O followers of Muhammad! By Allah!
If you knew that which I know you would laugh little and weep much. 252
Ghaira is one’s sense of shame and his honor. One’s ghaira is offended
when something or someone that is mahram (sacred) to him is violated. For
example, if you touch a Muslim’s wife, sister or daughter, or if she flirts with
you, his ghaira becomes injured. Consequently, he must retaliate in order to
restore his honor. If he has a lot of ghaira, he may even kill you or kill his own
female kin. Only then his honor can be restored. One who does not retaliate, is
one who has no ghaira or sense shame.
Note that Muhammad is talking about Allah’s ghaira. If Allah does not
have a female relative how can his ghaira become offended It is not hard to
see that Muhammad identified himself with Allah. He was talking about his
own ghaira. He was suspicious of Mariyah and it is for her that he is delivering
this fiery and completely inappropriate sermon about the chastisement of
adulterers during her child’s funeral. Allah was his own alter ego. Then to add
more emphasis he said:
I have been shown the Hellfire (now) and I never saw a worse and horrible sight
than the sight I have seen today. 253
251 Ibid.
252 Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 18, umber 154:
253 Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 8, umber 423:
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