In this post I am going to highlight the dishonest and deceitful tactics of Muslims in their attempts of concealing the grossly immoral, vile, shameful teachings of their prophet.
In al-Bukhari, the son of the second caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab expounds on the meaning of Q. 2:223, which describes women as a field that men can plow into any way they deem fit. What makes Ibn Umar’s exegesis interesting is that a part of his reply has been deliberately omitted!
Here’s the narration in question:
XLI: “Your women are fertile fields for you, so come to your fertile fields however you like. Forward good for yourselves.” (2:223)
4253. It is related that Nafi’ said, “When Ibn ‘Umar recited Qur’an, he would not speak to anyone until he had finished it. One day I held the Qur’an and he recited Surat al-Baqara until he reached a certain place. He asked, ‘Do you about what it was revealed?’ I replied, ‘No.’ He said, ‘It was revealed about such-and-such.’ Then he continued.”
It is related that Ibn ‘Umar said about, “Come to your fertile fields however you like” (2:223) means “comes to her in …” (Aisha Bewley, The Sahih Collection of al-Bukhari, Chapter 68. Book of Tafsir http://bewley.virtualave.net/bukhari30.html; bold emphasis mine)
I cite another English rendering of the hadith:
(39) “Your wives are a tilth for you; so go to your tilth (have sexual relations with your wives in any manner as long as it is in the vagina and not in the anus) when or how you will…” (V.2:223)
Narrated Nafi`:
Whenever Ibn `Umar recited the Qur’an, he would not speak to anyone till he had finished his recitation. Once I held the Qur’an and he recited Surat-al-Baqara from his memory and then stopped at a certain Verse and said, “Do you know in what connection this Verse was revealed? ” I replied, “No.” He said, “It was revealed in such-and-such connection.” Ibn `Umar then resumed his recitation. Nafi` added regarding the Verse:–“So go to your tilth when or how you will” Ibn `Umar said, “It means one should approach his wife in…“
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، قَالَ كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ إِذَا قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ مِنْهُ، فَأَخَذْتُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمًا، فَقَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى مَكَانٍ قَالَ تَدْرِي فِيمَا أُنْزِلَتْ. قُلْتُ لاَ. قَالَ أُنْزِلَتْ فِي كَذَا وَكَذَا. ثُمَّ مَضَى. وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنِي أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، {فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} قَالَ يَأْتِيهَا فِي. رَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ.
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 60, Number 50 https://sunnah.com/bukhari/65/50; http://hadithcollection.com/sahihbukhari/sahih-bukhari-book-60-prophetic-commentary-on-the-quran-tafseer-of-the-prophet-pbuh/sahih-bukhari-volume-006-book-060-hadith-number-050.html)
The reason a part of Ibn Umar’s statements has been deleted is because there is evidence suggesting that Ibn Umar actually used this passage to permit men to engage in anal intercourse with their spouses!
I will allow the following Christian apologetic work explain it:
Ibn Abbas said, In connection with this verse, that Muslims from Medina had previously practiced a type of sexual relationship between husband and wife which they had learned from the Jews, in which the husband honours his wife with respect. When the Muslims from Mecca arrived, they brought a different standard of behaviour with them. This created a severe tension in the Islamic community. Muhammad answered it with the above verse and allowed men to behave as they wished. He allowed his followers anything that would satisfy their beastly lusts. (The full text of this hadith is not translated out of spiritual reservations.)
Ibn Abbas said: “Umar came to Muhammad and said: ‘I have perished.’ ‘Why?’ Muhammad asked. ‘It is because I have altered the normal position of sex tonight.’” He meant to say that he had sexual intercourse away from his usual place. At first, Muhammad gave no reply, then he claimed that Allah gave him license. Muhammad and Umar were shameless and immodest. Muhammad should have guided Umar to God’s holiness and purity.
Al-Bukhari narrated after Ibn Umar that al-Baqara 2:223 was revealed on the issue of having anal intercourse with women. Al-Tabarani narrated in Al-Awsat, with a reliable chain of traditions, that “Your women are a tillage for you” was only revealed to license anal intercourse. (Asbab al-Nuzul by al-Suyuti on Sura al-Baqara 2:223) (The True Guidance [Light of Life, Villach, Austria, First English edition 1994], Part Five: Commentary on Quranic Verses, pp. 48-49; bold emphasis mine)
Speaking of al-Suyuti, here’s what this renowned medieval Muslim scholar wrote:
It is narrated on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas that he said: ‘Umar came to The Messenger of Allah and said: “O Messenger of Allah! I have mistaken [sic]!” He asked him about the reason and ‘Umar replied: “Tonight I had sexual intercourse with my wife from the back (rather than from the front)?” He gave no reply at once. Later on, Allah Almighty revealed this Qur’anic Verse. That is, approach her from front or from the back, but avoid the anus and the time of menses. [Ahmad and At-Tirmidhi]
It is narrated on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas that he said: Ibn ‘Umar, MAY ALLAH FORGIVE HIM, WAS MISTAKING [sic]. The inhabitants of this town (of Madinah) from amongst the Ansar who were idolaters (before Islam) lived side by side with the inhabitants of this city (of Medina) from amongst the Jews, who were people of Scripture. The Ansar thought those (Jews) had superiority to them with regard to their knowledge, and thus, they used to follow their steps in so many acts. It was the habit of the people of Scripture not to approach women but from the front, (while she was lying on her back) and this is the best state a woman might be in that respect. The inhabitants of this city amongst the Ansar took this habit from them.
On the other hand, the people of Quraysh used to (approach women from every side as if they were to) slice them very badly, and they took pleasure in them from the front, from the back and as lying. When the Emigrants came to Medina, one of them got married to a woman from amongst the Ansar, and went on doing as such with her, but she rejected this act and said: “We used to be approached from the front while lying on our backs. So, you should do so, otherwise you might leave me”. Their story was spread, and became known among the people until it reached The Messenger of Allah. Then Allah Almighty revealed (what means): {Your women are a tilth for you; so come up to your tilth however you will}, i.e. from the front, from the back, and as lying, but through the same (opening of the vagina, which leads to uterus), the place of the child. [Abu Dawud and Al-Hakim] (Jalal Al-Din Al-Suyuti, Reasons and Occasions of Revelation of the Holy Qur’an (Lubab An-Nuqul Fi Asbab An-Nuzul), translated by Dr. Muhammad Mahdi Al-Sharif [Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyah, Beirut 2015], pp. 57-58; bold and capital emphasis mine)
The fact that a report has Ibn Abbas stating that Ibn Umar was mistaken proves that there were narrations attributed to the latter, where he employed this verse to permit men to engage in anal penetration. This explains why the words of Ibn Umar in al-Bukhari on this text have been deceitfully erased from the manuscripts of al-Bukhari, either by Bukhari himself or the subsequent copyists and/or editors.
We, thus, have a case of Muslims dishonestly tampering with their own sources in order to hide how deviant and immoral their prophet and deity truly are.
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