freediver wrote on Jul 30
th, 2013 at 12:36pm:
Here you go Gandalf:
Muslim (4:2127) - Muhammad struck his favorite wife, Aisha, in the chest one evening when she left the house without his permission. Aisha narrates, "He struck me on the chest which caused me pain."
Does that sound like the leader of mankind to you? Or some bogan wife beater control freak?
The word is 'lahada' which means "push" not "strike". Puts a slightly different spin on it wouldn't you say?
The thing is FD, if it was some bogan wife beater control freak being described, I would expect to see narrations like:
he stormed into the room, breath reeking with alcohol, grabbed me by the hair and smacked me around the face, then concluded with a haymaker to the gut. I then got on my knees and thanked God that he treated me so well that night.And then I would expect to see the same sort of account repeated over and over and over again - so as to suggest a pattern of behaviour. A single incident in which his wife was "pushed" by a husband who was in a state of panic over her wellbeing and safety, does not even remotely reflect such a pattern of behaviour.
Funny how this same apparently abused woman stated on another occasion:
"Allaah's Messenger (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) never hit anything with his hand ever, except when fighting in the path of Allaah. Nor did he ever hit a servant or a woman."Common sense indicates that there is a clear distinction being made between the aggressive "hit" and non-aggressive "push".