Did Prophet Muhammad wear his wives' clothes? Or is this another missionary lie?

(This image was taken from brother Ayamen's detailed video [1] [2] [3], may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him)

2- The Arabic word "fe" (فِي) and its meanings with examples, with two stunning Scientific Miracles [1] [2].
3- Sam Shamoun's fabrications or sheer ignorance exposed and thoroughly refuted.

- The Hadiths themselves CLEARLY define thawb & mirt to mean lihaaf (blanket, cover, sheet, protection).

The Arabs of old, before Islam, used the language of tents a lot in their relationships, responsibilities, hospitalities, and homes. This was the case because they lived mostly in tents, and they were constantly traveling in search for new sources of water. The following is list of the Arabic words that this article is concerned with and their literal meanings:

Now, many times throughout the Islam's texts (including in the Glorious Quran), and also among the Arabs, these words are used in idioms and metaphors. This is again due to the language of tents that the Arabs adopted. Let us look at the following examples:

1- Regarding thawb, the Arabs of old before Islam, used to marry the oldest son to the deceased father's wife (not their mother). The custom was that the oldest son would THROW HIS THAWB UNTO HER to inherit her from his father. So the use of thawb here is metaphoric, and not literal:

The Bible too uses "garment" for oaths, pledges, promises, authority, rulership:

Genesis 3:20-22
20 Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.
21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”

Exodus 28:1-5
The Priestly Garments
1 “Have Aaron your brother brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, so they may serve me as priests.
2 Make sacred garments for your brother Aaron to give him dignity and honor.
3 Tell all the skilled workers to whom I have given wisdom in such matters that they are to make garments for Aaron, for his consecration, so he may serve me as priest.
4 These are the garments they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban and a sash. They are to make these sacred garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so they may serve me as priests.
5 Have them use gold, and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.

Deuteronomy 24
10 When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not go into their house to get what is offered to you as a pledge.
11 Stay outside and let the neighbor to whom you are making the loan bring the pledge out to you.
12 If the neighbor is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge in your possession.
13 Return their cloak by sunset so that your neighbor may sleep in it. Then they will thank you, and it will be regarded as a righteous act in the sight of the Lord your God.

Numbers 20:25-27
25 Get Aaron and his son Eleazar and take them up Mount Hor.
26 Remove Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, for Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will die there.”
27 Moses did as the Lord commanded: They went up Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community.

Proverbs 27:13
13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.

Isaiah 59:17
He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head; he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.

John 21:6-8
6 He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water.
8 The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards.

Garment in these verses is not only a piece of cloth. It has deep meaning, symbolism, and religious value. It is a symbol of honor, dignity, authority, rulership, trust, promise and pledge.

2- Regarding Libaas, Allah Almighty used this word in several Noble Verses in the Glorious Quran:

It is also important to know that homosexuality is strictly forbidden in Islam! Therefore, being gay, or dressing like gays, or speaking like gays, or looking like gays is strictly forbidden in Islam, for both men and women.

2- The Arabic word "fe" (فِي) and its meanings with examples, with two stunning Scientific Miracles [1] [2]:

While in this section, I will thoroughly further prove, as I also proved in Main Section #1 above, that THAWB here means cover and tent, and not garment, but it is also important to know that the Hadiths themselves below, in Main Section #3, CLEARLY define thawb & mirt to mean lihaaf (blanket, cover, sheet, protection).

Now, Mr. Shamoun here claims that Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, declared that he:

But there is a problem with this logic here. First of all, it is clear to the Arabic speakers that the Prophet was speaking in idioms and metaphors. To start with, the Prophet did become a Prophet, and he did receive Divine Inspirations and Revelations long before he even married Aisha. The Prophet here was speaking in an idiom that:

Furthermore, when we thoroughly examine what the word fe (فِي) actually means, we find that it means:

To clearly see this, let us examine the following Noble Verses' translations, with two stunning Scientific Miracles [1] [2]:

2- fe means at, or at that location or place, or by, on, therein, from among:

So the Prophet here was speaking about being with Aisha, in Aisha's home, and not inside Aisha's clothes. Now, it may very well that the Prophet may at one point or another put on Aisha's garment, because the weather was cold or something. After all, we're not talking about bras and under wears here! A garment back them was made of animal skin with wool. This is similar to the husband and wife, today, sleeping UNDER ONE BLANKET. There is no shame in it whatsoever.

Now again, the Hadiths in the following Main Section #3, clearly define THAWB and MIRT as LIHAAF (blanket, cover, sheet, protection), which further proves our point about the Prophet, peace be upon him, wasn't at all referring to wearing any woman's clothes. But I say it again, even if the Prophet, in private, put on his shoulders a garment of any of his wives, or if the Prophet slept under the blanket of any of his wives'. Only a silly desperate anti-Islamic would make such a big deal out of it.

And again, tt is also important to know that homosexuality is strictly forbidden in Islam! Therefore, being gay, or dressing like gays, or speaking like gays, or looking like gays is strictly forbidden in Islam, for both men and women.

3- Sam Shamoun's fabrications or sheer ignorance exposed and thoroughly refuted:

In our Islamic Sahih (Authentic) Hadiths Volumes, we have narrations such as the following that clearly quote Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, referring to our Mother Aisha's HOME and not clothes:

(This image was taken from brother Ayamen's detailed video [1] [2] [3], may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him)

(The Hadiths themselves below CLEARLY define thawb & mirt to mean lihaaf (blanket, cover, sheet, protection))

Did Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) cross-dress? Sam Shamoun exposed!

If you are looking to know about Islam, be wary of the fact that there are some insane souls who are nothing but deceivers and they claim to ‘unveil’ Islam. One of such big fraudsters is Sam Shamoun. Invariably his every article is heap of lies and deceits. In the following lines we expose just one more lie as a test case for those who are yet to see him at his best

He claims that the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, on whom be the peace and blessings of Almighty Allah, used to cross dress. He refers to two narrations and we shall expose his deceit skills just below.

Hadith 1:

The first Hadith he uses is from Sahih Bukhari. He translates it as;

Narrated by Ismail, narrated by his brother, narrated by Sulaiman, narrated by Hisham Ibn Urwah, narrated by his father, narrated by Aisha who related that the wives of the prophet were divided into two groups. One group consisted of Aisha, Hafsa, Safiya and Sawdah while the other group consisted of Um Salamah and the rest of the women that belonged to the prophet. The Muslims had learned of the great love that the prophet had for Aisha so that if one of them had a gift he desired to give to the prophet, he would delay giving it until the prophet came to Aisha’s house. Then the group who sided with Um Salamah came to Um Salamah and asked her to tell the prophet that he should command the people that if any of them had a gift to give to the prophet, they should give it him in whatever house of his wives the prophet was in at the time. So Um Salamah went and talked with the prophet but he did not respond to her. When the group asked her what the prophet said she told them that he did not respond. So they asked her to go talk to him again until he responds… then the prophet said to her, “Do not hurt me with Aisha, for the inspiration did not come upon when I was (wearing) A WOMAN’S CLOTHES (Thowb) EXCEPT THAT OF AISHA.” (Source- http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?hnum=2393&doc=0)

Actual wording of the Hadith:

1- This is a long Hadith. Arabic wording for the last portion he uses to slander goes as;

لَا تُؤْذِينِي فِي عَائِشَةَ فَإِنَّ الْوَحْيَ لَمْ يَأْتِنِي وَأَنَا فِي ثَوْبِ امْرَأَةٍ إِلَّا عَائِشَةَ

Its correct literal translation has to be:

"Do not hurt me regarding Aisha, as the Divine Inspirations do not come to me when I am in the [thowb] cloth (i.e. blanket) of any of wives except [in that of] Aisha.” (Sahih Bukhari, Hadith 2393)

2- Here I have translated the word ‘thowb’ as cloth and in bracket I wrote ‘blanket’ for that is what it means.

This is further proven in the next Hadith about Lihaaf (blanket).

Another version of the same narration:

3- This becomes further clear from the following narration, also from Sahih Bukhari, in which these last words are rendered as;

لَا تُؤْذِينِي فِي عَائِشَةَ فَإِنَّهُ وَاللَّهِ مَا نَزَلَ عَلَيَّ الْوَحْيُ وَأَنَا فِي لِحَافِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْكُنَّ غَيْرِهَا

“Don't trouble me regarding 'Aisha, for by Allah, the Divine Inspiration never came to me while I was under the Lihaaf (blanket) of any woman amongst you except her." (Sahih Bukhari, Hadith 3491)

Here the actual word is ‘lihaaf’ which literally means ‘blanket’.

Meaning of the word ‘lihaaf’:

4- Edward William Lane in Arab-English Lexicon writes about the word ‘lihaaf’

See his lexicon p. 3008.

Words are used interchangeably:

5- And as لِحَافِ (lihaaf) i.e. 'blanket' is made of ثَوْبِ (thowb) i.e. 'cloth' so these words are interchangeably used in various narrations.

Lie exposed:

6- Sam Shamoun, first inserted the words ‘wearing’ in brackets for no reason. Perhaps he thought that Muslims will also swallow this word in brackets as easily as Christians have been adopting interpolations into the Bible.

7- He translated the word ‘thowb’ as “woman’s clothing” and related it to wearing. You will hardly ever find a liar of this caliber!

Hadith 2:

Another narration used by the liar is from Sahih Muslim. He translates it as;

Narrated by Abdal Malik Ibn Shu’aib ibn Laith Ibn Sa’ad, narrated by his father, narrated by his grandfather, narrated by Ukail Ibn Khalid, narrated by Ibn Shihab, narrated by Yahya Ibn Sa’id Ibn Al Aas who narrated that Aisha, the wife of the prophet, and Uthman related to him that Abu Bakr requested permission from the prophet - pbuh- to enter when the prophet was lying down on Aisha’s bed WEARING HER GARMENT (Mirt). So the prophet gave permission to Abu Bakr to enter while he (Muhammad) was in that state and Abu Bakr finished what he needed and left. Later, Umar came and requested permission to enter and the prophet gave him permission to enter while he (Muhammad) was in that state. So Umar finished what he needed and left. Later, Uthman requested permission to enter to the prophet, so Muhammad sat up and told Aisha, “TAKE ALL THE CLOTHING THAT BELONGS TO YOU.”

Actual wording of the Hadith:

1- The Hadith goes as;

أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ، لَابِسٌ مِرْطَ عَائِشَةَ، فَأَذِنَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ، فَقَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ، ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عُمَرُ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ فَقَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ، قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَجَلَسَ، وَقَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ: «اجْمَعِي عَلَيْكِ ثِيَابَكِ»

Its correct translation has to be;

A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), and Uthman both reported that Abu Bakr sought permission from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) for entrance (in his apartment) as he had been lying on his bed COVERED WITH THE BED-SHEET (mirt) OF A'ISHA, and he gave permission to Abu Bakr in that very state and he, having his need fulfilled, went back. Then Umar sought permission and it was given to him in that very state and, after having his need fulfilled, he went back. And 'Uthman reported: Then I sought permission from him and he got up and said to A'isha: ‘WRAP YOURSELF WELL WITH YOUR CLOTH.’ (Sahih Muslim, Hadith 4415)

Meaning of the word ‘Mirt’:

2- His first lie about this Hadith relates to the meaning of the word ‘mirt.’ He translates it as ‘garment’ while in reality it is used for any un-sewn cloth;

Edward William Lane in his lexicon writes;

See Arabic-English Lexicon by Edward William Lane pp. 2709-2710.

Clearly he even refers to the narration of Aisha (RA) and tells us that it is a piece of cloth that a woman throws over their head or wraps herself in it. In other words it is simply a sheet of cloth. In reality this single reference is enough to show that Sam Shamoun is the liar –Nay! He is the lying spirit of 1-Kings 22!

Other narrations with the word ‘Mirt’:

3- In Musnad Ahmad it is reported that Huzaifa bin Yaman (RA) says;

ثم رجعت إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم وهو قائم يصلي في مرط لبعض نسائه مرجل فلما رآني أدخلني إلى رحله وطرح علي طرف المرط

“Then I went to Messenger of Allah (PBUH) while he was standing in prayers PUTTING ON A SHEET OF CLOTH (fi mirt) of one of his wives, having patterns of camel saddle on it (‘mirt’/sheet of cloth), when he saw me, he let me in, and threw the side of the SHEET OF CLOTH (mirt) on me.” (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith 23382. Authenticated by Shu’aib Arna’ut)

Now if ‘mirt’ means ‘dress of a woman’, as the liar Shamoun says, then we have to believe that it was enough for two men.

4- Another narration from Musnad Ahmad says about the Prophet (PBUH);

وهو مع عائشة في مرطها

“And he was with Aisha in her sheet of cloth (mirt-iha).” (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith 25215. Authenticated by Shu’aib Arna’ut)

Following the Liar Shamoun’s suggested meaning, it would mean they were both wearing same the garment.

5- Infact a narration similar to the one in question from Sahih Muslim also uses the same words. In it reads;

عن عائشة قالت : استأذن أبو بكر على رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم وأنا معه في مرط واحد

Narrated Aisha: “Abu Bakr sought permission from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) for entrance (in his apartment) and I was with him in one sheet of cloth (mirt wahid)…” (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith 25378. Classified as Sahih by Shu’aib Arna’ut)

Meaning of the phrase towards the end of the quote:

6- His second lie is about the phrase towards the end of the section of the Hadith quoted. He translates the words;

اجْمَعِي عَلَيْكِ ثِيَابَكِ

“Take all the clothing that belongs to you.”

The absolute literal translation of this phrase has to be; “Gather onto you your cloth.”

And looking at the context and earlier discussion, it simply means ‘wrap yourself with your cloth.’

Usage of this phrase in other narrations:

7- Other narrations with the same phrase testify to the validity of Muslim translation and highlight Sam’s ignorance.

One narration says;

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ

The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) dressed himself, and then went out for prayer. (Sahih Muslim, Hadith 538)

Another narration reads;

قَامَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ الصَّلَاةِ فِي الثَّوْبِ الْوَاحِدِ فَقَالَ أَوَكُلُّكُمْ يَجِدُ ثَوْبَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ إِذَا وَسَّعَ اللَّهُ فَأَوْسِعُوا جَمَعَ رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابَهُ

A man stood up and asked the Prophet about praying in a single garment. The Prophet said, "Has every one of you two garments?" A man put a similar question to 'Umar on which he replied, "When Allah makes you wealthier then you should clothe yourself properly (during prayers). (Sahih Bukhari, Hadith 352)

Now taking the phrase to mean the way Sam Shamoun contends, in above narrations respectively it would mean;

“Messenger of Allah took his clothes with him and then went out for prayer.”

And ;

“ …. ‘Umar replied, “When Allah makes you wealthier then you should take all your clothes with you.”

Such ‘wonderful ‘ideas can be hit upon only by Sam Shamoun for even his concept of God is like this. Infact more marvelous!

May Allah guide protect the innocent minds from the slanderous propaganda of missionaries!

INDEED ALLAH KNOWS THE BEST!

In my refutations to Sam Shamoun's "Is Muhammad a true Prophet?" points, I wrote the following rebuttals to Mr. Shamoun and Mr. Jochen Katz:

We've also seen how the Hadiths themselves defined what the Prophet, peace be upon him, by thawb and mirt to mean lihaaf (a blanket, sheet, cover, protection). They don't refer to clothes at all. This is also further proven by the fact that the Arabs used to (and still do) speak in the language of tents, and garments, and sheets, and cloaks, when talking about homes, shelters, hospitality, comfort, and protection. We've seen this sample clip about how the Arabs of old, before Islam, used the word thawb in reference to the oldest son "inheriting" his deceased father's wife:

And again, the Bible too uses "garment" for oaths, pledges, promises, authority, rulership:

Proverbs 27:13
13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.

Isaiah 59:17
He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head; he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.

Garment in these verses is not only a piece of cloth. It has deep meaning, symbolism, and religious value. It is a symbol of honor, dignity, authority, rulership, trust, promise and pledge.

It is beyond clear, that Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, didn't say that he wore any woman's clothes. This is also further proven by the facts that homosexuality is strictly forbidden in Islam!