Muhamad alioa mke wa aliyekuwa mtoto wake baada ya kuwafarakanisha na mumewe

Muhamad alioa mke wa aliyekuwa mtoto wake baada ya kuwafarakanisha na mumewe

Zayd bin Harithah ni nani?

Alikuwa mtumwa aliyepewa Mtume Muhammad, ambaye alikombolewa na kupendwa kama mwana.

Mtume Muhammad alimchukua kama mwana wa kufikia (adopted son) na watu walimuita "Zayd bin Muhammad" kwa muda.

Lakini baadaye Mtume alikataza kuita watoto wa kufikia kwa majina ya wale waliowalea, ikasisitiza waitwe kwa jina la baba zao wa kweli: akijitengenezea mazingira ya kuja Mgegeda huko mbeleni maana alishampenda.

“Waiteni kwa baba zao; huo ndio uadilifu mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu...”
(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:5)

Zaynab bint Jahsh ni nani?

Alikuwa binamu wa Mtume Muhammad.

Aliolewa na Zayd bin Harithah kwa ushauri wa Mtume.

Ndoa yao haikudumu, wakatengana (Zayd alimpa talaka Zaynab) baada ya kuwa na mifarakano kila wakati mwanamke akijazwa upepo na Muhamad na kupewa kiburi.

Muhamd anasema kwamba ndoa hii ilitokea kwa amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, ili kuvunja mila ya Waarabu ya kuona aibu mtu kumuoa mke wa zamani wa mwana wa kufikia, jambo ambalo halina msingi wa kisheria (kwa sababu si mwana wa damu).


(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:37)

Miaka hiyo moja ya mambo hatari ambayo mtu angekutana nayo ilikuwa kuwa na mke mzuri na Muhamad akamwona. Angekufitinisha umwache amwoe yeye. Au angesema amepokea wahyi amchukue mke wako kutimiza tamaa zake za kingono.


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Hadith Inayohusiana na "Uchawi"Hadith inayojulikana zaidi kuhusu suala hili iko katika Sahih al-Bukhari na Sahih Muslim, ambazo ni vyanzo vya kuaminika zaidi vya Hadith katika Uislamu wa Kisunni.

Hadith hii inasimulia tukio ambapo Nabii Muhammad alidaiwa kurogwa (kufanyiwa uchawi) na mtu wa Kiyahudi:Hadith (Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitabu at-Tibb, Hadith 5765; Sahih Muslim, Kitabu as-Salam, Hadith 2189)Maandishi ya Hadith:

Aisha (RA), mke wa Nabii, anasimulia kwamba Nabii (SAW) alirogwa na mtu wa Kiyahudi aitwaye Labid ibn al-A’sam, ambaye alifanya uchawi kwa kutumia nywele za Nabii na uchawi uliowekwa kwenye kisima. Uchawi huu ulisababisha Nabii kuhisi kana kwamba alikuwa akifanya mambo ambayo hakuyafanya (kwa mfano, kufikiri alikuwa amekula au kufanya jambo fulani wakati hakukufanya). Hata hivyo, Allah alimfunulia juu ya uchawi huo, na Nabii aliponywa baada ya kusoma aya za Qur'an (hasa Sura Al-Falaq na Sura An-Nas, zinazojulikana kama Mu’awwidhatayn).

KiislamuWaislamu wa Kisunni: Wasomi wengi, kama Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (katika Fath al-Bari) na An-Nawawi (katika sharhi yake ya Sahih Muslim), wanasema kuwa uchawi huu ulikuwa wa nje na ndani ya Muhamad(yaani, uliathiri hisia za kimwili za Muddy , kama kumudu chakula au usingizi) na kuathiri akili yake, maadili yake, u utume wake.

Baadhi ya wasomi wa Kishia wanakataa Hadith hii kabisa, wakisema inapingana na dhana ya ismah (ukamilifu wa nabii), ambayo inasema kuwa nabii hawezi kuathirika na uchawi au mapepo kwa njia yoyote.Muktadha wa Hadith: Hadith hii inasisitiza nguvu ya Qur'an (Sura Al-Falaq na An-Nas) kama kinga dhidi ya uchawi na mambo mabaya, na inaonyesha kwamba hata jaribio la uchawi dhidi ya Muddy lilifaulu.

Kuhusu "Kukumbwa na Mapepo"Hakuna Hadith yake:Mwingiliano na Majini: Kama nilivyoeleza hapo awali, Qur'an (Sura 72, Sura 46) na baadhi ya Hadith zinasema kuwa Nabii Muhammad aliwahutubia majini, na wengi wao wakawa Waislamu baada ya kusikiliza Qur'an.

Katika Hadith ya Ibn Mas’ud (Sahih Muslim), inasemekana kwamba Muhamad alisoma Qur'an usiku mmoja, na majini walisikiliza na kuamini na kuukubali Uislamu na Allah kuwa ndiye anayewafaa kumwabudu".
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Lahaula! Nimekumbuka wimbo wa Z-Anto mpenzi jini.
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Heeeeeeeh.... Je muhamad hakuwahi oa jini?
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Mohamed alikuwa hajuii kusoma wala kuandika sasa hiyoo quruan kasomajee
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Hadith Inayohusiana na "Uchawi"Hadith inayojulikana zaidi kuhusu suala hili iko katika Sahih al-Bukhari na Sahih Muslim, ambazo ni vyanzo vya kuaminika zaidi vya Hadith katika Uislamu wa Kisunni.

Hadith hii inasimulia tukio ambapo Nabii Muhammad alidaiwa kurogwa (kufanyiwa uchawi) na mtu wa Kiyahudi:Hadith (Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitabu at-Tibb, Hadith 5765; Sahih Muslim, Kitabu as-Salam, Hadith 2189)Maandishi ya Hadith:

Aisha (RA), mke wa Nabii, anasimulia kwamba Nabii (SAW) alirogwa na mtu wa Kiyahudi aitwaye Labid ibn al-A’sam, ambaye alifanya uchawi kwa kutumia nywele za Nabii na uchawi uliowekwa kwenye kisima. Uchawi huu ulisababisha Nabii kuhisi kana kwamba alikuwa akifanya mambo ambayo hakuyafanya (kwa mfano, kufikiri alikuwa amekula au kufanya jambo fulani wakati hakukufanya). Hata hivyo, Allah alimfunulia juu ya uchawi huo, na Nabii aliponywa baada ya kusoma aya za Qur'an (hasa Sura Al-Falaq na Sura An-Nas, zinazojulikana kama Mu’awwidhatayn).

KiislamuWaislamu wa Kisunni: Wasomi wengi, kama Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (katika Fath al-Bari) na An-Nawawi (katika sharhi yake ya Sahih Muslim), wanasema kuwa uchawi huu ulikuwa wa nje na ndani ya Muhamad(yaani, uliathiri hisia za kimwili za Muddy , kama kumudu chakula au usingizi) na kuathiri akili yake, maadili yake, u utume wake.

Baadhi ya wasomi wa Kishia wanakataa Hadith hii kabisa, wakisema inapingana na dhana ya ismah (ukamilifu wa nabii), ambayo inasema kuwa nabii hawezi kuathirika na uchawi au mapepo kwa njia yoyote.Muktadha wa Hadith: Hadith hii inasisitiza nguvu ya Qur'an (Sura Al-Falaq na An-Nas) kama kinga dhidi ya uchawi na mambo mabaya, na inaonyesha kwamba hata jaribio la uchawi dhidi ya Muddy lilifaulu.

Kuhusu "Kukumbwa na Mapepo"Hakuna Hadith yake:Mwingiliano na Majini: Kama nilivyoeleza hapo awali, Qur'an (Sura 72, Sura 46) na baadhi ya Hadith zinasema kuwa Nabii Muhammad aliwahutubia majini, na wengi wao wakawa Waislamu baada ya kusikiliza Qur'an.

Katika Hadith ya Ibn Mas’ud (Sahih Muslim), inasemekana kwamba Muhamad alisoma Qur'an usiku mmoja, na majini walisikiliza na kuamini na kuukubali Uislamu na Allah kuwa ndiye anayewafaa kumwabudu".
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Sasa huyu si hajuii kusoma na kuandika alisomajee
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Basi ni dhahili alikuwa Mchawi
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Ushirikina haufanyi kazi kwa asiye na viashiria vya ushirikina. Kama alipatwa na ushirikina ina maana na yeye alikuwa mtumwa wa ushirikina.
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Basi ni dhahili alikuwa Mchawi

Msisitizo uwekwe hapa
"Alikuwa hajui kusoma wala kuandika."

Quran kaisomaje kwa majini?
Watu wa chat gpt. Mtujibu
Jagina Covax Al-mukheef

Majini pia yaliposikia yalienda kuongea na watu wake😁😁😁😁 na kukiri eti ni kitabu kilichoteremshwa baada ya Musa.

Kwahiyo hapa sio kuhadithia.
Ni kwamba Mohamed aliwasomea kitabu.
Kama wajini yanavyokiri kwenye Surah Al-Ahqaf, 46:29-30.

Je alisomaje ?.
Au ndio alikabwa tena na Jibril kama pale pangoni 😎😎😎.

"Wakati Mtume alipoanza kusoma Qur'an, baadhi ya majini walikusanyika kumsikiliza, na waliguswa na ujumbe wa Qur'an"

Tagin ubavu wa robot na mje mjibu.
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Kuna simulizi nyingine eti Muhamad alikutana na shetani, akamhubiria kisha akamsilimisha na kumfanya kuwa rafiki wa wauslam!! Ni vituko vitupu.
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Majinn maislam ndio hutangulia msikitini Azan ya Kwanza alfajir. Karibuni Dini ya Haki enyi makafir.
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Msisitizo uwekwe hapa
"Alikuwa hajui kusoma wala kuandika."

Quran kaisomaje kwa majini?
Watu wa chat gpt. Mtujibu
Jagina Covax Al-mukheef

Majini pia yaliposikia yalienda kuongea na watu wake😁😁😁😁 na kukiri eti ni kitabu kilichoteremshwa baada ya Musa.

Kwahiyo hapa sio kuhadithia.
Ni kwamba Mohamed aliwasomea kitabu.
Kama wajini yanavyokiri kwenye Surah Al-Ahqaf, 46:29-30.

Je alisomaje ?.
Au ndio alikabwa tena na Jibril kama pale pangoni 😎😎😎.

"Wakati Mtume alipoanza kusoma Qur'an, baadhi ya majini walikusanyika kumsikiliza, na waliguswa na ujumbe wa Qur'an"

Tagin ubavu wa robot na mje mjibu.
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Jifunze kuandikwa topic na kuulizwa swali , unarukia mara tawi hili mara lile hajulikani unataka nini , wacha jaziba , hivi unataka kujuwa kitu gani ,? Poa upewe daawa
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Jifunze kuandikwa topic na kuulizwa swali , unarukia mara tawi hili mara lile hajulikani unataka nini , wacha jaziba , hivi unataka kujuwa kitu gani ,? Poa upewe daawa

Unataka niianzishie uzi?.

Ili Waislam wenzako wajibu.
Hilo swali chat gpt imeshindwa toa majibu?.

Usipojibu ntaanzisha uzi kwakweli.

Mm Sina jazba.
Mswalie mtume
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Jagina said:
Jifunze kuandikwa topic na kuulizwa swali , unarukia mara tawi hili mara lile hajulikani unataka nini , wacha jaziba , hivi unataka kujuwa kitu gani ,? Poa upewe daawa

Kwamba hujaelewa hoja yangu?.

Hebu soma tena kwa kutulia.

Najua huna majibu.

Ndio maana nakuambia.
Uwe unatumia ufaham wako kujibu hoja Na sio kutegemea ubavu wa AI kwenye kutetea kila hoja.

Si umeona sasa chat gpt haina jibu na ww umeshindwa kujenga hoja tetezi.
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Msisitizo uwekwe hapa
"Alikuwa hajui kusoma wala kuandika."

Quran kaisomaje kwa majini?
Watu wa chat gpt. Mtujibu
Jagina Covax Al-mukheef

Majini pia yaliposikia yalienda kuongea na watu wake😁😁😁😁 na kukiri eti ni kitabu kilichoteremshwa baada ya Musa.

Kwahiyo hapa sio kuhadithia.
Ni kwamba Mohamed aliwasomea kitabu.
Kama wajini yanavyokiri kwenye Surah Al-Ahqaf, 46:29-30.

Je alisomaje ?.
Au ndio alikabwa tena na Jibril kama pale pangoni 😎😎😎.

"Wakati Mtume alipoanza kusoma Qur'an, baadhi ya majini walikusanyika kumsikiliza, na waliguswa na ujumbe wa Qur'an"

Tagin ubavu wa robot na mje mjibu.
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Alisomaje kivipi?
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Kwamba hujaelewa hoja yangu?.

Hebu soma tena kwa kutulia.

Najua huna majibu.

Ndio maana nakuambia.
Uwe unatumia ufaham wako kujibu hoja Na sio kutegemea ubavu wa AI kwenye kutetea kila hoja.

Si umeona sasa chat gpt haina jibu na ww umeshindwa kujenga hoja tetezi.
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Inaelekea unaogopa AI kuliko ukoma

Jifunze kuandika topic na kuuliza swali , unarukia mara tawi hili mara lile hujulikani unataka nini , wacha jaziba , hivi unataka kujuwa kitu gani ,? Poa upewe daawa
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Inaelekea unaogopa AI kuliko ukoma

Jifunze kuandikwa topic na kuulizwa swali , unarukia mara tawi hili mara lile hajulikani unataka nini , wacha jaziba , hivi unataka kujuwa kitu gani ,? Poa upewe daawa

Nafungulia uzi unijibu kule. Labda ndio utanielewa.
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Nafungulia uzi unijibu kule. Labda ndio utanielewa.
Andika ueleweke sio unarukia huku mara kule , hujulikani unataka kitu gani ?? Unataka kuutoa makosa uislamu wameshindwa maprofessor wanaokuandikia biblia mwisho wamesilimu. Huna utachouliza kwenye uislamu ikawa hakina jibu , maswali yote kakopi huko kwenye website za answering islam na za hao unaowapigia debe wayahudi , tutakujibu
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Hadith Inayohusiana na "Uchawi"Hadith inayojulikana zaidi kuhusu suala hili iko katika Sahih al-Bukhari na Sahih Muslim, ambazo ni vyanzo vya kuaminika zaidi vya Hadith katika Uislamu wa Kisunni.

Hadith hii inasimulia tukio ambapo Nabii Muhammad alidaiwa kurogwa (kufanyiwa uchawi) na mtu wa Kiyahudi:Hadith (Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitabu at-Tibb, Hadith 5765; Sahih Muslim, Kitabu as-Salam, Hadith 2189)Maandishi ya Hadith:

Aisha (RA), mke wa Nabii, anasimulia kwamba Nabii (SAW) alirogwa na mtu wa Kiyahudi aitwaye Labid ibn al-A’sam, ambaye alifanya uchawi kwa kutumia nywele za Nabii na uchawi uliowekwa kwenye kisima. Uchawi huu ulisababisha Nabii kuhisi kana kwamba alikuwa akifanya mambo ambayo hakuyafanya (kwa mfano, kufikiri alikuwa amekula au kufanya jambo fulani wakati hakukufanya). Hata hivyo, Allah alimfunulia juu ya uchawi huo, na Nabii aliponywa baada ya kusoma aya za Qur'an (hasa Sura Al-Falaq na Sura An-Nas, zinazojulikana kama Mu’awwidhatayn).

KiislamuWaislamu wa Kisunni: Wasomi wengi, kama Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (katika Fath al-Bari) na An-Nawawi (katika sharhi yake ya Sahih Muslim), wanasema kuwa uchawi huu ulikuwa wa nje na ndani ya Muhamad(yaani, uliathiri hisia za kimwili za Muddy , kama kumudu chakula au usingizi) na kuathiri akili yake, maadili yake, u utume wake.

Baadhi ya wasomi wa Kishia wanakataa Hadith hii kabisa, wakisema inapingana na dhana ya ismah (ukamilifu wa nabii), ambayo inasema kuwa nabii hawezi kuathirika na uchawi au mapepo kwa njia yoyote.Muktadha wa Hadith: Hadith hii inasisitiza nguvu ya Qur'an (Sura Al-Falaq na An-Nas) kama kinga dhidi ya uchawi na mambo mabaya, na inaonyesha kwamba hata jaribio la uchawi dhidi ya Muddy lilifaulu.

Kuhusu "Kukumbwa na Mapepo"Hakuna Hadith yake:Mwingiliano na Majini: Kama nilivyoeleza hapo awali, Qur'an (Sura 72, Sura 46) na baadhi ya Hadith zinasema kuwa Nabii Muhammad aliwahutubia majini, na wengi wao wakawa Waislamu baada ya kusikiliza Qur'an.

Katika Hadith ya Ibn Mas’ud (Sahih Muslim), inasemekana kwamba Muhamad alisoma Qur'an usiku mmoja, na majini walisikiliza na kuamini na kuukubali Uislamu na Allah kuwa ndiye anayewafaa kumwabudu".
 
Zayd bin Harithah ni nani?

Alikuwa mtumwa aliyepewa Mtume Muhammad, ambaye alikombolewa na kupendwa kama mwana.

Mtume Muhammad alimchukua kama mwana wa kufikia (adopted son) na watu walimuita "Zayd bin Muhammad" kwa muda.

Lakini baadaye Mtume alikataza kuita watoto wa kufikia kwa majina ya wale waliowalea, ikasisitiza waitwe kwa jina la baba zao wa kweli: akijitengenezea mazingira ya kuja Mgegeda huko mbeleni maana alishampenda.

“Waiteni kwa baba zao; huo ndio uadilifu mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu...”
(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:5)

Zaynab bint Jahsh ni nani?

Alikuwa binamu wa Mtume Muhammad.

Aliolewa na Zayd bin Harithah kwa ushauri wa Mtume.

Ndoa yao haikudumu, wakatengana (Zayd alimpa talaka Zaynab) baada ya kuwa na mifarakano kila wakati mwanamke akijazwa upepo na Muhamad na kupewa kiburi.

Muhamd anasema kwamba ndoa hii ilitokea kwa amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, ili kuvunja mila ya Waarabu ya kuona aibu mtu kumuoa mke wa zamani wa mwana wa kufikia, jambo ambalo halina msingi wa kisheria (kwa sababu si mwana wa damu).


(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:37)

Miaka hiyo moja ya mambo hatari ambayo mtu angekutana nayo ilikuwa kuwa na mke mzuri na Muhamad akamwona. Angekufitinisha umwache amwoe yeye. Au angesema amepokea wahyi amchukue mke wako kutimiza tamaa zake za kingono.
Watu mnapenda ugomvi jamani, ndio nini hiki umeandika?
 
Zayd bin Harithah ni nani?

Alikuwa mtumwa aliyepewa Mtume Muhammad, ambaye alikombolewa na kupendwa kama mwana.

Mtume Muhammad alimchukua kama mwana wa kufikia (adopted son) na watu walimuita "Zayd bin Muhammad" kwa muda.

Lakini baadaye Mtume alikataza kuita watoto wa kufikia kwa majina ya wale waliowalea, ikasisitiza waitwe kwa jina la baba zao wa kweli: akijitengenezea mazingira ya kuja Mgegeda huko mbeleni maana alishampenda.

“Waiteni kwa baba zao; huo ndio uadilifu mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu...”
(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:5)

Zaynab bint Jahsh ni nani?

Alikuwa binamu wa Mtume Muhammad.

Aliolewa na Zayd bin Harithah kwa ushauri wa Mtume.

Ndoa yao haikudumu, wakatengana (Zayd alimpa talaka Zaynab) baada ya kuwa na mifarakano kila wakati mwanamke akijazwa upepo na Muhamad na kupewa kiburi.

Muhamd anasema kwamba ndoa hii ilitokea kwa amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, ili kuvunja mila ya Waarabu ya kuona aibu mtu kumuoa mke wa zamani wa mwana wa kufikia, jambo ambalo halina msingi wa kisheria (kwa sababu si mwana wa damu).


(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:37)

Miaka hiyo moja ya mambo hatari ambayo mtu angekutana nayo ilikuwa kuwa na mke mzuri na Muhamad akamwona. Angekufitinisha umwache amwoe yeye. Au angesema amepokea wahyi amchukue mke wako kutimiza tamaa zake za kingono.

Zayd bin Harithah alikuwa mtumwa aliyekombolewa na Mtume Muhammad, akawa mwana wa kufikia, na hatimaye aliwekwa kama binamu wa jamii ya Mtume. Qur’an inasema:

“Waiteni kwa baba zao; huo ndio uadilifu mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu...” (Surah Al-Ahzab 33:5)

Zaynab bint Jahsh alikuwa binamu ya Mtume Muhammad na mke wa zamani wa Zayd. Ndoa yao ilifanyika kwa mpangilio wa kisheria, na Qur’an inatumia mfano huu kufundisha kwamba wanawake wa watoto wa kufikia wanaweza kuolewa bila dhambi:

“Basi Zayd alipoimaliza haja yake juu yake, tulikuoza wewe naye, ili isiwe dhambi kwa Waumini kuwaoa wake wa wale waliokuwa watoto wao wa kufikia.” (Surah Al-Ahzab 33:37)
Kama Biblia inavyofundisha, ndoa na heshima kwa familia ni jambo la kimaadili:

“Heshimuni baba yenu na mama yenu; hii ni amri ya kwanza yenye ahadi.” (Mabwana 6:2)
“Mke ataheshimika na mume wake, na mume atampenda mke wake.” (Waefeso 5:33)

Maana yake ni kuheshimu familia, ndoa, na heshima za wanandoa ni msingi wa maisha mema, katika Qur’an na Biblia zote.

Maelezo ya kibinafsi kuhusu “tama za kingono” hayana msingi wa kisheria au wa kweli katika historia ya kiislamu, bali ni tafsiri isiyo sahihi.



 
Zayd bin Harithah alikuwa mtumwa aliyekombolewa na Mtume Muhammad, akawa mwana wa kufikia, na hatimaye aliwekwa kama binamu wa jamii ya Mtume. Qur’an inasema:



Zaynab bint Jahsh alikuwa binamu ya Mtume Muhammad na mke wa zamani wa Zayd. Ndoa yao ilifanyika kwa mpangilio wa kisheria, na Qur’an inatumia mfano huu kufundisha kwamba wanawake wa watoto wa kufikia wanaweza kuolewa bila dhambi:


Kama Biblia inavyofundisha, ndoa na heshima kwa familia ni jambo la kimaadili:



Maana yake ni kuheshimu familia, ndoa, na heshima za wanandoa ni msingi wa maisha mema, katika Qur’an na Biblia zote.

Maelezo ya kibinafsi kuhusu “tama za kingono” hayana msingi wa kisheria au wa kweli katika historia ya kiislamu, bali ni tafsiri isiyo sahihi.



Zayd bin Harithah ni nani?

Alikuwa mtumwa aliyepewa Mtume Muhammad, ambaye alikombolewa na kupendwa kama mwana.

Mtume Muhammad alimchukua kama mwana wa kufikia (adopted son) na watu walimuita "Zayd bin Muhammad" kwa muda.

Lakini baadaye Mtume alikataza kuita watoto wa kufikia kwa majina ya wale waliowalea, ikasisitiza waitwe kwa jina la baba zao wa kweli: akijitengenezea mazingira ya kuja Mgegeda huko mbeleni maana alishampenda.

“Waiteni kwa baba zao; huo ndio uadilifu mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu...”
(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:5)

Zaynab bint Jahsh ni nani?

Alikuwa binamu wa Mtume Muhammad.

Aliolewa na Zayd bin Harithah kwa ushauri wa Mtume.

Ndoa yao haikudumu, wakatengana (Zayd alimpa talaka Zaynab) baada ya kuwa na mifarakano kila wakati mwanamke akijazwa upepo na Muhamad na kupewa kiburi.

Muhamd anasema kwamba ndoa hii ilitokea kwa amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, ili kuvunja mila ya Waarabu ya kuona aibu mtu kumuoa mke wa zamani wa mwana wa kufikia, jambo ambalo halina msingi wa kisheria (kwa sababu si mwana wa damu).


(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:37)

Miaka hiyo moja ya mambo hatari ambayo mtu angekutana nayo ilikuwa kuwa na mke mzuri na Muhamad akamwona. Angekufitinisha umwache amwoe yeye. Au angesema amepokea wahyi amchukue mke wako kutimiza tamaa zake za kingono.
 
Watu mnapenda ugomvi jamani, ndio nini hiki umeandika?

Zayd bin Harithah ni nani?

Alikuwa mtumwa aliyepewa Mtume Muhammad, ambaye alikombolewa na kupendwa kama mwana.

Mtume Muhammad alimchukua kama mwana wa kufikia (adopted son) na watu walimuita "Zayd bin Muhammad" kwa muda.

Lakini baadaye Mtume alikataza kuita watoto wa kufikia kwa majina ya wale waliowalea, ikasisitiza waitwe kwa jina la baba zao wa kweli: akijitengenezea mazingira ya kuja Mgegeda huko mbeleni maana alishampenda.

“Waiteni kwa baba zao; huo ndio uadilifu mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu...”
(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:5)

Zaynab bint Jahsh ni nani?

Alikuwa binamu wa Mtume Muhammad.

Aliolewa na Zayd bin Harithah kwa ushauri wa Mtume.

Ndoa yao haikudumu, wakatengana (Zayd alimpa talaka Zaynab) baada ya kuwa na mifarakano kila wakati mwanamke akijazwa upepo na Muhamad na kupewa kiburi.

Muhamd anasema kwamba ndoa hii ilitokea kwa amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, ili kuvunja mila ya Waarabu ya kuona aibu mtu kumuoa mke wa zamani wa mwana wa kufikia, jambo ambalo halina msingi wa kisheria (kwa sababu si mwana wa damu).


(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:37)

Miaka hiyo moja ya mambo hatari ambayo mtu angekutana nayo ilikuwa kuwa na mke mzuri na Muhamad akamwona. Angekufitinisha umwache amwoe yeye. Au angesema amepokea wahyi amchukue mke wako kutimiza tamaa zake za kingono.
 
Zayd bin Harithah ni nani?

Alikuwa mtumwa aliyepewa Mtume Muhammad, ambaye alikombolewa na kupendwa kama mwana.

Mtume Muhammad alimchukua kama mwana wa kufikia (adopted son) na watu walimuita "Zayd bin Muhammad" kwa muda.

Lakini baadaye Mtume alikataza kuita watoto wa kufikia kwa majina ya wale waliowalea, ikasisitiza waitwe kwa jina la baba zao wa kweli: akijitengenezea mazingira ya kuja Mgegeda huko mbeleni maana alishampenda.

“Waiteni kwa baba zao; huo ndio uadilifu mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu...”
(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:5)

Zaynab bint Jahsh ni nani?

Alikuwa binamu wa Mtume Muhammad.

Aliolewa na Zayd bin Harithah kwa ushauri wa Mtume.

Ndoa yao haikudumu, wakatengana (Zayd alimpa talaka Zaynab) baada ya kuwa na mifarakano kila wakati mwanamke akijazwa upepo na Muhamad na kupewa kiburi.

Muhamd anasema kwamba ndoa hii ilitokea kwa amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, ili kuvunja mila ya Waarabu ya kuona aibu mtu kumuoa mke wa zamani wa mwana wa kufikia, jambo ambalo halina msingi wa kisheria (kwa sababu si mwana wa damu).


(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:37)

Miaka hiyo moja ya mambo hatari ambayo mtu angekutana nayo ilikuwa kuwa na mke mzuri na Muhamad akamwona. Angekufitinisha umwache amwoe yeye. Au angesema amepokea wahyi amchukue mke wako kutimiza tamaa zake za kingono.

Zayd bin Harithah alikuwa mtumwa aliyekombolewa na Mtume Muhammad, akawa mwana wa kufikia, na hatimaye alimwoa binamu wa familia ya Mtume. Ndoa yake na Zaynab bint Jahsh ilifanyika kisheria kwa amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, si tamaa za kingono, kama Qur’an inavyosema:

.Na ulipo mwambia yule Mwenyezi Mungu aliye mneemesha, nawe ukamneemesha: Shikamana na mkeo, na mche Mwenyezi Mungu. Na ukaficha nafsini mwako aliyo taka Mwenyezi Mungu kuyafichua, nawe ukawachelea watu, hali Mwenyezi Mungu ndiye mwenye haki zaidi kumchelea. Basi Zaid alipo kwisha haja naye tulikuoza wewe, ili isiwe taabu kwa Waumini kuwaoa wake wa watoto wao wa kupanga watapo kuwa wamekwisha timiza nao shuruti za t'alaka. Na amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu ni yenye kutekelezwa.” (Surah Al-Ahzab 33:37)

Biblia pia inatufundisha heshima na uadilifu katika ndoa:

“Mke ataheshimika na mume wake, na mume atampenda mke wake.” (Waefeso 5:33)

Mfano wa dhahiri wa tamaa zisizo na heshima ni Daudi na Bat-Sheba (2 Samweli 11), unaonyesha jinsi tamaa za kingono zisizo na heshima zinavyosababisha dhambi na mateso.

Hivyo, kudhani historia ya Mtume ilikuwa ya tamaa ni hoja isiyo na msingi isipokuwa ni chuki uliyonayo dhidi ya uislamu na waislamu



 
Zayd bin Harithah alikuwa mtumwa aliyekombolewa na Mtume Muhammad, akawa mwana wa kufikia, na hatimaye alimwoa binamu wa familia ya Mtume. Ndoa yake na Zaynab bint Jahsh ilifanyika kisheria kwa amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, si tamaa za kingono, kama Qur’an inavyosema:



Biblia pia inatufundisha heshima na uadilifu katika ndoa:



Mfano wa dhahiri wa tamaa zisizo na heshima ni Daudi na Bat-Sheba (2 Samweli 11), unaonyesha jinsi tamaa za kingono zisizo na heshima zinavyosababisha dhambi na mateso.

Hivyo, kudhani historia ya Mtume ilikuwa ya tamaa ni hoja isiyo na msingi isipokuwa ni chuki uliyonayo dhidi ya uislamu na waislamu




Zayd bin Harithah ni nani?

Alikuwa mtumwa aliyepewa Mtume Muhammad, ambaye alikombolewa na kupendwa kama mwana.

Mtume Muhammad alimchukua kama mwana wa kufikia (adopted son) na watu walimuita "Zayd bin Muhammad" kwa muda.

Lakini baadaye Mtume alikataza kuita watoto wa kufikia kwa majina ya wale waliowalea, ikasisitiza waitwe kwa jina la baba zao wa kweli: akijitengenezea mazingira ya kuja Mgegeda huko mbeleni maana alishampenda.

“Waiteni kwa baba zao; huo ndio uadilifu mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu...”
(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:5)

Zaynab bint Jahsh ni nani?

Alikuwa binamu wa Mtume Muhammad.

Aliolewa na Zayd bin Harithah kwa ushauri wa Mtume.

Ndoa yao haikudumu, wakatengana (Zayd alimpa talaka Zaynab) baada ya kuwa na mifarakano kila wakati mwanamke akijazwa upepo na Muhamad na kupewa kiburi.

Muhamd anasema kwamba ndoa hii ilitokea kwa amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, ili kuvunja mila ya Waarabu ya kuona aibu mtu kumuoa mke wa zamani wa mwana wa kufikia, jambo ambalo halina msingi wa kisheria (kwa sababu si mwana wa damu).


(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:37)

Miaka hiyo moja ya mambo hatari ambayo mtu angekutana nayo ilikuwa kuwa na mke mzuri na Muhamad akamwona. Angekufitinisha umwache amwoe yeye. Au angesema amepokea wahyi amchukue mke wako kutimiza tamaa zake za kingono.
 
Zayd bin Harithah ni nani?

Alikuwa mtumwa aliyepewa Mtume Muhammad, ambaye alikombolewa na kupendwa kama mwana.

Mtume Muhammad alimchukua kama mwana wa kufikia (adopted son) na watu walimuita "Zayd bin Muhammad" kwa muda.

Lakini baadaye Mtume alikataza kuita watoto wa kufikia kwa majina ya wale waliowalea, ikasisitiza waitwe kwa jina la baba zao wa kweli: akijitengenezea mazingira ya kuja Mgegeda huko mbeleni maana alishampenda.

“Waiteni kwa baba zao; huo ndio uadilifu mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu...”
(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:5)

Zaynab bint Jahsh ni nani?

Alikuwa binamu wa Mtume Muhammad.

Aliolewa na Zayd bin Harithah kwa ushauri wa Mtume.

Ndoa yao haikudumu, wakatengana (Zayd alimpa talaka Zaynab) baada ya kuwa na mifarakano kila wakati mwanamke akijazwa upepo na Muhamad na kupewa kiburi.

Muhamd anasema kwamba ndoa hii ilitokea kwa amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, ili kuvunja mila ya Waarabu ya kuona aibu mtu kumuoa mke wa zamani wa mwana wa kufikia, jambo ambalo halina msingi wa kisheria (kwa sababu si mwana wa damu).


(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:37)

Miaka hiyo moja ya mambo hatari ambayo mtu angekutana nayo ilikuwa kuwa na mke mzuri na Muhamad akamwona. Angekufitinisha umwache amwoe yeye. Au angesema amepokea wahyi amchukue mke wako kutimiza tamaa zake za kingono.


I preached on Good Friday that Jesus's intimacy with John suggested he was gay as I felt deeply it had to be addressed. Preaching on Good Friday on the last words of Jesus as he was being executed makes great spiritual demands on the preacher. The Jesuits began this tradition. Many Anglican churches adopted it. Faced with this privilege in New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, my second home, I was painfully aware of the context, a church deeply divided worldwide over issues of gender and sexuality. Suffering was my theme. I felt I could not escape the suffering of gay and lesbian people at the hands of the church, over many centuries. That disciple was John whom Jesus, the gospels affirm, loved in a special way. All the other disciples had fled in fear. Three women but only one man had the courage to go with Jesus to his execution. That man clearly had a unique place in the affection of Jesus. In all classic depictions of the Last Supper, a favourite subject of Christian art, John is next to Jesus, very often his head resting on Jesus's breast. Dying, Jesus asks John to look after his mother and asks his mother to accept John as her son. John takes Mary home. John becomes unmistakably part of Jesus's family.



Jesus was a Hebrew rabbi. Unusually, he was unmarried. The idea that he had a romantic relationship with Mary Magdalene is the stuff of fiction, based on no biblical evidence. The evidence, on the other hand, that he may have been what we today call gay is very strong. But even gay rights campaigners in the church have been reluctant to suggest it. A significant exception was Hugh Montefiore, bishop of Birmingham and a convert from a prominent Jewish family. He dared to suggest that possibility and was met with disdain, as though he were simply out to shock.



After much reflection and with certainly no wish to shock, I felt I was left with no option but to suggest, for the first time in half a century of my Anglican priesthood, that Jesus may well have been homosexual. Had he been devoid of sexuality, he would not have been truly human. To believe that would be heretical.



Heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual: Jesus could have been any of these. There can be no certainty which. The homosexual option simply seems the most likely. The intimate relationship with the beloved disciple points in that direction. It would be so interpreted in any person today. Although there is no rabbinic tradition of celibacy, Jesus could well have chosen to refrain from sexual activity, whether he was gay or not. Many Christians will wish to assume it, but I see no theological need to. The physical expression of faithful love is godly. To suggest otherwise is to buy into a kind of puritanism that has long tainted the churches.



All that, I felt deeply, had to be addressed on Good Friday. I saw it as an act of penitence for the suffering and persecution of homosexual people that still persists in many parts of the church. Few readers of this column are likely to be outraged any more than the liberal congregation to whom I was preaching, yet I am only too aware how hurtful these reflections will be to most theologically conservative or simply traditional Christians. The essential question for me is: what does love demand? For my critics it is more often: what does scripture say? In this case, both point in the same direction.



Whether Jesus was gay or straight in no way affects who he was and what he means for the world today. Spiritually it is immaterial. What matters in this context is that there are many gay and lesbian followers of Jesus – ordained and lay – who, despite the church, remarkably and humbly remain its faithful members. Would the Christian churches in their many guises more openly accept, embrace and love them, there would be many more disciples.

Was that divisive issue a subject for Good Friday? For the first time in my ministry I felt it had to be. Those last words of Jesus would not let me escape. "When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, 'Woman behold your son!' Then he said to the disciple. 'Behold your mother!' And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
 
I preached on Good Friday that Jesus's intimacy with John suggested he was gay as I felt deeply it had to be addressed. Preaching on Good Friday on the last words of Jesus as he was being executed makes great spiritual demands on the preacher. The Jesuits began this tradition. Many Anglican churches adopted it. Faced with this privilege in New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, my second home, I was painfully aware of the context, a church deeply divided worldwide over issues of gender and sexuality. Suffering was my theme. I felt I could not escape the suffering of gay and lesbian people at the hands of the church, over many centuries. That disciple was John whom Jesus, the gospels affirm, loved in a special way. All the other disciples had fled in fear. Three women but only one man had the courage to go with Jesus to his execution. That man clearly had a unique place in the affection of Jesus. In all classic depictions of the Last Supper, a favourite subject of Christian art, John is next to Jesus, very often his head resting on Jesus's breast. Dying, Jesus asks John to look after his mother and asks his mother to accept John as her son. John takes Mary home. John becomes unmistakably part of Jesus's family.



Jesus was a Hebrew rabbi. Unusually, he was unmarried. The idea that he had a romantic relationship with Mary Magdalene is the stuff of fiction, based on no biblical evidence. The evidence, on the other hand, that he may have been what we today call gay is very strong. But even gay rights campaigners in the church have been reluctant to suggest it. A significant exception was Hugh Montefiore, bishop of Birmingham and a convert from a prominent Jewish family. He dared to suggest that possibility and was met with disdain, as though he were simply out to shock.



After much reflection and with certainly no wish to shock, I felt I was left with no option but to suggest, for the first time in half a century of my Anglican priesthood, that Jesus may well have been homosexual. Had he been devoid of sexuality, he would not have been truly human. To believe that would be heretical.



Heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual: Jesus could have been any of these. There can be no certainty which. The homosexual option simply seems the most likely. The intimate relationship with the beloved disciple points in that direction. It would be so interpreted in any person today. Although there is no rabbinic tradition of celibacy, Jesus could well have chosen to refrain from sexual activity, whether he was gay or not. Many Christians will wish to assume it, but I see no theological need to. The physical expression of faithful love is godly. To suggest otherwise is to buy into a kind of puritanism that has long tainted the churches.



All that, I felt deeply, had to be addressed on Good Friday. I saw it as an act of penitence for the suffering and persecution of homosexual people that still persists in many parts of the church. Few readers of this column are likely to be outraged any more than the liberal congregation to whom I was preaching, yet I am only too aware how hurtful these reflections will be to most theologically conservative or simply traditional Christians. The essential question for me is: what does love demand? For my critics it is more often: what does scripture say? In this case, both point in the same direction.



Whether Jesus was gay or straight in no way affects who he was and what he means for the world today. Spiritually it is immaterial. What matters in this context is that there are many gay and lesbian followers of Jesus – ordained and lay – who, despite the church, remarkably and humbly remain its faithful members. Would the Christian churches in their many guises more openly accept, embrace and love them, there would be many more disciples.

Was that divisive issue a subject for Good Friday? For the first time in my ministry I felt it had to be. Those last words of Jesus would not let me escape. "When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, 'Woman behold your son!' Then he said to the disciple. 'Behold your mother!' And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
Zayd bin Harithah ni nani?

Alikuwa mtumwa aliyepewa Mtume Muhammad, ambaye alikombolewa na kupendwa kama mwana.

Mtume Muhammad alimchukua kama mwana wa kufikia (adopted son) na watu walimuita "Zayd bin Muhammad" kwa muda.

Lakini baadaye Mtume alikataza kuita watoto wa kufikia kwa majina ya wale waliowalea, ikasisitiza waitwe kwa jina la baba zao wa kweli: akijitengenezea mazingira ya kuja Mgegeda huko mbeleni maana alishampenda.

“Waiteni kwa baba zao; huo ndio uadilifu mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu...”
(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:5)

Zaynab bint Jahsh ni nani?

Alikuwa binamu wa Mtume Muhammad.

Aliolewa na Zayd bin Harithah kwa ushauri wa Mtume.

Ndoa yao haikudumu, wakatengana (Zayd alimpa talaka Zaynab) baada ya kuwa na mifarakano kila wakati mwanamke akijazwa upepo na Muhamad na kupewa kiburi.

Muhamd anasema kwamba ndoa hii ilitokea kwa amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, ili kuvunja mila ya Waarabu ya kuona aibu mtu kumuoa mke wa zamani wa mwana wa kufikia, jambo ambalo halina msingi wa kisheria (kwa sababu si mwana wa damu).


(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:37)

Miaka hiyo moja ya mambo hatari ambayo mtu angekutana nayo ilikuwa kuwa na mke mzuri na Muhamad akamwona. Angekufitinisha umwache amwoe yeye. Au angesema amepokea wahyi amchukue mke wako kutimiza tamaa zake za kingono.
 
Zayd bin Harithah ni nani?


I preached on Good Friday that Jesus's intimacy with John suggested he was gay as I felt deeply it had to be addressed. Preaching on Good Friday on the last words of Jesus as he was being executed makes great spiritual demands on the preacher. The Jesuits began this tradition. Many Anglican churches adopted it. Faced with this privilege in New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, my second home, I was painfully aware of the context, a church deeply divided worldwide over issues of gender and sexuality. Suffering was my theme. I felt I could not escape the suffering of gay and lesbian people at the hands of the church, over many centuries. That disciple was John whom Jesus, the gospels affirm, loved in a special way. All the other disciples had fled in fear. Three women but only one man had the courage to go with Jesus to his execution. That man clearly had a unique place in the affection of Jesus. In all classic depictions of the Last Supper, a favourite subject of Christian art, John is next to Jesus, very often his head resting on Jesus's breast. Dying, Jesus asks John to look after his mother and asks his mother to accept John as her son. John takes Mary home. John becomes unmistakably part of Jesus's family.



Jesus was a Hebrew rabbi. Unusually, he was unmarried. The idea that he had a romantic relationship with Mary Magdalene is the stuff of fiction, based on no biblical evidence. The evidence, on the other hand, that he may have been what we today call gay is very strong. But even gay rights campaigners in the church have been reluctant to suggest it. A significant exception was Hugh Montefiore, bishop of Birmingham and a convert from a prominent Jewish family. He dared to suggest that possibility and was met with disdain, as though he were simply out to shock.



After much reflection and with certainly no wish to shock, I felt I was left with no option but to suggest, for the first time in half a century of my Anglican priesthood, that Jesus may well have been homosexual. Had he been devoid of sexuality, he would not have been truly human. To believe that would be heretical.



Heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual: Jesus could have been any of these. There can be no certainty which. The homosexual option simply seems the most likely. The intimate relationship with the beloved disciple points in that direction. It would be so interpreted in any person today. Although there is no rabbinic tradition of celibacy, Jesus could well have chosen to refrain from sexual activity, whether he was gay or not. Many Christians will wish to assume it, but I see no theological need to. The physical expression of faithful love is godly. To suggest otherwise is to buy into a kind of puritanism that has long tainted the churches.



All that, I felt deeply, had to be addressed on Good Friday. I saw it as an act of penitence for the suffering and persecution of homosexual people that still persists in many parts of the church. Few readers of this column are likely to be outraged any more than the liberal congregation to whom I was preaching, yet I am only too aware how hurtful these reflections will be to most theologically conservative or simply traditional Christians. The essential question for me is: what does love demand? For my critics it is more often: what does scripture say? In this case, both point in the same direction.



Whether Jesus was gay or straight in no way affects who he was and what he means for the world today. Spiritually it is immaterial. What matters in this context is that there are many gay and lesbian followers of Jesus – ordained and lay – who, despite the church, remarkably and humbly remain its faithful members. Would the Christian churches in their many guises more openly accept, embrace and love them, there would be many more disciples.

Was that divisive issue a subject for Good Friday? For the first time in my ministry I felt it had to be. Those last words of Jesus would not let me escape. "When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, 'Woman behold your son!' Then he said to the disciple. 'Behold your mother!' And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
 
I preached on Good Friday that Jesus's intimacy with John suggested he was gay as I felt deeply it had to be addressed. Preaching on Good Friday on the last words of Jesus as he was being executed makes great spiritual demands on the preacher. The Jesuits began this tradition. Many Anglican churches adopted it. Faced with this privilege in New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, my second home, I was painfully aware of the context, a church deeply divided worldwide over issues of gender and sexuality. Suffering was my theme. I felt I could not escape the suffering of gay and lesbian people at the hands of the church, over many centuries. That disciple was John whom Jesus, the gospels affirm, loved in a special way. All the other disciples had fled in fear. Three women but only one man had the courage to go with Jesus to his execution. That man clearly had a unique place in the affection of Jesus. In all classic depictions of the Last Supper, a favourite subject of Christian art, John is next to Jesus, very often his head resting on Jesus's breast. Dying, Jesus asks John to look after his mother and asks his mother to accept John as her son. John takes Mary home. John becomes unmistakably part of Jesus's family.



Jesus was a Hebrew rabbi. Unusually, he was unmarried. The idea that he had a romantic relationship with Mary Magdalene is the stuff of fiction, based on no biblical evidence. The evidence, on the other hand, that he may have been what we today call gay is very strong. But even gay rights campaigners in the church have been reluctant to suggest it. A significant exception was Hugh Montefiore, bishop of Birmingham and a convert from a prominent Jewish family. He dared to suggest that possibility and was met with disdain, as though he were simply out to shock.



After much reflection and with certainly no wish to shock, I felt I was left with no option but to suggest, for the first time in half a century of my Anglican priesthood, that Jesus may well have been homosexual. Had he been devoid of sexuality, he would not have been truly human. To believe that would be heretical.



Heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual: Jesus could have been any of these. There can be no certainty which. The homosexual option simply seems the most likely. The intimate relationship with the beloved disciple points in that direction. It would be so interpreted in any person today. Although there is no rabbinic tradition of celibacy, Jesus could well have chosen to refrain from sexual activity, whether he was gay or not. Many Christians will wish to assume it, but I see no theological need to. The physical expression of faithful love is godly. To suggest otherwise is to buy into a kind of puritanism that has long tainted the churches.



All that, I felt deeply, had to be addressed on Good Friday. I saw it as an act of penitence for the suffering and persecution of homosexual people that still persists in many parts of the church. Few readers of this column are likely to be outraged any more than the liberal congregation to whom I was preaching, yet I am only too aware how hurtful these reflections will be to most theologically conservative or simply traditional Christians. The essential question for me is: what does love demand? For my critics it is more often: what does scripture say? In this case, both point in the same direction.



Whether Jesus was gay or straight in no way affects who he was and what he means for the world today. Spiritually it is immaterial. What matters in this context is that there are many gay and lesbian followers of Jesus – ordained and lay – who, despite the church, remarkably and humbly remain its faithful members. Would the Christian churches in their many guises more openly accept, embrace and love them, there would be many more disciples.

Was that divisive issue a subject for Good Friday? For the first time in my ministry I felt it had to be. Those last words of Jesus would not let me escape. "When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, 'Woman behold your son!' Then he said to the disciple. 'Behold your mother!' And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

Zayd bin Harithah ni nani?

Alikuwa mtumwa aliyepewa Mtume Muhammad, ambaye alikombolewa na kupendwa kama mwana.

Mtume Muhammad alimchukua kama mwana wa kufikia (adopted son) na watu walimuita "Zayd bin Muhammad" kwa muda.

Lakini baadaye Mtume alikataza kuita watoto wa kufikia kwa majina ya wale waliowalea, ikasisitiza waitwe kwa jina la baba zao wa kweli: akijitengenezea mazingira ya kuja Mgegeda huko mbeleni maana alishampenda.

“Waiteni kwa baba zao; huo ndio uadilifu mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu...”
(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:5)

Zaynab bint Jahsh ni nani?

Alikuwa binamu wa Mtume Muhammad.

Aliolewa na Zayd bin Harithah kwa ushauri wa Mtume.

Ndoa yao haikudumu, wakatengana (Zayd alimpa talaka Zaynab) baada ya kuwa na mifarakano kila wakati mwanamke akijazwa upepo na Muhamad na kupewa kiburi.

Muhamd anasema kwamba ndoa hii ilitokea kwa amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, ili kuvunja mila ya Waarabu ya kuona aibu mtu kumuoa mke wa zamani wa mwana wa kufikia, jambo ambalo halina msingi wa kisheria (kwa sababu si mwana wa damu).


(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:37)

Miaka hiyo moja ya mambo hatari ambayo mtu angekutana nayo ilikuwa kuwa na mke mzuri na Muhamad akamwona. Angekufitinisha umwache amwoe yeye. Au angesema amepokea wahyi amchukue mke wako kutimiza tamaa zake za kingono
 
Zayd bin Harithah ni nani?

Alikuwa mtumwa aliyepewa Mtume Muhammad, ambaye alikombolewa na kupendwa kama mwana.

Mtume Muhammad alimchukua kama mwana wa kufikia (adopted son) na watu walimuita "Zayd bin Muhammad" kwa muda.

Lakini baadaye Mtume alikataza kuita watoto wa kufikia kwa majina ya wale waliowalea, ikasisitiza waitwe kwa jina la baba zao wa kweli: akijitengenezea mazingira ya kuja Mgegeda huko mbeleni maana alishampenda.

“Waiteni kwa baba zao; huo ndio uadilifu mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu...”
(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:5)

Zaynab bint Jahsh ni nani?

Alikuwa binamu wa Mtume Muhammad.

Aliolewa na Zayd bin Harithah kwa ushauri wa Mtume.

Ndoa yao haikudumu, wakatengana (Zayd alimpa talaka Zaynab) baada ya kuwa na mifarakano kila wakati mwanamke akijazwa upepo na Muhamad na kupewa kiburi.

Muhamd anasema kwamba ndoa hii ilitokea kwa amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, ili kuvunja mila ya Waarabu ya kuona aibu mtu kumuoa mke wa zamani wa mwana wa kufikia, jambo ambalo halina msingi wa kisheria (kwa sababu si mwana wa damu).


(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:37)

Miaka hiyo moja ya mambo hatari ambayo mtu angekutana nayo ilikuwa kuwa na mke mzuri na Muhamad akamwona. Angekufitinisha umwache amwoe yeye. Au angesema amepokea wahyi amchukue mke wako kutimiza tamaa zake za kingono

Nilihubiri Ijumaa Kuu kwamba ukaribu wa Yesu na Yohana unaashiria kuwa Yesu anaweza kuwa shoga, kwani nilihisi jambo hili linapaswa kuangaziwa. Kuhubiri maneno ya mwisho ya Yesu kwenye msalaba kunaleta changamoto kubwa kiroho.

Yohana alikuwa mhubiri pekee aliyeonyesha ujasiri wa kumfuata Yesu hadi mwisho, na Yesu alimpenda kwa njia ya kipekee. Katika sanaa ya Kikristo, Yohana mara nyingi huonyeshwa akiwa karibu na Yesu, kichwa kikiwa kimekalia kifua chake. Yesu akifariki, anamwomba Yohana kumtunza mama yake, akimupeleka nyumbani kwake, hivyo Yohana anakuwa sehemu ya familia ya Yesu.


Yesu alikuwa rabbi Myahudi, bila mke. Wazo kwamba alikuwa na uhusiano wa kimapenzi na Maria Magdalena ni hadithi isiyo na ushahidi wa kibiblia. Lakini ushahidi unaonyesha uwezekano kwamba Yesu aliweza kuwa shoga, ingawa wengi katika makanisa wamekuwa wazito kulitamka hilo.


Heteroseksuali, bisexual, au shoga, Yesu angeweza kuwa yeyote; uwezekano mkubwa unaashiria kuwa alikuwa shoga, kutokana na ukaribu wake na mhubiri aliye mpenda. Hii ni tafsiri ya kihisia, si ya udhalilishaji. Kuonyesha upendo wa kweli ni kimaadili na kiroho, si dhambi.


Nilihisi ni lazima kuzungumzia hili Ijumaa Kuu kama kitendo cha toba kwa mateso yanayopatiwa wapenzi wa jinsia moja ndani ya kanisa. Hoja kuu ni: upendo unadai nini, si kanuni au maandiko tu. Kwa kweli, namna Yesu alivyokuwa habadilishi maana yake kwa dunia, na wafuasi wake waaminifu—waishio chini ya changamoto ya kanisa—wanathibitisha hilo. Maneno yake ya mwisho yanabaki kuonyesha uhusiano wa dhati kati ya upendo na familia ya kiroho.
 
Nilihubiri Ijumaa Kuu kwamba ukaribu wa Yesu na Yohana unaashiria kuwa Yesu anaweza kuwa shoga, kwani nilihisi jambo hili linapaswa kuangaziwa. Kuhubiri maneno ya mwisho ya Yesu kwenye msalaba kunaleta changamoto kubwa kiroho.

Yohana alikuwa mhubiri pekee aliyeonyesha ujasiri wa kumfuata Yesu hadi mwisho, na Yesu alimpenda kwa njia ya kipekee. Katika sanaa ya Kikristo, Yohana mara nyingi huonyeshwa akiwa karibu na Yesu, kichwa kikiwa kimekalia kifua chake. Yesu akifariki, anamwomba Yohana kumtunza mama yake, akimupeleka nyumbani kwake, hivyo Yohana anakuwa sehemu ya familia ya Yesu.


Yesu alikuwa rabbi Myahudi, bila mke. Wazo kwamba alikuwa na uhusiano wa kimapenzi na Maria Magdalena ni hadithi isiyo na ushahidi wa kibiblia. Lakini ushahidi unaonyesha uwezekano kwamba Yesu aliweza kuwa shoga, ingawa wengi katika makanisa wamekuwa wazito kulitamka hilo.


Heteroseksuali, bisexual, au shoga, Yesu angeweza kuwa yeyote; uwezekano mkubwa unaashiria kuwa alikuwa shoga, kutokana na ukaribu wake na mhubiri aliye mpenda. Hii ni tafsiri ya kihisia, si ya udhalilishaji. Kuonyesha upendo wa kweli ni kimaadili na kiroho, si dhambi.


Nilihisi ni lazima kuzungumzia hili Ijumaa Kuu kama kitendo cha toba kwa mateso yanayopatiwa wapenzi wa jinsia moja ndani ya kanisa. Hoja kuu ni: upendo unadai nini, si kanuni au maandiko tu. Kwa kweli, namna Yesu alivyokuwa habadilishi maana yake kwa dunia, na wafuasi wake waaminifu—waishio chini ya changamoto ya kanisa—wanathibitisha hilo. Maneno yake ya mwisho yanabaki kuonyesha uhusiano wa dhati kati ya upendo na Zayd bin Harithah ni nani?

Alikuwa mtumwa aliyepewa Mtume Muhammad, ambaye alikombolewa na kupendwa kama mwana.

Mtume Muhammad alimchukua kama mwana wa kufikia (adopted son) na watu walimuita "Zayd bin Muhammad" kwa muda.

Lakini baadaye Mtume alikataza kuita watoto wa kufikia kwa majina ya wale waliowalea, ikasisitiza waitwe kwa jina la baba zao wa kweli: akijitengenezea mazingira ya kuja Mgegeda huko mbeleni maana alishampenda.

“Waiteni kwa baba zao; huo ndio uadilifu mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu...”
(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:5)

Zaynab bint Jahsh ni nani?

Alikuwa binamu wa Mtume Muhammad.

Aliolewa na Zayd bin Harithah kwa ushauri wa Mtume.

Ndoa yao haikudumu, wakatengana (Zayd alimpa talaka Zaynab) baada ya kuwa na mifarakano kila wakati mwanamke akijazwa upepo na Muhamad na kupewa kiburi.

Muhamd anasema kwamba ndoa hii ilitokea kwa amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, ili kuvunja mila ya Waarabu ya kuona aibu mtu kumuoa mke wa zamani wa mwana wa kufikia, jambo ambalo halina msingi wa kisheria (kwa sababu si mwana wa damu).


(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:37)

Miaka hiyo moja ya mambo hatari ambayo mtu angekutana nayo ilikuwa kuwa na mke mzuri na Muhamad akamwona. Angekufitinisha umwache amwoe yeye. Au angesema amepokea wahyi amchukue mke wako kutimiza tamaa zake za kingono una uzinzi
 
Nilihubiri Ijumaa Kuu kwamba ukaribu wa Yesu na Yohana unaashiria kuwa Yesu anaweza kuwa shoga, kwani nilihisi jambo hili linapaswa kuangaziwa. Kuhubiri maneno ya mwisho ya Yesu kwenye msalaba kunaleta changamoto kubwa kiroho.

Yohana alikuwa mhubiri pekee aliyeonyesha ujasiri wa kumfuata Yesu hadi mwisho, na Yesu alimpenda kwa njia ya kipekee. Katika sanaa ya Kikristo, Yohana mara nyingi huonyeshwa akiwa karibu na Yesu, kichwa kikiwa kimekalia kifua chake. Yesu akifariki, anamwomba Yohana kumtunza mama yake, akimupeleka nyumbani kwake, hivyo Yohana anakuwa sehemu ya familia ya Yesu.


Yesu alikuwa rabbi Myahudi, bila mke. Wazo kwamba alikuwa na uhusiano wa kimapenzi na Maria Magdalena ni hadithi isiyo na ushahidi wa kibiblia. Lakini ushahidi unaonyesha uwezekano kwamba Yesu aliweza kuwa shoga, ingawa wengi katika makanisa wamekuwa wazito kulitamka hilo.


Heteroseksuali, bisexual, au shoga, Yesu angeweza kuwa yeyote; uwezekano mkubwa unaashiria kuwa alikuwa shoga, kutokana na ukaribu wake na mhubiri aliye mpenda. Hii ni tafsiri ya kihisia, si ya udhalilishaji. Kuonyesha upendo wa kweli ni kimaadili na kiroho, si dhambi.


Nilihisi ni lazima kuzungumzia hili Ijumaa Kuu kama kitendo cha toba kwa mateso yanayopatiwa wapenzi wa jinsia moja ndani ya kanisa. Hoja kuu ni: upendo unadai nini, si kanuni au maandiko tu. Kwa kweli, namna Yesu alivyokuwa habadilishi maana yake kwa dunia, na wafuasi wake waaminifu—waishio chini ya changamoto ya kanisa—wanathibitisha hilo. Maneno yake ya mwisho yanabaki kuonyesha uhusiano wa dhati kati ya upendo na familia ya kiroho.

Zayd bin Harithah ni nani?

Alikuwa mtumwa aliyepewa Mtume Muhammad, ambaye alikombolewa na kupendwa kama mwana.

Mtume Muhammad alimchukua kama mwana wa kufikia (adopted son) na watu walimuita "Zayd bin Muhammad" kwa muda.

Lakini baadaye Mtume alikataza kuita watoto wa kufikia kwa majina ya wale waliowalea, ikasisitiza waitwe kwa jina la baba zao wa kweli: akijitengenezea mazingira ya kuja Mgegeda huko mbeleni maana alishampenda.

“Waiteni kwa baba zao; huo ndio uadilifu mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu...”
(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:5)

Zaynab bint Jahsh ni nani?

Alikuwa binamu wa Mtume Muhammad.

Aliolewa na Zayd bin Harithah kwa ushauri wa Mtume.

Ndoa yao haikudumu, wakatengana (Zayd alimpa talaka Zaynab) baada ya kuwa na mifarakano kila wakati mwanamke akijazwa upepo na Muhamad na kupewa kiburi.

Muhamd anasema kwamba ndoa hii ilitokea kwa amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, ili kuvunja mila ya Waarabu ya kuona aibu mtu kumuoa mke wa zamani wa mwana wa kufikia, jambo ambalo halina msingi wa kisheria (kwa sababu si mwana wa damu).


(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:37)

Miaka hiyo moja ya mambo hatari ambayo mtu angekutana nayo ilikuwa kuwa na mke mzuri na Muhamad akamwona. Angekufitinisha umwache amwoe yeye. Au angesema amepokea wahyi amchukue mke wako kutimiza tamaa zake za kingono
 
Zayd bin Harithah ni nani?
Nilihubiri Ijumaa Kuu kwamba ukaribu wa Yesu na Yohana unaashiria kuwa Yesu anaweza kuwa shoga, kwani nilihisi jambo hili linapaswa kuangaziwa. Kuhubiri maneno ya mwisho ya Yesu kwenye msalaba kunaleta changamoto kubwa kiroho.

Yohana alikuwa mhubiri pekee aliyeonyesha ujasiri wa kumfuata Yesu hadi mwisho, na Yesu alimpenda kwa njia ya kipekee. Katika sanaa ya Kikristo, Yohana mara nyingi huonyeshwa akiwa karibu na Yesu, kichwa kikiwa kimekalia kifua chake. Yesu akifariki, anamwomba Yohana kumtunza mama yake, akimupeleka nyumbani kwake, hivyo Yohana anakuwa sehemu ya familia ya Yesu.


Yesu alikuwa rabbi Myahudi, bila mke. Wazo kwamba alikuwa na uhusiano wa kimapenzi na Maria Magdalena ni hadithi isiyo na ushahidi wa kibiblia. Lakini ushahidi unaonyesha uwezekano kwamba Yesu aliweza kuwa shoga, ingawa wengi katika makanisa wamekuwa wazito kulitamka hilo.


Heteroseksuali, bisexual, au shoga, Yesu angeweza kuwa yeyote; uwezekano mkubwa unaashiria kuwa alikuwa shoga, kutokana na ukaribu wake na mhubiri aliye mpenda. Hii ni tafsiri ya kihisia, si ya udhalilishaji. Kuonyesha upendo wa kweli ni kimaadili na kiroho, si dhambi.


Nilihisi ni lazima kuzungumzia hili Ijumaa Kuu kama kitendo cha toba kwa mateso yanayopatiwa wapenzi wa jinsia moja ndani ya kanisa. Hoja kuu ni: upendo unadai nini, si kanuni au maandiko tu. Kwa kweli, namna Yesu alivyokuwa habadilishi maana yake kwa dunia, na wafuasi wake waaminifu—waishio chini ya changamoto ya kanisa—wanathibitisha hilo. Maneno yake ya mwisho yanabaki kuonyesha uhusiano wa dhati kati ya upendo na familia ya kiroho.
Alikuwa mtumwa aliyepewa Mtume Muhammad, ambaye alikombolewa na kupendwa kama mwana.

Mtume Muhammad alimchukua kama mwana wa kufikia (adopted son) na watu walimuita "Zayd bin Muhammad" kwa muda.

Lakini baadaye Mtume alikataza kuita watoto wa kufikia kwa majina ya wale waliowalea, ikasisitiza waitwe kwa jina la baba zao wa kweli: akijitengenezea mazingira ya kuja Mgegeda huko mbeleni maana alishampenda.

“Waiteni kwa baba zao; huo ndio uadilifu mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu...”
(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:5)

Zaynab bint Jahsh ni nani?

Alikuwa binamu wa Mtume Muhammad.

Aliolewa na Zayd bin Harithah kwa ushauri wa Mtume.

Ndoa yao haikudumu, wakatengana (Zayd alimpa talaka Zaynab) baada ya kuwa na mifarakano kila wakati mwanamke akijazwa upepo na Muhamad na kupewa kiburi.

Muhamd anasema kwamba ndoa hii ilitokea kwa amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, ili kuvunja mila ya Waarabu ya kuona aibu mtu kumuoa mke wa zamani wa mwana wa kufikia, jambo ambalo halina msingi wa kisheria (kwa sababu si mwana wa damu).


(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:37)

Miaka hiyo moja ya mambo hatari ambayo mtu angekutana nayo ilikuwa kuwa na mke mzuri na Muhamad akamwona. Angekufitinisha umwache amwoe yeye. Au angesema amepokea wahyi amchukue mke wako kutimiza tamaa zake za kingono
 
Zayd bin Harithah ni nani?

Alikuwa mtumwa aliyepewa Mtume Muhammad, ambaye alikombolewa na kupendwa kama mwana.

Mtume Muhammad alimchukua kama mwana wa kufikia (adopted son) na watu walimuita "Zayd bin Muhammad" kwa muda.

Lakini baadaye Mtume alikataza kuita watoto wa kufikia kwa majina ya wale waliowalea, ikasisitiza waitwe kwa jina la baba zao wa kweli: akijitengenezea mazingira ya kuja Mgegeda huko mbeleni maana alishampenda.

“Waiteni kwa baba zao; huo ndio uadilifu mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu...”
(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:5)

Zaynab bint Jahsh ni nani?

Alikuwa binamu wa Mtume Muhammad.

Aliolewa na Zayd bin Harithah kwa ushauri wa Mtume.

Ndoa yao haikudumu, wakatengana (Zayd alimpa talaka Zaynab) baada ya kuwa na mifarakano kila wakati mwanamke akijazwa upepo na Muhamad na kupewa kiburi.

Muhamd anasema kwamba ndoa hii ilitokea kwa amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, ili kuvunja mila ya Waarabu ya kuona aibu mtu kumuoa mke wa zamani wa mwana wa kufikia, jambo ambalo halina msingi wa kisheria (kwa sababu si mwana wa damu).


(Surah Al-Ahzab 33:37)

Miaka hiyo moja ya mambo hatari ambayo mtu angekutana nayo ilikuwa kuwa na mke mzuri na Muhamad akamwona. Angekufitinisha umwache amwoe yeye. Au angesema amepokea wahyi amchukue mke wako kutimiza tamaa zake za kingono


Nilihubiri Ijumaa Kuu kwamba ukaribu wa Yesu na Yohana unaashiria kuwa Yesu anaweza kuwa shoga, kwani nilihisi jambo hili linapaswa kuangaziwa. Kuhubiri maneno ya mwisho ya Yesu kwenye msalaba kunaleta changamoto kubwa kiroho.

Yohana alikuwa mhubiri pekee aliyeonyesha ujasiri wa kumfuata Yesu hadi mwisho, na Yesu alimpenda kwa njia ya kipekee. Katika sanaa ya Kikristo, Yohana mara nyingi huonyeshwa akiwa karibu na Yesu, kichwa kikiwa kimekalia kifua chake. Yesu akifariki, anamwomba Yohana kumtunza mama yake, akimupeleka nyumbani kwake, hivyo Yohana anakuwa sehemu ya familia ya Yesu.


Yesu alikuwa rabbi Myahudi, bila mke. Wazo kwamba alikuwa na uhusiano wa kimapenzi na Maria Magdalena ni hadithi isiyo na ushahidi wa kibiblia. Lakini ushahidi unaonyesha uwezekano kwamba Yesu aliweza kuwa shoga, ingawa wengi katika makanisa wamekuwa wazito kulitamka hilo.


Heteroseksuali, bisexual, au shoga, Yesu angeweza kuwa yeyote; uwezekano mkubwa unaashiria kuwa alikuwa shoga, kutokana na ukaribu wake na mhubiri aliye mpenda. Hii ni tafsiri ya kihisia, si ya udhalilishaji. Kuonyesha upendo wa kweli ni kimaadili na kiroho, si dhambi.


Nilihisi ni lazima kuzungumzia hili Ijumaa Kuu kama kitendo cha toba kwa mateso yanayopatiwa wapenzi wa jinsia moja ndani ya kanisa. Hoja kuu ni: upendo unadai nini, si kanuni au maandiko tu. Kwa kweli, namna Yesu alivyokuwa habadilishi maana yake kwa dunia, na wafuasi wake waaminifu—waishio chini ya changamoto ya kanisa—wanathibitisha hilo. Maneno yake ya mwisho yanabaki kuonyesha uhusiano wa dhati kati ya upendo na familia ya kiroho.
 
Nilihubiri Ijumaa Kuu kwamba ukaribu wa Yesu na Yohana unaashiria kuwa Yesu anaweza kuwa shoga, kwani nilihisi jambo hili linapaswa kuangaziwa. Kuhubiri maneno ya mwisho ya Yesu kwenye msalaba kunaleta changamoto kubwa kiroho.

Yohana alikuwa mhubiri pekee aliyeonyesha ujasiri wa kumfuata Yesu hadi mwisho, na Yesu alimpenda kwa njia ya kipekee. Katika sanaa ya Kikristo, Yohana mara nyingi huonyeshwa akiwa karibu na Yesu, kichwa kikiwa kimekalia kifua chake. Yesu akifariki, anamwomba Yohana kumtunza mama yake, akimupeleka nyumbani kwake, hivyo Yohana anakuwa sehemu ya familia ya Yesu.


Yesu alikuwa rabbi Myahudi, bila mke. Wazo kwamba alikuwa na uhusiano wa kimapenzi na Maria Magdalena ni hadithi isiyo na ushahidi wa kibiblia. Lakini ushahidi unaonyesha uwezekano kwamba Yesu aliweza kuwa shoga, ingawa wengi katika makanisa wamekuwa wazito kulitamka hilo.


Heteroseksuali, bisexual, au shoga, Yesu angeweza kuwa yeyote; uwezekano mkubwa unaashiria kuwa alikuwa shoga, kutokana na ukaribu wake na mhubiri aliye mpenda. Hii ni tafsiri ya kihisia, si ya udhalilishaji. Kuonyesha upendo wa kweli ni kimaadili na kiroho, si dhambi.


Nilihisi ni lazima kuzungumzia hili Ijumaa Kuu kama kitendo cha toba kwa mateso yanayopatiwa wapenzi wa jinsia moja ndani ya kanisa. Hoja kuu ni: upendo unadai nini, si kanuni au maandiko tu. Kwa kweli, namna Yesu alivyokuwa habadilishi maana yake kwa dunia, na wafuasi wake waaminifu—waishio chini ya changamoto ya kanisa—wanathibitisha hilo. Maneno yake ya mwisho yanabaki kuonyesha uhusiano wa dhati kati ya upendo na familia ya kiroho.


JE, HIZI SIFA ZA AJABU ZA MUHAMMAD NI ZA KITUME?

1. Muhammad alizini na kijakazi/alikuwa Malaya.
2. Muhammad alikuwa na changudoa
3. Muhammad alinyonya ulimi wa mwenzake na wa watoto(Shoga)
4. Muhammad alikuwa Mlevi
5. Muhammad alikuwa amerogwa
Wengi wenu labda hamkuwa mnazifahamu hizi siri ambazo Waislam wanazificha kila siku. Naam, naziita siri kwasababu huwa hawasemi huu ukweli wa Muhammad Mtume wa Allah.
MTUME MUHAMMAD ALIFUMANIWA NA KIJAKAZI WA MKEWE
Siku moja mtume (s.a.w) Alikuwa Nyumbani kwa Mkewe Hafsa bint Umar, Hafsa akaenda kwa Baba yake kumjulia hali, Mtume (s.a.w) alimwita Mjakazi wake bibi Mariya Alqbitiyya, akawa nae Chumbani, Aliporudi Hafsa Akasema Maneno makali kwa Mtume juu ya tendo hilo (s.a.w) Mtume akasema nakuhakikishia Kuwa: Kuanzia Leo Sitamwingilia tena, mjakazi wako.
(Tafsir Ibn Kathir J. 6 Uk. 367)
Je, huku kufumaniwa ndio sifa za kitume?
MTUME MUHAMAMD ALIKUWA NA CHANGU DOA
Sunan Abu-Dawud, Kitabu 38, Namba 4458: Amehadithia Ali ibn AbuTalib: "Mtumwa wa Kisichana ambaye alikuwa mali ya nyumba ya Mtume wa Allah aligawa Uroda kwa Rafiki ya Muhammad. Basi Nabii wa Allah akasema kwa Ali: Nenda na ukampe adhabu Muasherati wangu kwa kufanya Ngono bila ya ruhusa yangu. Ali akaharakisha kwenda alipo yule Mtumwa wa Kisichana wa Muhammad na kuona damu ilikuwa inatiririka kutoka kwake, na bila kuacha. Hivyo Muhammad alikwenda kwake na akasema: Mwache damu iendelee kutiririka mpaka itakopo simama; kisha mpe adhabu kwa mujibu wa dhambi yake".
Je, kuwa na chagu doa ni sifa ya kiutume?
MTUME MUHAMMAD ALINYONYA ULIMI WA AL HASSAN
Hadith Idadi 16,245: "maneno ya Washami," Hadith ya Mu'awiya Ibn Abu Sufyan": "Nilimwona Nabii wa Allah(saw) - akimnyonya ulimi na kulamba mdomo wa Al-Hassan Mwana wa Ali, Mwenyezi Mungu amrehemu, maana hakuna mtu atakaye teswa kwa Moto wa Jehannam baada ya kunyonywa ulimi na kulambwa midomo na Nabii wa Allah.
Mnaona tabia chafu ya Nabii wa Allah? Eti akikula denda na kukulamba midomo basi wewe huto kwenda Jehannam. Pia alisema, "Siku baadaye tuliomba muuguzi kwa ajili yake (Ali) lakini alikataa, basi tukamwita Nabii Muhammad - SAW -.ambaye alimnyonya ulimi "Ali" kwa kinywa chahe mpaka akalala. Hivi ndivyo Allah alivyo taka Ali afanyiwe na Nabii wake
Je, Muhammad kunyonya ulimi watu wa jinsia yake, ni sifa ya kitume?
MTUME MUHAMMAD ALIKUWA MLEVI
Sahihi Muslim 3753:'' Sisi tulikuwa pamoja na Mtume wa Allah, na Yeye Mtume wa Allah alikuwa na kiu na mtu mmoja akasema: Ewe Mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu, Je, UNATAKA KUNYWA MVINYO? Mtume Muhammad akasema: NDIO. Basi yule Mtu alikwenda kuleta mvinyo. Mtume wa Allah akamwambia: Lete MVINYO ULIO MKALI ILI NINYWE; Basi Mtume wa Allah alipo kunywa ule MVINYO MKALI ALILEWA
Je, kula ulabu ni sifa ya kitume?
MTUME MUHAMMAD ALIKUWA AMEROGWA
Pia, kwa mujibu wa Sahih Bukhari juzuu ya 4, Kitabu cha 54, Hadithi namba 490 na Sahih Bukhari, juzuu ya 7, kitabu cha 71, hadithi namba 658; Muhammad alirogwa na akazurika na uchawi. Kisa cha mtume kurogwa na kuzurika na uchawi pia kinasimuliwa katika quran Tafsiri ya Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Al-Farsy ukurasa wa 977 na 978.
Je, kurogwa ni sifa ya utume?
MASWALI:
(a) Ikiwa uchawi ni ukafiri, kuna uhusiano gani kati ya Allah na ukafiri mpaka atelemshe uchawi?
(b)Mtume Muhammad alirogwa na wachawi wa kiislam au wachawi wengine?
(c) Mtume Muhammad alirogwa na uchawi ulioteremshwa na malaika wa Allah au uchawi mwingine?
(d) Mtume au nabii gani mwingine alirogwa na akaathirika na uchawi?
Kama Muhamamd alikuwa Mtume wa Mungu, mbona tabia zake si za kitume na hazifanani na mitume walio tangulia kabla yake?
 
JE, HIZI SIFA ZA AJABU ZA MUHAMMAD NI ZA KITUME?

1. Muhammad alizini na kijakazi/alikuwa Malaya.
2. Muhammad alikuwa na changudoa
3. Muhammad alinyonya ulimi wa mwenzake na wa watoto(Shoga)
4. Muhammad alikuwa Mlevi
5. Muhammad alikuwa amerogwa
Wengi wenu labda hamkuwa mnazifahamu hizi siri ambazo Waislam wanazificha kila siku. Naam, naziita siri kwasababu huwa hawasemi huu ukweli wa Muhammad Mtume wa Allah.
MTUME MUHAMMAD ALIFUMANIWA NA KIJAKAZI WA MKEWE
Siku moja mtume (s.a.w) Alikuwa Nyumbani kwa Mkewe Hafsa bint Umar, Hafsa akaenda kwa Baba yake kumjulia hali, Mtume (s.a.w) alimwita Mjakazi wake bibi Mariya Alqbitiyya, akawa nae Chumbani, Aliporudi Hafsa Akasema Maneno makali kwa Mtume juu ya tendo hilo (s.a.w) Mtume akasema nakuhakikishia Kuwa: Kuanzia Leo Sitamwingilia tena, mjakazi wako.
(Tafsir Ibn Kathir J. 6 Uk. 367)
Je, huku kufumaniwa ndio sifa za kitume?
MTUME MUHAMAMD ALIKUWA NA CHANGU DOA
Sunan Abu-Dawud, Kitabu 38, Namba 4458: Amehadithia Ali ibn AbuTalib: "Mtumwa wa Kisichana ambaye alikuwa mali ya nyumba ya Mtume wa Allah aligawa Uroda kwa Rafiki ya Muhammad. Basi Nabii wa Allah akasema kwa Ali: Nenda na ukampe adhabu Muasherati wangu kwa kufanya Ngono bila ya ruhusa yangu. Ali akaharakisha kwenda alipo yule Mtumwa wa Kisichana wa Muhammad na kuona damu ilikuwa inatiririka kutoka kwake, na bila kuacha. Hivyo Muhammad alikwenda kwake na akasema: Mwache damu iendelee kutiririka mpaka itakopo simama; kisha mpe adhabu kwa mujibu wa dhambi yake".
Je, kuwa na chagu doa ni sifa ya kiutume?
MTUME MUHAMMAD ALINYONYA ULIMI WA AL HASSAN
Hadith Idadi 16,245: "maneno ya Washami," Hadith ya Mu'awiya Ibn Abu Sufyan": "Nilimwona Nabii wa Allah(saw) - akimnyonya ulimi na kulamba mdomo wa Al-Hassan Mwana wa Ali, Mwenyezi Mungu amrehemu, maana hakuna mtu atakaye teswa kwa Moto wa Jehannam baada ya kunyonywa ulimi na kulambwa midomo na Nabii wa Allah.
Mnaona tabia chafu ya Nabii wa Allah? Eti akikula denda na kukulamba midomo basi wewe huto kwenda Jehannam. Pia alisema, "Siku baadaye tuliomba muuguzi kwa ajili yake (Ali) lakini alikataa, basi tukamwita Nabii Muhammad - SAW -.ambaye alimnyonya ulimi "Ali" kwa kinywa chahe mpaka akalala. Hivi ndivyo Allah alivyo taka Ali afanyiwe na Nabii wake
Je, Muhammad kunyonya ulimi watu wa jinsia yake, ni sifa ya kitume?
MTUME MUHAMMAD ALIKUWA MLEVI
Sahihi Muslim 3753:'' Sisi tulikuwa pamoja na Mtume wa Allah, na Yeye Mtume wa Allah alikuwa na kiu na mtu mmoja akasema: Ewe Mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu, Je, UNATAKA KUNYWA MVINYO? Mtume Muhammad akasema: NDIO. Basi yule Mtu alikwenda kuleta mvinyo. Mtume wa Allah akamwambia: Lete MVINYO ULIO MKALI ILI NINYWE; Basi Mtume wa Allah alipo kunywa ule MVINYO MKALI ALILEWA
Je, kula ulabu ni sifa ya kitume?
MTUME MUHAMMAD ALIKUWA AMEROGWA
Pia, kwa mujibu wa Sahih Bukhari juzuu ya 4, Kitabu cha 54, Hadithi namba 490 na Sahih Bukhari, juzuu ya 7, kitabu cha 71, hadithi namba 658; Muhammad alirogwa na akazurika na uchawi. Kisa cha mtume kurogwa na kuzurika na uchawi pia kinasimuliwa katika quran Tafsiri ya Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Al-Farsy ukurasa wa 977 na 978.
Je, kurogwa ni sifa ya utume?
MASWALI:
(a) Ikiwa uchawi ni ukafiri, kuna uhusiano gani kati ya Allah na ukafiri mpaka atelemshe uchawi?
(b)Mtume Muhammad alirogwa na wachawi wa kiislam au wachawi wengine?
(c) Mtume Muhammad alirogwa na uchawi ulioteremshwa na malaika wa Allah au uchawi mwingine?
(d) Mtume au nabii gani mwingine alirogwa na akaathirika na uchawi?
Kama Muhamamd alikuwa Mtume wa Mungu, mbona tabia zake si za kitume na hazifanani na mitume walio tangulia kbala yake?
 
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