Wasalam, Mquran,
Sexually stimulated inside ? How does one do this ?
You are aroused just the same... except you can it is not happening outside. Why things like Viagra... then come into play ;-)
Are eunuchs necessarily gays ? If not, then wouldnt they be included as well ?
As Jesus puts it in the Gospel, there are born Eunuchs, Eunuchs who chose to be such and forced ones.
And while Eunuch is physically limited, he is not limited psychologically. So a straight Eunuch (ones forced... for whatever reasons) certainly does NOT include those mentioned in 24:31
In certain countries -- like India -- gay men choose to become and/or pretend to be Eunuchs because they are more accepted (I guess the straight men are not afraid of them no more lol.)
Im afraid I dont have the arabic original of that hadith but it never says there that the effeminate male was an attendant. 'tabiin' is simply a follower, not necessarily an 'attendant'.
It is hard to explain things to people like you... because you split hairs to find doubts :-P
In Arabic, when God says "tabi`iin" -- the ARABS of that time, as well as those who are living today... Understand it. Actually, tabi'iin doesn't mean follower but "FOLLOWS AROUND" ...
As for the Hadith, the woman is uncovered in the house with the dude, the Prophet and her brother. And he was talking to her brother. :roll:
BY the way, the Hadith -- like many -- has variations... and one that Aishah narrates says "A man used to enter upon us... " (i.e, he didn't have to knock... )
The book sent to Muhammad mentions Muhammad by name only 4 times. Most of it is devoted to talking about Musa, Ibrahim, Nuh and Isaa. So by ur logic, u need to be a great bible scholar.
No, actually, most of the stories are told to Muhammad -- to strengthen his belief. It has nothing to do with us. And many times, the ones that concern us... really deal with allegories.
That said, every time I refer to something that predates Muhammad, I try to find the source in that genre.
For example, I study the Bible and Jewish History every sunday :-) And, of course, it is not so I can become Jewish or Christian.
No doubt it's to do with my predisposed BS. However, what inspired me to that knowledge was Allah himself. Allah's changing of the ayat in my life brought illumination to the ayat in the Book.
Yes, God guides people in their own heart. The Human being, however, has a responsibility to find their own sources... that is why their eyes, ears and heart will be questioned (17:36)
Look, when it comes to your oral history etc, who can say anything against that. But Im talking about GOD'S BOOK here, Afdhere. Do you know why there's a difference between fatawa of different jurisprudence schools ? Because certain hadith didn't reach them on time. Is this how God treats the thing which explains his revelations ? Come on, man.
Oh, LORD :roll: Are we talking about the Qur'an or just Islamic History since the Qur'an? The Qur'an is the Qur'an everywhere in the Muslim world, with very little varience...
And, no, Fatwas of different jurisprudence schools are so because they disagree on the interpretation. Homosexuality is a good example. Certain schools treat it as Zina... and the non-married Homosexuals don't get stoned.... while others treat it specail and whether muhasan(married) or not, you get stoned to death. That has nothing to do with anything else.
So in the 'muslim world' there's no idolworship ? The only one in the quraan who said to be 'wa maa kaana min al-mushrikeen' is Ibrahim. He fulfilled God's kalimaah and became imam to mankind. THe 'muslim world' have imams of rituals. Not the same thing, Im afraid. My assertion : the 'muslim world' has as much , if not more , shirik as a place on earth.
Look, I do not read people's hearts. All I know is there aren't many Muslims in the Muslim world who have physical idols. And I'm not going to assert anything beyond that. My job is to get along with folks... and not accuse them of anything unforgivable as that...
'house' here doesnt mean a roof and four walls. It could mean a lady who offers herself to you in marriage and live under your dominion.
It says to "confine" them in the houses :-P But I bet that is not what it means hehe....
your brother,