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Friday, December 11, 2009

Umar's Anal Sex Exploits

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Our Sunni brothers love Umar to a point of extremist, and they love to defend him always, even where doing so means attacking the Holy Prophet (pbuh). Maybe this is why a pack of Nasibis recently tried to dispute the claim that Umar never performed anal sex.
What is clear however is that, according to Sunni narratives:
1. Umar had a certain type of sex with his wife
2. He immediately rushed to the Holy Prophet (pbuh), claiming he was doomed
3. Then Qur'an 2:223 was revealed to show that he was right, the verse sanctions his act
Sunnis will normally claim that it was not anal sex that Umar committed for two reasons:
1. It would show that their interpretation of the Qur'an permits anal sex
2. It would tarnish the "impeccable" image of Umar.
The truth, of course, is that the type of sex Umar did was anal. Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, in his commentary of Qur'an 2:223, records:
3464 - حَدَّثَنِي يَعْقُوب , قَالَ : ثنا هُشَيْم , قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا ابْن عَوْن , عَنْ نَافِع , قَالَ : كَانَ ابْن عُمَر إذَا قُرِئَ الْقُرْآن لَمْ يَتَكَلَّم , قَالَ : فَقَرَأَتْ ذَات يَوْم هَذِهِ الْآيَة : { نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْث لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ } فَقَالَ : أَتَدْرِي فِيمَنْ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَة ؟ قُلْت : لَا , قَالَ : نَزَلَتْ فِي إتْيَان النِّسَاء فِي أَدْبَارهنَّ . * - حَدَّثَنِي إبْرَاهِيم بْن عَبْد اللَّه بْن مُسْلِم أَبُو مُسْلِم , قَالَ : ثنا أَبُو عُمَر الضَّرِير , قَالَ : ثنا إسْمَاعِيل بْن إبْرَاهِيم , صَاحِب الْكَرَابِيسِيّ , عَنْ ابْن عَوْن , عَنْ نَافِع , قَالَ : كُنْت أُمْسِك عَلَى ابْن عُمَر الْمُصْحَف , إذْ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَة : { نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْث لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ } فَقَالَ : أَنْ يَأْتِيهَا فِي دُبُرهَا .

3465 - حَدَّثَنِي عَبْد الرَّحْمَن بْن عَبْد اللَّه بْن عَبْد الْحَكَم , قَالَ : ثنا عَبْد الْمَلِك بْن مَسْلَمَةَ , قَالَ : ثنا الدَّرَاوَرْدِيّ , قَالَ : قِيلَ لِزَيْدِ بْن أَسْلَم : إنَّ مُحَمَّد بْن الْمُنْكَدِر يَنْهَى عَنْ إتْيَان النِّسَاء فِي أَدْبَارهنَّ فَقَالَ زَيْد : أَشْهَد عَلَى مُحَمَّد لَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ يَفْعَلهُ .

3466 - حَدَّثَنِي عَبْد الرَّحْمَن بْن عَبْد اللَّه بْن عَبْد الْحَكَم , قَالَ : ثنا أَبُو زَيْد عَبْد الرَّحْمَن بْن أَحْمَد بْن أَبِي الْغِمْر , قَالَ : ثني عَبْد الرَّحْمَن بْن الْقَاسِم , عَنْ مَالِك بْن أَنَس , أَنَّهُ قِيلَ لَهُ : يَا أَبَا عَبْد اللَّه إنَّ النَّاس يَرْوُونَ عَنْ سَالِم : " وَكَذَبَ الْعَبْد أَوْ الْعِلْج عَلَى أَبِي " , فَقَالَ مَالِك : أَشْهَد عَلَى يَزِيد بْن رُومَان أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَنِي , عَنْ سَالِم بْن عَبْد اللَّه , عَنْ ابْن عُمَر مِثْل مَا قَالَ نَافِع . فَقِيلَ لَهُ : إنَّ الْحَارِث بْن يَعْقُوب يَرْوِي عَنْ أَبِي الْحُبَابِ سَعِيد بْن يَسَار أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ ابْن عُمَر , فَقَالَ لَهُ : يَا أَبَا عَبْد الرَّحْمَن إنَّا نَشْتَرِي الْجَوَارِي , فَنُحَمِّض لَهُنَّ ؟ فَقَالَ : وَمَا التَّحْمِيض ؟ قَالَ : الدُّبُر فَقَالَ ابْن عُمَر : أُفّ أُفّ , يَفْعَل ذَلِكَ مُؤْمِن ؟ أَوْ قَالَ مُسْلِم . فَقَالَ مَالِك : أَشْهَد عَلَى رَبِيعَة لَأَخْبَرَنِي عَنْ أَبِي الْحُبَابِ عَنْ ابْن عُمَر مِثْل مَا قَالَ نَافِع .

3467 - حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّد بْن إسْحَاق , قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرو بْن طَارِق , قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْن أَيُّوب , عَنْ مُوسَى بْن أَيُّوب الْغَافِقِيَّ , قَالَ : قُلْت لِأَبِي مَاجِد الزِّيَادِيّ : إنَّ نَافِعًا يُحَدِّث عَنْ ابْن عُمَر : فِي دُبُر الْمَرْأَة فَقَالَ : كَذَبَ نَافِع , صَحِبْت ابْن عُمَر وَنَافِع مَمْلُوك , فَسَمِعْته يَقُول : مَا نَظَرْت إلَى فَرْج امْرَأَتِي مُنْذُ كَذَا وَكَذَا .

3468 - حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو قِلَابَةَ قَالَ : ثنا عَبْد الصَّمَد , قَالَ : ثني أَبِي , عَنْ أَيُّوب , عَنْ نَافِع , عَنْ ابْن عُمَر : { فَأْتُوا حَرْثكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ } قَالَ : فِي الدُّبُر

http://quran.al-islam.com/Tafseer/DispTafs...&tashkeel=0

Yaqub - Hushaym - Ibn A’wn - Nafi’ who related that whenever Ibn Umar read the Quran he would not speak, but one day I read the verse, "Your wives are as a tilth unto you: so approach your tilth when or how you will" (Sura 2:223). So he said, "Do you know about whom this verse was revealed?" I replied, "No." He said, "This verse was revealed about penetrating women in their anus."

Ibrahim ibn Abdullah ibn Muslim Abu Muslim - Abu Umar Al-Dariri -Ismail Ibn Ibrahim (owner of) Al-Karabisi - Ibn A’wn - Nafi’ who said,

"I used to (inquire) from Ibn Umar whenever he read the verse in the Quran, ‘Your wives are as a tilth unto you: so approach your tilth when or how you will’ (Sura 2:223), he would say, ‘Meaning to have intercourse with women in their anus."

Abdur-Rahman ibn Abdullah ibn Abdul-Hakam - Abdul-Malik ibn Maslama -Al Darawardi who stated that it was related to Zayd ibn Aslam that Muhammad ibn Al-Munkadir used to forbid penetrating women through their anus. Zayd responded, "I bear witness against Muhammad that he informed me that he performed this."

Al-Harith ibn Yaqub - Abi Al-Habab Sa’id ibn Yassar that he asked Ibn Umar and said, "O Abu Abdul Rahman! We buy slave girls, so may we commit ‘Tahmid’ with them?" So he replied, "And what is this ‘Tahmid’?" He responded, "(Penetrating) the anus." Ibn Umar said, "Uff, Uff! Does a believer do that?"

Abu Kilaba - Abdus-Samad - his father - Ayub - Nafi’ - Ibn Umar who said that (Sura 2:223), ‘Your wives are as a tilth unto you: so approach your tilth when or how you will,’ was revealed regarding the anus.


The majority of the reports show that Ibn Umar believed that the verse was revealed about anal sex. This is why Ibn Abbas ra.gif accused him of mistake in this regard:

Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas:

Ibn Umar misunderstood (the Qur'anic verse, "So come to your tilth however you will")—may Allah forgive him. The fact is that this clan of the Ansar, who were idolaters, lived in the company of the Jews who were the people of the Book. They (the Ansar) accepted their superiority over themselves in respect of knowledge, and they followed most of their actions. The people of the Book (i.e. the Jews) used to have intercourse with their women on one side alone (i.e. lying on their backs). This was the most concealing position for (the vagina of) the women. This clan of the Ansar adopted this practice from them. But this tribe of the Quraysh used to uncover their women completely, and seek pleasure with them from in front and behind and laying them on their backs.

When the muhajirun (the immigrants) came to Medina, a man married a woman of the Ansar. He began to do the same kind of action with her, but she disliked it, and said to him: We were approached on one side (i.e. lying on the back); do it so, otherwise keep away from me. This matter of theirs spread widely, and it reached the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him).

So Allah, the Exalted, sent down the Qur'anic verse: "Your wives are a tilth to you, so come to your tilth however you will," i.e. from in front, from behind or lying on the back. But this verse meant the place of the delivery of the child, i.e. the vagina.

Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 11, Number 2159

Imam al-Suyuti in his Durr al-Manthur, commentary of 2:223, states:

وأخرج ابن راهويه والدارمي وأبو داود وابن جرير وابن المنذر والطبراني والحاكم وصححه والبيهقي في سننه من طريق مجاهد عن ابن عباس قال " إن ابن عمر - والله يغفر له - أوهم إنما كان هذا الحي من الأنصار، وهم أهل وثن مع هذا الحي من اليهود، وهم أهل كتاب كانوا يرون لهم فضلاً عليهم في العلم، فكانوا يقتدون بكثير من فعلهم، فكان من أمر أهل الكتاب لا يأتون النساء إلا على حرف وذلك استر ما تكون المرأة، فكان هذا الحي من الأنصار قد أخذوا بذلك من فعلهم، وكان هذا الحي من قريش يشرحون النساء شرحاً ويتلذذون منهن مقبلات ومدبرات ومستلقيات، فلما قدم المهاجرون المدينة تزوّج رجل منهم امرأة من الأنصار، فذهب يصنع بها ذلك، فأنكرته عليه وقالت: إنما كنا نؤتى على حرف واحد فاصنع ذلك وإلا فاجتنبني، فسرى أمرهما فبلغ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، فأنزل الله { نساؤكم حرث لكم فأتوا حرثكم أنى شئتم } يقول: مقبلات ومدبرات بعد أن يكون في الفرج، وإنما كانت من قبل دبرها في قبلها. زاد الطبراني قال ابن عباس: قال ابن عمرو: في دبرها فأوهم ابن عمر - والله يغفر له - وإنما كان الحديث على هذا ".

http://altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=2&...mp;LanguageId=1

He shows that al-Hakim has declared the above hadith from Sunan Abu Dawud to be sahih. He goes on to cite an additional report from Imam al-Tabarani, which runs this way:

Ibn Abbas ra.gif said: Ibn Umar said "in her anus". But, he made a mistake, and may Allah (swt) forgive him.

But, there is more. Imam al-Suyuti in his Durr al-Manthur writes:

وقال ابن عبد البر: الرواية عن ابن عمر بهذا المعنى صحيحة معروفة عنه مشهورة ".

"Ibn Abdul Barr stated: 'Traditions wherein Abdullah Ibn Umar believed in anal sex with women are well known and Sahih'".
http://altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=2&...mp;LanguageId=1

Imam al-Bukhari also indirectly confirms this in his Sahih:

Narrated Nafi’:

Whenever Ibn ‘Umar recited the Qur'an, he would not speak to anyone till he had finished his recitation. Once I held the Qur'an and he recited Surat-al-Baqara from his memory and then stopped at a certain Verse and said, "Do you know in what connection this Verse was revealed?" I replied, "No." He said, "It was revealed in such-and-such connection." Ibn ‘Umar then resumed his recitation. Nafi added regarding the Verse:-- "So go to your tilth when or how you will." Ibn ‘Umar said, "It means one should approach his wife in …"

Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 60, Number 50

Why has Imam al-Bukhari omitted mentioning the circumstance of descent as explained by Ibn Umar?

Oftentimes, Imam al-Bukhari does tahrif of hadiths when he finds the text uncomfortable.

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