After thoroughly examining the most authentic Islamic sources, we uncovered an incident that completely demolishes Islam’s claims of “prophethood”, “chastity”, and “justice among wives”, and “divine revelation”.

What actually happened?

Muhammad had nine wives, yet he also had sexual relations with his slave-women. He used to visit his wives in rotation, one per day. One day it was Hafsah’s turn, but she had gone to her father Umar’s house. When she returned, she found Muhammad in her own bed having intercourse with his Coptic slave-girl Mariyah al-Qibtiyyah. Hafsah became furious. To calm her down, Muhammad swore: “I make Mariyah forbidden upon myself – but do not tell anyone.”

Hafsah immediately told Aisha. The two wives then apparently joined forces to keep watch on Muhammad so he would not secretly go back to Mariyah. This enraged Muhammad so much that he claimed Surah At-Tahrim (66:1-5) was revealed:

Quran 66:1-5 “O Prophet! Why do you forbid [for yourself] that which Allah has made lawful to you [i.e. sex with your slave Mariyah], seeking to please your wives?… Allah has already ordained for you the dissolution of your oaths [i.e. it is now obligatory for you to break your oath and resume relations with Mariyah]… When the Prophet disclosed a matter in confidence to one of his wives [Hafsah] and she then divulged it [to Aisha]… If you two [wives] turn against him – then indeed Allah is his protector, and Gabriel, and the righteous believers, and the angels after that are his assistants. Perhaps his Lord, if he divorced you, would give him in exchange wives better than you – submitting, believing, obedient, repentant, worshipping, previously married and virgins.”

Questions that destroy the story

1. Why did both wives “team up”? If only Hafsah broke the secret, only she should have been rebuked. What was Aisha’s crime if she was merely told? Why accuse both of “deviating hearts” and “conspiring against the Prophet”?
2. Why is it allowed to swear off a free wife, but not a slave-girl? In Islam, a man may swear an oath (Ila) to abstain from his free wife for up to four months (Quran 2:226). But when Muhammad swore off a slave-girl, Allah declared: “Breaking your oath is now obligatory upon you – go back to her.” Conclusion: wives get justice, slave-girls get lust?
3. Why demand secrecy from the start? Muhammad told Hafsah: “Do not tell anyone.” If the oath was sincere, why hide it?
4. Why such an extreme, emotional reaction? The verses:
   • accuse both wives of “deviating hearts”
   • claim they are “conspiring against the Prophet”
   • say Allah, Gabriel, all righteous believers, and the angels are now Muhammad’s allies against his own wives
   • threaten divorce and replacement with “better, obedient, virgin and non-virgin wives” All this just because two wives were keeping an eye on him? This is the rage of a human husband – not the tone of divine revelation.

Islamic Apologists’ Excuses – and Their Refutation

**Excuse 1: “These verses were actually about the ‘honey incident’.” They cite Sahih Muslim 1474a claiming Aisha and Hafsah conspired to tell Muhammad his breath smelled bad after drinking honey/maghafir at Zaynab’s house.

Answer: Would Allah really reveal such violent, threatening verses over bad breath? Accusing wives of “deviating hearts”, threatening divorce, promising “better virgin wives” – just because of a smell? The hadith itself contradicts the Quran: the Quran describes one wife being told a secret and then informing another – it does not describe a pre-planned conspiracy from the beginning. Other “honey” hadiths (Sahih Bukhari 5268, 6972) contradict each other about who served the honey (Zaynab or Hafsah). The fabrications are obvious.

Excuse 2: “The Mariyah story has weak chains.” Answer: Sunan an-Nasa’i 3959 (Sahih): Anas narrates that the Prophet had a slave-girl he used to sleep with; Aisha and Hafsah harassed him until he forbade her to himself – then 66:1 was revealed. The incident is also recorded in Tabaqat Ibn Sa’d, Tafsir at-Tabari, and Ad-Durr al-Manthur. Even Sahih Bukhari 2468 and Sahih Muslim 1479e confirm Muhammad stayed away from his wives for a month after Hafsah disclosed the secret.

Conclusion

Muhammad was caught having sex with his slave-girl in Hafsah’s bed on Hafsah’s day. He swore to stop – then desired her again – then used “revelation” to:

• make breaking his oath “obligatory”
• threaten and humiliate his wives
• turn his personal desire into Allah’s command

This is not divine revelation. This is a man’s lust and anger dressed up as the word of God.