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⚖️ The Problem of Muhammad’s Morality: Why Islam’s ‘Perfect Example’ Breaks the Standard of God

When “Uswa Hasana” Looks Like Power, Privilege, and Control

🧭 The Islamic Claim

“Indeed, in the Messenger of Allah you have a good example to follow...” – Qur’an 33:21

Muhammad is Islam’s ultimate moral reference point. The gold standard. The “walking Qur’an.”

If he did it, it’s considered righteous.
If you question it, you’re deemed ignorant or blasphemous.

But here’s the core problem:

If Muhammad’s actions represent divine morality, then that morality looks nothing like holiness — it looks like power without accountability.

👧 1. Marriage to a Minor

Islamic sources (e.g., Bukhari 5133) report marriage to Aisha at 6, consummated at 9.
No precedent in prophetic history for such a practice.
Attempts to justify it are based on context, not conscience.

📌 Problem: This doesn’t reflect the compassion, restraint, or safeguarding you’d expect from a divinely chosen role model — especially with no divine prohibition later.

🗡 2. Elimination of Critics

Sources report that satirical poets and critics were targeted and eliminated, including Asma bint Marwan and Ka’b ibn al-Ashraf.
These were not military combatants — they were verbal opponents.

📌 Problem: If criticism results in execution, then “prophethood” is indistinguishable from despotic rule.

🏴‍☠️ 3. Personal Share of War Gains

“One-fifth is for Allah and the Messenger…” – Qur’an 8:41

As leader, Muhammad received personal shares of captured goods.
This included captives, land, and wealth.
He redistributed based on loyalty and service.

📌 Problem: This model resembles tribal chieftain behavior, not the ethics of a transcendent messenger.

🛏 4. Sexual Access to Captives

“…those whom your right hands possess…” – Qur’an 4:24

Islam legally permits relations with captives — without marriage.
Muhammad’s concubines are referenced by name (e.g., Maria al-Qibtiyya).
There is no abolition of slavery in Qur’anic revelation.

📌 Problem: If divine morality allows intimacy with captives, it turns consent into a privilege of ownership.

🧠 5. Revelations Serving Personal Circumstances

“A privilege for you only, not for the [other] believers…” – Qur’an 33:50

Special marital allowances were granted only to Muhammad.
These included more wives, exceptions to public standards, and women offering themselves.

📌 Problem: When revelation mirrors personal convenience, it resembles authoritarian license, not divine instruction.

💬 6. Relationship with His Adopted Son’s Ex-Wife

Muhammad expressed interest in Zaynab, wife of his adopted son Zayd.
Zayd divorced her, and Muhammad later married her.
Revelation (33:37) followed — annulling adoption to allow the marriage.

📌 Problem: This reversal of adoption practice raises serious ethical flags — it redefined relationships after desire was involved.

🔐 7. Enforcement Through Fear

Classical hadiths prescribe capital punishment for apostasy (e.g., Bukhari 6922).
This legal tradition is still active in many Muslim countries.
Blasphemy laws and anti-criticism norms emerged directly from this precedent.

📌 Problem: Coercion by consequence undermines sincerity — it reflects control, not truth.

📊 Cumulative Pattern

Behavior	Result
Child marriage	Justified as “contextual”
Silencing opponents	Framed as “protection of the faith”
Wealth accumulation	Normalized as “spoils of war”
Special privileges	Framed as “prophetic exception”
Ethical double standards	Dismissed through selective reverence

📌 If all of these are called divine, then the definition of righteousness is fundamentally broken.

💥 Final Statement

“If Muhammad is the moral model —
Then divine morality permits what it should forbid,
Rewards what it should restrain,
And excuses what should be condemned.

That’s not divine. That’s dangerous.

The moment you elevate a man above moral accountability,
You don’t get revelation —
You get a religion built on unchecked power.”