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==Gifting to Muhammad and Conversion to Islam== | ==Gifting to Muhammad and Conversion to Islam== | ||
According to the traditional sources, after the treaty of Hudaybiya | According to the traditional sources, after the treaty of Hudaybiya, the prophet Muhammad sent letters to the heads of various Middle Eastern powers inviting them to convert to Islam. One of these letters went to a certain Muhammad Al-Maqauqis, who is not immediately identifiable with any historical person but is identified by later sources as the Patriarch Cyril of Egypt. He did not, apparently, accept the [[Dawah|call]] to Islam but in response sent Mariyah and his sister as sex slaves to Muhammad. That a Christian patriarch in Egypt would send Christian girls as sex slaves to this strange, obscure, and previously unknown heretic in Arabia was a question that apparently never arose on any side. On the way to Medina, she converted to Islam. When she and her sister arrived in Medina, since Muhammad could not have concurrent sexual relations with both sisters as per Islamic law, Muhammad chose Mariyah for her exceeding beauty. The prophet did not wed her, but rather kept her as his jarriyah or sirriyah, that is his sex slave. | ||
==Scandal with Muhammads Wives== | ==Scandal with Muhammads Wives== | ||