112 – EPILEPTIC PROPHET PART 5 – ANGER ANXIETY PARANOIA SEXUALITY DELUSIONS

This episode is the 5th installment in the series ‘The Epileptic Prophet’ in which Abdullah Gondal and I tackle the question of Muhammad’s mental health and possible epilepsy. Our aim is to provide an alternative explanation to  Muhammad’s supposed prophethood from a neurological perspective.  We kicked off the episode by discussing behavioral changes/characteristics attributed to interictal behavior in temporal lobe epilepsy. We compared these characteristics to those of Muhammad as described in various hadith corpus and other Islamic literature. Gondal and I then presented a clip by Dr. Ali Sina detailing Muhammad’s narcissism and how it fits in perfectly with the theory that Muhammad was an epileptic. We also discussed Muhammad’s anger issues and how he would overreact to small provocations. We cited various hadith which report that Muhammad’s face would turn red due to anger even while delivering teachings. In other hadith it is reported that he would get extremely angry when questioned by his companions and at one time he threw a tantrum after missing the angel Gabriel. The conversation then moved on to the topic of Muhammad’s anxiety. We discussed how mundane things like gusty winds, clouds, thunder, and lightning would trigger Muhammad’s anxiety. We also talked about Muhammad’s weird fixation with praying for the dead. We went through various hadith that show Muhammad running to the graveyard sometimes during the dead of the night purportedly to pray for the dead. We finished the episode on the topic of Capgras and how it affects epileptic patients. We went through various hadith and Seerah which show how Muhammad used to confuse Dhiya Kalbi for Gabriel.  We invite you to take a listen to this detailed and entertaining episode. YouTube version of this series: Part 1: https://youtu.be/WlO4nZUGVf4 Part 2: https://youtu.be/ZI16w6Sl3DE Part 3: https://youtu.be/fD4FyXSN96k Part 4: https://youtu.be/Z-IgOnBCv3U Part 5: https://youtu.be/g0-vhNlxJhw Support the show here: https://friendlyexmuslim.com/two-abdullahs/ Timestamps: 0:00 Introductions 2:40 Changes in people suffering from temporal lobe epilepsy - Dr. Dede Korkut 10:40 Muhammad’s narcissism  - Dr. Ali Sina 14:18 Muhammad’s anger issues, yelling while preaching 18:50 Don’t smile around Gabriel. Muhammad’s red face from anger and more anger problems. 43:18 Comments from the chat 50:30 Muhammad had anxiety attacks because of heavy winds, thunder, solar eclipse, and the call to prayer. 59:23 Running off to the graveyard to pray for the dead? 1:06:00 Muhammad found talking to a dead body inside the grave. 1:07:55 Comments from the live chat 1:09:05 Muhammad’s Hyper and hyposexuality - Dr. Abbas 1:33:46 Aisha - A dream come true or child rape? 1:35:50 Revelation under the blanket of Aisha? Sexual triggers? 1:37:35 Descriptions of virgins in Jannah, 72 wives in paradise. 1:39:49 Muhammad married dead women? 1:41:50 Capgras - Impostor syndrome and epilepsy. Muhammad mistakes Dhiya Kalbi as Gabriel 2:09:37 A quick recap of the night journey 2:15:30 The tree that stretches from the 6th heaven to the 7th heaven.