This excerpt is taken from the book by Fazilat-ul-Sheikh Abdul Salam Rustami From Denial of Hadith to Denial of Quran.
Hadith 10: The Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) cohabiting with the pure wives in one night
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari, Nikah, Chapter: Many Women, Hadith: 5068
There are two objections from the deniers regarding this hadith:
➊ A man cannot cohabit with so many wives in one night.
➋ This is against justice among the wives, whereas the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) used to assign separate nights for each wife.
Answer to the first objection:
In the same hadith, it is mentioned that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was given the strength of thirty men, and in another hadith, it is stated that in Paradise, the strength of one man will be equal to that of a hundred men. The explanation regarding Prophet Solomon (peace be upon him) has already been provided, and the prophets (peace be upon them) cannot be compared to others, so there is no reason to be surprised or to deny this. Some friends have interpreted the Prophet Muhammad’s (peace be upon him) visiting his pure wives here as merely checking on their condition and have taken strength to mean courage. This view is also equivalent to denying the hadith because the narration states that the Prophet (peace be upon him), after having intercourse with all his wives, performed only one bath.
Reference: Sahih Muslim, Al-Hayd, Chapter on the Permissibility of Sleeping in a State of Janabah and the Recommendation of Hadith: 309
The hadith scholars have written that these events are related to the journey during which all your pure wives were with you, and this was the Farewell Pilgrimage. After performing the Tawaf al-Ziyarah, you came out of Ihram and had relations with all your pure wives, although under normal circumstances in a settled state, you had set a turn order, even though setting such a turn order was not obligatory upon the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
With the previous explanation, the answer to their second objection also becomes clear: there is no contradiction between the narration about setting a turn order and having intercourse in one night, while it is unanimously known that during travel, even ordinary men are not required to divide turns.
