hadith

Critical examinations of hadith literature, transmission, contradictions, reliability, and theological implications in Islam.

Islam on Playing Chess/Backgammon Members Public

41 The Book of Poetry  (2) Chapter: The Prohibition Of Playing Nardashir According to the sunnah of Muhammad and the opinion of his followers, playing chess or badgammon is a sin which is condemned:  Buraida reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Apostle said:  He who

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Prophet of Shirk Strikes Yet Again! Members Public

The Quran claims that there has never been a messenger/apostle or a prophet that Satan hasn’t deceived into reciting his words in order to mislead people: Never did We send a Messenger or a Prophet before you, but when he did recite the revelation or narrated or spoke,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Allah’s Multiple Eyes and Hands Members Public

The Quran and sunni tradition depict the Islamic deity as a very grotesque looking hybrid who possesses a composite body of some kind, which consists of at least three eyes, three hands, fingers, a foot, a shin, gonads and a face.  In this post I will highlight the verses, which

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Muhammad’s Jewish Sex-Slave Members Public

According to the Sunni traditions, Muhammad had at least two sex slaves that he did not marry, namely, a Christian Coptic girl named Mariyah and a Jewish concubine named Rayhanah. I have written at length about Mariyah so here I will focus on Rayhanah. Here is what a modern biography

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Muhammad’s Bribing People to Be/Remain Muslims Members Public

The Quran states that part of the money given in charity is to go towards enticing individuals to become Muslims. In other words, Allah sanctions Muslims to buy off or bribe non-Muslims to embrace Islam: As-Sadaqat (here it means Zakat) are only for the Fuqara’ (poor), and Al-Masakin (the poor)

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Sam Shamoun
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Islam’s Adulterous She-Monkey Exposed Members Public

The following post is taken from the now defunct Muslim website named Islamtoday.com. The site itself can still be accessed on the web archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20001028211320/http://islamtoday.com/Default.htm. Here is the original URL for the post: http://islamtoday.com/show_detail_section.

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Catholic Encyclopedia, Muhammad & Islam Members Public

The following extracts are taken from Mohammed and Mohammedism. All emphasis will be mine. The founder… On his commercial journeys to Syria and Palestine he became acquainted with Jews and Christians, and acquired an imperfect knowledge of their religion and traditions. He was a man of retiring disposition, addicted to

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Sam Shamoun
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Islam’s Agenda to Conquer the World Members Public

Muhammad is reported to have taught that the whole earth was given to him by his god: (6) Chapter: The expelling of the Jews from the Arabian Peninsula Narrated Abu Huraira: While we were in the Mosque, the Prophet came out and said, “Let us go to the Jews.” We

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