hadith
Critical examinations of hadith literature, transmission, contradictions, reliability, and theological implications in Islam.
More on Islamic Female Circumcision Paid Members Public
Female circumcision (more correctly, female genital mutilation) is a part of Islamic teaching, as the following Muslim source confirms: Malik said: It is not recommended, but leaving it is not forbidden, and there is nothing wrong with it. Chapter on Circumcision They agreed that circumcision for men and female genital
AN-NAWAWI, SAHIHAYN & MURSAL HADITH Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting from one of Sunni Islam’s greatest scholars and the commentator of Sahih Muslim, Imam an-Nawawi, and others on the issue of mursal hadiths. All emphasis will be mine. I start off with the statements of an-Nawawi who defines what a mursal report
Miscellany on the Quran’s Haphazard Structure Paid Members Public
In this post I will be sharing various hadiths on the Quran appearing as a man on the last day to dispute with Allah, as well as its variant readings and textual corruptions. The Talking Quran Chapter on the virtue of following the Qur’an, the reward contained in acting
Al-Albani on Aisha’s Statement that 9-Year-Old Girls are Women Paid Members Public
There are specific narrations where Muhammad’s child-bride Aisha is reported to have said that a girl of nine is a woman. Case in point: Qutaybah told us: Abdul Aziz bin Muhammad told us, on the authority of Muhammad bin Amr, on the authority of Abu Salamah, on the authority
Islam on Having Sex with Minors Paid Members Public
I share the legal rulings and opinions of the Muslim website IslamWeb (https://islamweb.net/ar/; https://islamweb.net/en/)., in respect to having sex with prepubescent, premature minors. The readers will see that Muslim scholars do allow men to have sex with girls younger than 9 years old provided
Aisha: Do 9-year-olds Become Women? Paid Members Public
In this post I will be sharing the response fromIslamWeb.net (https://islamweb.net/ar/; https://islamweb.net/en/). where they refute the narration attributed to Aisha who supposedly said that a girl who reaches the age of nine is a woman. The sources prove that Aisha was still a
Muhammad's Suicidal Attempts Revisited Paid Members Public
In this post I revisit Muhammad’s encounter with the spirit who psychologically violated and demoralized him. The spirit had so traumatized Muhammad that he repeatedly tried to kill himself because of it. The citations that I will be quoting are all taken from Volume 1 of Ibn Kathir’s
Islam on Sarah as Abraham’s Sister & Hagar’s Mistress Paid Members Public
I share some of the Islamic traditions, which agree with the Holy Bible that Sarah was Abraham’s sister and that Hagar was the maidservant of Sarah. All emphasis will be mine. (8) Chapter: The Statement of Allah Taa'la: "...And Allah did take Ibrahim as a Khalil.