hadith
Critical examinations of hadith literature, transmission, contradictions, reliability, and theological implications in Islam.
MUHAMMAD SAYS MUSLIM WOMEN ARE STUPID, CROOKED PRISONERS! Paid Members Public
The Quran and sunni traditions categorize women as property which men own and whom they have taken captive to be their prisoners in the home. This is why men have the authority to beat women whom they fear are being rebellious: Your women ARE A TILLAGE for you; so come
MUHAMMAD: THE FASTING HYPOCRITE Paid Members Public
In this post I will show how the Lord Jesus condemns Muhammad as an inconsistent, lying hypocrite. WARNING AGAINST FASTING LIKE THE HYPOCRITES The Lord Jesus warned his followers from praying and fasting like the hypocrites, which in context refers to disbelieving Jews: “When you fast, do not look sullen
THE IMPERFECTLY PRESERVED QURAN Paid Members Public
In this post I provide evidence from the so-called authentic sunna and Islamic scholarship proving that the Quran has not been perfectly compiled or preserved. WHICH QURAN? According to the so-called authentic Islamic reports there wasn’t one standard way of reciting the Quran, but multiple ways, which caused confusion
THE IMPERFECT QURAN PT. 2: BREASTFEEDING GROWN MEN Paid Members Public
Here’s the first post in this series: THE IMPERFECT QURAN PT. 1: MISSING VERSE ON STONING. According to the Islamic sources, Muhammad permitted women to have grown men suck their bare breasts in order to make them their foster children, and therefore lawful to remain in their presence: (36)
Is the Jihad of Q. 9:29 Defensive in Nature? Paid Members Public
Muslims have attempted to explain away Q. 9:29, which exhorts Muhammad’s followers to fight the disbelievers until they have been subdued, by arguing that the historical context of the passage shows that the fighting which is prescribed here is solely defensive in nature. They claim that the Byzantine
ADDENDUM TO ALI ATAIE AND THE SATANIC VERSES Paid Members Public
In this post I will wrap up the case for Satan causing Muhammad to commit shirk by praising the three goddesses whom the pagans worshiped as the daughters of Allah. Al-Tabari, one of Islam’s greatest commentators and historians, relays two versions of the story: Satan Casts a False Revelation
The Sirah and Ahadith: The Foundation of the Quran Paid Members Public
It is no exaggeration to say that without the sirah and hadith literature a person cannot make heads or tails out of the great bulk of the Quran. In fact, if one doesn’t have any recourse to these sources then s/he is unable to answer the who, what,
The Meaning and Purpose of Paying Jizyah Paid Members Public
Jizyah is the sum of money which the Quran imposes upon the disbelievers, specifically Jews and Christians, who come under the control of Muslims but refuse to change their religion: Fight those who believe not in God and in the last day, and who forbid not what God and His