hadith
Critical examinations of hadith literature, transmission, contradictions, reliability, and theological implications in Islam.
Turning the Tables Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue our series where we take some of the texts that non-Christian groups and cults often cite to undermine core, essential biblical doctrines and turn these same passages against them. We will again look at a verse that Muslims often quote to disprove the Deity of Christ
Turning the Tables Pt. 1c Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We come to the concluding part of our rebuttal. The final problem that Muslim polemicists such as Badawi face is that their own religious sources teach that Allah himself actually prays just like his creatures do! Note, for instance, the following reference which refers to both Allah and
Turning the Tables Pt. 1b Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue our response here by discussing the early Church’s practice of praying to the Lord Jesus in worship immediately after his physical ascension into heaven. The NT documents indicate that the first Christians were known for their habit of calling upon the name of the risen
Turning the Tables Pt. 1a Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We begin a new series of posts where we take the most oft-repeated biblical verses used by Muslims and other non-Christian groups to undermine key essential Christian doctrines and turn them around against them. Our aim is to show how the very texts that these individuals cite actually
Let The Study Quran Speak! Pt. 1b Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue the discussion. There are two passages where the Quran censures Christians for believing that Allah is the Messiah: Surely, in disbelief are they who say that Allah is the Messiah, son of Maryam (Mary). Say (O Muhammad): "Who then has the least power against Allah,
Examining the Islamic Testimony of Faith in light of Quranic Exegesis Paid Members Public
Exposing the Blatant Idolatry and Gross Problems with the Creed of Islam Sam Shamoun According to traditional Sunni Islam in order for a person to become Muslim s/he must confess the following: Ashhadu an la ilaha illa 'llah; ashhadu anna Muhammadan rasulu 'llah "I [bear] witness/
Muslims at the service of Allah and Muhammad his associate Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun According to the Islamic sources the pagans of Mecca would observe rites in connection with the Kabah (hajj, umra) which Muslims claimed were originally instituted by Abraham and Ishmael. One of these pagan practices included crying out to Allah, acknowledging both his sovereignty and their service to him:
How will a Muslim be saved according to the Hadiths? Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun The following hadith proclaims that among the Muslims there will be those whom Allah will save from hell by punishing Jews and Christians in their place: Abu Burda reported Allah's Messenger as saying: There would come people amongst the Muslims on the Day of Resurrection with