hadith

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

WAS THERE AN HISTORICAL MUHAMMAD? Members Public

The question concerning Muhammad’s existence is not irrelevant, as many might think at first glance. First, consider an example closer to home: the case of Lindsay Mathis. She was an American physician who served in war zones during World War I and died in 1938. She traveled on foot

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MUHAMMAD AND ANAL SEX Members Public

EXPOSING MORE OF ISLAM’S SEXUAL FILTH AND PERVERSITY According to many renowned Muslim scholars, the following verse was “revealed” to permit anal sex: Your wives are as fields for you. You may enter your fields from any place you want. Reserve something good for your souls (for the life

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Enthronement of the “Prophet” Members Public

THE PROPHET’S SEATING ON THE THRONE – Allah bless and greet him – (Iq`ad al-Nabi (Saws) `ala al-`Arsh) by GF Haddad NOTES (continued) 48Al-Tabari, Jami` al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Qur’an (Beirut: Dar al-Ma`arif, 1980, 8:98). The hadith of Abu Hurayra is narrated by Ahmad and al-Tirmidhi with

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The Re-Formers of Islam: The Mas’ud Questions Members Public

© Nuh Ha Mim Keller 1995 Question 5 Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal Was Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal an anthropomorphist as is alleged by the Salafis? Can you provide me examples of the sayings of Imam Ahmad that show he did not hold the anthropomorphic ‘aqida of the neo-Salafis, as they claim?

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AL-TABARI Members Public

By GF Haddad Muhammad ibn Jarir ibn Yazid ibn Kathir, Abu Ja`far al-Tabari (d. 310), one of the major mujtahid Imams and the founder of a school of Law which remained for 150 years after his death, then disappeared. He is the author of a massive commentary on the

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MUHAMMAD’S ENTHRONEMENT AND MEDIATION Members Public

HOW ISLAM TRANSFORMED MUHAMMAD INTO A CHRIST FIGURE According to God’s true Word, the Holy Bible, the Lord Jesus sits enthroned with God the Father andintercedes for believers in order to procure their everlasting redemption: “But He kept silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him, saying

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Hadith of Adam’s tawassul through the Prophet Members Public

by GF Haddad—Rabi al-Awwal 1427—April 2006 – The hadith of Adam’s tawassul through the Prophet is related from three Companions – Maysara, Ibn ‘Abbas, and Ibn ‘Umar – with chains varying in strength from strong to very weak: I. Ibn al-Jawzi narrated in al-Wafa with his chain through al-Bayhaqi’s

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TAWASSUL (MEDIATION) IN SUNNI ISLAM PT. 6 Members Public

2. ALBANI’S DISSENT AND CONTEMPT FOR THE SCHOLARS The opponents hold that this hadeeth shows that it is permissible to make tawassul in du’aa by the status of the Prophet (SAW) or other pious people, since the Prophet (SAW) taught the blind man to use him as a

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