hadith
Critical examinations of hadith literature, transmission, contradictions, reliability, and theological implications in Islam.
Muhammad Gets Mounted by Men! Paid Members Public
According to a sahih (sound, authentic) narration, a group of tall, scrawny men mounted and rode Muhammad all night long, which caused him tremendous pain and exhaustion: إن عبدالله قال إستبعثني رسول الله ﷺ قال فانطلقنا حتى أتيت مكان كذا وكذا فخطَّ لي خطة فقال لي كن بين ظهرَي
AISHA’S WRATH & JEALOUSY Paid Members Public
The sunni traditions illustrate Muhammad’s shameful failure as a husband, resulting in bitter jealousy and rivalry among his multiple wives. This is particularly true in the case of his child-bride Aisha, who was only 9 when her marriage consummated, and who was left a childless widow at the young
MEDIATION IN ISLAM Paid Members Public
There are certain narrations that are deemed to be authentic according to Sunni Islam, which plainly show Muhammad’s followers using either him or someone close to him as a means of mediating between the Islamic god and his followers. Take, for instance, the following hadiths which speak of gazing
A GOAT’S JIHAD ON STONING & SUCKLING Paid Members Public
The sunni Islamic traditions contain some rather silly and embarrassing narrations, which have caused many a Muslim shame and humiliation. Take, for example, the claim that Muhammad ordered a woman to breastfeed a mature young man a number of times in order to make him her foster-son! Or the fact
FATIMAH’S MUSHAF: ANOTHER DILEMMA Paid Members Public
According to the authoritative Shia traditions, “Gabriel” came to Muhammad’s daughter Fatimah shortly after her father’s death and gave her “revelations” which Ali her husband wrote down. This revelation is known as the Mushaf of Fatimah, which some have variously rendered as the “Quran,” “Parchment,” or “Book” of
IBN HANBAL ON SEEING HIS lord Paid Members Public
According to specific traditions, the hadith scholar and early exponent of the uncreated nature of the Quran, who even has a school of Islamic jurisprudence named after him, Ahmad ibn Hanbal supposedly saw his lord in dreams. This has caused specific Muslim scholars to address the issue of whether a
UNCREATED RECITATION OF THE QURAN Paid Members Public
The references in this post are taken from Kitab As-Sunnah, written by Abu ‘Abdir-Rahman ‘Adbullah ibn Al-Imam Ahmad (d. 290H), translated by Abu Hajar, published by Al-Aqeedah, 2022. All emphasis will be mine. Since the Quran is supposed to be Allah’s Word, Muslims must therefore deny that it is
MUHAMMAD’S TALKING ASS Paid Members Public
According to one of the most authentic collections of Shia hadiths, Muhammad had a talking ass who narrated a tradition from a long chain of talking asses. All emphasis is mine. Ḥadīth #9 : 627 9ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ وَعَلِيُ