hadith
Critical examinations of hadith literature, transmission, contradictions, reliability, and theological implications in Islam.
QURAN ONLY DILEMMA: HOW MANY PATHS TO PARADISE? Paid Members Public
The Quran boasts of being a perfect scripture that explains all things in detail, providing a thorough detailed explanation of its verses: Do they not then consider the Qur’an carefully? Had it been from other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much contradictions. S. 4:82 Hilali-Khan
IBN KATHIR ON THE LIFE OF JESUS Paid Members Public
The following is an extract from Stories of the Prophets, written by Al-Imam Ibn Kathir, translated by Muhammad Mustapha Geme’ah, Al-Azhar, pp. 173-184 (https://www.academia.edu/34774764/Stories_of_the_Prophets_Stories_of_the_Prophets?email_work_card=title). Emphasis will be mine. Mary’s Family History Allah
Grave Worship: More of Muhammad’s Duplicity Exposed Paid Members Public
Muhammad is reported to have cursed the Jews and Christians for turning the graves of the prophets and righteous persons as places of worship, and warned his followers from doing the same with his grave: Narrated ‘Aisha and ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas: When the last moment of the life of Allah’
INVOCATION AND WORSHIP: THE ISLAMIC DILEMMA PT. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue from where I left off by showing how Muhammad turned himself into an object of worship according to his own criterion: INVOCATION AND WORSHIP: THE ISLAMIC DILEMMA PT. 1. According to certain allegedly sound hadiths, Muhammad permitted his followers to invoke him in their prayers, a practice which
Muhammad’s Illiteracy Proves that Allah is the Not-So-Powerful One Paid Members Public
The Quran claims that Allah is so powerful that all he needs to do to make something happen or bring a thing into being is to say the word “Be” (kun): The Originator of the heavens and the earth! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be!
HIGH FLYING CRANES: MUHAMMAD’S SATANIC INSPIRATION PT. 2 Paid Members Public
This is a follow up to my previous post on this subject: HIGH FLYING CRANES: MUHAMMAD’S SATANIC INSPIRATION. I am going to address a few of the typical objections that Muhammadans have raised to cast doubt on the historical veracity of Satan inspiring Muhammad to utter verses glorifying the
HIGH FLYING CRANES: MUHAMMAD’S SATANIC INSPIRATION Paid Members Public
According to the earliest Muslim accounts on Muhammad’s life, Satan deceived Muhammad to recite sentences magnifying the three pagan goddesses of the Arabs, whom they called the daughters of Allah. It wasn’t until Gabriel supposedly came to Muhammad and asked him to recite surah 53 that the latter
Yasir Qadhi: Ismā`īl vs. Isḥāq As the Sacrifice Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from the facebook of Yasir Qadhi where he plugs a lecture he does on what the Muslim sources teach in respect to the child that Abraham was told to sacrifice. Here’s the link to the lecture itself: Library Chats E7: Ismā`īl vs. Isḥāq