hadith

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

Muhammad’s Visit to a Non-Existent Temple Members Public

In this post, I am going to cite various Muslim sources to provide further confirmation that, according to Quran 17:1, Muhammad actually visited the Temple in Jerusalem, which the verse calls masjid al-aqsa. The obvious problem with this assertion is that there was no Temple in Jerusalem at Muhammad’

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Unveiling the Inanimate Gods of Islam Members Public

In the following article titled, “The Kabah – The Great Idol of Islam Pt. 1” (https://answeringislam.net/authors/shamoun/kabah_idol1.html), I demonstrated that Muslims commit idolatry for facing the black cube structure in Mecca during their five daily prayers, and because of their being required to visit it

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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To Descend or not to Descend? That is the Question! Members Public

The Salafi versus Sunni-Shia Dilemma According to the so-called authentic narrations attributed to Muhammad, Allah literally descends to the lowest heaven, the heaven that is supposed to be closest to the earth, at the last third of every night. The reports claim that Allah does so for the sole purpose

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Source of Muhammad’s Inspiration – Divine or Demonic? Members Public

According to the Islamic traditions, Muhammad would tremble, foam at the mouth and snore or moan like a camel or a newborn calf, whenever he received the so-called revelations: “Narrated Safwan bin Ya’la bin Umaiya from his father who said: ‘A man came to the Prophet while he was

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Another Hostile Liberal NT Scholar Proves that Muhammad Was a False Prophet! Members Public

Thanks to Muslim apologist Paul Williams for providing the following quotation from liberal critical NT scholar Professor Dale Martin in one of Williams’ blog posts titled, “Did Jesus Think He was God?” (February 1, 2019 https://bloggingtheology2.com/2019/02/01/did-jesus-think-he-was-god/). All capital emphasis is mine: “Contemporary Jewish texts

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Even More Proof that Allah Worships Just Like His Followers Do! Members Public

In this post I am going to provide even more evidence that Allah prays and worships just like Muslims do. The following is taken from the Dalail-al-Khayrat Sharhi of Kara Da’ud, d. 1541: “Then I beheld a single pearl of emerald green upon which was written this line of

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Islam Portrays Allah as a Finite, Limited, Temporal Embodied Soul Members Public

In this post I will be quoting specific references from the Quran, ahadith and writings of some of the greatest sunni scholars, which attest that Allah possesses a corporeal body of some kind, which is supposedly unlike anything in creation. I do this for the benefit of those Christians working

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Ba’al, Hubal, and Allah Members Public

A Rebuttal to the Islamic Awareness Article Entitled “Is Hubal the Same as Allah?” by M.S.M. Saifullah and ‘Abdallah David By Timothy W. Dunkin {Note: I have decided to post this rebuttal from Dunkin’s now defunct website since it is too important of a refutation to disappear

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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