hadith
Critical examinations of hadith literature, transmission, contradictions, reliability, and theological implications in Islam.
A false statement in a core belief of Islam Paid Members Public
Begetting and Self-sufficiency This is a self-contradiction due to confusion of terms. 10:68 They say [the Christians]: "Allah hath begotten a son!" Glory be to Him! He is self-sufficient! His are all things in heaven and on earth! No warrant have ye for this! (An essentially identical
Qur'an Difficulty: When/how are the fates determined? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Difficulty: When/how are the fates determined? Sura 97:3,4 says, "The night of power is better than a thousand months. The angels and the spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord, with all decrees." Sura 44:3 also says, "Lo!
Qur'an Difficulty: Stoning, House arrest, or Lashing? Paid Members Public
The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication, - flog them each with a hundred stripes. -- Sura 24:2 If any of your women are guilty of lewdness, take the evidence of four (reliable) witnesses from amongst you against them; and if they testify, confine them to
Qur'an Difficulty: Abrogation? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: Abrogation? The words of the Lord are perfect in truth and justice; there is NONE who can change His words. He both heareth and knoweth. -- Sura 6:115 None can change the words of God; -- Sura 6:34 There is no changing the words
Qur'an Contradiction: Can Angels Disobey? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: Can Angels Disobey? About the angels: For NONE are arrogant (before their Lord). They ALL fear their Lord, high above them, and they do ALL they are commanded. -- Sura 16:49-50 And behold, we said to the ANGELS: "Bow down to Adam". And
Contradictions in the Qur'an: Can Slander be forgiven? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: Can Slander be forgiven? Those who slander chaste women are cursed forever [in this life and the Hereafter] according to Sura 24:23. But Sura 24:5 says that they can be forgiven if they repent after they have been beaten with 80 stripes. since it
Contradictions in the Qur'an: Throwing Stars at the Devils? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: Throwing Stars at the Devils? And We have (from of old), adorned the lowest heaven with lamps, and we have made such (Lamps as) missiles to drive away Satans, ... -- Sura 67:5 We have indeed decked the lower heaven with beauty (in) the stars, (for
Contradictions in the Qur'an: Embryonic Development Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: Embryonic Development Take, for example, the Quran's highly controversial statement that human beings are formed from a clot of blood. "Then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood; then of that clot We made a (foetus) lump; then We made