history
Historical analysis of religious developments, events, and theological movements relevant to apologetics.
Muta’, Temporary Marriage in Islamic Law Paid Members Public
By Sachiko Murata The Statutes of Mut’a Conditions in the Contract It is permissible for one or more conditions to be mentioned in the contract of mut’a, so long as they are legitimate. A condition must be accompanied by a declaration and an acceptance. Fulfilling the condition then
WAS THERE AN HISTORICAL MUHAMMAD? Paid 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
THE 1924 ARABIC QURAN: AN UNINSPIRED HUMAN COMPILATION Paid Members Public
Many Muslims and non-Muslims are unaware that the Arabic Quran which underlies the English translations in circulation throughout the world did not exist until 1924. In fact, there is no extant manuscript of the Quran that is identical to the 1924 edition produced in Cairo Egypt. I will allow the
The Re-Formers of Islam: The Mas’ud Questions Paid 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?
AL-TABARI Paid 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
The Circumstances Surrounding Muhammad’s Marriage to Khadija Paid Members Public
Muslim tradition teaches that Muhammad starting working for a very wealthy merchant woman named Khadija bint Khuwaylid who was fifteen years his senior. Muhammad eventually married her at the age of twenty-five when she was forty years old. The Islamic sources unashamedly admit that Khadija financed Muhammad until she died,
MORE PROOFS THAT MARIYAH WAS MUHAMMAD’S SEX SLAVE Paid Members Public
I am reposting the following Muslim article, which thoroughly refutes the lie that Muhammad freed and married his sex slave Mariyah the Copt: Maria, the Copt: Prophet Muhammad’s Wife or Concubine?. Waqar Akbar Cheema Abstract Maria, the Copt, sent to Prophet Muhammad by the Patriarch of Alexandria spent the
THE CONTRADICTIONS OF SUNN ISLAM’S SAHIH NARRATIONS Paid Members Public
In this post I am going to list sahih (so-called sound) reports from al-Bukhari and Imam Muslim which contradict each other. First Contradiction Narrated Ibn Abbas: The Prophet was cupped while he was in the state of lhram, and also while he was observing a fast. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 3,