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Black Stone, Female Circumcision & Menstruation Paid Members Public
According to Sunni tradition, the pagan black stone that Muslims venerate was initially white but then turned black from all the women that would touch it on while on their menstruation: According to Abu Hammam-his father-Ziyad b. Khaythamah–Abu Yahya Ba'i' al-Qatt: When we
More on Islamic Female Circumcision Paid Members Public
Female circumcision (more correctly, female genital mutilation) is a part of Islamic teaching, as the following Muslim source confirms: Malik said: It is not recommended, but leaving it is not forbidden, and there is nothing wrong with it. Chapter on Circumcision They agreed that circumcision for men and female genital
Uthman & Aisha on the Quran’s Errors Paid Members Public
According to some allegedly sound reports, Muhammad’s child bride and the third caliph admitted that the Quran contains grammatical errors, and therefore it is not perfect: Likewise: {Greater than your hatred of yourselves when you are called upon} The meaning requires that “when” be related to hatred, but the
AN-NAWAWI, SAHIHAYN & MURSAL HADITH Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting from one of Sunni Islam’s greatest scholars and the commentator of Sahih Muslim, Imam an-Nawawi, and others on the issue of mursal hadiths. All emphasis will be mine. I start off with the statements of an-Nawawi who defines what a
Miscellany on the Quran’s Haphazard Structure Paid Members Public
In this post I will be sharing various hadiths on the Quran appearing as a man on the last day to dispute with Allah, as well as its variant readings and textual corruptions. The Talking Quran Chapter on the virtue of following the Qur’an, the reward contained in acting
Ibn Kathir on the Quran as Muhaimin in Q. 5:48 Paid Members Public
I quote from Ibn Kathir’s exposition of the term muhaimin in the context of Q. 5:48, where the Quran is said to be a guardian/witness to the previous Scriptures. If the promise of our Lord is to be fulfilled (108) ﴾ [Al-Isra’] That is: If what God
Muhammad Recites Satan’s Revelations & Lost Quranic Words Paid Members Public
The following is taken from Al-Jalal Al-Suyuti, The book "Al-Durr Al-Manthur fi Al-Tafsir bi Al-Ma'thur" (https://shamela.ws/book/12884/4650#p7). Al-Suyuti quotes narrations with sound chains of transmitters, which testify that Satan inspired Muhammad to praise the
Muslims & Luke’s Gospel Paid Members Public
Luke quotes Jesus’ reply to a woman’s praise of the woman who birthed him: “Now it happened that while Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, ‘Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at