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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 promised
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 three pagan goddesses of the Arabs. He
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
Ibn Qayyim on Biblical Preservation Paid Members Public
In this post I quote a different source for the statements of one of Ibn Taymiyyah’s premiere students, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, on the Muslim scholarly views concerning the preservation of the Torah. Chapter Thirteen: On the Devil’s Schemes Against the Son of Adam Chapter: People have differed in
Al-Albani on Aisha’s Statement that 9-Year-Old Girls are Women Paid Members Public
There are specific narrations where Muhammad’s child-bride Aisha is reported to have said that a girl of nine is a woman. Case in point: Qutaybah told us: Abdul Aziz bin Muhammad told us, on the authority of Muhammad bin Amr, on the authority of Abu Salamah, on the authority
Islam on Having Sex with Minors Paid Members Public
I share the legal rulings and opinions of the Muslim website IslamWeb (https://islamweb.net/ar/; https://islamweb.net/en/)., in respect to having sex with prepubescent, premature minors. The readers will see that Muslim scholars do allow men to have sex with girls younger than 9 years old provided
Aisha: Do 9-year-olds Become Women? Paid Members Public
In this post I will be sharing the response fromIslamWeb.net (https://islamweb.net/ar/; https://islamweb.net/en/). where they refute the narration attributed to Aisha who supposedly said that a girl who reaches the age of nine is a woman. The sources prove that Aisha was still a