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MEDIATION IN ISLAM Paid Members Public
There are certain narrations that are deemed to be authentic according to Sunni Islam, which plainly show Muhammad’s followers using either him or someone close to him as a means of mediating between the Islamic god and his followers. Take, for instance, the following hadiths which speak of gazing
A GOAT’S JIHAD ON STONING & SUCKLING Paid Members Public
The sunni Islamic traditions contain some rather silly and embarrassing narrations, which have caused many a Muslim shame and humiliation. Take, for example, the claim that Muhammad ordered a woman to breastfeed a mature young man a number of times in order to make him her foster-son! Or the
FATIMAH’S MUSHAF: ANOTHER DILEMMA Paid Members Public
According to the authoritative Shia traditions, “Gabriel” came to Muhammad’s daughter Fatimah shortly after her father’s death and gave her “revelations” which Ali her husband wrote down. This revelation is known as the Mushaf of Fatimah, which some have variously rendered as the “Quran,” “Parchment,” or “Book” of
IBN HANBAL ON SEEING HIS lord Paid Members Public
According to specific traditions, the hadith scholar and early exponent of the uncreated nature of the Quran, who even has a school of Islamic jurisprudence named after him, Ahmad ibn Hanbal supposedly saw his lord in dreams. This has caused specific Muslim scholars to address the issue of whether a
UNCREATED RECITATION OF THE QURAN Paid Members Public
The references in this post are taken from Kitab As-Sunnah, written by Abu ‘Abdir-Rahman ‘Adbullah ibn Al-Imam Ahmad (d. 290H), translated by Abu Hajar, published by Al-Aqeedah, 2022. All emphasis will be mine. Since the Quran is supposed to be Allah’s Word, Muslims must therefore
MUHAMMAD’S TALKING ASS Paid Members Public
According to one of the most authentic collections of Shia hadiths, Muhammad had a talking ass who narrated a tradition from a long chain of talking asses. All emphasis is mine. Ḥadīth #9: 627 9ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ وَعَلِيُ
MUHAMMAD’S TALKING ANIMAL FARM Paid Members Public
According to the most reliable collection of sunni hadiths, Muhammad believed that animals like cows and wolves could actually speak like humans do! 60 Prophets (54) Chapter: Narrated Abu Huraira: Once Allah’s Messenger offered the morning prayer and then faced the people and said, “While a man was driving
KHALID: A MURDERING ADULTERER Paid Members Public
This post is adapted from: The incident of Khalid killing Sahabi Malik bin Nuwayrah. Weren’t Malik bin Nuwayrah and his brother Mutammim believers? Ansar.Org stated: Shortly after the demise of Rasulullah a number of tribes in the Arabian peninsula turned away from Islam. With many of them apostasy