sunnah
Analysis of the Sunnah, traditional Islamic practices, and their theological significance.
Contradictions in the Qur'an: How Are the Sexually Immoral Supposed To Be Punished? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction How Are the Sexually Immoral Supposed To Be Punished? Sam Shamoun The Quran is confused regarding the punishment that is to be administered to those guilty of sexual sin. In the following citation the Quran banishes women to a form of house arrest if they are
Contradiction Regarding Muhammads Fatherhood: An Examination of The Quran and Islamic Tradition Paid Members Public
Contradiction Regarding Muhammads Fatherhood An Examination of The Quran and Islamic Tradition Sam Shamoun The Quran claims that: The prophet is closer to the believers than their own selves, and his wives are their mothers. S. 33:6 The late Muslim translator Abdullah Yusuf Ali records that Ubayy b. Kab,
Qur'an Inconsistency: Can I call her mother? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Inconsistency Can I call her mother? The Quran says that a mother is one who gives birth to a person: God has heard the words of her that disputes with thee concerning her husband, and makes complaint unto God. God hears the two of you conversing together;
Qur'an Contradiction: Is there a minimum age for marriage? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction The Age of Marriage Sam Shamoun The Quran, in at least one passage, presupposes that there is an age which a girl must attain before she can be considered marriageable: And try orphans (as regards their intelligence) until they reach the age of marriage; if then
Qur'an Inconsistency: The 'Iddah rules for divorced and widowed women Paid Members Public
Qur'an Inconsistency The 'Iddah rules for divorced and widowed women As a general rule, when a marriage ends — whether by a divorce or by the death of the husband — Islam prescribes a waiting period ('iddah) for the woman before she can marry again. Divorced women shall
Qur'an Difficulty: Inquiry in Paradise? Paid Members Public
Inquiry in Paradise? For when the trumpet is blown, that day there shall be no kinship any more between them, neither will they question one another. -- Sura 23:101 ... this is the Day of Judgement... Nay, but that day they shall submit (to Judgement); and they will turn to
Teachings of the Hadith: The wings of the fly Paid Members Public
FLY(W)ING MEDICINE? Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said "If a house fly falls in the drink of anyone of you, he should dip it (in the drink), for one of its wings has a disease and the other has the cure for the disease." (Sahih Al-Bukhari:
Contradictions in the Qur'an: Fighting All People Until They Do What? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction Fighting All People Until They Do What? Sam Shamoun The Quran commands Muslims to fight all unbelievers: Fight those who believe not in God nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by God and His Apostle, nor acknowledge the religion of