Hadith
Is the Saheeh Hadith Canon reliable? Is it truly possible that the words of Muhammad were memorized from generation to generation and passed intact? Is it possible that the exact […]
hadith
The historical basis for hadith
The corpus of hadith literature cannot be depended on. The compilers of hadith (the muhaddithun), “no matter how dedicated, were simply too distant from the time of the Prophet, and […]
Muhammad’s Jewish wife Saffiyah
Muhammad chose the most beautiful girl from the tribe of Huyayy to be his wife. He had her father and brother executed, and her husband Kinana tortured by fire to […]
Early understandings of Nun and the Whale story in the Quran
If the Quran is completely perfect and its best understood by those scholars who dedicated their lives to understand its context then why did many highly reliable scholars understand it […]
Greeting the kuffar (disbelievers)
Islamic law is based on very specific incidents that occured in Muhammad’s life. Instead of teaching universal goodwill and fair manners and treatment of all, it specifies different standards for […]