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The motte-and-bailey fallacy (named after the motte-and-bailey castle) is a form of argument and an informal fallacy where an arguer conflates two positions that share similarities, one modest and easy to defend (the "motte") and one much more controversial (the "bailey"). The arguer advances the controversial position, but when challenged, they insist that they are … Continue reading The Motte-And-Bailey Fallacy and Hadith

According to the following verses, if someone is ill or traveling and cannot fast, they can make up an equal number of other days for the days that they missed. Alternatively, if someone can fast but fails to complete the fast they can feed a poor person for each day they are not able to … Continue reading Making Up Days of Fasting

Back in 2017, the messaging app Telegram launched a feature that allows users to determine that their communication is secure via emojis. When users initiate a call using Telegram, they will both be displayed a series of emojis. If both callers verify that their emoji sequence is the same, then their call is secure, which … Continue reading Secure Communication and Emojis

In English, Janus words are words that can mean one thing and its opposite, thus creating contradictory meanings. Other names for these kinds of words are also contronyms, auto-antonyms, or antagonyms. Examples of this for the English language are the following. WordMeaning #1Meaning #2Cleaveto divide by or as if by a cutting blowto adhere firmly … Continue reading Janus Words In Quran

In the Quran, if God presents a word that people are not expected to know, it first asks, "do you know what said item is? Then it goes on to explain and define what the said item is. For example: [83:7] Indeed, the book of the wicked is in Sijjeen.[83:8] Do you know what Sijjeen is?[83:9] A numerically … Continue reading Do you know what…is?

One of the greatest tricks that the devil has pulled on the Muslim masses is convincing them that some of the verses of the Quran have been abrogated. For those who are not familiar with this concept, it is the belief that some of the verses in the Quran have been nullified by other verses … Continue reading Satanic Abrogation

According to the verses of the Quran, there are five specific times for the Contact Prayers (Salat). Dawn: 24:58, 11:114Noon: 17:86Afternoon: 11:114Sunset: 11:114Night: 24:58 Traditionalists believe that in addition to these five obligatory Salats, one can perform additional non-obligatory Salats that they call Salat Al-Nafl (صلاة النفل). The word Nafl comes from the root ن … Continue reading Nafl Salat

The Quran warns us that human and jinn devils will try to deceive people through their false narrations. [6:112] We have permitted the enemies of every prophet—human and jinn devils—to inspire in each other fancy words, in order to deceive. Had your Lord willed, they would not have done it. You shall disregard them and their … Continue reading The Lost Fabricated Verses

In Sura 17, we see the following requests that were made to God's messenger. [17:89] We have cited for the people in this Quran all kinds of examples, but most people insist upon disbelieving. [17:90] They said, "We will not believe you unless you cause a spring to gush out of the ground. [17:91] "Or unless you own … Continue reading Who Claimed Masses From The Sky? (Part II)

There are very few punishments that followers of the Quran are specifically commanded to apply when a crime is committed. One of these is the punishment for stealing. Unfortunately, there are two major misunderstandings that many people have regarding this verse. [5:38] The thief, male or female, you shall mark (fa-iq'ṭaʿū) their hands as a punishment … Continue reading Marking the Hands