I recently started re-reading the New Testament and have noticed that many of Jesus's teachings involve denouncing oral law traditions attributed to religion not found in scripture. For background, one of the main groups that Jesus preached against was the Pharisees, who believed in the necessity of oral traditions to interpret and supplement the written … Continue reading Jesus Denounced Tradition
Sunnis Followed the Sunnah of the Jews
Dhat Anwat ( ذَاتُ أَنْوَاطٍ ) was the name of a particular tree that was worshipped in Arabia before the revelation of the Quran.1 Pagans, including that of the Quraish, used to suspend their weapons on it as well as slaughter to it and devote themselves to it as they blessed and glorified it.2 https://lexicon.quranic-research.net/data/25_n/294_nwT.html In the following … Continue reading Sunnis Followed the Sunnah of the Jews
100% of Salat to the Prophet
In an episode of Blogging Theology posted on YouTube on July 31, 2023, Imam Sami Zaharna says that the prophet recommended that one's Salat, dua, and zikr should be 100% exclusively upon the prophet! https://twitter.com/talkquran/status/1691968927247864094?s=20 He bases this understanding on the following Hadith. At-Tufail bin Ubayy bin Ka'b narrated from his father who said: "When … Continue reading 100% of Salat to the Prophet
Take what the messenger gives you (59:7)
One of the sentences traditionalists often quote to justify the upholding of Hadith is the following from Sura 59 verse 7. [59:7]…Take what the messenger gives you, and refrain from what he forbids you from it… وَمَا نَهَىٰكُمْ عَنْهُ فَٱنتَهُوا۟ 24wamāوَمَآAnd whatever25ātākumuءَاتَىٰكُمُ[he] gave you [all]26l-rasūluٱلرَّسُولُthe messenger,27fakhudhūhuفَخُذُوهُso take it [you all]28wamāوَمَاand whatever29nahākumنَهَىٰكُمْhe forbade you [all]30ʿanhuعَنْهُfrom it,31fa-intahūفَٱنتَهُوا۟then … Continue reading Take what the messenger gives you (59:7)
Hadith Fails The Authenticity Test
There are two predominant reasons why a devout adherent of the Quran and a follower of the Prophet Muhammad will solely rely on the Quran alone as their only source of religious law and dismiss all other Hadith. No Authority The primary reason is that the Hadith corpus has no authority in the religion and … Continue reading Hadith Fails The Authenticity Test
1st Revelation: What shall I read?
Many are familiar with the well-known narrative of how the Prophet Muhammad is believed to have received his initial revelation, encapsulated in Sura 96:1-5. This story centers on the Angel Gabriel urging the Prophet to read, which he reportedly could not fulfill. Traditional interpretations of this account postulate that the prophet could not complete this … Continue reading 1st Revelation: What shall I read?
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