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Ruling on kissing one’s wife in front of the children
Islam’s Stance on Women’s Practicing Sport
Ruling on wearing shorts when playing sports
Shaking hands with a non-maham woman
Should I castrate my cat or give it away?
Should women wear socks when praying
Twenty Tips for Lowering the Gaze
Definition of the evil eye
I got a kick out of the "evil eye" one. In fact Muhammad was very superstitious and claimed to receive these as divine revelations:
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The Evil Eye
From many Hadith passages, we learn that Muhammad believed in the “Evil Eye”, a pagan superstition that had been around in many cultures:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “The effect of an evil eye is a fact.” And he prohibited tattooing.
-Sahih al-Bukhari 7.636
Narrated Aisha:
When Allah’s Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) fell ill, Gabriel used to recite these verses: “In the name of Allah, He may cure you from all kinds of illness and safeguard you from the evil of a jealous one when he feels jealous and from the evil influence of eye.”
-Sahih Muslim 25.5424
Narrated AbuSa’id al-Khudri:
Gabriel came to Allah’s Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) and said: Muhammad, have you fallen ill? Thereupon he said: Yes. He (Gabriel) said: “In the name of Allah I exorcise you from everything and safeguard you from every evil that may harm you and from the eye of a jealous one. Allah would cure you and I invoke the name of Allah for you.”
-Sahih Muslim 25.5425
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
Allah’s Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: The influence of an evil eyes is a fact; if anything would precede the destiny it would be the influence of an evil eye, and when you are asked to take bath (as a cure) from the influence of an evil eye, you should take bath.
-Sahih Muslim 25.5427
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
In connection with incantation Anas reported that he had been granted sanction (to use incantation as a remedy) for the sting of the scorpion and for curing small pustules and dispelling the influence of an evil eye.
-Sahih Muslim 25.5448
If you go to Muslim countries, sometimes you will see Muslims wearing amulets around their necks. They wear these around their necks to avoid the influence of the “evil eye”!
Eclipses as Omens
Muhammad taught that eclipses were used by Allah to frighten believers into praying, and one time, Muhammad got frightened during an eclipse because he thought that it might be the “Hour of Judgment” (Sahih Bukhari 2.167):
Narrated Abu Masud:
Allah’s Apostle said, “The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of someone’s death or life but they are two signs amongst the signs of Allah, so pray whenever you see them.”
-Sahih Bukhari 2.165, also 2.161, 2.303
Narrated Abu Bakr:
Allah’s Apostle said: “The sun and the moon are two signs amongst the signs of Allah and they do not eclipse because of the death of someone but Allah frightens His devotees with them.”
-Sahih Bukhari 2.158
Back when the pagan astral religion was believed in, it would only follow that an eclipse of the two most prominent bodies in the heavens (and the two most powerful deities of that religion) would frighten worshippers. However, we now know that eclipses happen with predictable regularity. Only a superstitious mind would think that they occur because God (or the gods in the case of astral religions) just wanted to frighten devotees into piety.
Dreaming of Black Women
Throughout the Hadiths, Muhammad is recorded as saying and believing in extremely racist things against black people. For instance, Muhammad calls black people “raisin heads” (Sahih Bukhari 1.662, 9.256)! In other places, he is recorded to have interpreted a dream he had of a black women as an omen that an epidemic disease would spread:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
The Prophet said, “I saw (in a dream) a black woman with unkempt hair going out of Medina and settling at Mahai’a, i.e., Al-Juhfa. I interpreted that as a symbol of epidemic of Medina transferred to that place (Al-Juhfa).”
-Sahih Bukhari 9.161, 9.162, 9.163
Islamic Genetics
When Muhammad came to Medina, he was asked three things by ‘Abdullah bin Salam. The Muhammad’s answer (supposedly under divine inspiration) was quite interesting (emphasis mine):
Narrated Anas:
When ‘Abdullah bin Salam heard the arrival of the Prophet atMedina, he came to him and said, “I am going to ask you about three things which nobody knows except a prophet: What is the first portent of the Hour? What will be the first meal taken by the people of Paradise? Why does a child resemble its father, and why does it resemble its maternal uncle” Allah's Apostle said, “Gabriel has just now told me of their answers.” ‘Abdullah said, “He (i.e. Gabriel), from amongst all the angels, is the enemy of the Jews.” Allah’s Apostle said, “The first portent of the Hour will be a fire that will bring together the people from the east to the west; the first meal of the people of Paradise will be Extra-lobe (caudate lobe) of fish-liver. As for the resemblance of the child to its parents: If a man has sexual intercourse with his wife and gets discharge first, the child will resemble the father, and if the woman gets discharge first, the child will resemble her.” On that ‘Abdullah bin Salam said, “I testify that you are the Apostle of Allah.”…
-Sahih Bukhari 4.546
Of course, the belief that the child will look like whoever has a sexual climax first is absolutely false. The genetics of a child is random and in no way based on what happens in bed. Muhammad, who said that he was under the inspiration of the angel Gabriel (the angel that supposedly also handed down the Koran to Muhammad), gave a false answer, and thus, he must be a false prophet.
Fevers and Hell-Fire
Muhammad believed that fevers were caused by hell-fire:
Narrated Abu Jamra Ad-Dabi:
I used to sit with Ibn ‘Abbas in Mecca. Once I had a fever and he said (to me), “Cool your fever with Zam-zam water, for Allah’s Apostle said: ‘It, (the Fever) is from the heat of the (Hell) Fire; so, cool it with water (or Zam-zam water).’”
-Sahih Bukhari 4.483, see also 4.484, 4.485, 4.486
However, we now know from modern medical knowledge that fevers are part of the body’s immune defense against harmful pathogens.
The Number of Intestines
While eating, Muhammad made a biological statement about the human body:
Ibn ‘Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying that a non-Muslim eats in seven intestines whereas a Muslim eats in one intestine.
-Sahih Muslim 3.5113, see also 3.5114-5120
The belief that different humans eat in a different number of intestines is biologically false.
Don’t Look Up!
Muhammad taught that one should not lift up their head during prayer because they might have their eyes snatched out:
Jabir b. Samura reported:
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: The people who lift their eyes towards the sky in Prayer should avoid it or they would lose their eyesight.
-Sahih Muslim 4.0862
Abu Huraira reported:
People should avoid lifting their eyes towards the sky while supplicating in prayer, otherwise their eyes would be snatched away.
-Sahih Muslim 4.0863
I’m quite sure that some Muslims have lifted up their eyes in prayer, and obviously, nothing happened. Otherwise, we would have heard about it.
Flies in the Drink
Muhammad had some advice for people when flies flew into their drink:
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 Bukhari 4.537
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “If a fly falls in the vessel of any of you, let him dip all of it (into the vessel) and then throw it away, for in one of its wings there is a disease and in the other there is healing (antidote for it) i.e. the treatment for that disease.”
-Sahih Bukhari 7.673
The belief that one wing of a fly has a disease and the other wing has an antidote is biologically false. First, both wings share the same circulatory system, and so, both would have the disease and antidote, not one or the other. Second, it is possible (if not probable) for a fly to only have a disease while not having an antidote.
Man, we're talking some real crazy stuff here...almost up there with talking snakes, donkeys, and bushes.
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So if something is supernatural then it's 'crazy'? OOOOOOKKKKAAAAYYY....
ReplyDeleteSomewhat begging the question there(!), but what else have we learnt to expect from the atheist crowd?
Cunt, hadeeths are attributed to the Prophet PBH&F and many of them are wrong. It is only the Holy Quran that has not been tampered with and is the divine word of Allah which will remain until the end of time. Unlike, the Bible which has a new version written every year, revised and edited, on top of the main version which was written hundreds of years after the death of Jesus by so called 'apostles' claiming that it is the word of God....bring me ONE coherent mistake from the Holy Quran, and I will bring tens from the man written bible...Salam cunt!
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