Tag: Sahabah
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Did Abd al-Malik Build the Dome of the Rock to Shift the Hajj from Makkah to Jerusalem ?
The Jewish Orientalist Ignaz Goldziher claimed that the Umayyad Caliph 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan had built the Dome of the Rock to prevent the people of Syria and Iraq from the Hajj (pilgrimage) to Makkah and in order to religiously justify this act, his friend Al-Zuhri fabricated the hadith of "Do not set out on…
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The Narratives Concerning The Marriage of Zaynab To The Prophet (P)
All praise be to God Almighty and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. Amma ba’du, It was by Allah’s Will that Zayd ibn Haritha divorced his wife when it was no longer possible for them to live together. At the same time, it is also a part of human nature to find difficulty to abandon…
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Towards A Re-Evaluation of Muhammad : Prophet and Man
We Muslims believe that Muhammad was the greatest and last of the prophets and apostles of God. We also believe that his character reached perfection. On neither of these claims does the majority of mankind agree with us.