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Five answers on race in the Quran and the hadith reports critics cite

What the Quran says about colour and descent, and how the reports critics cite are graded: 5 answers.

Ibn Abbas, Ibn Ishaq, Abu Dawud, Hunayn ibn Ishaq, al-Kindi, al-Ash’ari and al-Ghazali: 7 scholars whose work still frames Islamic learning.

The spell on the Prophet, the jinn and the devil’s touch: 6 reports that critics cite, read with their grading and context.

The fly in the drink and Sahla’s nursing of Salim, read in full with what the Prophet’s wives and the jurists made of them. 4 points.

The hadith of the men of Ukl and Uraynah, read in full: what it says, what it does not command and what scholars make of it. 5 points.

How old was Aisha, did she consent, and what else do the sources say about her? 5 questions answered, with the evidence on each side. Read on.

A recent polemic reads a hadith about al-Zutt as sexual assault. 5 reasons the reading collapses. Read the philology.

Polemicists say the poisoning at Khaybar disproves Muhammad’s prophethood. 6 answers from the sources. Read them.

Hadith were forged and Muslim scholars said so first, but writing began early, chains were tested and the quoted figures mislead.

One narrator, a disputed grade and two classical replies: 5 points on the report of the sheet under A’isha’s pillow.

What the verses on apes and pigs say, who they address, and how commentators read them: 6 facts.

Show me five daily prayers from the Quran alone, critics say. 5 answers on the Quran, the Prophet and practice. Read on.