"Allah" in the pre-islamic Arabia

Most of the Arabs had complied with the call of Ishmael (Peace be upon him) , and professed the religion of his father Abraham (Peace be upon him) They had worshipped Allah, professed His Oneness and followed His religion a long time until they forgot part of what they had been reminded of.

However, they still maintained such fundamental beliefs such as monotheism as well as various other aspects of Abraham’s religion, until the time when a chief of Khuza‘a, namely ‘Amr bin Luhai, who was renowned for righteousness, charity, reverence and care for religion, and was granted unreserved love and obedience by his tribesmen, came back from a trip to Syria where he saw people worship idols, a phenomenon he approved of and believed it to be righteous since Syria was the locus of Messengers and Scriptures, he brought with him an idol (Hubal) which he placed in the middle of Al-Kaabah and summoned people to worship it.

Readily enough, paganism spread all over Makkah and, thence, to Arabia, people of Makkah being custodians of not only the Sacred House but the whole Haram as well. A great many idols, bearing different names, were introduced into the area.

The Arabs believed that such idols, or heathen gods, would bring them nearer to Allah, lead them to Him, and mediate with Him for their sake, to which effect, the Qur’an goes:

“We worship them only that they may bring us near to Allah.” [39:3], and

“And they worship besides Allah things that hurt them not, nor profit them, and they say: These are our intercessors with Allah.” [10:18]

The polytheists, who faked Abrahamism, were so far detached from its precepts, and totally oblivious of its immanent good manners. They plunged into disobedience and ungodliness, and developed certain peculiar religious superstitions that managed to leave a serious impact on the religious and socio-political life in the whole of Arabia.
Religions of the Arabs

The polytheists who associated partners with Allah in worship admitted that He is the Sole Creator of the heavens, earth, sun, moon, day, and night, and that He is the Sole Sustainer of all Creation, Who grants all beings provisions, and Who has predetermined their destinies and decreed that they should be granted dissimilar amounts of provision in this worldly life, making some rich and some poor. They, just like Christ-worshippers, claimed that these idols are "the only way" to God/Allah.

Re: Abu Dawud hadith 4410 -The thief who steals repeatedly

This hadith was narrated by Abu Dawood (4410) and an-Nasa’i (4978), and it is a munkar hadith that is not authentic.

An-Nasa’i said after its narration: “This hadith is munkar, and Musab bin Thabit is not strong in the hadith.” End.

The majority of jurists did not accept this hadith due to its weakness, and because it is possible that this man apostatized, and for this reason he was killed and thrown into the well.

Sindi said: "The jurists doesn't apply what's mentioned here; it was said: he found him an apostate which is the reason for killing him . Such a humiliation, is not befitting the condition of a Muslim.” End.

 هذا الحديث رواه أبو داود (4410)، والنسائي (4978)، وهو حديث منكر لا يصح.

قال النسائي بعد روايته: "وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ مُنْكَرٌ، وَمُصْعَبُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ لَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ فِي الْحَدِيثِ" انتهى.
ولم يأخذ جمهور الفقهاء بهذا الحديث لضعفه، ولأنه يحتمل أن هذا الرجل ارتد، ولهذا قتل، وألقي في البئر.

قال السندي: " وَالْفُقَهَاء على خِلَافه، فَقيل لَعَلَّه وجد مِنْهُ ارتدادا أوجب قَتله . وَهَذَا الِاحْتِمَال أوفق بِمَا فِي حَدِيث جَابر : أَنهم جروه ، وألقوه فِي الْبِئْر ؛ إِذْ الْمُؤمن وان ارْتكب كَبِيرَة ، فَإِنَّهُ يقبر وَيصلى عَلَيْهِ ، لَا سِيمَا بعد إِقَامَة الْحَد وتطهيره . وَأما الإهانة بِهَذَا الْوَجْه : فَلَا تلِيق بِحَال الْمُسلم" انتهى. 

Some of the Famous Reciters Weak Narrators?! Imam al-Dhahabi

Abu ‘Umar Hafs al-Duri (died 246AH) was one of the great reciters of his time and one of the transmitters of the seven qiraa’aat, both for the qiraa’ah of Abu ‘Amr (al-Duri ‘an Abi ‘Amr) and al-Kisaa’i (al-Duri ‘an al-Kisaa’i). He was also a hadith narrator and a contemporary of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and Imam Ahmad relayed hadith from al-Duri. Despite this, the muhaddith al-Daraqutni graded al-Duri as dha’eef, or weak. In his biographical entry on al-Duri, Imam Shams al-Deen al-Dhahabi commented on this by writing:

وقول الدارقطني : ضعيف ، يريد في ضبط الآثار ، أما في القراءات فثبت إمام . وكذلك جماعة من القراء أثبات في القراءة دون الحديث ، كنافع ، والكسائي ، وحفص ; فإنهم نهضوا بأعباء الحروف وحرروها ، ولم يصنعوا ذلك في الحديث ، كما أن طائفة من الحفاظ أتقنوا الحديث ، ولم يحكموا القراءة . وكذا شأن كل من برز في فن ، ولم يعتن بما عداه . والله أعلم . ـ

"When al-Daraqutni said that al-Duri was dha’eef, he was referring to his precision in hadith narrations. However when it came to the qiraa’aat, then he was reliable and a leading figure.

This was also the case for a number of the famous reciters, that they were reliable narrators of a qiraa’ah but not of hadith. Examples include Naafi’, al-Kisaa’i, and Hafs. That is because they devoted themselves to the heavy task of the Qur’anic words with great care and precision, while they did not expend that same level of exertion regarding the hadith.

Likewise, there are a segment of the hadith experts who excel in hadith while not perfecting their recitation.

This is the way for anyone who excels in one area without focusing on other areas. And Allah knows best."

[Siyar A’laam al-Nubalaa’ 11/543]

Source

Logical fallacies of missionaries when they discuss with Muslims

Fallacies time-stamp 

 23:30 fallacy of appeal to irrelevent authority 

 31:08 fallacy of equivocation  

31:54 fallacy of cherry picking 

 36:10 appeal to emotion  

38:00 hammer wood reference 🤣 

 49:43 moving the goal post 

 1:14:42 faulty analogy  

1:28:58 circular reasoning  

1:42:00 fallacy of equivocation (extended) 

 1:48:00 ad populum 

 :57:05 appeal to mystery 

 2:03:58 hasty generalization 

  2:08:56 Q&A begins 

  2:09:06 1st guest - mathematics and physics 

 2:46:07 2nd guest - chevalier du christ 

 3:10:14 3rd guest - david 

 3:41:04 4th guest - george kefaloukos 

 4:00:00 5th guest - Adam F.

  4:12:22 6th guest- H 

 4:20:18 7th guest - dragon 

 4:26:35 8th guest - kevin 

 4:32:59 9th guest - kais 

 4:52:33 10th, 11th & 12th guest -waqas ahmad, ONE DAWAH & Mohammad Rashid

Medical Benefits from Circumcision

 Circumcision should be offered ‘like vaccines’ to the parents of baby boys, new study :
https://islamicnafahat.wordpress.co...ccines-to-the-parents-of-baby-boys-new-study/

It reduces the risk of heterosexually acquired HIV infection in men by approximately 60%.
https://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/

American Academy of Pediatrics: Benefits of Circumcision Outweigh Risks
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/27/...sion-outweigh-risks-pediatric-group-says.html

Medical Benefits from Circumcision
by Dr. Brian J. Morris
from Circ-Online



Circumcision has historically been a topic of emotive and often irrational debate. At least part of the reason is that a sex organ is involved. (Compare, for example, ear piercing.) During the past two decades the medical profession have tended to advise parents not to circumcise their baby boys. In fact there have even been reports of harrassment by medical professionals of new mothers, especially those belonging to religious groups that practice circumcision, in an attempt to stop them having this procedure carried out. Such attitudes are a far cry from the situation years ago when baby boys were circumcised routinely in Australia. But over the past 20 years the rate has declined to as low as 10%.

However, a reversal of this trend is starting to occur. In the light of an increasing volume of medical scientific evidence (many publications cited below) pointing to the benefits of neonatal circumcision a new policy statement was formulated by a working party of the Australian College of Paediatrics in August 1995 and adopted by the College in May 1996 [2] . In this document medical practitioners are now urged to fully inform parents of the benefits of having their male children circumcised. Similar recommendations were made recently by the Canadian Paediatric Society who also conducted an evaluation of the literature, although concluded that the benefits and harms were very evenly balanced. As discussed below the American College of Pediatrics has moved far closer to an advocacy position.

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Are we Born Believers in God?

 This episode discusses the first innate component in human beings which is religiosity. 

What is religiosity?

 Where does it come from? 

Is the belief in a Creator innate or is it acquired through upbringing and environment? 

How is belief in a Creator different from belief in myths? 

These questions and more will be answered throughout this episode.