Prophet Muhammad’s Marriage with Nine-Year Old Aisha: A Review of Contentions
- The Prophet: Life and Actions
- November 28, 2019
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Reality of ‘Missing’ Qur’anic Verse on Suckling1
- Qur'an Preservation & Compilation
- August 31, 2020
Waqar Akbar Cheema Abstract The article is about examining details of the saying of ‘Aisha of which a narration mentioned in Sahih Muslim has been used by critics to cast aspersions on the completeness of Qur’anic preservation in writing after the Prophet. Cross examining various narrations of ‘Aisha’s report on five-sucklings as proof required to
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Hadith and Protection of Makkah and Madina from Plague5
- Hadith reports explained
- April 10, 2020
Waqar Akbar Cheema Abstract The article is about hadith reports mentioning protection for Makkah and Madina from plague. Relevant reports have been critically analysed to show how the spread of pandemics such as COVID-19 to Makkah and Madina casts no aspersions on sayings authentically reported from Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ). [divider] 1. Introduction We have earlier explored
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Prophet Muhammad’s Marriage with Nine-Year Old Aisha: A Review of Contentions1
- The Prophet: Life and Actions
- November 28, 2019
Waqar Akbar Cheema Abstract This article reviews contentions around Prophet Muhammad’s (ﷺ) marriage with ‘Aisha when she was nine years old. Highlighting pitfalls in the study of history and factors related to puberty in general the details of the marriage are explored. Moreover, reports showing the nature of relations between the Prophet and ‘Aisha are
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Does Hadith condemn the infant girls buried alive?0
- Hadith reports explained
- October 1, 2019
Waqar Akbar Cheema [divider] Among the hadith reports with apparently problematic meanings is one related as; “الوائدة والموءودة في النار” Usually it is understood as: “The woman who buries her daughter alive (al-wa’idah), and the girl who is buried (al-ma’udah) will both enter Hell.” As such, without any context, the hadith is recorded in Sunan
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Correction or Consolation? Qur’an 4:95 and Exemption for the Blind Man0
- Quran: Alleged Problems and Contradictions
- December 24, 2017
Waqar Akbar Cheema Abstract The piecemeal revelation of Qur’an against various contexts in over two decades served the purpose of strengthening the hearts of the first Muslims. Those unable to appreciate this scheme of revelation harbor and pronounce undue skepticism towards the Prophet’s mission and accuse him of making up ‘convenient revelations.’ One such example
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