Tahawi

Reality of ‘Missing’ Qur’anic Verse on Suckling 1

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

On meaning of the hadith “there is no contagious disease”3

Waqar Akbar Cheema [divider] According to a famous hadith in Sahih Bukhari, Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said: لا عدوى ولا طيرة، ولا هامة ولا صفر There is no infection, no evil omen, no hama, and no serpent in a hungry belly (safar). Problematizing the apparent meanings The above translation done by an orientalist James Robson is

Truth about Jauniyya, the woman who sought refuge from the Prophet (ﷺ)2
- The Prophet: Life and Actions
- December 28, 2019
Waqar Akbar Cheema Abstract This article is about an academic inquiry into arguments around a Jauniyya woman’s mysterious and bizarre behaviour in the presence of the Prophet (ﷺ) in their first meeting after marriage. The interaction was brief yet odd and it culminated in immediate divorce. The nature of interaction made individual reports about it,
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Prophet Muhammad’s Marriage with Nine-Year Old Aisha: A Review of Contentions 1
- 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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Are children born out of wedlock condemned in hadith?0
- Hadith reports explained
- October 7, 2019
Waqar Akbar Cheema [divider] Abstract A cogent analysis of hadith reports about children born out of wedlock with focus on the meanings of such reports as understood by traditional scholars of Islam over the centuries. The article shows such reports considered suggestive of condemnation of children born as a result adultery were actually never meant
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