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Why is the Hafs reading of the Qur'an so prevalent?
My answer is primarily based on this nice history of spreading of the qiraa't of the scholar ibn Amin. Which shows that the qiraa'a of Hafs 'an 'Asim has not even well known or prevalent in al-Kufa ...
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Is idol destruction a form of religious intolerance?
لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ (No compulsion in religion) applies to those from whom Jizyah is accepted: the People of the Book and foreign religions.
It does not apply to the people to whom a Prophet is ...
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How accurate are these statements about the naming of Safina?
The site you are quoting does not mention which book by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya they are referring to, and I could not find this hadith in any of his books. Nonetheless, it is in Hulyat al-Awliyā' (...
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Why can't our Sunni brothers agree to the curse of Muawiya ibn Abu Sufyan
Aisha reported: The Prophet (SAW) said, “Do not abuse the dead, for they have reached what they put forward.”
In another narration, the Prophet said, “When your companion dies, then leave him alone ...
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Who were sentenced to death during the conquest of Mecca?
Some hadith sources
"On the day of the Conquest of Makkah, the Messenger of Allah [SAW] granted amnesty to the people, except four men and two women. He said: 'Kill them, even if you find them ...
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Did women sacrifice?
There are narrations about various women offering udhiyya or it being slaughtered on their behalf. Some of these include:
The wives of the Prophet ﷺ:
فلما كنا بمنى أتيت بلحم بقر فقلت ما هذا قالوا ضحى ...
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Is Islam the oldest religion?
Some quick background to the answer:
The most fundamental belief in Islam is that we believe there is only one God (Allah, in Arabic), and so one who submits to the word of Allah is a Muslim. We also ...
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How did "an atom's weight" come to be mentioned in translations of the Qur'an?
Below, I propose two non-miraculous possibilities; it might not be easy to discern which one is correct.
Other translations use the word "particle" instead of "atom" (see Islam Awakened), and surely ...
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Was alcohol permitted long ago, before Mohammad was born?
There are several perspectives concerning the time when Mashroobat-al-alkoli (Alcohol drinks) got haram (forbidden), among:
In Mecca and at the beginning of Be’thah . / . (ديدگاه علامه ...
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Was alcohol permitted long ago, before Mohammad was born?
Let's take it chronologically:
Yes, at the beginning of Islam alcohol was not prohibited, but it was well known that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) never ever even came close to it!
So the ...
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Why is there a difference in the names of prophets between Muslims, Christians and Jews?
The origin of the name of 'Isa (peace be upon him)
Well according to Arabic Wikipedia the original name of Jesus or 'isa (peace be upon him) is derived from Aramaic (which looks like Muhammad in ...
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What caused the decline of the Bani Hashim, what form did the decline take, and why did it happen so quickly?
Most of Mecca's TRADING was a passing trade, for the transferred goods from Yemen and Ethiopia to Mecca and their markets and then to A-Sham.
Abdul Muttalib and Banu Hashim bound traders to follow ...
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Is the real name of Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) Quthem? Is Abu Kabsha another name?
Muhammad and the name Qutham
There's a story saying that one of the son''s of 'abd al Muttalib who died while Amina was pregnant was called Qutham قُثَمُ and maybe he wanted to name his grand son ...
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In what ways did Muhammad's teachings improve the status of women?
All Praise to Allah Subhanahu wa Taala and blessings of Him be on Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him His family and companions,
Mankind inherited from the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him a great ...
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How does the Qur'an (and its commentators) explain the miraculous birth of Isa? Who is Isa's father?
What's to reconcile?
The Qur'anic account of Isa's birth is pretty much exactly the same as that held by Christians: He had no earthly father, rather he was miraculously conceived and birthed by Mary....
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Why the Jewish Pesach or Passover and the Islamic 'Ashura' don't fall on the same day?
Hebrew calendar
Traditionally, the Hebrew calendar was based on a lunar calendar, with each month starting with the sighting of the moon (source). Months were either 29 or 30 days. This is exactly ...
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Did Muhammad bin idrees ash shafaee make such a statement?
Yes
Imam Ash-Shaafi`i said:
"Al-Layth is more knowledgeable than Maalik."
(p. 524 of al-Shafi`i's Manaqib)
He means Maalik Ibn Anas, the Imaam of the people of Al-Madeenah.
And there was ...
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Did Muhammad bin idrees ash shafaee make such a statement?
The complete statement of imam a-Shafi'i (see for example wafayat al-a'ayan of ibn Khallikan) is as quoted in the comment of @Kilise:
اللَّيْثُ أَفْقَهُ مِنْ مَالِكٍ إِلاَّ أَنَّ أَصْحَابَه لَمْ ...
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Does Qur'an 7:133 imply there were five plagues of Egypt?
No the Qur'an actually quotes more than that. You've missed to read a few verses earlier:
And We certainly seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits that perhaps ...
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How we know that Quran was not altered during the times of revelation?
In my view, questions of these types are internally inconsistent.
1) Does the inquirer believe in Allah, and that Allah did send the Revelation through Angel Gabriel to Prophet Muhammad (peace and ...
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Did women in Arabian peninsula have "Hijab" before Islam?
Beside the fact that Jews and Christians used to live in the Arabian peninsula before Islam and the fact that the Torah already included verses about veiling the hair. The jahili poetry is full of ...
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Original Copies of Muhammad al-Bukhari's Books?
None of the answers given so far seems satisfactory to me. As none of the answers shows a date of compilation of the copy presented as the original.
An original manuscript of Sahih al-Bukhari in ...
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Were pigs made haram because they were going to be extinct?
First of all it ought to be paid attention that there can be found many items that Allah made it haram, but there are not complete explanation about all the reasons.
Secondly it doesn’t to be ...
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Does Islam support pedophilia or child marriages?
Child marriage is (probably) recognized.
The Qur'an describes the how to measure the post-divorce waiting period (iddah) of females who haven't menstruated:
And those who no longer expect ...
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Was Mohammed a Christian?
According to Muslim tradition, Muhammad himself was a Hanif and look at the information on Pre-Islamic Arabia
Ḥanīf (Arabic: حنيف, Ḥanīf; plural: حنفاء, ḥunafā') meaning "revert" refers to ...
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Different versions of Arabic Qur'an
Well the major point is the definition of ahruf... there are many interpretations and no real consensus: if I remember well Imam as-Suyuti in his itqaan الإتقان في علوم القرآن mentioned a long list ...
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What was the earliest Hadith Book / Collection to be recorded?
The point is what do you define as a hadith book or hadith collection?
Records of hadith in the early days of Islam
As hadith was in first place (the same as Quran) memorized and spread through oral ...
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Which Sahaba were Jews and Christians before they became Muslim?
Among those sahaba i could find so far with the help of the list of sahaba provided by the Arabic wikipedia:
Former Jews
There are from the former Jews of bani Quraidhah/Qurayzah:
Assad ibn Ka'ab ...
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