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Dr. Shabir Ally
- Mar 15
Problems that Arise from Weak or Fake Hadiths | Part 3 of our video series, "Can We Trust Hadith?"
Complete video can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/bnCQqTVKvu0 Many of the controversies about Islam that arise today stem from forged or weak hadiths. Let me share with you the impact of these hadiths and give you examples of hadiths which are graded authentic or good but a) contradict each other on basic Islamic practices or b) contract the Quranic message. When we talk about Islamic practice, we expect that we should have hadiths that guide us precisely what we are to do.
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Dr. Shabir Ally
- Mar 15
Scholarly Evaluation of Hadiths | Part 4 of our video series, “Can We Trust Hadith?”
Watch his full video answer: https://youtu.be/7RnJ0iZZVYw Scholars evaluated hadiths by asking two major questions. One question is about the chain of narrators and the other question is about the text that is being related. Analysis of chain of narrators: A chain of narrators looks like this: Person A says that he heard from person B, who heard from person C, who heard from person D, that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said XYZ. To evaluate the chain, scholars would ask abo
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Dr. Shabir Ally
- Mar 9
The Rise of Hadith Forgery: Part 2 in our video series “Can We Trust Hadith?”
Watch the video: https://youtu.be/7RnJ0iZZVYw After the death of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), people were not only mourning the loss of their beloved prophet, but they were now suddenly cut off from that source of direct instructions that they felt was coming from a person who was guided by God. If they wanted to know what to do, they couldn't ask the Prophet directly. Instead, they recalled how the Prophet (peace be upon him) had acted in particular situations,
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Admin
- Feb 27
Differences of Opinion in Sunni Schools of Thought
Summary: This article explains the differences in practice between each Sunni school of thought. It explores the history behind these differences and what events led to these individual schools. Dr. Shabir Ally begins by describing the emergence of the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’ and Hanbali schools of thought. He explains that location, access to the Prophet and availability of hadiths led to differences in methodology. Interestingly, scholars have always recognized that though
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Admin
- Feb 17
Who Decides What Islam Is? Differences of Opinion & Orthodox Islam
Dr. Safiyyah Ally: Dr. Shabir, here’s a question we received from a viewer: “I thought in Islam you could have different views, different opinions, different interpretations. Is there such a thing as the ultimate view in Islam which every Muslim without fail must follow? Dr. Shabir Ally: There are some things which are so very clear in the Quran or so clearly reported from the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, that we expect all Muslims to abide by them. There are other th
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Dr. Shabir Ally
- Feb 3
Why were prophets only sent to the Middle East?
Question from viewer: "If Allah wanted mankind to follow Islam and abide by its rules, then why did he send prominent prophets with their scriptures to the Middle East region only, leaving America, Australia, India, China, and many other areas? Allah tells us in the Quran that he sent prophets to every nation in every age, but clearly the prophets sent to America, Australia, India, et cetera, couldn't have had much of an impact on their people, as most of these people follow
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Dr. Shabir Ally
- Dec 28, 2020
Can people read the Quran and draw their own meanings from it?
Question: "Can people read the Quran and other resources on their own and draw their own personal meanings from it? Or is it necessary to always ask someone above, such as an imam? I feel like it's not fair to have to always ask for meanings from someone higher up, as it should be accessible to all of mankind. For example, when you read a novel, we do not need to ask an English teacher to see that we are understanding it correctly. And with the Quran it should be for all peop
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