The Qur’an is categorical in stating that none but Allah knows the time of the Last Hour (i.e., the Day of Judgment).[1] It also establishes that even Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) did not know of it. Hadith reports also mention that the Prophet (ﷺ) stated that he had not been informed of it,[2] though he described […]
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Waqar Akbar Cheema 1. Introduction Prophet Muhammad’s (ﷺ) marriage with Safiyya bint Huyayy from the Jewish tribe of Nadir has been of regular interest to modern Western critics, missionaries, and orientalists. The objections are mostly raised on two accounts: (i) The marriage was solemnized in the aftermath of the conquest of the last Jewish stronghold
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Waqar Akbar Cheema Abstract The story of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) allegedly falling in love with his cousin and wife of his adopted son Zaid, Zainab bt. Jahsh, has been a subject of a lot of disputation for centuries. It is generally discussed in connection with Qur’an 33:37. In this paper an effort has been made to
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Waqar Akbar Cheema Abstract The hadith reports about Prophet Muhammad visiting all his wives in a single night are often presented to suggest that he used to have intimacy with all of them every night. Polemicists pick upon this to add a further pejorative tone to their depiction of the fact of the Prophet’s polygamous
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