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  • Critiquing IMCA and HCM: Bias in Hadith Authentication

    I’ve recently written on why I find the IMCA (Isnad-cum-Matn Analysis) and HCM (Historical-Critical Method) unreliable frameworks for hadith authentication from a Muslim perspective. The primary issue lies not in their mechanisms, but in their underlying assumptions. These methods begin with the premise that identifying a common link or tracing a narration to a specific

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  • Hadith: Obedience to other than God

    Concealed Hadiths about obeying the disobedient Rulers Whoever innovates something in this matter of ours, that is not from it, then it is rejected. It is a well-known Sahih Hadith recorded by Al-Bukhari, Muslim and Abu Dawud. – Abdullah bin Mas’ud related that the Prophet (saw) said: “Your affairs after me will be governed by

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