Same sex marriages are not Islamically permissible
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Aisha’s Critique of Authentic Hadith Content
Aisha’s Critique of Authentic Hadith Content via Quranic Universals[1] Jasser Auda This paper approaches the relationship between the Quran and Sunnah from the angle of using the Quranic universals to critique the content (matn) of hadith narrations. Aisha Bint Abu Bakr, the Mother of the Believers, gave us a strong example and a clear illustration for applying this method. This article will present a number of illustrative examples of hadith, in which Aisha confidently rejected other companions’ narrations, despite being ‘authentic’ according to the sanad verification criteria that had developed later. Aisha’s rejection was based on the contradiction of...
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Women and Islam – Carleton Center for the Study of Islam – Lecture 2
Women and Islam Centre for the Study of Islam Carleton University Lecture 2 November 14...
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9 Hadiths on Men-Women Interaction in Mosque
One of the current problematic issues in mosques that give access to women is the excessive sensitivity towards, and sometimes the strict banning of, ordinary interaction between men and women. Interestingly, those men and women do interact normally with other men and women in the outer community in all walks of social and professional life. Referring back to the Sunnah, we find that such interaction between men and women in mosques did exist during the Prophet’s lifetime; it was normal interaction that involved various religious and social affairs. Men and Women in Mosque: How Islam Dealt with Violations True,...
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