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CONTRADICTORY HADITHS We are warned against abiding by conjectures. To try to found religious concepts on conjectures like hadiths would be baseless, since we have been provided with a miraculous, guarded and sound source without any contradiction like the Quran. Now we are going to illustrate the incongruity between hadiths in 10 examples. 1) DRAWING BLOOD DURING FASTThe first contradictory hadith:The second contradictory hadith: It goes without saying that had drawing blood violated his fast, the Prophet would not have let his blood be taken. It is explicitly stated in the Quran that eating, drinking and sexual intercourse are the three things that violate a fast. This shows that not only the two hadiths exclude each other but the first also contradicts the Quran. This quotation from three books considered the most reliable is evidence of the infiltration of false hadiths into books. 2) TURNING TOWARD MECCA DURING URINATION OR DEFECATIONThe first contradictory hadith:The second contradictory hadith: Whereas in one hadith it is stressed that one should not direct oneself toward Mecca while urinating or defecating, in another, the Prophet is illustrated doing exactly the contrary of what is firmly believed. As one can see, to ascribe things to the Prophet devoid of any justification is to cast aspersion on him. 3) KISSING ONE’S WIFE DOES NOT VIOLATE ONE’S FASTThe first contradictory hadith:The second contradictory hadith: These hadiths figure also in the Kutub-ý Sitte, the famous six-volume collection of hadiths. We came across these hadiths that tried to reconcile contradictory hadiths in Ibn Kutayba’s book. The illogicality and contradictoriness of hadiths can plainly be seen in Ibn Kutayba’s book. The Prophet kisses his wife according to one hadith, while he does not do so according to another. At least one of them must be false. To take both of them as true would be superfluous and would claim that the Prophet is a senile old man. 4) CAN ONE PERFORM THE SALAT (RITUAL PRAYER) TWICE?The first contradictory hadith:The second contradictory hadith: The second hadith contradicts both the first hadith and the Quran. A superfluous prayer could not possibly be frowned on. This approach would prevent the faithful from invoking God once more. 5) URINATINGThe first contradictory hadith:The second contradictory hadith: We observe that this practice has occupied a place in traditional Islam. This rumored practice of the Prophet led the public in general to urinate squatting down on one’s heels. Urinating standing came to be considered an unseemly act. 6) DRINKING WATERThe first contradictory hadith:The second contradictory hadith: The first hadith above received greater approval among the public although it clashed with the second one. Today we observe among the followers of practices of traditional Islam, people drinking water in the sitting position and in three gulps, expecting thereby to have performed a pious act. 7) MENSTRUAL PERIODThe first contradictory hadith:The second contradictory hadith: The Prophet’s wife spoke as follows: While the first hadith above bars the way to woman during her menstrual period, the second speaks that she had free access to it. (The woman’s prohibition from worship under certain conditions is dealt with in Chapters 21 and 35, and in the section on salat in Chapter 36.) 8) CAN SOMEONE ON PILGRIMAGE GET MARRIED?The first contradictory hadith:The second contradictory hadith: The details of the ritual to be performed during the visit to Mecca for pilgrimage purposes are described in the Quran. When this information seems insufficient and people start looking for supplementary details and consult the relevant hadiths, a chaos of contradictions results. 9) CAN A MAN’S CALF BE UNCOVERED?The first contradictory hadith:The second contradictory hadith: According to one of the hadiths, man must cover his calf, while according to another; this is countered by the fact that the Prophet had not changed his position despite his uncovered calves. Certain sects inspired by the first hadith above brought in a prohibition for men whose part of the body extending from his waist down to his knees had to be covered. 10) THE SKIN OF DEAD ANIMALThe first contradictory hadith:The second contradictory hadith: According to the Quran, the flesh of a dead animal should not be eaten. There is no mention of a ban against the use of the skin of a dead animal. According to the hadiths above, the account differs as well you may observe. While there is no contradiction in the Quran, to trace the authenticity of the alleged hadiths has led us nowhere. The Prophet’s complaint in the next world was as follows: |