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This page lists various types of [[Islam and Science|scientific]] [[Contradictions and Errors|errors]] in the [[hadith]]. | This page lists various types of [[Islam and Science|scientific]] [[Contradictions and Errors|errors]] in the [[hadith]]. They are a proof of Muhammad's lack of knowledge on many subjects. Some of these errors are similar to scientific errors in the Qur'an. | ||
==Archaeology== | ==Archaeology== | ||
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====Child inherits appearance from the parent that discharges first during sex==== | ====Child inherits appearance from the parent that discharges first during sex==== | ||
Genetic has shown that a child inherits half the genes from its father and half from its mother. | Genetic has shown that a child inherits half the genes from its father and half from its mother. Its appearance has nothing to do with order of discharges of sexual fluids. | ||
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|4|55|546}}| | {{Quote|{{Bukhari|4|55|546}}| | ||
Narrated Anas: When 'Abdullah bin Salam heard the arrival of the Prophet at Medina, he came to him and said, "I am going to ask you about three things which nobody knows except a prophet: | Narrated Anas: When 'Abdullah bin Salam heard the arrival of the Prophet at Medina, he came to him and said, "I am going to ask you about three things which nobody knows except a prophet: | ||
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The reason for this is that Allah decided to make all women menstruate, suffer pregnancy and become stupid as a punishment for Eve's transgressions in the garden. | The reason for this is that Allah decided to make all women menstruate, suffer pregnancy and become stupid as a punishment for Eve's transgressions in the garden. | ||
{{Quote|{{Tabari|1|pp. 280-281}}|His Lord called out to him: Adam, is it from Me that you are fleeing? Adam replied: No, my Lord, but I feel shame before You. When God asked what had caused his trouble, he replied: Eve, My Lord. Whereupon God said: Now it is My obligation to make her bleed once every month, as she made this tree bleed. I also must make her stupid, although I created her intelligent ''(halimah),'' and must make her suffer pregnancy. Ibn Zayd continued: Were it not for the affliction that affected Eve, the women of this world | {{Quote|{{Tabari|1|pp. 280-281}}|His Lord called out to him: Adam, is it from Me that you are fleeing? Adam replied: No, my Lord, but I feel shame before You. When God asked what had caused his trouble, he replied: Eve, My Lord. Whereupon God said: Now it is My obligation to make her bleed once every month, as she made this tree bleed. I also must make her stupid, although I created her intelligent ''(halimah),'' and must make her suffer pregnancy. Ibn Zayd continued: Were it not for the affliction that affected Eve, the women of this world would not menstruate, and they would be intelligent and, when pregnant, give birth easily.}} | ||
===Spinal bone does not decay=== | |||
Some translations of this hadith say "coccyx" instead of "spinal bone". | |||
{{Quote|{{cite web|url= https://sunnah.com/muslim/54/179 |title=Sahih Muslim 54:179 |publisher= |author= |date= |archiveurl= |deadurl=no}}|Abu Huraira reported so many ahadith from Allah's Apostle and amongst these one was this that Allah's Messenger said: '''There is a bone in the human being which the earth would never consume''' and it is from this that new bodies would be reconstituted (on the Day of Resurrection). They said: Allah's Messenger, which bone is that? Thereupon he said: '''It is the spinal bone.'''}} | |||
This claim has no factual basis. All bones of buried vertebrates decay over time; only their rate of decay varies. | |||
===Races and physical diversity in men are because of different materials used to create Adam=== | |||
Races depend on genes and adaptation in humans. It has nothing to do with materials of the earth. | |||
{{Quote|[http://sunnah.com/urn/639390]|Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari: that the Messenger of Allah said: "Indeed Allah Most High created Adam from a handful that He took from all of the earth. So the children of Adam come in according with the earth, some of them come red, and white and black, and between that, and the thin, the thick, the filthy, and the clean."}} | |||
==Geology and Meteorology== | ==Geology and Meteorology== | ||
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{{ quote |{{Bukhari|7|71|619}}, See also: {{Bukhari|7|71|620}}, {{Bukhari|7|71|621}}, and {{Bukhari|7|71|622}}| Narrated Nazi': | {{ quote |{{Bukhari|7|71|619}}, See also: {{Bukhari|7|71|620}}, {{Bukhari|7|71|621}}, and {{Bukhari|7|71|622}}| Narrated Nazi': | ||
Abdullah bin 'Umar said, "The Prophet said, ''''Fever is from the heat of Hell, so put it out (cool it) with water.'''' " Nafi' added: 'Abdullah used to say, "O Allah! Relieve us from the punishment," (when he suffered from fever).}} | Abdullah bin 'Umar said, "The Prophet said, ''''Fever is from the heat of Hell, so put it out (cool it) with water.'''' " Nafi' added: 'Abdullah used to say, "O Allah! Relieve us from the punishment," (when he suffered from fever).}} | ||
===A black spot appears on the heart of a sinning Muslim=== | |||
In reality, physical changes to one's organs do not happen because of sinning. | |||
{{Quote|{{cite web|url=https://sunnah.com/urn/1293470 |title=Sunan Ibn Majah 5:37:4244 |publisher= |author= |date= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726083034/https://sunnah.com/urn/1293470 |deadurl=no}}|It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah said: “When the believer commits sin, a black spot appears on his heart. If he repents and gives up that sin and seeks forgiveness, his heart will be polished. But if (the sin) increases, (the black spot) increases. That is the Ran that Allah mentions in His Book: “Nay! But on their hearts is the Ran (covering of sins and evil deeds) which they used to earn.” [83:14] (Hasan)}} | |||
===Water is not polluted by dead dogs, menstrual clothes, etc.=== | ===Water is not polluted by dead dogs, menstrual clothes, etc.=== | ||
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{{Quote|{{Muslim|28|5612}} | Buraida reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: He who played chess is like one who dyed his hand with the flesh and blood of swine.}} | {{Quote|{{Muslim|28|5612}} | Buraida reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: He who played chess is like one who dyed his hand with the flesh and blood of swine.}} | ||
==History== | |||
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|3|34|335}}|Narrated Ata bin Yasar: I met `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`As and asked him, "Tell me about the description of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) which is mentioned in Torah (i.e. Old Testament.") He replied, 'Yes. By Allah, '''he is described in Torah''' with some of the qualities attributed to him in the Qur'an as follows: "O Prophet ! We have sent you as a witness (for Allah's True religion) And a giver of glad tidings (to the faithful believers), And a warner (to the unbelievers) And guardian of the illiterates. You are My slave and My messenger (i.e. Apostle). I have named you "Al-Mutawakkil" (who depends upon Allah). You are neither discourteous, harsh Nor a noisemaker in the markets And you do not do evil to those Who do evil to you, but you deal With them with forgiveness and kindness. '''Allah will not let him (the Prophet) Die till he makes straight the crooked people by making them say: "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,"''' With which will be opened blind eyes And deaf ears and enveloped hearts."}} | |||
There are two errors in the following hadith. The first error is that Muhammad is mentioned in Torah. The belief that Muhammad is mentioned in Torah requires too many assumptions and also a mistranslation of the Hebrew word ''Mahamadim''. Torah never clearly predicted the birth or other events of the life of Muhammad. | |||
The second error is about Muhammad's death. Muhammad died in 632 CE. However crooked people continued to exist. | |||
==Medicine== | ==Medicine== | ||
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{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|71|609}}| | {{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|71|609}}| | ||
Narrated Said bin Zaid: I heard the Prophet saying, "Truffles are like Manna (i.e. they grow naturally without man's care) and their water heals eye diseases."}} | Narrated Said bin Zaid: I heard the Prophet saying, "Truffles are like Manna (i.e. they grow naturally without man's care) and their water heals eye diseases."}} | ||
There are more than 100 known eye diseases,<ref>See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Eye_pathology here]</ref> each with a different [[w:Pathophysiology|pathophysiology]]. Hence, their cures are different. One substance cannot cure many eye diseases. | |||
There is a claim that states, "water of truffles prevents the occurrence of fibrosis in cases of eye trachoma".<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.elnaggarzr.com/en/main.php?id=19|title=Truffles Healing the Eye |publisher= |author= Zaghloul El-Naggar|date= |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elnaggarzr.com%2Fen%2Fmain.php%3Fid%3D19&date=2014-04-05|deadurl=no}}</ref> However, the only source for this is a Muslim scientist and no additional evidence can be found to support this claim. | There is a claim that states, "water of truffles prevents the occurrence of fibrosis in cases of eye trachoma".<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.elnaggarzr.com/en/main.php?id=19|title=Truffles Healing the Eye |publisher= |author= Zaghloul El-Naggar|date= |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elnaggarzr.com%2Fen%2Fmain.php%3Fid%3D19&date=2014-04-05|deadurl=no}}</ref> However, the only source for this is a Muslim scientist and no additional evidence can be found to support this claim. | ||
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{{Quote|{{cite web|url=http://sunnah.com/tirmidhi/48/166 |title= Jami al Tirmidhi Vol. 6, Book 45, Hadith 3535 |publisher= |author= |date= |archiveurl= |deadurl=no}}|Zirr bin Hubaish said:“I came to Safwan bin Assal Al Muradi to ask him about wiping over the Khuff, so he said: ‘What has brought you, I Zirr?’ So I said: ‘The desire for knowledge.’ So he said: ‘Indeed, the angels lower their wings for the seeker of knowledge, out of pleasure with what he is seeking.’ So I said: ‘Indeed there is some doubt in my chest concerning wiping over the Khuff after defecation and urination, and you were a man from the× Companions of the Prophet, so I came to you to ask you: Have you heard him (ﷺ) mention anything concerning that?’ He said: ‘Yes, he used to order us, that when we were travelers’ - or - ‘in travel, to not remove our Khuff for three days and nights except, from sexual impurity, but not from defecation, urination, and sleep.’” He said: “Have you heard him mention anything concerning love?” He said: “Yes. We were with the× Messenger of Allah on a journey when a Bedouin with a loud voice called upon him (saying): ‘O Muhammad!’ So the Messenger of Allah responded to him with a voice similar to him (saying): ‘Come.’ So we said to him: ‘Lower your voice for you are with the Prophet, and you have been prohibited from this.’ He said: ‘By allah, I will not lower (my voice).’ The Bedouin said: ‘A man is with whomever he loves on the Day of Judgement.” So he did not cease talking with us, '''until he mentioned a gate in the direction of the west with the width of seventy years journey - or a rider would travel its width - for forty or seventy years.” Sufyan (one of the narrators) said: “In the direction of Ash-Sham, Allah created it the Day He created the heavens and the earth, open - that is, for repentance. It shall not be locked until the sun rises through it.”'''}} | {{Quote|{{cite web|url=http://sunnah.com/tirmidhi/48/166 |title= Jami al Tirmidhi Vol. 6, Book 45, Hadith 3535 |publisher= |author= |date= |archiveurl= |deadurl=no}}|Zirr bin Hubaish said:“I came to Safwan bin Assal Al Muradi to ask him about wiping over the Khuff, so he said: ‘What has brought you, I Zirr?’ So I said: ‘The desire for knowledge.’ So he said: ‘Indeed, the angels lower their wings for the seeker of knowledge, out of pleasure with what he is seeking.’ So I said: ‘Indeed there is some doubt in my chest concerning wiping over the Khuff after defecation and urination, and you were a man from the× Companions of the Prophet, so I came to you to ask you: Have you heard him (ﷺ) mention anything concerning that?’ He said: ‘Yes, he used to order us, that when we were travelers’ - or - ‘in travel, to not remove our Khuff for three days and nights except, from sexual impurity, but not from defecation, urination, and sleep.’” He said: “Have you heard him mention anything concerning love?” He said: “Yes. We were with the× Messenger of Allah on a journey when a Bedouin with a loud voice called upon him (saying): ‘O Muhammad!’ So the Messenger of Allah responded to him with a voice similar to him (saying): ‘Come.’ So we said to him: ‘Lower your voice for you are with the Prophet, and you have been prohibited from this.’ He said: ‘By allah, I will not lower (my voice).’ The Bedouin said: ‘A man is with whomever he loves on the Day of Judgement.” So he did not cease talking with us, '''until he mentioned a gate in the direction of the west with the width of seventy years journey - or a rider would travel its width - for forty or seventy years.” Sufyan (one of the narrators) said: “In the direction of Ash-Sham, Allah created it the Day He created the heavens and the earth, open - that is, for repentance. It shall not be locked until the sun rises through it.”'''}} | ||
=== Sins of Mankind Darkened the Black Stone in Mecca=== | |||
{{Quote|{{cite web quotebox|url=http://sunnah.com/tirmidhi/9/70 |title= Jami' al Tirmidhi Vol. 2, Book 4, Hadith 877 |publisher= |author= |date= |archiveurl= |deadurl=no}}|Ibn Abbas narrated that: The Messenger of Allah said: "The Black Stone descended from the Paradise, and it was more white than milk, then it was blacked by the sins of the children of Adam."}} | |||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 14:20, 24 August 2019
This page lists various types of scientific errors in the hadith. They are a proof of Muhammad's lack of knowledge on many subjects. Some of these errors are similar to scientific errors in the Qur'an.
Archaeology
Adam was a 90 foot giant
The hadith say humans were created in the physical image of Allah. Thus they began as tall as 90ft giants (60 cubits is the equivalent of 90 feet), and have been decreasing in height ever since. The oldest human remains found in Ethiopia (Lucy and Ardi) were actually shorter in height than us, thus Archaeological science has disproved this belief.
Astronomy
Geocentrism: The sun goes under Allah's chair
The inanimate sun can prostrate like a human
Sun rises between the horns of Satan
The moon has light
An eclipse is a tool to scare mankind
Giant goats in space
Narrated Al-Abbas ibn AbdulMuttalib: I was sitting in al-Batha with a company among whom the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) was sitting, when a cloud passed above them.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) looked at it and said: What do you call this? They said: Sahab.
He said: And muzn? They said: And muzn. He said: And anan? They said: And anan. AbuDawud said: I am not quite confident about the word anan. He asked: Do you know the distance between Heaven and Earth? They replied: We do not know. He then said: The distance between them is seventy-one, seventy-two, or seventy-three years. The heaven which is above it is at a similar distance (going on till he counted seven heavens). Above the seventh heaven there is a sea, the distance between whose surface and bottom is like that between one heaven and the next. Above that there are eight mountain goats the distance between whose hoofs and haunches is like the distance between one heaven and the next. Then Allah, the Blessed and the Exalted, is above thatEarth rests on a whale
The citations are taken from the Arabic version of Ibn Kathir’s Tafsir, since the English translation omits these traditions. As you begin to read them it will become obvious why these tales were omitted from the English version. The early Muslim traditions gives us an insight to Islamic views on the cosmos. Tafsir Tabari, Al Qurtubi and Ibn Abbas also give the same ideas.
Then Allah created the "Nun" and He caused steam to rise out of which the heavens were created and the Earth was then laid flat on nun’s back. Then the Nun became nervous and (as a result) the earth began to sway, but (Allah) fastened (the earth) with mountains lest the earth should move ...
It was narrated by Ibn Jarir, narrated by Ibn Hamid, narrated by Ata’a, narrated by Abu Al-Dahee, narrated by Ibn Abbas who stated, "The first thing my Lord created, may He be Exalted and Glorified, was the pen and He said to it, ‘Write.’ So the pen wrote all that will be until judgment day. Then Allah created the Nun (the whale) above the waters and he pressed the Earth into its back.
Al Tabarani narrated the same hadith above (from the prophet Muhammad) who narrated from Abu Habib Zaid Al-Mahdi Al Marouzi, narrated by Sa’id Ibn Yaqub Al-Talqani, narrated by Mu’amal Ibn Ismail, narrated by Hamad Ibn Zaid, narrated by Ata’a Ibn Al Sa’ib, narrated by Abu Al Dahee Muslim Ibn Subaih, narrated by Ibn Abbas who stated that the prophet – may peace and blessing be upon him and his family - said, "The first things Allah created were the pen and the whale and He said to the pen ‘Write.’ The pen asked, ‘What shall I write?’ Allah replied, ‘Everything that shall be until judgment day.’ Then He said ‘Nun. By the Pen and by what they write.’ So Nun is the whale and al-Qalam is the pen" ...
Ibn Abu Nujaih stated that Ibrahim Ibn Abu Bakir was informed by Mujahid who said, "It was said that Nun is the great whale who is underneath the seven Earths." Furthermore, Al-Baghawy – may Allah rest his soul - and a group of commentators stated that on the back of this whale there is a great rock whose thickness is greater than the width of the heavens and the earth and above this rock is a bull that has forty thousand horns. On the body of this bull are placed the seven earths and all that they contain, and Allah knows best.Biology
Saying "Allah willing" during sex guarantees a male child
Embryology in the hadith
Stages of development
According to Muhammad, the embryo spends 40 days as a drop of sperm, 40 days as a clot, and then 40 days as a piece of flesh. In reality by day 56 the fetus is essentially a complete, though tiny, human being with all organ systems in place, and all tissues developed.
Gender assignment
He also claims the embryo is neither male nor female until after the clot phase is reached, some 80 days after conception, while modern genetics show that the gender of the baby is determined at the moment of conception.
Child inherits appearance from the parent that discharges first during sex
Genetic has shown that a child inherits half the genes from its father and half from its mother. Its appearance has nothing to do with order of discharges of sexual fluids.
Narrated Anas: When 'Abdullah bin Salam heard the arrival of the Prophet at Medina, he came to him and said, "I am going to ask you about three things which nobody knows except a prophet: 1)What is the first portent of the Hour? 2)What will be the first meal taken by the people of Paradise? 3)Why does a child resemble its father, and why does it resemble its maternal uncle"
Allah's Apostle said, "Gabriel has just now told me of their answers." 'Abdullah said, "He (i.e. Gabriel), from amongst all the angels, is the enemy of the Jews." Allah's Apostle said, "The first portent of the Hour will be a fire that will bring together the people from the east to the west; the first meal of the people of Paradise will be Extra-lobe (caudate lobe) of fish-liver. As for the resemblance of the child to its parents: If a man has sexual intercourse with his wife and gets discharge first, the child will resemble the father, and if the woman gets discharge first, the child will resemble her."No one knows a baby's gender before its birth
This hadith says no one knows what's in the womb. This is false. We now have technology that allows us to know the baby's gender before its birth.
Babies cry at birth because Satan touches them
Birth marks are caused by the evil eye
Yawning is from Satan
Yawning occurs when one's blood contains increased amounts of carbon dioxide.
Satan sleeps in your nose at night
Oversleeping is caused by Satan urinating in your ear
Non-Muslims have 7 intestines while Muslims have 1
Women are deficient in intelligence
Muhammad claimed all women are deficient in intelligence.
The reason for this is that Allah decided to make all women menstruate, suffer pregnancy and become stupid as a punishment for Eve's transgressions in the garden.
Spinal bone does not decay
Some translations of this hadith say "coccyx" instead of "spinal bone".
This claim has no factual basis. All bones of buried vertebrates decay over time; only their rate of decay varies.
Races and physical diversity in men are because of different materials used to create Adam
Races depend on genes and adaptation in humans. It has nothing to do with materials of the earth.
Geology and Meteorology
Nile and Euphrates rivers flow from heaven
Thunder is an Angel Who Drives Clouds to Specific Places
Mountains were Fixed into Earth to Prevent it from Shaking
Noon heat is from hell-fire
According to several hadiths, the scorching harsh desert heat is from hell when it rages.
No one knows when it will rain
This hadith says nobody knows when it will rain. This is false. We have weather forecasts which generally predict climate conditions correctly.
Earthquakes in Najd region are accompanied by the rising of Satan's head
Health
There are no infectious diseases
Here, Muhammad claims that all diseases are afflictions from Allah and they are predetermined. He believed diseases do not spread from one individual to another.
Leprosy and Leukoderma appear only on Wednesdays
Diseases do not happen on any specific day of the week.
Looking at the sky during prayers causes blindness
Loving materialistic objects will cause deafness and blindness
Fever is caused by the heat of hell
Fever is caused by germs, namely bacteria. However, Muhammad believed that it is a spark from hell to punish humans.
A black spot appears on the heart of a sinning Muslim
In reality, physical changes to one's organs do not happen because of sinning.
Water is not polluted by dead dogs, menstrual clothes, etc.
Dust/soil used for ablution
Dust or soils contain germs and parasitic organism that are harmful. However, Muhammad encouraged his follower to utilize it in the case of absence of water.
Playing chess is disgusting
Recent research says that chess is a positive form of mental training:
History
There are two errors in the following hadith. The first error is that Muhammad is mentioned in Torah. The belief that Muhammad is mentioned in Torah requires too many assumptions and also a mistranslation of the Hebrew word Mahamadim. Torah never clearly predicted the birth or other events of the life of Muhammad.
The second error is about Muhammad's death. Muhammad died in 632 CE. However crooked people continued to exist.
Medicine
Camel urine as medicine
Urine is a waste property discharged from the body which contains toxic element. Nevertheless, Muhammad recommended it.
Black cumin cures all diseases
Herbal medicine might have medicinal properties, but it cannot cure every disease.
The wing of a housefly can cure disease
The housefly is proven to be harmful because it carries germs and parasites. However, Muhammad believed that one of its wings is curative.
Eating 7 dates can cure poison
Though dates possess certain medicinal properties, curing poison and dispelling magic are not the benefits.
Drinking honey cures diarrhea
Medicinal value in "cupping"
Scorpion stings can be cured by a spell
Skin eruptions go away with a spell
Water from truffles cures eye diseases
There are more than 100 known eye diseases,[1] each with a different pathophysiology. Hence, their cures are different. One substance cannot cure many eye diseases.
There is a claim that states, "water of truffles prevents the occurrence of fibrosis in cases of eye trachoma".[2] However, the only source for this is a Muslim scientist and no additional evidence can be found to support this claim.
Zoology
Monkeys practice stoning adulterers
See a video of a cleric talking about this event here.
Black dogs are devils
Melanin gives a foraging advantage and is heritable through a dominant gene. It has nothing to do with demons.
Crowing and braying is caused by the sight of demons
Miscellaneous
Graves of true Muslims are widened to 70 cubits and bodies of hypocrites are squeezed
There is a Gate to Heaven in the West
Muhammad claimed that Allah has created a huge gate of repentance to the west (of Arabia, presumably) and it will remain open till the Day of Judgement. However, despite our near-universal mapping of the Earth's surface and even detailed knowledge of the bodies in the solar system, we have not yet seen a trace of such a massive gate.
Sins of Mankind Darkened the Black Stone in Mecca
References
- ↑ See here
- ↑ Zaghloul El-Naggar, "Truffles Healing the Eye" (archived), http://www.elnaggarzr.com/en/main.php?id=19.
See Also
- Hadith - A hub page that leads to other articles related to Hadith
- Contradictions and Errors - A hub page that leads to other articles related to Contradictions and Errors