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*** Why he didn't say both versions in both narrations? It seems more likely that he narrated one version, but one of the hadith was corrupted.
*** Why he didn't say both versions in both narrations? It seems more likely that he narrated one version, but one of the hadith was corrupted.
** ''"Nobody is criticising Ka’b al-Ahbar - or Ibn Abbas for that matter - for narrating Isra’iliyat. Rather, we are castigating those present the Isra’iliyat as narrations from the Prophet (ﷺ) or opinions of the companions, and so say that they must be believed by Muslims."''
** ''"Nobody is criticising Ka’b al-Ahbar - or Ibn Abbas for that matter - for narrating Isra’iliyat. Rather, we are castigating those present the Isra’iliyat as narrations from the Prophet (ﷺ) or opinions of the companions, and so say that they must be believed by Muslims."''
*** But this is about the interpretation of the Quran and Muhammad made dua for Ibn Abbas, so that he can know the correct interpretation. Did the dua not work? And if it worked, why Ibn Abbas didn't oppose The Islamic Whale hypothesis?
*** But this is about the interpretation of the Quran and Muhammad made dua for Ibn Abbas, so that he can know the correct interpretation. Did the dua not work? And if it worked, why Ibn Abbas didn't oppose The Islamic Whale hypothesis if it was a wrong interpretation?
** ''"Nun (ن), is known in Arabic as one of the muqatta’at... their meaning is only known to Allah."''
** ''"Nun (ن), is known in Arabic as one of the muqatta’at... their meaning is only known to Allah."''
*** So how can you be sure that it doesn't mean whale?
*** So how can you be sure that it doesn't mean whale?
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