Historical Texts
18 Threads
Major Shāfiʿī scholar al-Ḥalīmī (d. 403) said when commenting on [Qurʾān 4:36] which speaks of kindness to slaves: “If she disliked being touched or intercourse, then he shouldn't...
15) Adiparva by Krishadasa Dama (15-16th ce) Mentions 96 Kulin Maratha as synonymous to the kshatriyas of Mahabharat. His Adiparva also have stories of Hemadri & Ramchandradeva Ja...
[1/8] "The Prophet said: 'if you see Mu'awiya on my pulpit, kill him!'" A 🧵on a hadith's development. A very early version of this controversial anti-Umayyad hadith was transmitte...
My previous thread of #Manusmriti generated some interesting questions/observations. Here I list some with my response to it. 1/n
📚The great Hafidh & Historian Imam as-Sakhawi, who was the main student of Amirul Mu'mineen fil hadith Imam Ibn Hajar 'Asqalani, mentioned in his famous book -al-Qawlul Badee'- tha...
@abdlquadri @DrJavadTHashmi @DrShadeeElmasry There are 20 tumultuous years between the prophet and the Uthmanoc text. A lot could have happened in between. But the fact that the Sa...
Why Shiv-Tattva-Ratnakar? Why I always prefer Shiv-Tattva-Ratnakar? The reason is simple , it was composed by none other than Basavaraja Bhupala , the son of Keladi Chennamma Che...
Creed of the 4 Imams 🧵 https://t.co/aVxgNbVKuE
Did Prophetص Die on the bossom/Lap of Ayeshaل ??? There r 2 trustworthy narrations in the books of Ahlus Sunnah that beg to differ... The narrations about him (sawa) dying agains...
An 18th century Ethiopian Version of Kings, መጽሐፈ ነገሥት , which contains the two Books of Samuel and the two Books of Kings, together making up 1-4 Kings. THERE ARE TWO FULL-PAGE DIA...
Sa’id ibn al-Musayyib reported: He saw a man praying after fajr with more than two cycles, and he was excessive in his bowing and prostration, so Sa’id prohibited him. The man said...
A response to common non-Christian sources cited by Christians to support the crucifixion 🧵: https://t.co/FLepd2KDu5
A strange bit of misinformed apologetics has been making the rounds on Twitter that claims the Dead Sea Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaª) (Is. 42:1) mentions ʾAḥmad (traditionally understood...
Sometime before the 800s a shAkta text under a tAthAgatan garb known as the Arya-shrI-mahAdevI-vyAkaraNa was transmitted to the Tibetans. In it the cosmic buddha of sukhAvatI vyUha...
🌄 A thread on Manusmriti !! Traditional Hindus,Historians (both left and right) all are aware that Manusmriti is considered as a very high authority in Hindu society since the time...
۩ THREAD ۩ A catalog of hadith collections that predated al-Bukhari (d. 256) and Muslim (d. 261) and were likely (if not certainly) utilized by them when authoring their Sahihayn.
Some additional musings: Al-Hakim al-Samarqandi (died ~342AH) is a contemporary of Al-Maturidi as well. Some say he was his student (but I've read others dispute this). In any cas...
Part of my endeavour to translate and unearth precolonial texts into English is to combat this type of 'scholarship', which consciously takes advantage of readers who are not able...
