Are Ibn Ishaq & Ibn Kathir Reliable?

Islamophobic Christians are fond of quoting stories from books written by historians like Ibn Ishaq & Ibn Kathir without realizing that Muslims don't consideer these stories sahih (=authentic). In both Islam & Christianity, the religious sources of information are divided into two categories: (i) Sahih or Canonical sources (ii) Apocryphal or Non-canonical sources. Will Christians accept any claim made by a source that they consider apocryphal? For example, Would Christians accept a claim about Jesus made by Jewish Talmud? No, Christians will not.

Once an Islamophobic Christian on YouTube quoted a fabricated story about Prophet Mohamed taken from one of the books of historian Ibn Ishaq. Do you know what my reply was to that Islamophobic Christian? I told him that I would consider accepting the fabricated story about Prophet Mohamed IF he accepts the claim of Talmud about Jesus that "Jesus is in hell, being boiled in hot excrement." (Gittin 57a). Do you know how that Christian responded to my proposed mutual agreement? That Christian got mad at me and started swearing at me and my Prophet like a teen. Who knows maybe he was indeed a teen.

Quran and Semen Production

Deltassippi: Quran 86:7 says semen comes from the ribs and backbone. Medical science tells us semen comes from prostate gland. Therefore, Quran is wrong & cannot be God’s word.

Hu Wen: Let’s do a word for word translation of Quran 86:7 to see if it really says semen comes from the ribs and backbone. Below is a word for word translation of 86:7-

يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ

يَخْرُجُ = come out/go out

مِن = from

بَيْنِ = between

الصُّلْبِ = steel/loin

وَ = and

التَّرَائِبِ = ribs

Correct translation: “[Ejected fluid] go out [of the body] from between [the area of] ribs and loin” – Quran 86:7

Some translators mistranslated the Arabic word “الصُّلْبِ” as backbone. But the word “الصُّلْبِ” doesn’t mean backbone in Arabic. It can either mean “steel” or “loin”. The reason “loin” is appropriate in this verse instead of “steel” is that the verse is talking about human body and organs. Loin is a noun and it means “the region of the sexual organs” which is from the lowest ribs to hipbones. We know that male genital (penis) ejects semen at the time of orgasm. And male genital (penis) is literally located in the area of human body that is in between loin & ribs. Therefore, Quran is right.

References:

86:5- So let man observe what he was created from.

86:6- He was created from an ejected fluid

86:7- which comes out from between the loin and ribs.

Why Doesn't God Save Muslims?

Recently a brother by the name of Abdullah asked me a question on one of my blog titled "Revive Deen Islam". That brother asked: "Why God doesn't save the good people or the Muslims from the crime?" I have decided to share the answer to this question with all of you because many of you may have this question. Finding no answers or finding unsatisfactory answers to the questions you have about Islam may lead you to disbelief. This is why it is important to have your questions answered by the people of knowledge. I am not a religious scholar but I have studied religions to a limited extent to be able to answer some common questions many people have about Islam.

God promises victory to Muslim Ummah IF they bite the Quran & Sunnah with their molar teeth. Do you remember the Battle of Badr? Didn't God give victory to Muslim Ummah? God did but 13 companions of Prophet (sw) were martyred in this battle. You may ask why God didn't save those 13 companions of Prophet (sw) who were martyred. You may ask why God didn't save the lives of many Israelite Prophets murdered by Jews as both Quran & Bible state. The answer is simple. God doesn't promise to save lives of individual Muslims in battles. God only promises to give victory to Muslims as a whole known as "Muslim Ummah". But that doesn't mean God has no compassion for the lives of individual Muslims who die in the way of God. God promises them paradise. As Muslims, we believe our lives & deaths are pre-destined. When a martyr is shown his/her place in paradise at the time of his/her death, the martyr has no regret to for giving up his/her life. We don't deserve paradise because of our good deeds. Because our good deeds are limited but rewards in paradise are unlimited. We don't deserve eternal life in paradise even if we give up our life in the way of God a million times, let alone just once. It is the absolute mercy of God upon us for giving us paradise for giving up our lives just for once. Hope that helps, brother Abdullah.