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If This Hadith Isn’t True… What Is?

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Did Muhammad really say this? A Muslim scholar Shabir Ally raises serious questions about a hadith found in the most trusted Islamic sources. Hatun look at a di

Did Muhammad really say this? A Muslim scholar Shabir Ally raises serious questions about a hadith found in the most trusted Islamic sources.
Hatun look at a discussion involving Shabir Ally, where he examines a well-known hadith found in: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim...The issue is not just the content of the hadith—but whether it should be understood as an authentic saying of Muhammad at all. If even highly trusted narrations can be questioned, it raises an important question: What is the foundation of hadith reliability?