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Among the many luminous personalities who surround the life of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, few shine as brightly as Nusaybah bint Ka'b al-Maziniyyah, known throughout Islamic history as Umm 'Ammarah. She occupies a unique place in the collective memory of Muslims because she did what very few people—men or women—were able to do: she stood between the Prophet and death during one of the most critical moments in Islamic history. Early Life and Acceptance of Islam Nusaybah belonged to t

Some Muslim and non-Muslim historians allege that the Prophet ordered the killing of Abu Afak, Sofian ibn Khalid, Abu Rafi, Ozeir bin...

The killing of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, a poet from the Tayy tribe, is mentioned in Sahih Bukhari, Sahi Muslim, Tabaqat Ibn Sa'd, and Ibn...

Our religious literature narrates that Prophet Muhammad reportedly had several non-Muslims killed in Medina. Many non-Muslims use these...

[Munkar e hadith is a popular term among Muslims. Some Muslims use it to label an individual or a group accused of denying the hadith's...

A Saudi preacher is accused of raping and torturing his five-year-old daughter to death. He admitted using a cane and cables to inflict...

When we hear someone narrating or quoting a hadith, we often hear terms like Aahih, Ahsan, Aziz, Gharib, Dhaeef, or Mawdhu. Those...

There were efforts on the part of some companions to write down whatever they had heard personally from the Prophet. But they did not...

An Introduction Note: This is not a series on Ahadith. Muhaditheen or traditionists do that. This is not an attempt to redefine Ahadith...

It is the last in the series of the compilation of hadith. The four previous articles appeared on aslamabdullah.blogspot.com. The series...