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`Umar attacked Fatimah and burned her house down   Allegation `Umar was ordered to confront Fatimah and others to take the pledge and kill them if they refused. `Umar executed this order with a group of men, he then threatened Fatimah, set her door on fire, and attacked her so viciously that it resulted in her miscarriage. `Ali was then dragged through the streets and forced to give the pledge. […]

Allegation   ‘Ali was appointed as Khalifah at Ghadir Khumm The following verse of the Qur’an was revealed, “O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allah will protect you from the people.” and as a result after Hajjat al Wada’ the Messenger of Allah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam at Ghadir […]

Methodology in Islamic History   The Causes of Interpolation in Islamic History   I. Reasons that led to fabrications in narrations Various early attempts to cloud Islamic history resulted in hesitation in accepting all historical narrations on face value. This further resulted in the non-acceptance of some narrations of our early historians which were contaminated by falsities. Ibn al ‘Arabi, motivated by this, opted for a methodology of scrutiny in […]