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Hadith: What orientalists and modernists get wrong - with Dr Jonathan Brown

The Thinking Muslim

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Interpreting a Hadith on Criticism of Legal Rules

The speakers delve into a hadith where the Prophet addresses certain legal rules, urging listeners to consider the cultural and linguistic factors surrounding the phrase 'may God fight somebody' in order to accurately interpret his disapproval rather than seeing it as a call for punishment.

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