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Supplement 4: Hadith Contradictions

This is not an exhaustive list as I consider the Qur’anic arguments outlined in the main work to be strong enough to not need such a list. This list could have been expanded to cover more problematic aspects, e.g. scientific, theological, absurdity and moral issues.
Also note the many problems within the so-called “science of hadith” were not discussed, as it could fill its own book. Such a book should include a compendium of quotes from famous Muslim scholars about Hadith, since they can be very revealing and expose the weaknesses of the Hadith system.
Note that for most of these examples Hadith scholars have attempted to explain away the issues, primarily by making inconsistent exceptions, interpolations and interpretations not present in the original sources. They also often disagree with each other on the status of a hadith and narrators (i.e. inconsistent, subjective, fallible human standard = disputing partners, zann).

Contradicts Quran:
1) Muslims sins placed upon (or replaced by) Jews/Christians
Sahih Muslim 928a, 2767a b, d Quran 6:164, 35:18, 39:7


2) Prophet’s alleged suicide attempt
Bukhari 6982 Quran 4:29-31, 15:56, 41:49, 12:87. If this hadith is true then the prophet could be a kafir as per Quran?


3) Obey Muslim leaders with the hearts of devils, even if they oppress, flog your back and take your wealth
Muslim 1847b Quran 3:104, 4:75, 4:135, 5:79


4) The dead can hear but cannot reply
Bukhari 1370 Quran 27:80, 30:52, 35:22


5) The prophet was bewitched
Bukhari 6391 Quran 17:47, 25:8 (it’s the wicked who make that claim)


6) Parts of Quran missing, forgotten verses and forgetful prophet
Bukhari 401, 5037, 5037b, 5038, 5039, 5042, 6830. Muslim 1050, 1452. Bukhari book 60 #53. Ibn Majah 1944 Quran 15:9, 18:1, 39:28, 41:42


7) Hot day related to heat of Hellfire
Bukhari 539. Muslim 615a, 616, 2209c Quran 81:12 (Hellfire yet to be ignited). Also contradicts science of course.


8) Prophet knows some who will go to heaven
Muslim 949a, 6067, Bukhari 7262, Dawud 4649 Quran 46:9, 5:109


9) Stick with majority to not be misguided
Tirmidhi 2165 Quran 6:116, 30:30 ~majority can misguide as they follow conjecture/zann


10) Hitting women allowed or not, and prophet struck his wife
Muslim 974b, 1478. Abu Dawud 2143, 2146, 2147 Quran 2:231, 30:21, 33:21, 65:6, 4:19, 4:34 (see Quran434.com for detailed response)


11) Eve created from rib of Adam = Bukhari 3331 Quran 4:1, 7:189, 30:21


12) Men forbidden to wear gold or silk = Bukhari 1239 Quran 3:14, 7:32, 16:116


13) Donkey meat prohibited (madhabs add that it only refers to domesticated donkeys)
Bukhari 4219. Ibn Majah 3367 Quran 2:173, 5:3, 6:19


14) Kill non-believers based on their beliefs and apostates
Bukhari 3017, 6922, 6923. Muslim 1676a Quran 3:86, 18:29, 4:137, 2:256, 10:99


15) Prophet can rescue some in the fire of hell
Bukhari 6566 Quran 39:19


16) Angels do not enter a home with a dog, or go away when you have sex or go to the toilet
Bukhari 3225, Tirmidhi 2800, Nasa’i 262 Quran 50:17, 82:10-12


17) Dog’s saliva ceremonially impure
Muslim 280a Quran 5:4. Also not accepted by Imam Malik (considered one of the greatest hadith scholars of all time). His reasoning was based on The Quran. He is well known for not accepting hadith despite them having pristine isnad/chain.


18) Prophet touched a woman after being refused by her.
Bukhari 5255 Quran 33:21


19) Prophet insults his wife = Muslim 1211ag. Bukhari 6050 Quran 33:21, 49:11


20) God's throne shook at death of Sa'd ibn Mu'adh
Bukhari 3803 Quran 29:6, 35:15, 17:111


21) Eve betrayed Adam = Bukhari 3330 Quran 2:35-36, 7:20-23, 20:120-121


22) Adam (face) created in God's image = Muslim 2612e Quran 42:11, 112:4


23) Flogging or justified beating of slaves allowed?
Bukhari 5204. Muslim 1657a b, 1658b ,d Quran 4:36, 16:71


24) Correct ablution? = Abu Dawud 121, 135, 858. Muslim 226a Quran 5:6


25) Did prophet come with non-Quran miracles/signs or not?
Bukhari 169, 3584, 3637, 4102. Muslim 2277 Quran 10:20, 13:7, 6:35-37, 7:203, 17:90-93, 29:50-51


26) Prophet orders a killing without legal basis
Muslim 2771. Bukhari 3051 Quran 5:32, 6:151, 24:2-4, 17:33-36, 33:21, 42:40, 68:4


27) Veneration of stone idols
Bukhari Volume 2, Book 26, Hadith Number 673. Bukhari 1597, 1632
Quran 5:90, 21:66


28) If two Muslims fight each with swords both are going to Hell = Bukhari 7083
This means due to the 1st and 2nd civil wars (fitnah) thousands of sahaba are going to Hell. Scholars attempt to get out of this by claiming it may not mean for eternity. However this claim contradicts Quran 4:93. Also note it contradicts hadith Tirmidhi 3748, Dawud 4649-4650 of the ten promised paradise because 3 of those 10 are known to have fought in those wars: Ali, Talha, Zubayr.


29) God comes close to earth last third of the night
Bukhari 1145, Muslim 758b Quran 50:16, 58:7. Also contradicts science.


30) Moses delayed death by striking the angel of death, injuring its eye
Bukhari 1339, 3407. Muslim 2372a Quran 4:78, 6:61, 7:34, 10:49, 16:61, 63:11


31) Killing of young pubescent and non-combatants allowed
Abu Dawud 4390, Bukhari 3012
Quran 2:190-191, 2:217, 5:32, 17:33, 22:39, 42:39-43. Some scholars claim 9:5 abrogates other verses, it doesn’t. They differ on how many verses have been abrogated, ranging from a few to hundreds!


32) Stoning to death for adultery.
Muslim 1691 a,b,c. Bukhari 7323, 6840. Ahmad 21596 Quran 24:2-3, 4:25


33) Prophet infallible?
Muslim 2814a. Dawud 3646 Quran 66:1, chapter 80, 33:37, 9:113, 8:67-69, 9:43



Historical and Internal Contradictions:


34) Prophet’s last/farewell sermon
Multiple versions with significant differences. For a sample see the work ‘The Farewell Sermon of prophet Muhammad: An Analytical review’ By Mohammad Omar Farooq.


35) To write down hadith or not?
Muslim 3004. Tirmidhi 2665. Dawud 3646, 3650. Bukhari 480.


36) Is 2:184 abrogated or not?
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60, Number 32, 33, 34.


37) Mutilation allowed or not? = Bukhari 1501, 2474


38) Cupping allowed or not?
Abu Dawud 2374. Bukhari 2279, 5680. Muslim 1568a


39) Does cupping break a fast or not? = Abu Dawud 2367. Bukhari 1938


40) Assassinations allowed or not? = Abu Dawud 2769. Bukhari 3023


41) Which wife had the longest hand /most generous: Sawdah or Zaynab?
Muslim 2452. Bukhari 1420


42) Dead punished for crying of the living?
Muslim 927a ,f. Bukhari 1286, 1287, 1288


43) Punishment for bestiality or not?
Ibn Majah 2564. Tirmidhi 1455. Note sex with an animal does not break one’s fast or ihram according to madhabs.


44) Which wife gave the prophet honey and which wives conspired against him?
Muslim 1474a, 1474b. Also note Aisha and another wife allegedly conspired and lied to the prophet. Aisha is allegedly a significant narrator of hadith. I say “allegedly” because hadith may have been attributed to her that she never said, just like any other narrator.


45) Did prophet seek personal revenge or not? = Bukhari 4458, 6126


46) Wash arms up to elbows or armpits?
Bukhari 5953. See Quran 5:6
Prophet's masjid is the last masjid
Muslim 1394c
Note how often questions are raised about Abu Huyrayrah's trustworthiness.


47) Abu Hurayrah caught lying about prophet
Bukhari 5355. Note in traditions Aisha corrects him multiple times, his Israilyat hadith are heavily criticised, and Caliph Umar restricts him spreading hadith. A question to ponder is: if he was accurate in hadith why would Umar restrict him? When surely spreading accurate info about prophet's sayings/actions would be a good and necessary thing. The only logical conclusion is he was frequently inaccurate, yet he is the most cited narrator in Bukhari and Muslim.


48) Are there evil omens or not?
Muslim Book 26 : Hadith 5508, 5524. Bukhari Volume 7 Book 62 Hadith 30, Volume 7 Book 71 Hadith 66. Aisha disputed Abu Huyrayrah’s narration, and in several other examples.


49) How many wives did Solomon have: 60, 70, 90 or 100?
Bukhari 5242, 3424, 6639, 1654, 7469. Also note the highly improbable claim of having sex with 100 women in one night, and the injustice of a defective child being born due to Solomon’s error.


50) What was the last revealed verse of the Qur'an?
Bukhari Volume 6, Book 60, #67, #129. Muslim Book 011, #3939


51) Drink standing or not
Muslim 2024, 2025, 2027. Bukhari 1637, 5615. Ibn Majah 3424


52) Prophet prayed to punish tribe of Mudar but he is from them apparently
Bukhari 3491, 6393


53) Does a woman passing nullify prayer? = Bukhari 511. Muslim 511, 512a - b - c - d


54) Source of Ashura: Jews or Quraysh? = Bukhari 3831, 3942


55) Did or did not enter the Kaabah and pictures of whom? = Bukhari 3351, 3352


56) What is riba and a valid exchange?
Bukhari Volume 3, Book 34, #344, #383, #388. Muslim, Book 010, #3853


57) Are 2 rakat after Asr a good or forbidden thing? = Bukhari 587, 588, 592, 593


58) Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas or Sa'd bin Malik? = Bukhari 4055, 4057, 4059


59) Multiple contradicitons reported about one transaction
Sahih Muslim, Vol. 3, #3886 + #3888, #3889, #3891, #3892, #3893, #3894, #3895


60) Ubai ibn Ka’b or Abu Ad Darda was involved in collecting The Quran?
Bukhari: Volume 5, Book 58, Number 155, and Volume 6, Book 61, Number 525, 526. Also note it says Quran was collected during lifetime of the prophet.


61) First or last 10 verses of Surah Kahf give protection from Dajjal?
Sahih Muslim: Book 004, Number 1766, 1767. Note that the Dajjal has not been a threat to anyone for 1400+ years.


62) What was the first revelation?  = Bukhari 4922, 4955


63) What was the last verse revealed? = Bukhari 4544, 4605


64) Breathing in a drinking vessel or not = Bukhari 5631. Muslim 267d 


65) Dajjal has a defective right or left eye?
Muslim 169e, 2934a. Scholars claim that the same Arabic word can mean defective or blind but this doesn’t resolve the issue.


66) Complexion of Jesus variance:
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 54, Number 462, Volume 4, Book 55, Number 649, 650, Volume 7, Book 72, Number 789:, Volume 9, Book 87, Number 128, 153, Volume 9, Book 88, Number 242. Muslim: Book 001, Number 0317, 0327


67) 40yrs time gap between building al masjid al haram and al masjid al aqsa
Bukhari 3366. Muslim 520. According to traditions time gap between Abraham and Solomon is more than a 1000yrs.



68) Madinah or Syria as place of death for Abu Sufyan
Bukhari 1280 states Sham/Syria but history says Medinah. For example famous Hadith scholar Ibn Hajar considers it an error.


69) The alleged night journey (israa) before he was even a prophet. = Bukhari 7517.


70) Hadith is necessary to supplement The Quran. = Contradicts Bukhari 2729, 3047. Tirmidhi 1726. Malik 36.


71) Urinate whilst standing or not = Bukhari 224, Muslim 273a. Ibn Majah 308. Nasai 29.


72) Khubayb ibn Isāf or Khubayb ibn ʿAdī, and the Battle of Badr
Bukhari 4086. Contradicts other historical accounts.


73) Residence location of the prophet’s daughter Fatimah
Bukhari 2122. Contradicts other historical accounts.


74) Punishment of 40 or 80 lashes for drinking alcohol?
Muslim 1706. Bukhari 3696, 3872. Abu Dawud 4482 (killed for thrice offence, contradicts 17:33, 42:40)


75) Duration of prophet’s Makkah period
Bukhari Volume 7, Book 72, Number 787 (10 years). Muslim 2351b (13 years), 2353e (15 years)


76) Timeline of Abu Sufyan’s offer of His Daughter in Marriage to the Prophet
Muslim 2501. Contradicts historical reports stating they were married prior to this, years before Abu Sufyān’s conversion to Islam.


77) Prophet died when he was 60 or 63?
Bukhari 3536, 3548, 3902. Note that solar/lunar year does not resolve the discrepancy.


78) Prophet married whilst in state of ihram or not = Bukhari 5114. Muslim book 8, 3285.


79) Saʿd ibn Muʿādh’s meeting with the Prophet after the revelation of Qur’an 49:2, but Saʿd had died years earlier
Muslim; Book 001 Number 214. Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60, Number 369.


80) Bara’ ibn Ma‘rur as Jabir ibn Abdullah’s maternal uncle conflicts with historical accounts
Bukhari Volume 5, Book 58, Number 230.


81) Ibn Abbas was not born at the time of revelation of Surah Al-Qiyamah, thus could not have observed what he claimed he did.
Bukhari Volume 1, Book 1, Number 4, and Volume 9, Book 93, Number 615. Muslim, Book 004, Number 0901.


82) Revelation of 49:9 linked to a quarrel between believers involving Abdullah ibn Ubayy, who was not a believer at the time.
Bukhari Volume 3, Book 49, Number 856.


83) Fatima bint Qays: widow of a martyr or divorced?
Muslim: Book 041, Number 7028, 7029. Note that some of her hadith are rejected and debated among scholars (~disputing partners, as Quran warns).


84) Did prophet claim he is better than others or not?
Muslim 2278, 2373. Bukhari 3395, 6918. May contradict Quran 2:285


85) Tamim or his cousin? = Muslim: Book 041, Number 7028, 7029


 
False prophecies

All prophecies contradict Quran 5:109, 6:50, 7:188, 10:20, 11:31, 27:65, 46:9 and Bukhari 4855.

86) Incorrect chronological sequence tied to appearance of Dajjal.
Sunan Abu Dawud Book 37, Number 4281, 4282, 4283



87) Dajjal is chained up on an island even during prophet’s time. = Muslim 2942



88) Prophet thought the Last Hour was imminent during/near his time.
Bukhari 116, 4946. Muslim 2951, 2952, 2953


89) A person alive during the lifetime of the prophet, named Ibn Saiyad, was the Dajjal.
Bukhari 1354, 7355


 90) Erroneous Caliph predictions.
Muslim 1820, 1821a. Abu Dawud 4646. Also anachronistic terminology.



Commonly Ignored Hadith
(small sample)

91) If you ate garlic or onions don’t go to Mosque. = Bukhari 853


92) Wig or hair extensions cursed for women (even if worn due to hair falling out from disease)
Muslim 2122a


93) Beautification by modification disallowed (e.g. plucking facial hair, teeth adjustment) = Muslim 2125a


94) If one drinks whilst standing must vomit it up = Muslim 2026


95) Not displaying photos in the house = Bukhari 3225


96) Do ablution after eating cooked food = Abu Dawud 194 (contradicts 187)


97) Do not sleep on stomach = Tirmidhi 2798, Abu Dawud 5040, Muslim 2710


98) Do not lie down with one foot on top of other = Muslim 2099e. Also contradicts Nasa’i 721


99) Ajwa dates prevent poison and magic = Bukhari 5768, 5779


100) Black seed (nigella sativa) cures all disease = Bukhari 5688
This hadith can expose what is truly in the hearts of those who claim to uphold hadith. When their life is on the line will they use black seed only? Of course not. They do not accept it, just like Bukhari did not include ~99% of hadith he collected in his alleged final sahih collection. I say "alleged" because we do not have the original.



Sample References:
‘Hadith: Redefining the Criteria’ by Israr Ahmad Khan
Websites: Quran434.com - free-minds.org - QuranTalkBlog.com - QuransMessage.com [1]
Lampofislam.wordpress.com - Ahadithstudies.wordpress.com – AsimIqbal2nd.wordpress.com
‘Stoning as a punishment of zina: is it valid?’ By M Hashim Kamali
YouTube channel sources: Mufti Abu Layth, MuhammadFromGod, HadithCritic, QuranTalk
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