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How do we know about Muhammad’s life? (what is a hadith?)

Before going on with Muhammad’s life story, let’s look at one of the basic problems. At the time of Muhammad’s life, Arabia was not a society that wrote much down. Paper is what makes writing easy; Arabia had parchment like … Continue reading

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