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This Is an Informal Refutation and Master List for Almost All Mainstream This is an informal refutation and master list for almost all mainstream misconceptions about Islam and lies propagated against it; it will contain resources for everything you will need to refute allegations against Islam and evidences for Islam and links to other useful resources. With the help of Allah, we hope this will be the end of many people’s doubts. All the sources complete each other, so check out all the links to learn about a topic. Spread this everywhere & Share the knowledge [36:21] Follow those who do not ask of you [any] payment, and they are [rightly] guided. [16:125] “Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best” 1 This noble intention was penned by the illustrious scholar of Tarim, Hadramawt, Imam AbdAllah bin Alawi al- Haddad, may Allah enshroud him in his mercy. He was blind from a very young age but grew in knowledge and stature to become the foremost educator in the Islamic sciences and spirituality of his time. His books are published until this day and he continues to be a source of benefit for many around the world. May Allah benefit us by him, ameen. Imam al-Dhahabi (Allah have mercy on him) points out to the signs of having a sincere intention or otherwise, He mentions that the one who seeks knowledge for the sake of Allah Most High, then that knowledge creates in him humility, humbleness and the fear of Allah. And the one who seeks knowledge for worldly gains, he becomes proud with his knowledge, thus argues and quarrels with other Muslims. 2 3 Identification & Usage This is the only genuine second version of this book made by the same author. No other copies or editions have been made by me. To verify that this is a genuine copy, you can check the URL of the previous version which should always lead to this document. (Previous) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q6ekATE4MHaQSg0JGlfI4Jzza0D2dvid/view This work is not copyrighted, you are free to copy anything from it for personal or commercial use and feel free to credit the source or not. However, do not republish the PDF in any way. 4 Read this before you read anything else. What is this book? How to use this book? This booklet aims to highlight the most mainstream attacks against Islam and refute them informally. Every link posted here was checked and only the best of resources were picked. By the help of Allah, this book will guide many if you understand how to use it correctly which will be explained in the next section. A lot of hard work has been put into the making of this, and all humans make errors. If I happened to have included a wrong website or a mistake Allah forgive me and do not hesitate in reaching out to us to tell us about this error. Regarding the content of this book, they are all free to use, share and publish. Do whatever you want with it as long as you have the right and clean intention of defending this beautiful religion. Share this book everywhere, in return we will all earn rewards and beneficial knowledge. We need Muslims to be safe from foolish and deceitful missionary tactics. And Allah Guide us all to his straight path. This book assumes the following (a) you have a strong knowledge of Islam beforehand and believe in it well. (b) You can recognize the argument from keywords about it only, as I won’t be posting them (c) That if you are still new to the religion or not that strong in faith you should NOT be reading the non-Muslim arguments until you learn thoroughly about Islam. How to use this book? The point of this book is to be a huge compilation of the links refuting arguments and a compilation for Da’wah resources. So perhaps it’s even wrong to call it a book; it’s only a list but you (the user reading this) should be able to benefit as if it was a book if you use the list in the following manner: (a) Do not post links during debates or discussions with people unless they ask for it, it’s annoying and usually shows that you are not that serious about the discussion. Which leads to the next point: (b) if you are not supposed to be posting the links, so what should you do with them? Open a notepad or grab a pen and paper or write wherever you want and look for the argument you are going to be discussing and read all the links and related topics. Then start to make your own notes from your understanding about them and make sure to include sources for your information. In this way you have converted the primary material of this book into very useful arguments. Then find the perfect way to present these arguments using Da’wah techniques. (c) Now why have I stressed on reading everything? Because every line of this document is packed with information and the purpose of having multiple links is that they provide enough information to complete each other and provide a final comprehensive document targeting the argument from every aspect and is ready to be used during da’wah. A very important factor to take care of is your explanation of the argument. Even if you have all the knowledge about a topic you will never refute anyone until you are able to communicate with them and understand each other. (d) This entire book is a perfect example of how you can utilize the 21st century’s most advanced technology: the search-engine “Google”. The links were not brought from outer space, so it is recommended for both Muslims & Non-Muslims to find answers in trustworthy books and websites. Gaining knowledge, saving time. Also, be a good ambassador of Islam, non-Muslims read nor the Quran or hadith, they read you. P.S: In this new copy some links may look smaller than other links, this doesn’t indicate that they are less of importance. It was just easier fitting them into one line with a smaller font. And blue headings indicate subchapters. 5 How to find dead (deleted) links? Some links often go offline for some reason, by chance sometimes they are automatically saved by either these two sites so you can view them. Using Google Cache, https://cachedview.com/ or using https://web.archive.org Usage of archive.org: https://youtu.be/ZviF5FGEdM4?t=173 At the writing time of this book, I noticed that many book sites went down. Just look for the book name inside the URL and put it on google with “pdf” infront of it. InshaAllah you can find it. How to save (Archive) links in case they get deleted from the internet? Archive.is is a time capsule for web pages. It takes a 'snapshot' of a webpage that will always be online even if the original page disappears. It saves a text and a graphical copy of the page for better accuracy and provides a short and reliable link to an unalterable record of any web page Link: https://archive.is/ Usage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVrYBULiIIw Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Link: https://archive.org/web/ Usage: https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us/articles/360001513491-Save-Pages-in-the- Wayback-Machine You can also download YouTube Videos here in case they get removed: https://www.y2mate.com/en4 6 Table of Contents (Brief Index) ⚠️ The full Index with all topics is page 134. (At the end of the book) ⚠️ Section (0): How to Answer allegations? ..................................................................................................... 8 Section (1): Basics of Islam ......................................................................................................................... 18 Section (2): Arguments raised by Atheists & Misconceptions about the Essence of Islam................. 21 Proving the essentials of Islam ................................................................................................................ 22-25 Refutations .............................................................................................................................................. 21-37 Section (3): Arguments raised against the Quran & Its contents ............................................................ 38 Subchapter (a): Proving the Preservation of Quran ..................................................................................... 39 Subchapter (b): Removing Doubts about the text of the Quran. ................................................................ 41 Subchapter (1): There are no missing or added verses in the Quran ....................................................... 42 Subchapter (2): Borrowing theories / Plagiarization refuted. ...................................................................... 46 Subchapter (c): Removing doubt about Quranic Verses & Refutations to allegations: .............................. 50 Subchapter (1): Regarding allegations of Murder/Terrorism ....................................................................... 50 Subchapter (2): Allegations of Christians: ................................................................................................... 62 Subchapter (3): Errors in the Quran Refuted ............................................................................................... 65 Section (4): Arguments raised against the Hadith, Sunnah & The actions of Muhammed PBUH ....... 75 Subchapter (1): Answering Hadith Rejectors............................................................................................... 78 Subchapter (2): The marriages of Prophet Muhammed PBUH ................................................................... 76 Subchapter (3): Hadith Narrations/Actions of the Prophet explained ......................................................... 82 Subchapter (3): Errors in the Hadith
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