Memorization of the Quran played a vital role in preserving its original text across generations at a time when written books were rare.1
The Hadith and Sunna attributed to the Prophet did not appear until the second century after his death.1
A scribe suggested adding verses to honor the Prophet, the majority agreed, and Ali was outraged, insisting that God's word written by His final prophet must never be altered.1, 2
God allowed the corruption for 1400 years because the Arabs failed to uphold the Quran, fulfilling His pledge in 47:38 to dismiss them and substitute other people.1, 2
Marwan Ibn Al Hakam destroyed the original Quran written by the Prophet's hand, which raises the question of why he would do so if it matched the circulating Quran.1, 2
The apparent victory of the distorters accorded with God's will, because the people reverted to idolatry with the Prophet himself as their idol and did not deserve the pure Quran.1, 2
The consequences of this crime included Uthman's assassination, a fifty year war, the killing of the Prophet's family at Karbala, and Muslims being deprived of the pure Quran for 1400 years.1, 2, 3
Hadith is forbidden as a source of religious teachings, but it can be a useful source of history about early Islamic events, customs, and traditions.1
The books of Hadith show that the Quranic Initials were believed early on to determine the life span of the Muslim community, as in the account of the Jews of Medina.1, 2
Muslim scholars of the first two centuries after the Quran did not understand its challenge to produce anything like it, because they knew nothing of its mathematical composition.1
The early Muslims did not put the Quran together until the time of Khalifa Uthmaan, when a committee was appointed for the task.1
Besides marrying widowed mothers of orphans, Muhammad had three political marriages: to Aisha and Hafsah at the insistence of Abu Bakr and Omar, and to Maria the Egyptian.1, 2, 3
The last two verses of Sura 9 are false, being the only verses that failed the two witness rule, since they were found with only one source, Khuzeimah Ibn Thabet.1, 2
The Quran was written down from the Prophet's mouth right after revelation and was later collected under a rule that every verse needed at least two witnesses.1, 2
The story that Ubayy Ibn Kaab knew the two verses makes no sense, since he was a close friend of Zeid, who supposedly found them with Khuzeimah alone.1
Marwan Ibn Al-Hakam destroyed the original Quran written by the Prophet to hide the injection of the false verses 128 and 129 into Sura 9.1
The hadith ordering people to follow the sunnah of the rightly guided caliphs is suspect because that term came into Arabic use about 200 years after the Prophet.1
Submitters do not deny the historical validity of much of hadith, but they do not sort truth from falsehood in it because the Quran makes it irrelevant for guidance.1, 2, 3
Verses 128 and 129 of Sura 9 were falsely added by scribes about 19 years after Muhammad's death, and the code of 19 proves them false.1, 2, 3
After Muhammad's death some ambitious Muslim leaders violated the Quran's commandments on war, yet Muslim rulers generally did not force conquered peoples to submit to Islamic law.1
Islam spread quickly because its clarity and liberating quality naturally appealed to the masses.1
The idea that Islam spread by the sword is a myth refuted by prominent historians.1
Muslims led the world while they upheld the Quran, and they declined after hadith collections compiled some 200 years after Muhammad became accepted as guidance beside the Quran.1, 2, 3
The Quran was the only scripture and teaching the Prophet Muhammad brought, and the early Muslims led the world while they were inspired by it alone.1, 2, 3
The Sunni and Shia Hadith collections were compiled between 250 and 350 years after the Prophet Muhammad's death and report alleged sayings and actions of his.1
The teaching that Hadith is a primary source of Islamic law was first formally stated by Imam Shafi'i about two hundred years after the Prophet's death; before that Hadith were regarded simply as precedents.1, 2
Scholars who call him an apostate are inconsistent, since they revere Ibn Mas'ood, who rejected Suras 113 and 114, and Ubayy Ibn Ka'ab, who added 9:128 and 129, both without proof.1, 2, 3, 4
Historically, Muslim lands protected Jews and Christians as People of the Book and let them keep their religious practices, and the overall record is one of protection rather than persecution.1, 2, 3
Written religious material outside the Quran, such as hadith, fiqh, tafseer and seerat, appeared only many years after Prophet Muhammad died.1
Although some say the sword spread Islam, many embraced it because of the strong character and noble conduct of godly people.1
Those who emigrated and strove in God's cause, and those who hosted and supported them, are the true believers and deserve forgiveness and generous reward.1, 2
Classical references such as Bukhari show the two verses were suspected for over 1300 years, and Ali and his son Hussein fought to remove them rather than for power.1, 2
Every Quran verse was verified by multiple witnesses except 9:128 and 9:129, which were found only with Khuzeimah, and a Hadith was invented to excuse this exception.1, 2
Traditional printings label the two verses Meccan within a Medinan sura, which contradicts their being found with a late Medinan Muslim.1
After Muhammad's death, the people who had persecuted him for opposing idol worship fabricated hadiths claiming he could intercede for them.1
After Muhammad's death, hypocrite scholars corrupted the shahadah by adding the Prophet's name next to God, deriving it from a bizarre hadith of Abu Hurairah.1, 2, 3
Women in the Prophet's time were not veiled, since verse 33:52 speaks of admiring women's beauty, which would be impossible if they were veiled.1, 2, 3
Many Hadiths attributed to Aisha were written by Bukhary more than 200 years after her death.1
The crime of tampering with the Quran led to the assassination of Uthman and Ali, decades of war, and the massacre of the Prophet's family.1, 2
Under Khalifa Othman a committee of scribes copied the Quran from the original written by Muhammad's own hand.1
Muhammad kept his mission secret for three years, then endured ten years of severe persecution and an attempt on his life before fleeing to Medina, where persecution and war continued.1, 2
Soon after Muhammad's death, Muslims idolized him and added two false verses to the end of Sura 9, corrupting Islam within two decades.1, 2
Muhammad and about one hundred followers fled religious persecution in Mecca in 622 and survived by founding a new community in Madinah.1
The collection of hadith did not begin until 200 years after Muhammad's death, when collectors like Bukhari picked a few thousand from hundreds of thousands in circulation.1, 2
The four sacred months were observed before and during the time of Muhammad.1
Hadith and Sunna are the main reason sects exist in Islam, as the imams' differing opinions about the Prophet's behavior created rival sects that accused each other of apostasy and invented Hadiths against one another.1, 2
Classic references report that every verse was verified by many witnesses except the last two verses of Sura 9, whose single witness was a late Medinan Muslim though the verses are labeled Meccan.1, 2
Classic sources report that the Umayyad Khalifa Marwan Ibn Al Hakam destroyed the original Quran, which suggests it differed from the Qurans in existence.1, 2
Hadiths were collected two to four centuries after the prophet's death, and many were recognized as fabrications made to support political views of the time.1, 2, 3