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report: whoever eats such dates will not be harmed by poison or magic

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Cited in 3 segments across 2 recordings · 2018 · hadith/hadith:fp:0607111e

Citing segments

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17 Sep 2018On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Does the hadith that the Prophet died of poison contradict the Quran? Yes, in Mufti Abu Layth's view: the Quran promises that Allah will protect the Prophet from the people, and it describes cutting the aorta as the punishment for one who forges revelation, so a report that the Prophet died that way humiliates him. Lessonposition checkedQuran 5:67 (Allah will protect you from the people; verse not numbered by him) [?]Quran 69:44-46 (had he invented sayings against Us, We would have seized him and cut his aorta; he cites verses 44 to 46 without naming the surah)report: whoever eats such dates will not be harmed by poison or magic machine2 min 16 s10:31on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Where the story came from: polemic, the poisoning report and the ajwa dates Mufti Abu Layth believes the story is misconstrued, possibly fed by polemical rumours of the time, and notes it contradicts the hadith that ajwa dates protect from magic. Lessonposition checkedBanu Nadir [?]Khaybar [?]MusaImam Malik machine5 min 09 s25:03on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions The seven ajwa dates hadith as hyperbole The hadith that ajwa dates protect from poison and magic is hyperbole praising dates; classical commentators did not take it literally either. Lessonposition checkedreport: whoever eats such dates will not be harmed by poison or magicSahih MuslimQadi Iyadal-Mazari [?] machine2 min 37 s43:38on YouTube