https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_Allah_ibn_Sa’d
I can’t believe I haven’t come across this guy’s story before - he was a scribe for Muhammad who was skeptical, and purposefully messed up his transcripts to test their veracity. What a legend! Check out the section on ‘During Prophet Muhammad’s Era’
This was interesting. Thanks for sharing.
What a completely mental picture that article paints. All the squabbling about who said what and how reliable they are. Such squabbles seem to be the cornerstone of this religion. How anybody can take it seriously is beyond me.
AFAIK Mohammed, unlike Jesus, couldn’t even do any magic tricks. He just heard voices in his head and said it was a Jewish angel taking to him. And enough people believed him. Crazy.
You’d think if he really had some important message for all mankind, God would at least magically grant him the ability to write it down himself.
He supposedly cut the moon in half.
Yeah right. After he died. So this isn’t even something he claimed himself, just his followers, when faced with the prospect of either admitting he died just like every other person, or making up some fantabulous tale to tell the family.
“Ah it’s been so long Omar! Tell me, how’s that thing going on you were into? You know, that cult with the guy who could speak to angels.”
