Was Abu Hurayrah
misogynistic? Is hadith even relevant to the average Muslim? What about Western academic critiques of the hadith sciences?
Hadith expert Abdullah al-Hallak sits down with Irtiza Hasan and Zainab bint Younus to talk about hadith as a living connection to RasulAllah
, Western academic attacks on Abu Hurayrah
and the hadith tradition, and making hadith relevant to the lives of young Muslims today.
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Ustadh Abdullah Al-Hallak is a Hadith enthusiast with a taste for Aqidah, Fiqh, and anything related to the Quran. For him Hadith is not a means to an end or an academic pursuit; it is a culture and a passion. Ustadh Abdullah has acquired ijazat in the field and teaches at Zidni Institute in his spare time.
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