"Whoever Harms a Dhimmī I Shall Be His Foe on the Day of Judgment": An Investigation into an Authentic Prophetic Tradition and Its Origins from the Covenants

The ḥadīth, "whoever harms a dhimmī I shall be his foe on the Day of Judgment', can be found as an end clause to covenants which the Prophet Muḥammad issued to Christian, Jewish, and Magian communities. As it is highly unlikely for different non-Muslim communities to have forged this Proph...

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Main Author: El-Wakil, Ahmed (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 9
Further subjects:B Authenticity
B Dhimmi
B Hadith
B Muhammad
B Islam
B Covenant
B Prophet
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