Mohammed Hijab

High School Drop Out Cannot Understand

Mohammed Hijab asserts that the "overwhelming vast majority of Muslim scholars," including classical figures like Ibn Hazm (author of Al-Fisal) and those referenced by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani in Fath al-Bari, believed the Christian and Jewish scriptures (the Bible) to be corrupt or distorted.

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Mohammed HijabThe overwhelming vast majority of Muslim scholars believed that what's in the hands of the Christians and the Jews is corrupt.

OpponentYou said majority?

Mohammed HijabThe overwhelming vast majority.

OpponentOf the early Muslims?

Mohammed HijabThe overwhelming vast majority of classical scholars throughout the medieval period. Throughout the early scholars, like Ibn Hazm had a very staunch view. He, what do you call it? He wrote Al-Fisal in the 4th century, the 5th century. He believed that it's like toilet paper. It's like nothing. He believed the Bible of the time of his people was very distorted. That's what he believed.

OpponentWhat is your evidence that the majority of the early scholars of Islam, all of the previous scriptures were...

Mohammed HijabMy evidence is what Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani mentions in Fath al-Bari. Ibn Hajar is interpreting in Bukhari. He's the number one person who interprets Bukhari in the world, in the history of...

OpponentSo what? Bukhari explicitly says that...

Mohammed HijabYou asked me to give you a reference. I'm giving you one of the most premier and gold standard references in Islam. You don't know it. You don't... When was Ibn Hajar born? When was he around? That means all of that is irrelevant. You don't know these people. You don't know these... That's the thing. You don't know these people. You don't know these things. You don't know these things. The point I'm making to you is this. It's simple. It's simple. The overwhelming vast majority of Muslim scholars from the classical period until now believe that this Bible that we have in our hands is corrupt.

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