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==Analysis== | ==Analysis== | ||
-s-ra-age-at-the-time-of-her-marriage-to-the-prophet-pbuh-5107&date=2013-11-18|deadurl=no}}|2=Most of these narratives are reported only by Hisham ibn `urwah reporting on the authority of his father. An event as well known as the one being reported, should logically have been reported by more people than just one, two or three.}} | |||
This is a classic ''Straw man''. There is no requirement in Islam for multiple narrations. Even a single sahih hadith is sufficient to establish Islamic laws and practices. | This is a classic ''Straw man''. There is no requirement in Islam for multiple narrations. Even a single sahih hadith is sufficient to establish Islamic laws and practices. | ||
isha, not counting the other major Companions that reported the same, nor other major Successors that reported it from other than `A'isha.}} | |||
===Second Argument: Locality=== | ===Second Argument: Locality=== | ||
ife were narrated by single narratives as well. Does that make them invalid? No. To demand multiple, independent narrations from Medinans is just setting up a standard that does not exist – i.e. a straw man. | |||
Shaykh Haddad also refutes this argument by listing the people from Medina who reported this event. | Shaykh Haddad also refutes this argument by listing the people from Medina who reported this event. |