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[[File:Phage.jpg|right|thumb|Electron micrograph of bacteriophages attached to a bacterial cell.]] | [[File:Phage.jpg|right|thumb|Electron micrograph of bacteriophages attached to a bacterial cell.]] | ||
This article analyzes the apologetic claim that the [[sahih]] [[hadith|hadith]]s concerning the wings of the housefly are somehow [[Islam and Science|scientifically]] accurate. | This article analyzes the apologetic claim that the [[sahih]] [[hadith|hadith]]s concerning the wings of the housefly are somehow [[Islam and Science|scientifically]] accurate. | ||
== | ==Apologetic Claim== | ||
The thesis put forward by | The thesis put forward by apologists is that it has recently been proven by modern science that flies carry not only pathogens but also the agents that limit these pathogens, thus proving the fly wing hadiths: | ||
{{Quote||As narrated from Abu Hurayra and Abu Sa`id al-Khudri by al-Bukhari and in the Sunan, prophet Muhammad said: If a fly falls into one of your containers [of food or drink], immerse it completely (falyaghmis-hu kullahu) before removing it, for under one of its wings there is venom and under another there is its antidote.(Sahih Al-Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 54, Number 537)}} | {{Quote||As narrated from Abu Hurayra and Abu Sa`id al-Khudri by al-Bukhari and in the Sunan, prophet Muhammad said: If a fly falls into one of your containers [of food or drink], immerse it completely (falyaghmis-hu kullahu) before removing it, for under one of its wings there is venom and under another there is its antidote.(Sahih Al-Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 54, Number 537)}} | ||