Since I could not further prove the information in this article, I therefore decided to remove it:
Since the very first compiled volume of Hadiths (Sayings of Prophet Muhammad) was "Sahih Bukhari", which is derived from "Bukhara", a city in modern Uzbekistan in the former Soviet Union, which is close to China, it is quite possible that this false hadith came from China, since the Chinese philosophers did claim that the human body had 360 joints in it [1] [2] [3], etc.... It is quite possible that somebody back then got a little bit too colorful and fabricated this false hadith on the tongue of the Prophet, peace be upon him.
Bukhari, was a Muslim who came from Bukhara, Uzbekistan. In order for Islam to have reached his country or area, it would have taken at least 200 years. This means that the first Hadiths volume was compiled around 200 years or so after the natural death of Prophet Muhammad and his close companions.
Some Muslims that I talked with said it was around 80 years, not 200. Even if we take their claim, which is almost a century, it still means that there was plenty of time for Buddhist traditions, such as the 360 joints in the human body, to have travelled to the Middle East from the areas around Bukhara and China.
So 80 or 200 years wouldn't make much difference!
So it may not be that the Prophet himself made a mistake, but rather, some lies had been put in his mouth!
Similar to the Bible's corruption and man's alteration in it.
Here is a quote from ancient Chinese texts:
"The next two examples of relations between the cosmos and the body are perhaps two centuries earlier, and are more general. They come from Lü shih ch'un-ch'iu. They are not particularly early in the history of microcosmic correspondences, but rather exhibit their full development in philosophical writing.
Human beings have 360 joints, nine body openings, and five yin and six yang systems of function. In the flesh tightness is desirable; in the blood vessels (hsueh mai) free flow is desirable; in the sinews and bones solidity is desirable; in the operations of the heart and mind harmony is desirable; in the essential ch'i regular motion is desirable. When [these desiderata] are realized, illness has nowhere to abide, and there is nothing from which pathology can develop. When illness lasts and pathology develops, it is because the essential ch'i has become static. "
(http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~nsivin/micro.html)
Now, while I admit that I was wrong in not posting warning message on the top of the article, telling the reader that this article requires further investigation, but I assumed that it was pretty much self-explanatory and that my readers did understand my intentions because I got used to so many contributions to my site's articles. It is a bad habit of laziness and a bit of carelessness that I developed while building this huge web site almost all by myself for the past several years. I guess over-commitment and dealing with way too many things at once in both my personal life and the theological research one both contributed to a failure such as this article.
The reason why I removed this article was not because Jochen Katz exposed me as he so hopelessly convinced himself to have accomplished, but rather because I finally came to the conclusion after so many debates on my previous message board right in front of Jochen Katz' eyes (since he was a participant on my board) that the Hadiths (the collections of Prophet Muhammad's Sayings) are like the Bible; they are filled with man's corruption.
I decided then to never rely solely on them to prove anything scientific, because their sources and authenticity are doubtful (just like the Bible). I decided to only rely on the Noble Quran, and use any Hadith that directly agrees with our Holy Book.
I don't know about Jochen Katz, but I know that his readers and mine are both intelligent people. No one comes to our sites without having the desire to do some serious research. Our sites' topics are 100% into theology. Theology researchers on the internet are in general not "stupid" people. They are very smart and many of them are open-minded too. In other words, they could not be hoaxed up by partial articles.
Other Important Points:
1- I made a grave mistake in treating the Hadiths (collection of Prophet Muhammad's Sayings) as authentic and Divine as the Noble Quran. The Hadiths are like the Bible, they both contain man made alterations and fabricated lies as well as Truth in them.
Please visit: What parts of the Bible and Hadiths do Muslims believe are closest to the Truth, and why?
The Bible's own theologians admit that the ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS had been LOST! (Read the last section in the link)
The Noble Quran on the other hand is Perfect and Divine. Its Prophecies and Miracles had been proven time and time again to be Divine and Truthful.
*** What I finally realized is
that the verses in the Bible and Hadiths are false until proven otherwise! Unlike
the Noble Quran, where is it ALWAYS correct and Truthful.
2- Could not verify the authenticity of the Hadiths (Sayings of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him), because many hadiths are weak/doubtful. The hadiths I provided were unfortunately isolated (each narrated only once). Generally, the hadiths narrated by many people have stronger validity than isolated ones. Again, please visit: What parts of the Bible and Hadiths do Muslims believe are closest to the Truth, and why?
3- Could not prove scientifically that the human body has 360 joints in it.
To the reader, please visit: What parts of the Bible and Hadiths do Muslims believe
are closest to the Truth, and Why?
Also, in the "Adam is 90 feet" article, the brother who sent me the article put all of the references
and quotes from Hebrew University's Professor's Research. But
unfortunately, since this was a quote outside the Noble Quran, Bible and Hadiths, I could
not easily verify it. I therefore suspended the article and I am not planning on
adding it back, even if the information was proven to be true, because
And while we're at it, please read the following:
Aisha in Islam: Let's discuss the age of Aisha being 9 when she married our Prophet (CLICK HERE): 1- See proofs, in the "Aisha being 9" article, from the Bible about little girls as young as 9 were married off and even sold off by their fathers as slave girls to men who were even older than their fathers. 2- See also irrefutable proofs that pedophilia and terrorism exist in the Bible. During the Mosaic times in the Bible's Old Testament, 3-year old slave girls were literally forced into sex under Moses' Orders and Command. You sometimes have to read things twice to believe them! See also: Maiming of the enemies' bodies in the Bible. Cutting the hands and feet of the enemies in the Bible, and hanging their live bodies on trees until they DIE. *** Killing of innocent children in the Bible. *** X-Rated Pornography in the Bible. *** Fathers sticking their fingers into their daughters' vaginas before marriage in the Bible.
Marriage for young girls was widely practiced among Arabs back then, and even today in many third-world non-Muslim and Muslim countries. Also visit: Why Muta (temporary) Marriage was allowed and why it was discontinued. |
The Scientific Miracles in the Noble Quran.