at each knot, ‘You have a long night ahead of you, so sleep on.’” Yet we do not witness this touching of the newborn’s body, this spending the night in the nasal passages, the tying of knots, or anything similar. It is thus clear that, even if this hadith were as he claimed, what it describes could not be ruled out on the basis of the knowledge he claims is self-evident.

Third: We shall demonstrate the invalidity of the interpretation they have offered concerning