—without any fear or journey.1
7 – The hadith that a small boy was brought to him and urinated on his garment; he asked for water, poured it over the spot, and merely sprinkled it without washing the cloth.
8 – The hadith that he, ﷺ, used to recite in the ʿEid prayer Sūrat Qāf and “The Hour has drawn near.”
9 – The hadith that he, ﷺ, performed the funeral prayer for Suhayl ibn Bayḍāʾ inside the mosque.
10 – The hadith that he, ﷺ, stoned two Jews who had committed adultery, whereas they say that stoning them is impermissible.
11 – The hadith that he, ﷺ, underwent cupping while in a state of iḥrām.
12 – The hadith that he, ﷺ, applied perfume after releasing himself from consecration but before circumambulating the Kaʿbah.2
13 – The hadiths that prescribe giving two taslīms in the prayer.

And there are many other reports whose prophetic commands they have opposed; were one to pursue them all, their number might reach into the thousands, as Ibn Ḥazm—may Allah have mercy on him—remarked.

We have already examined the issue of placing analogy and similar tools ahead of authentic hadith. Let us now, in the light of the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and the previously cited texts, study the remaining two issues so that their true nature becomes clear—in the next two sections.