Although the widely-cited hadith states that Aisha was nine years old when her marriage to the Prophet (upon him be peace) was consummated, this is contradicted by strong historical evidence. Tabari, the famous historian and hadith expert, states that Aisha was born at least fifteen years before the marriage was consummated, and both early prophetic biographers, Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Hisham, mention that Aisha was amongst the earliest converts to Islam, once again making her much older than the ‘six-nine’ reports indicate, and corroborating Tabari’s opinion.

Shaykh Dr Ridhwan ibn Saleem argues that the Kharijites (Khawārij) are the earliest and most dangerous deviant sect in Islam, characterized by a paradoxical combination of extreme outward piety and a "toxic" doctrine of takfeer—the practice of declaring fellow Muslims to be unbelievers. The author’s central thesis is that Kharijism is not merely a historical phenomenon that disappeared centuries ago, but a persistent "menace" that has infiltrated the modern Muslim community. In this book, he exposes the Kharijite groups within our midst today...

This landmark paper, published in 2019, addresses one of the most consequential misrepresentations of our time: the false identification of ISIS and similar militant factions with orthodox Sunni Islam. Grounding his analysis firmly in Quranic injunctions and prophetic hadith, Shaykh Ridhwan argues that these groups are not Sunnis at all, but rather the modern manifestation of the ancient Khawarij — a deviant sect condemned by the Prophet ﷺ himself, whose defining marks include the making of takfeer against fellow Muslims, the shedding of Muslim blood, and a rigid, intolerant reading of scripture that bypasses the scholars and the transmitted tradition.