• Striker@lemmy.worldM
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    I gave a Google. It’s seen as a taboo thing in many Middle Eastern societies based on a verse from Muhammad which curses the private parts of women who touch saddles. Curiously, this line has been debunked and the Quran literally mentions nothing about women riding horses.

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      Wait, sorry, I’m trying to understand. It’s “based on a verse from Muhammad” but it’s not in the Quran? Where is the verse then? And why does not being in the Quran invalidate it if it’s by Muhammad?

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        Theres quran and theres hadith, quran is infallible, hadith not so much, this “verse of muhammad” is a hadith, possibly the falsified one

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          Hadith, right, that’s the word. I didn’t know they were disputable, interesting, thank you.

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            I don’t know how you could reply to a message I deleted.

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        Either way, it still wouldn’t make much sense for women to not be allowed to drive, but allowed to ride a horse.