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The ZUTT Chronicles—Introduction

11/11/2026
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Last April, I released a video about al-Zutt—a strange people described in a hadith as tall, dark, naked, and lean—who "mounted" Muhammad all night long in a remote desert location.

That video (link below), meant to highlight troubling hadith in debates over Muhammad's historicity, unexpectedly went viral and turned "the Zutt" into a meme—which was never my intent. Since then, I've received countless questions about Muhammad's sexuality, related hadiths, and contradictions in Islamic tradition.

This new mini-series—The ZUTT Chronicles—aims to 1) present an authoritative look at Islamic sexuality through Muhammad's own life and 2) examine hadith contradictions (such as those condemning homosexuality) and how Muslim scholars reconcile them—revealing much about Islam today.

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