104 – EPILEPTIC PROPHET – EXCLUSIVE SERIES EPISODE 1 – EARLY YEARS & FIRST REVELATION – FARID DESTROYED

For this exclusive series, Abdullah Gondal and I tackle the question of whether Muhammad had epilepsy. Since this is the introductory episode of this series, we started off this discussion by defining the term epilepsy and highlighting the different types of epilepsy and their general symptoms. We then moved on to discuss the scholars/medical practitioners and sources that we will be using to inform this discussion and this series going forward. The focus of the discussion then moved to Muhammad’s life before receiving the revelation of the Quran. We discussed the possible risk factors that Muhammad was exposed to as a child that would have sparked epilepsy. Another area we discussed was Muhammad’s experiences pre-receiving revelation and how they match up with the symptoms of frontal lobe epilepsy. Additionally,  we presented interviews and opinions from various experienced psychotherapists and neuroscientists on how all of Muhammad’s experiences point towards him suffering from epilepsy. Lastly, we delved into Muhammad’s experiences during and after receiving the revelation. We compared Muhammad’s seizures to those of contemporary epilepsy patients who exhibit the same symptoms. We also drew parallels between what the contemporary patients report after the seizures and what is reported about Muhammad in the hadith and other Islamic literature.  This was such a well-researched and heavily detailed yet still funny and enjoyable episode. I invite you to take a listen and to keep an eye for the next episode of this series! https://abdullahsameer.com/two-abdullahs Follow Abdullah Gondal on FB at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006615126777 YouTube version of this podcast: https://youtu.be/WlO4nZUGVf4 Timestamps: 0:00 Introductions 6:50 A quick overview of the presentation 8:10 What if epilepsy was Allah’s chosen method of communicating with humans? 9:36 Disclaimer: Epilepsy is idiopathic 12:05 Authenticity - How to affirm the authenticity of narrations and standards that are used 16:15 A quick overview of the brain and functions of each region 18:09 What is epilepsy? Dr. Abbas’s explanation of epilepsy 23:22 Types of seizures and symptoms 29:20 Psychosis of epilepsy 32:01 Farid’s clip - Did Gondal diagnose Muhammad? 33:50 Experts who diagnosed Muhammad 40:54 Did Muhammad have any epilepsy risk factors 51:27 Muhammad’s traumatic birth - how authentic is this hadith? 56:02 Umbilical cord severed during labor and born circumcised? 1:00:20 Muhammad’s early years - a quick summary 1:03:40 Dr. Ali Sina explains the effects of traumatic childhood experiences 1:10:24 Chest splitting - Haleema incident #1  1:14:02 Chest splitting - Haleema incident # 2 1:16:10  Epigastric rising - A seizure: symptoms and multiple case studies. 1:22:30 How many times was Muhammad’s belly split? 1:25: 25 Muhammad slapped unconscious by an Angel? - Hadith 1:28:00 Muhammad exorcised for the evil eye before the revelation 1:31:14 Muhammad’s daily Dejavu and Deja Reve experiences for 6 months-  Dr. Yasir Qadhi’s explanation 1:35:01 Muhammad hears trees and stones talking to him. 1:39:00 Hadith - Muhammad questioning his own sanity. 1:44:05 Hallucinations in the cave before the first revelation. 1:48:20 A quick overview of the section on the first revelation 1:50:49 Temporal lobe epilepsy and how it affects a patient’s religiosity  by Dr. V.S Ramachandran 2:02:14 Dr. V.S Ramachandran’s interview with patients with temporal lobe seizures. 2:17:45 Dr. Dede Korkut’s case studies of patients with symptoms similar to Muhammad’s. 2:22:03 How did the angel reveal the Quran? - Dr. Yasir Qadhi 2:26:06 Interview with a patient with Grand Mal seizures - The choking/squeezing and the parallels of his experiences and those of Muhammad during the first revelation. 2:31:54 Dr. Abbas Sadeghian on the first revelation