Talk:Muadh ibn Jabal

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I am still editing this article and it should not be deleted because it is a biography a prominent Muslim scholar.

His real name is available from: "The Quest for the Historical Muhammad", Prometheus Books, 2000, p. 172 f.St.Trond (talk) 14:36, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Removed "The Prophet", and "PBUH" a few times, added POV tag. Still needs to be NPOV'ed. ---Benne ['bɛnə] _(talk) 21:53, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My opinion: the article is not really neutral. The author talks of the legends as if he himself was a witness. Such a form of expression is appropriate for a fairytail. The article should be changed in a way that garuantees that it becomes clear that what is told is first of all a legend.

I cleaned up this article a little, but there are a few problems still:

• It sounds like a story, not an encyclopedia article.
• Spelling of the subject is inconsistent - Maaz or Muadh?
• Academic sources are needed. --Amir E. Aharoni 08:47, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This parallels a similar Jewish