Israʾiliyyat and weak reports in tafsir
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Classical tafsirs sometimes carry narratives from Jewish and Christian sources — israʾiliyyat — usually filling in details the Quran omits: names, numbers, what happened next. The Prophet ﷺ gave a three-way rule: what our texts confirm, accept; what they contradict, reject; what neither confirms nor denies, neither believe nor deny.