Algunos musulmanes reaccionan con un escepticismo extremo cuando leen el hadiz:

Some Muslims react with extreme skepticism when they read the hadith:

These Muslims want to know what the evidence is that Adam and humans were this height? It is a funny question because, if you are a Muslim, the evidence is the sahih hadith. That is the evidence. The only reason you would think that this is not evidence is if you are generally skeptical of all hadith, in which case you are just a confused person and have bigger things to worry about than the height of Adam, or if you take current scientific consensus as a sounder source of knowledge about the height of Adam than the sahih hadith, in which case you think either the Prophet ﷺ misdescribed his height or that the hadith transmitters made a mistake. And given the text of the hadith and the fact that the height of Adam is mentioned in multiple sahih hadith, it would have to have been a pretty extensive mistake.

These Muslims want to know what is the evidence of Adam and humans being this height? It is a funny question because, if you are a Muslim, the evidence is the sahih hadith. That is the evidence. The only reason you would think that that is not evidence is if you are generally skeptical of all hadith, in which case you are just a confused person and have bigger things to worry about than the height of Adam, or you take current scientific consensus as a sounder source of knowledge about the height of Adam than sahih hadith, in which case, you think either the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم misdescribed his height or that the hadith transmitters made a mistake — and given the text of the hadith and the fact that the height of Adam is mentioned in multiple sahih hadith, it would have to have been a pretty extensive mistake.

Podemos evaluar todo esto. Primero, cabe señalar que no consideramos relevante el consenso científico actual cuando se trata de muchas cosas descritas en los hadices. Pensemos en al-Isrā' wal-Mi'rāy. O en cualquiera de los milagros de los profetas. Piensen en cualquiera de las señales del Día del Juicio, por ejemplo, Yā'chūch y Mā'chūch, etc. Y si tienen algún problema con los hadices, entonces consideren cualquiera de los acontecimientos y cosas mencionados en el Corán. Entonces, si el consenso científico actual no es pertinente para ninguno de estos temas, ¿por qué de repente es tan determinante cuando se trata de la estatura de Adán?

We can evaluate all this. First, we should note that we don’t take current scientific consensus as relevant when it comes to many things described in hadith. Think of Al-Isra wal-mi`raj. Or any of the miracles of the prophets. Think of any of the signs of the Day of Judgment, e.g., ya’juj and ma’juj, etc. And if you have a problem with hadith, then consider any of the events and things mentioned in the Quran. So, if current scientific consensus is not germane to any of these topics, why is it suddenly so all-determinative when it comes to the height of Adam?