“True knowledge is not merely informational; it penetrates the heart, reforms perception, and ultimately governs behaviour.”
Shaykh Akram Nadwi
Principal, Al-Salam Institute · Founding Scholar, ASI Research Centre for Islamic Studies
Shaykh Mohammad Akram Nadwi is Principal of Al-Salam Institute and Founding Scholar of the ASI Research Centre for Islamic Studies.
Over more than four decades of teaching, research and writing, he has authored 80+ books and 1,000+ articles, including major multi-volume works. He is especially known for al-Muhaddithat, his extensive study documenting more than 10,000 female Hadith scholars.
His scholarship spans Hadith, fiqh, Arabic and the classical Islamic scholarly tradition.
Published Books
Books and major scholarly works in Arabic, Urdu and English
Years of Teaching
Teaching Islamic sciences, Arabic and classical texts
Biographies Documented
Female Hadith scholars researched and documented in al-Muhaddithat
Years of Research
Research, writing and scholarship based in Oxford
The finest flower in the whole garden, Whose radiance illumines the colourful air, Which never witnessed the tyranny of autumn, Which spring nurtured with…
Question: If a parent always damns their child and prays that Allah damn them and that he always be angry with them, so they…
Yesterday I received a question from a student at a madrasa. He asked for my opinion about a recently published book. The book dealt…
A position for an imam became vacant at a mosque here in England, so the mosque trustees engaged one of our friends to serve.…
The relationship between education and questioning is much like that between a lamp and its light. If a lamp exists but gives no light,…
An academic recently asked me to reflect on the situation of Muslims who live as minorities and are exposed to systemic injustices, marginalization, and,…
Explore flexible online courses from the Al-Salam Institute at your own pace.
A year-long course with Shaykh Akram Nadwi providing a detailed study of hadith from Sahih al-Bukhari and Sunan al-Tirmidhi. Live online, Sundays 10am–1pm UK time.
Selected passages and chapters of the Qur’an studied in depth through al-Zamakhshari’s Kashshaf with Shaykh Akram Nadwi. Live online, Sundays 3–4pm UK time.
A weekly, live online study led by Shaykh Akram Nadwi covering Surah al-Mujadilah to Surah al-Tahrim.
A new two-year course with Shaykh Akram Nadwi on the texts, methodology and legal reasoning of the Hanafi school, centred on al-Hidaya. Live online, Thursdays 6:30–8pm UK time.
A year-long diploma with Shaykh Akram Nadwi on self-awareness and purification through the Qur’an and the classical tradition. One full-day Saturday session a month, in Cambridge and online.
Recently, I wrote an article in Urdu arguing that gold, rather than silver, should be adopted as the standard for determining niṣāb in zakāh. In response, the well-known Qur’an teacher, Dr Farhat Hashmi, forwarded the following question to me: Piyari…
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته I have been asked to write a piece for my local university press & I am confused. I would really appreciate some guidance. They are asking me what a Muslims stance is on “freedom of…
What’s the protocol if you attend the mosque to pray and there’s a janazah going on?
Research home
The ASI Research Centre for Islamic Studies is the institutional home of the Akram Nadwi Research Project, supporting the preservation, development and publication of Shaykh Akram Nadwi’s scholarly work and wider research in the Islamic sciences.
Educational home
Al-Salam Institute is a centre for Arabic and Islamic studies offering structured part-time programmes from foundational to advanced levels. Its teaching combines classical scholarship with accessible contemporary delivery, supported by a wider faculty and academic team.Shaykh Akram Nadwi serves as Principal and contributes to the Institute’s academic direction and advanced teaching.
