Who Is Free from Disbelief (Kufr)?
A position for an imam became vacant at a mosque here in England, so the mosque trustees engaged one of our friends to serve.…
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Different Approaches to Teaching Arabic Language
The debate within Nadwat al-ʿUlamāʾ Among the pedagogical questions that have occupied the educational mind of Nadwat al-ʿUlamāʾ, and have provoked a profound scholarly…
The Educational Institution Where the Questioner Is Hunted
The relationship between education and questioning is much like that between a lamp and its light. If a lamp exists but gives no light,…
Bosnia Journey 2026 — Day 7
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim We set out at eight o’clock, with the breaking of morning, towards Srebrenica. Two coaches carried us, cutting through the mountains of Bosnia…
Bosnia Journey 2026 — Day 2
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim A Morning of Tafsir I woke for the Fajr prayer weighed down by fatigue. After praying, I let myself rest a short while,…
Bosnia Journey 2026 — Day 1
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim This is my second journey to Bosnia. I had shared memories of the first journey in six articles, recording what I saw of…
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Faith, Family & the Future: Navigating Chaos with Purpose
The religion of Islam is not merely a set of rituals but a comprehensive way of life that prepares the believer for the Last…
History vs. Hadith
The nature of history The original meaning of the Greek word from which ‘history’ is derived is ‘inquiry’, that is, asking questions, seeking knowledge.…
Women’s Travel: a balanced perspective on freedom and safety
The faculty of discerning between what is righteous and what is reprehensible has been bestowed equally upon both men and women. This moral faculty…
The Family
Let us begin from the clear statement that male and female have same humanity, they come from a single soul. The differences between humanbeings…
The Continuity of Transmission (al-Tawātur) in Ḥadīth
Necessary knowledge and inferential knowledge Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar said in Nuzhat al-Naẓar, his commentary on Nukhbat al-Fikar: “And this is the relied upon view:…
The Science of History is the Key to the Science of Ḥadīth
The science of ḥadīth is, in essence, that great repository of reports and history which, by its very nature and reality, holds an unparalleled…
Classification of Ḥadīth
Introduction: When a Hindu is told that Ayodhya is the birthplace of Rām, his heart overflows with love and reverence for that land, and…
What is History?
The discipline of history is among those foundational sciences without which it is difficult to regard anyone as truly learned. There are three such…
Correcting Hadith Errors on the Basis of al-Bukhārī and Historical Research
Introduction “Ḥadīth is a kind of history.” On this theme I have written a number of articles in Arabic and Urdu. Scholars and students…
Sharing Halwa in Return
On Wednesday, the 26th of Ṣafar, 1446 Hijrī, I went, as usual, to the hotel restaurant for breakfast. The place was alive with its…
The Tale of the Fox’s Tail is False
One day I was giving a lesson to my students. The topic was envy (ḥasad), and I wanted its evil reality to be impressed…
Folding of Space and Time
ʿAllāmah ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Shaʿrānī reports in Lawāqiḥ al-anwār fī ṭabaqāt al-akhyār that his own shaykh, ʿAlī al-Khawwāṣ, would be seen at the time of…