Who Is Free from Disbelief (Kufr)?
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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,…
Guidance for Muslims living as minorities
An academic recently asked me to reflect on the situation of Muslims who live as minorities and are exposed to systemic injustices, marginalization, and,…
Faith, Family & the Future: Navigating Chaos with Purpose
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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…
How to benefit from the Qur’an
Today I will be talking about different aspects of how we, as believers, can get from the Qur’an the benefit that, by the grace…
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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…
Why do you use your mind?
It was a blessed Friday morning, 21 Ṣafar 1447 AH, when we set out at nine o’clock on the train bound for al-Madīnah al-Ṭayyibah.…
Principles of Discussion
The fundamental principle of research and scholarly discourse is to understand correctly the relationship between language and meaning. In any investigation or intellectual debate,…
The Eyes Were Made to See You
Eyes behold the speck of dust, the towering mountains, the towns and the wastelands, the moon and the stars, the dazzling radiance of the…
Then What?
You wish to be wealthy and well-off—trading, earning, planting, harvesting, storing money—captivated by the blossom of this world, content with its adornments, immersed in…