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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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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Fishing Adventures
Childhood Memories of Fishing When ponds and pits were filled with water, villagers would fish with rods, and after hours of trying, only a…
Human Ideologies
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate Various secular ideologies, in their different forms and colors, have emerged as prominent…
Mawlana Maqbool Ahmad Mazahiri
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate — “Those whom we sought in the heavens and the earth, turned out…
Investigating the Kunya (Honorific Title) of Imam al-Bukhari
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate — A question was sent to me by a budding researcher, Abu Sufyan…
Ustadh al-Asatidhah Hazrat Mawlana Muhammad Salim Qasimi (May Allah Have Mercy Upon Him)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful I received a message from the respected Shahnawaz Badr Qasimi Sahab. He informed…
Maqasid al-Shari`ah
A thoughtful reflection on ‘preservation of the religion’ The maqasid al-shari`ah are intellectual abstractions of general principles from particular, historical rulings in Islamic jurisprudence.…
I Am With You
A Message to Muslims, Arabs and Non-Arabs Translated by: Celsabil Hadj-Cherif The cry went up, saying: “The rider has fallen,” and the uproar reached…
The Meaning of the Hadith of Renewal
The original text can be found here: https://t.me/DrAkramNadwi/164 — Introduction They asked: “Explain to us the meaning of the Hadith of renewal.” I replied:…
Extremism in the Name of Religion
Introduction We have a friend, Maulana Irfanul Haq Mazahiri, who has a refined taste for literature and poetry. Among the scholars, there are very…
Knowing the Lord, the Most High
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate Introduction They said: “Introduce us to our Lord in a way that brings…
Tafsir of Surah Al-Ikhlas
1. The Greatness of Surah Al-Ikhlas They asked: What is Surah Al-Ikhlas? I replied: It is the greatest Surah that introduces us to our…
Does a Lioness Lay Eggs?
1. The Question of Authority They said: It’s a common saying here that the leader is always right, and absolutely infallible. We constantly face…