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
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Bosnia Journey 2026 — Day 1
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Between Extremes
(Interpreting faith in the world today, discussing gender, identity, culture, politics, and contemporary issues in the world today.) By Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi A…
Action must follow faith
Let me begin by qualifying the claim that actions must follow faith, that actions are rewarded rather than faith. First, it is obvious that…
Assisted dying from an Islamic perspective
Any action which results in the death of a human being is a crime except in specific situations, such as executing a lawful decree…
Priorities for Muslims as Minorities in the West
Muslims have been deprived of political power for so long that they have become adapted to the views about Islam and Muslims of those…
Understanding ‘and strike them’
Men have charge over women by that [with which] God has favoured some among them over others, and by that which they spend from…
Limits and Scope
Without limits there can be no real possibility, only theoratical and abstract possibility. All that God has given or created is real, that is…
Do not search for a magical night
Translated by Hala Akram and Aisha Akram. I moved to Oxford in January 1991 and stayed near a Bangladeshi mosque for a few days.…
Inheritance: a general overview of the laws
Concepts and arguments related to inheritance are in many respects so finely detailed and entangled that it is difficult to keep in mind the…
Taysir
Taysir means taking the easier path to manage a difficulty. As a term in Islamic scholarship, it means giving advice or a ruling in…
The successful life
The successful life as measured in this world does not secure safe passage into the favor of God in the hereafter. The good or…
We Are Saddened by Your Departure: The Passing of the Honourable Scholar, Muhammad al-Rabey Hasani Nadwi
Today, on the afternoon of Thursday the 22nd of Ramadan in the year 1444H, our honourable scholar, the erudite, and inheritor of the Prophet’s…
The meaning of ‘inshallah’, ‘mashallah’ and ‘bidhnillah’
They asked: What is the meaning of ‘inshallah’? I replied: Is there any Muslim who is unaware of the meaning of this word which…