Who Is Free from Disbelief (Kufr)?
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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,…
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The pandemic and Ramadan
Only a week remains to prepare, before we welcome the month of Ramadan. With the covid-19 pandemic ongoing, so is the lockdown, and it…
Contagion
The coronavirus is spreading rapidly throughout the world. The most effective means to stop its spread that is being considered is for people to…
Coping with the Covid-19 outbreak
Covid-19 is spreading at great speed throughout the human population of the world. While Europe and the USA are reporting the highest number of…
Funeral Rites for Those Who Died of Coronavirus
Some community workers have put to me some questions concerning those who have died as a result of infection by the coronavirus: Your question:…
Guidance on Muslim Gatherings During Coronavirus
At this present time, the Coronavirus has spread to almost every country in the world, and is continuing to spread very rapidly. There is…
Reduction (Qaṣr) in the Prayer
By this link: What is the default regarding performing prayer (ṣalah)? I said: The default concerning the prescribed prayers is that they be performed…
Principles and applications
Both general principles and concrete applications must be learnt together for creation to fulfil its Creator’s purpose. If you don’t learn how to interpret…
Settling disputes between Muslims in the UK
The primary function of courts in any jurisdiction, Islamic or otherwise, is to settle disputes according to rules that both disputing parties know and…
Dajjal
There is no reliable information about Dajjal that is sufficient responsibly to change your behavior or your policies. What, then, is the point of…
The role of `ulama’
The fact is that the `ulama’ are not a respected group in society. The respect that they are given is primarily sentimental because of…
How to engage with what is happening in our time
I generally avoid commenting on political issues, because in my experience doing so only serves to complicate and multiply the weaknesses of my fellow…
Orientalists and Hadith
Western criticism of religious texts Modern Western critical inquiry into texts carrying religious authority have been carried out on the assumption that those texts…