Reason Does Not Challenge Religion, But the Loyalty to the Schools
Oxford, 15 December 2025 From 11 to 14 December 2025, Al-Salam Institute held its *Winter Student Retreat* in…
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Manner of difference
Disagreement is one of the quiet inevitabilities of human life, as ancient as conversation and as natural as…
Distinguishing pity and compassion for an Islamic perspective on relief work
The fiqh related to relief work generally begins and ends with an account of the obligations of zakah…
Unity And Solidarity
It was a depressing and distressing experience for me, at a recent visit to a mosque here in…
Islamic History
Islam is unique in that it is the only religion that established a civilisation according to its own…
Balancing Confidence and Humility in Serving the Dīn
My student, a sincere seeker of knowledge and dedicated teacher, Nilofer Ahmadi, wrote to me: Assalāmu ʿalaykum wa…
Cold is Cold and Heat is Heat
The history of humankind is such that in every age of reason we have invented chains of the…
Pay Attention to Ninety-Nine Percent of Muslims
Many of my students are active in the fields of teaching and daʿwah among Muslims. Their efforts are…
The Golden Age of Letter Writing: Faint Memories of a Lost Civilisation
“I called you, but you did not pick up.” “I sent you a WhatsApp message, but you did…
The Important Duty of the Time
In 1912, news spread that some Muslims of Shahjahanpur had apostatised. At that time, ʿAllāmah Shiblī was gravely…