Sighting the Crescent
They said: The scholars have differed greatly regarding the sighting of the crescent, dividing the Muslims in determining…
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Scholarly Disagreement: Its حدود (Limits), Etiquette, and Responsibilities
The very nature of knowledge and research is founded upon disagreement. Among scholars, there is sometimes agreement and…
Nadwa’s Lentils
It is often said that whoever has not lived in the hostel of Nadwa cannot truly be a…
Fiqhī Conceptions and Their Excessive Abstraction
By: Dr Muḥammad Akram Nadwī Oxford 18/2/2026 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The excessive abstraction of fiqhī conceptions emerges,…
Over-definition of legal concepts
The phenomenon of over-definition in legal reasoning represents a critical challenge within Islamic jurisprudence. It arises when jurists,…
A Silent Custodian of the Nadwah Tradition
By: Dr Muḥammad Akram Nadwī Oxford 24/1/2026 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم I received the following message concerning Mawlānā…
Ibn Taymiyyah’s al-Radd `ala al-mantiqiyyin
The great British philosopher, logician and mathematician, Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970) wrote in his Autobiography (1950, p.…
Meaning of Companionship
The distinction between a disciple and a companion is not merely terminological, but reflects two fundamentally different conceptions…
A Letter to Mohammad Ahmad Khan
Son of the respected Qur’anic teacher, Mrs Sehrish Tashfin By: Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi Oxford 5/1/2026 Dear Mohammad,…
Surojni Did Not Debate, Yet She Triumphed
Oxford, 31 December 2025 *A Scholar Remembered* Nearly twenty years ago, an Indian scholar and researcher came to…