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29 Jumada al-Thani – 1 Rajab 1447 AH By: Dr. Muhammad Akram al-Nadwi Oxford 21/12/2025 On the morning…
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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…
Selling diamonds in a land that does not buy them
The graduation ceremony of al-Salam Institute By: Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi Oxford 13/12/2025 On the evening of 13…
Cucumbers in six months
In recent years, one encounters advertisements proclaiming, with the breezy boldness of a street magician, “Learn Arabic in…
The seven groups of the Qur’ān
The Noble Qur’ān’s verse: “And indeed We have granted you seven of the oft-repeated (verses) and the Magnificent…
The Condition of the Questioner and the Condition of the Muftī
Yesterday I wrote an article entitled Taqlīd (Following a Madhhab), which Muslims in the Indian Subcontinent as well…
Taqlīd (Blind Following)
By: Dr Muḥammad Akram Nadwī Oxford بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم I once said to a distinguished Indian muftī…
The crisis facing madrasas
Madrasas, like Nadwa, Deoband, Islah and others, which have been active in service of the Muslim community for…
Uṣūl al-Fiqh according to the Ḥanafī School
By: Dr. Muḥammad Akram Nadwī Oxford بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم They said: We have already studied from you…
The Methodology of Teaching the Principles of Ḥadīth
By: Dr Muḥammad Akram Nadwī Oxford بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Our esteemed colleague, Mawlānā Ṣafwān Aḥmad Ḥalīmī Qāsmī,…