Scholarly answers to contemporary and classical questions, grounded in the Islamic tradition.
Dr Amsha Nahid from Australia asked the following question: Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear Shaykh, I read an article claiming that the word ‘Ummi’ in the Qur’an means “gentile” (non-Jew) or someone unfamiliar with the Law of Musa…
Shaykh Abu Habban from Dallas, USA, asked me the following question: “Shaikh, you previously shared a story with me when you visited my house in Dallas for tea. You mentioned that Shaikh Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi received an award from…
Maulana Mohammad Sirajuddin Nadwi from Indiana, USA, forwarded to me the following question: Salaam Imam Saab, I hope you are doing well! I was reading this last night and I thought it was so interesting how people drank camel’s milk…
Assalamu Alaikum Shaykhana, May Allah preserve you and your family. I am Zaid Mujtaba, a student at Al-Salam. I have a question regarding the origin of ‘Ashura’, based on three authentic hadith: the hadith of Aisha (RA), the hadith of…
as-salamu `alaykum Shaykh. I hope your Ramadan is going well. I wanted to ask you about the incident in Surah al-Qasas when Musa (AS) accidentally killed an Egyptian. After this incident, Moses ran away, but never sought forgiveness from the…
They said: Perhaps this specific sunnah stopped being practiced in later generations?