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…
My respected student, Mr Ali Rasul, from Dallas, USA, asked me the following question: As-salāmu ʿalaykum Ustād, In Ayah 62 of Sūrah al-Baqarah, Allah says: “Indeed, those who believed, and those who were Jews, Christians, or Sabians, whoever believes in…
Dr. Farhat Hashimi, the esteemed teacher and preacher, shared a question from one of her students regarding the concept of women’s ʿawrah: Obligatory Covering in Islam.
al-salamu alaykum respected Shaykh, Could you kindly provide a simple summary of what Islamic law is, its main sources, and the four major schools, without going into deep details or scholarly discussions?
Could you provide a critical analysis of the Qur’anist ideology, with particular attention to the ways in which its proponents employ nuanced or rhetorically deceptive language to advance their claims and influence public perception?
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…
Dr. Abu Zayd from New Jersey, America, wrote to me: The question concerns three verses in Surah Fussilat regarding the timeline of creation: • Verse 9: Say, “Do you indeed disbelieve in the One who created the earth in two…
Respected Maulana Rida ul-Haq, Principal of Jamiat Al-Huda in Nottingham, may Allah preserve him, has a daughter, Ustadha Safiyya Zaid, who is an accomplished scholar, a specialist in Arabic language and Hadith, and also one of my students. She has…