By Abu ʿĀṣim Badrul Islām Born in Bāngar, Mao, the Indian district of Annow on 19 Shawwāl 1296 AH (5 October 1879 CE), Shaykh al-IslāmMawlānā Sayyid Ḥusayn Aḥmad Madanī began his primary Islāmic education in Faizābād. At the age of twelve he travelled to the Dār al-ʿUlūm at Deoband where he studied the intermediate and higher […]
Concerning the Dates of Eid al-Adha and Hajj
June 27, 2013 By
By Mawlana Qari Abdullah Saleem Masjid Namira at Mount Arafat – Photo Mustafa Ozer AFP Getty Images Concerning the different rituals of worship of Salat and fasting in Islam, one may not be made to depend on the other. Similarly, Eid-ul-Adha and Hajj are two separate rituals of worship not dependent upon each other. […]
Concerning the Dates of Eid al-Adha and Hajj
June 27, 2013 By
By Mawlana Qari Abdullah Saleem Masjid Namira at Mount Arafat – Photo Mustafa Ozer AFP Getty Images Concerning the different rituals of worship of Salat and fasting in Islam, one may not be made to depend on the other. Similarly, Eid-ul-Adha and Hajj are two separate rituals of worship not dependent upon each other. […]
From Principle to Practice: Justice in Islam
June 27, 2013 By
By Shaykh Mohammed Amin Kholwadia People often question whether Islam is a tolerant religion, whether it tolerates diversity of thought among its adherents and in its interaction with different worldviews. This question is easily answered when one considers that Allah created diversity, it is an expression of His ultimate creative power; He is the Ultimate […]
The Fallacies of Anti-Hadith Arguments
June 27, 2013 By
By Shaykh Shah Shahidullah Faridi It has become the common practice in modern times for western educated people in Islamic countries to claim to be able to reinterpret Islam by reference to the Holy Qur’an only, disregarding entirely the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet on one pretext or another. Unwittingly or wittingly by this […]
The Fallacies of Anti-Hadith Arguments
June 27, 2013 By
By Shaykh Shah Shahidullah Faridi It has become the common practice in modern times for western educated people in Islamic countries to claim to be able to reinterpret Islam by reference to the Holy Qur’an only, disregarding entirely the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet on one pretext or another. Unwittingly or wittingly by this […]
Abrogation in the Quran: An Excerpt from al-Fawz al-Kabir
June 27, 2013 By
By Shah Waliullah al-Muhaddith al-Dahlawi Translated by Shaykh Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi Edited by Saad Khan One of the difficulties in the science of Qur’anic commentary is to know which are the abrogating verses (nasikh) and which are the abrogated ones (mansukh). This subject has been discussed at length with considerable disagreement [among Muslim scholars]. […]
