Blogs
The State of the Education System in the Muslim World
Mufti Muhammad Taqi ‘Uthmāni Transcribed and translated by Umer Ansari Translator’s Foreword: The following is an English translation of a 30 minutes talk by Shaykh Mufti
The Age Of Khadija At The Time Of Her Marriage With The Prophet
Waqar Akbar Cheema Abstract With the onset of modernity, the biographic details of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) have come under a lot of scrutiny along with,
Hanafi Jurists and the Punishment of Non-Muslim Blasphemers
Waqar Akbar Cheema* Abstract Lately Pakistan’s blasphemy laws have been subject to much controversy. Critics often times go on to hit the very substance and
Traditionalism- A Nostalgia for the Past?
Talking of “traditionalism” Frithjof Schuon writes: there is certainly nothing pejorative about the word itself, and indeed it is a far broader term and even less open
“Slave for Slave, Woman for Woman”: Qur’an 2:178 Explained
Waqar Akbar Cheema Qur’an 2:178 states; يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِصَاصُ فِي الْقَتْلَى الْحُرُّ بِالْحُرِّ وَالْعَبْدُ بِالْعَبْدِ وَالْأُنْثَى بِالْأُنْثَى فَمَنْ عُفِيَ لَهُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
A False Hadith: The Prophet Kissed the Genitals of His Little Grandson
Waqar Akbar Cheema Abstract A number of online sources have attempted to criticize the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) based on a narration
“Answer to Modernism” by Ashraf Ali Thanwi
[dropcap][/dropcap]The book is actually a translation of Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi’s well known work Al-Intabahāt Al-Mufīdah fī ḥal Al-Ishkālāt Al-Jadīdah by Prof. Hassan Askari and Karrar
Qur’an’s Prophecy about the Jews and the Followers of Christ
Waqar Akbar Cheema Abstract Many Christian missionaries use the Qur’anic verse 3:55 to argue that the Holy Qur’an confirms the beliefs of the Trinitarian followers
Malik’s Principle on the Practice of People of Madina Explained
Taqi al-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya[1] Translated by Aisha Bewley[2] Hadith forms the bedrock of Islamic tradition. Hadith puts check on far-fetched exegesis of the Qur’an.