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Qur’an Preservation & Compilation

• Reality of ‘Missing’ Qur’anic Verse on Suckling
• Muslim Studies on Qur’anic Manuscripts
• No. of Surahs in the Mushaf of Ibn Masud
• Seven Ahruf: Review of Contemporary English Explanations
• Meaning of Ibn ‘Umar’s statement, “Much of the Qur’an is Gone”
• No. of Surahs in Ubayy’s Mushaf
• Qur’an Preservation Efforts During the Prophet’s Lifetime

Quran: Alleged Problems and Contradictions

• Qur’an says ‘Ask People of the Book’: What and Why?
• Correction or Consolation? Qur’an 4:95 and Exemption for the Blind Man
• “Slave for Slave, Woman for Woman”: Qur’an 2:178 Explained
• Qur’an’s Prophecy about the Jews and the Followers of Christ
• Does the Qur’an say Torah was given for the Egyptians?
• If and how does Allah misguide people?
• Qur’an on the knowledge of unborn child’s sex and rain forecast
• Allah Does Not Repent: Examining the use of word ‘taaba’ for Allah
• Alleged Qur’an Inconsistency: Can I call her mother?
• Refuting Missionaries on Qur’an and Kings in Isra’il before Moses

The Prophet: Life and Actions

• Two Issues around Prophet Muhammad’s Marriage with Safiyya
• Truth about Jauniyya, the woman who sought refuge from the Prophet (ﷺ)
• Prophet Muhammad’s Marriage with Nine-Year Old Aisha: A Review of Contentions
• Aspects of Wisdom in Prophet Muhammad’s Multiple Marriages
• Marriage Related Privileges of the Prophet: A Study in Chronology
• Prophet’s Marital Life: Unconsummated Marriages, Unmaterialized Proposals
• Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) and the devil named al-Abyad
• Maria, the Copt: Prophet Muhammad’s Wife or Concubine?
• Basic Facts on the Prophet’s Marriages
• Fact Check: The Prophet (ﷺ) and Talisman
• Background to Prophet’s Marriage with Zainab
• Muhammad Asad on Aisha’s Marriage with the Prophet
• The If, When, and Why of Prophet’s Visits to All His Wives in a Single Night
• The Life of Muhammad: A Critique of Guillaume’s English Translation
• The Age of Khadija at the Time of her Marriage with the Prophet
• The Prophet’s conduct with his wife Sawdah: The issue of divorce
• Orientalist Approach towards the Prophet’s Biography
• Prohibiting ‘Ali from a Legal Marriage: Alleged Inconsistency of the Prophet

Hadith reports explained

• Hadith and Protection of Makkah and Madina from Plague
• On meaning of the hadith “there is no contagious disease”
• Are children born out of wedlock condemned in hadith?
• Does Hadith condemn the infant girls buried alive?
• [Explained] Hadith: The Two Months of ‘Id are Never Deficient
• Discussion on ‘Amr bin Maimun’s Narration about Stoning of Monkeys
• Explained: Hadith about eating in one or seven intestines
• Authority of Hadith and Incident of Pollination of Palm-Trees
• A False Hadith: The Prophet Kissed the Genitals of His Little Grandson
• Creation from a crooked rib: Does Islam deride women?
• Abu Bakr’s Befitting Response to a Pagan or an Insult to Another’s Religion?
• Did Aishah Doubt Prophet Muhammad’s Prophethood?
• Are the women called devils in hadith?
• Explaining the hadith ‘the abdomen of your brother has lied’
• Understanding “Satan urinates in the ear” hadith
• Aishah’s statement “Your Lord hastens in fulfilling your desires” explained
• Telling Someone to Bite Their Father’s Genitals: Explicit Phrase or Misunderstood Expressi…
• Hadith and the Idea of Women Majority in Hell
• Hadith on Prophet Sulayman Visiting Multiple Wives in a Single Night

Authority of Hadith

• Where is Sahih Bukhari’s Original Copy?
• Authority of Hadith and Incident of Pollination of Palm-Trees
• Hanafis and Preference between Hadith and Qiyas
• Malik’s Principle on the Practice of People of Madina Explained
• Al-Jami’ of Ma’mar bin Rashid: Extinct or Extant?
• The Problem of Enormous Numbers of Hadith
• Authority of Hadith in the Light of Qur’an

Answering Heresies

• Answering Revisionists: Can a Muslim Woman Marry a Jew or a Christian?
• Hanafi Jurists and the Punishment of Non-Muslim Blasphemers
• Malik’s Principle on the Practice of People of Madina Explained
• Ijtihad: Concept and Queries
• The Critique of Criticism: Analysis of Ibn Khaldun’s Objections to the Narrations ab…
• Domestic Violence: Critique of some modern opinions on Quran 4:34
• Scholars on the Meanings of Khatam an-Nabiyyin
• Opposition to Rajm (Stoning): Analysis and Refutation
• Ghamidi, Muwatta, and the Return of ‘Eisa
• Authority of Hadith in the Light of Qur’an

Women in Islam

• Domestic Violence: Critique of some modern opinions on Quran 4:34
• Does Islam Allow Wife-Beating? The Traditional Understanding of Qur’an 4:34
• Should women go out and work like men? An Islamic Perspective
• Women in Islam: Are they subservient to men?
• ‘Aqiqah: Why the Difference Between Boys and Girls?
• Are the women called devils in hadith?

Islamic Jurisprudence

• Misreading or Ijtihad: Origins of the Later Hanafi Opinion on Blasphemy
• Is ‘Ikrimah alone in narrating the hadith “Whoever changes his religion, kill him”?
• Answering Revisionists: Can a Muslim Woman Marry a Jew or a Christian?
• Hanafis and Preference between Hadith and Qiyas
• Hanafi Jurists and the Punishment of Non-Muslim Blasphemers
• A Concise Study of Difference of Opinions in Islam
• Maqasid ash-Shari‘ah Theory: Between Use & Misuse

Muslim History

• On Hind bt. ‘Utbah Chewing Hamza’s Liver
• Moinul Haq’s Translation of Ibn Sa’d’s Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir
• The Critique of Criticism: Analysis of Ibn Khaldun’s Objections to the Narrations ab…
• Jalaluddin Khwarazm: A Visionary Leader | An Intrepid Warrior
• Unverified Story of Uwais Al-Qarni Breaking his Teeth
• 6 Phases of the Islamic Scientific Tradition
• Ottomans and the Printing Press: Answering Misconceptions
• Myth and Reality of the Ottoman Harem
• Muhammad b. Qasim and the true story of “damsels in distress”

Philosophy of Islam

• Islam- A System of Life or an Apolitical Set of Beliefs, Rituals and Morals?
• Difference between Muslim and Western Conceptions of Religion

Book Reviews

• “Answer to Modernism” by Ashraf Ali Thanwi

Et cetera

• On the Translation of al-Suyuti’s al-Itqan
• Al-Bukhari, his “Sahih”, and the Hanafis
• Abu Hanifa’s opinion of ‘Ikrimah
• The State of the Education System in the Muslim World
• Traditionalism- A Nostalgia for the Past?
• Q&As about Minorities and Slaves in Islamic Law
• An Outline of Orientalist Aberrations about Islam
• Domestic Violence: Critique of some modern opinions on Quran 4:34
• Orientalist Approach towards the Prophet’s Biography
• Why Islam discourages images of animate beings?
• Why the Devil is called Iblis?
• Why people fail to do away with religious doubts?
• Islam’s Attitude towards Expression of Sorrow at the Loss of Loved Ones
• Pleasures in the Islamic Paradise: Spiritual or Sensual?

General Queries and Misconceptions

• Where is Sahih Bukhari’s Original Copy?
• Ijtihad: Concept and Queries
• Q&As about Minorities and Slaves in Islamic Law
• An Outline of Orientalist Aberrations about Islam
• Islam- A System of Life or an Apolitical Set of Beliefs, Rituals and Morals?
• Women in Islam: Are they subservient to men?
• Creation from a crooked rib: Does Islam deride women?
• What is Islam? Is it only about acts of worship?

Hadith Research

• Authentic or otherwise? Biting Words of ‘Umar’s Wife
• Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) and the devil named al-Abyad
• Fact Check: The Prophet (ﷺ) and Talisman
• Hadith: “He whose two days are equal, is a loser”