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Between Cure and Context: Rethinking Prophetic Medicine

Leave a Comment / General Queries and Misconceptions, Islamic Jurisprudence /

Waqar Akbar Cheema Abstract This paper revisits “prophetic medicine” (tibb al-nabawi) by addressing a central confusion in its interpretation: the conflation of truth with universal applicability. Hadith reports describing cures are often treated either as binding prescriptions or dismissed as context-bound and unreliable. Both readings, it is argued, are mistaken. Drawing on classical scholarship, the Read more

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Prophet Muhammad’s Marriage with Nine-Year Old Aisha: A Review of Contentions

2 Comments / The Prophet: Life and Actions /

Waqar Akbar Cheema Abstract  This article reviews contentions around Prophet Muhammad’s (ﷺ) marriage with ‘Aisha when she was nine years old. Highlighting pitfalls in the study of history and factors related to puberty in general the details of the marriage are explored. Moreover, reports showing the nature of relations between the Prophet and ‘Aisha are

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The Critique of Criticism: Analysis of Ibn Khaldun’s Objections to the Narrations about al-Mahdi

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Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi*[1] Translated and Annotated by Waqar Akbar Cheema Abstract Belief in the advent of Imam al-Mahdi is an important tenet for the vast majority of Muslims across sectarian lines. However, some have come to question the decisiveness of the hadiths concerning the advent of al-Mahdi, especially based on Ibn Khaldun’s arguments in

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