Imdad al-Fatawa

A Scholarly Exchange on ‘Difficult’ Narrations on Qira’at and Rasm

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Waqar Akbar Cheema Abstract This write-up presents a translation of scholarly correspondence discussing ‘problematic’ reports related to Qur’anic recitations and the orthography of the Uthmanic Mushafs. It highlights how two senior scholars from early 20th-century India addressed these issues, reflecting traditional Muslim methods of engaging with information from before the codification of the relevant sciences Read more

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Thanwi: Expressive Guidance on Delving into Qur’anic Eloquence

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Maulana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanwi[1] Translated by Waqar Akbar Cheema On June 18, 1937, the Amritsar weekly Akhbar Ahle Hadith published an edict about a scholar from Azamgarh, UP, India, who had opined that the Qur’an contained some words that were not grammatically and rhetorically the best choice in their respective contexts but were nevertheless used

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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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