"The richness of Islamic intellectual tradition lies not in its age, but in its continuous relevance to contemporary questions of faith, ethics, and human purpose."
Shaykh Akram Nadwi
Director of Research, ASI Research Centre for Islamic Studies
Director of Research at ASI Research Centre for Islamic Studies and a renowned Islamic scholar specialising in Hadith and Islamic jurisprudence. He has authored over 30 works in Arabic and is particularly noted for his biographical dictionary of female scholars of Hadith, al-Muhaddithat.
With expertise spanning Islamic jurisprudence, Hadith sciences, Arabic language, and classical Islamic texts, Shaykh Akram brings rigorous scholarship to contemporary questions facing Muslims today.
Published Works
Academic books and research papers in Arabic
Years of Teaching
Educating students in Islamic sciences
Biographies
Female Hadith scholars documented
Director of Research
ASI Research Centre for Islamic Studies
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The debate within Nadwat al-ʿUlamāʾ Among the pedagogical questions that have occupied the educational mind of Nadwat al-ʿUlamāʾ, and have provoked a profound scholarly…
The relationship between education and questioning is much like that between a lamp and its light. If a lamp exists but gives no light,…
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim We set out at eight o’clock, with the breaking of morning, towards Srebrenica. Two coaches carried us, cutting through the mountains of Bosnia…
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim A Morning of Tafsir I woke for the Fajr prayer weighed down by fatigue. After praying, I let myself rest a short while,…
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim This is my second journey to Bosnia. I had shared memories of the first journey in six articles, recording what I saw of…
Recently, I wrote an article in Urdu arguing that gold, rather than silver, should be adopted as the standard for determining niṣāb in zakāh. In response, the well-known Qur’an teacher, Dr Farhat Hashmi, forwarded the following question to me: Piyari…
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته I have been asked to write a piece for my local university press & I am confused. I would really appreciate some guidance. They are asking me what a Muslims stance is on “freedom of…
What’s the protocol if you attend the mosque to pray and there’s a janazah going on?
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