Who Is Free from Disbelief (Kufr)?
A position for an imam became vacant at a mosque here in England, so the mosque trustees engaged one of our friends to serve.…
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Different Approaches to Teaching Arabic Language
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…
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The relationship between education and questioning is much like that between a lamp and its light. If a lamp exists but gives no light,…
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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…
Bosnia Journey 2026 — Day 2
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,…
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A mi‘yār is a defined measure, an agreed-upon principle, or an established point of reference against which other things are assessed, weighed, or judged.…
Mercy upon Those Women
Ah! Those women— They were not of those who merely passed through our lives in passing, nor did they pass by as strangers. Rather,…
The Light of Verification and the Defeat of Speculation
Verification (taḥqīq) is that refined and precious faculty of human consciousness through which civilisations progress and attain excellence. It is this very power that…
My Daughter Denies That I Am Growing Old
“I am as you see me—not as time sees me.” There was nothing in advancing age that frightened me when I used to count…
Tablīghī Jamāʿat deserves our appreciation
In the history of Islam, Tablīghī Jamāʿat occupies a luminous and effective chapter that bears witness to sincerity, simplicity, and a deep connection with…
Knights of Knowledge and Literature
In an age in which libraries overflow with a multitude of publications, the book Fursān al-ʿIlm wa-l-Adab (Knights of Knowledge and Literature) by the…
The Solitude of the Wise
In the journey of life, there emerge among people certain individuals who appear to walk a different path. They do not speak excessively, are…
A Word on Human Grief
I never imagined that I would find myself writing, at a time when humanity boasts of its advancement, about a city being annihilated in…
Tarīqah-yi Pṛhnē kā (The Method of Reading)
Reading is among the most vital means for the development of human consciousness, the awakening of intellectual insight, and the refinement of spiritual culture.…
Karak Chai
Some years ago, on one of the nights of ʿUmrah, my dear companion Zayd and I were taken, after ʿIshāʾ prayer, by Shaykh ʿAbd…
A New Synthesis
When the rare heavens willed to adorn the pages of history with fresh colours, the grandeur of the house of Tīmūr—which for centuries had…
Two Educational Gatherings in London
Arrival in East London I travelled to East London with my family, accompanied by my daughter Maryam and her children Sufyān and Amīrah. In…