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Assalamu Alaikum Shaykhana, May Allah preserve you and your family. I am Zaid Mujtaba, a student at Al-Salam. I have a question regarding the origin of ‘Ashura’, based on three authentic hadith: the hadith of Aisha (RA), the hadith of…
Could you provide a critical analysis of the Qur’anist ideology, with particular attention to the ways in which its proponents employ nuanced or rhetorically deceptive language to advance their claims and influence public perception?
As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuh. Respected Shaykh Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwī, may Allah protect and preserve you. There has been a growing trend of dismissing the emergence of al-Mahdi and the return of Sayyidunā ʿĪsā (ʿalayhi as-salām), based solely…
Assalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Sheikh, I pray this message finds you well. I had a question and was seeking your guidance on a matter. My daughter lives in the USA, she is currently in the job market and is interviewing…
Al-Salamu Alaykum Shaykh! This is Ahmed Thayyil from, Australia. I am a 3rd year ‘Alimiyyah student at Al-Salam Institute and have been benefitting from your teachings for over a decade, Alhamdulillah. Shaykh, God describes Himself in the Qur’an as As-Samī‘…
Article: The question: The well-known Qur’anic researcher, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan, asked me about the following verses in Sūrah al-Aḥzāb: “Prophet, We have…
Maulana Irfan Amir Hasani Nadwi sent the following message: “Akram Bhai, greetings. Do you have any article in English on the topics of Taqdīr (Divine Decree), and free will that presents the Islamic perspective? Grateful to you for your kind…
How is Islam’s prohibition of interest (riba) justified considering economic realities such as inflation? If I lend ₹100 to a friend today and he pays me back ten years later, the ₹100 I receive is decreased in value as a…
A female scholar from Jami‘at al-Falah, Baliriya Ganj, Azamgarh has asked the following question: “Assalāmu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullāhi wa barakātuh. If a…
A respected scholar from Pakistan sent the following passage and inquired: “Are there any established supplications (adʿiyah ma’thūrah) to be recited…
as-salamu `alaykum Shaykh. I hope your Ramadan is going well. I wanted to ask you about the incident in Surah al-Qasas when Musa (AS) accidentally killed an Egyptian. After this incident, Moses ran away, but never sought forgiveness from the…
Dr Imran Akram from USA asked following question: Assalamoalaykum and Ramadan Mubarak Shaykh, I hope you are doing well. I wanted to want to hear your thoughts on iftars in the masjid? Our Masjid spends close to $5000 every day…
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