By Dr. Mohammad Akram Nadwi This man, whom God Himself has praised in the Qur’an as His ¬khalil, is the exemplar of perfected determination to know God, to be fully in His presence. This determination is expressed in what we may call, figuratively, the opening of various curtains: The cultural curtain Seeing through the world of his father and his people generally, who are worshipers of natural phenomena (his challenging and breaking of the idols, and demonstration of their falsity); The natural curtain Seeing through the scale and majesty of natural phenomena, which are impressive yet bounded within large conditions,…
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Imam Abu Hanifah
By Dr. Mohammad Akram Nadwī Insofar as this talk about Abu Hanifah aims to introduce or present the book, it should pick out its major concerns – to show how and why the fiqh associated with Abu Hanifah has been relied upon and trusted by Muslims. This is done by discussing examples that illustrate how Hanafi fiqh was constructed, how it reasoned/worked with the primary sources; and by describing the man and his quality of life as a devout Muslim. One way to start would be to quote the interesting compliment paid to Abu Hanifah by his peers among near…
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