Inculcate good etiquettes, O students of Hadith!
By Dr. Mohammad Akram Nadwiand translated by Syed Huzaifah Ali Nadwi To access the original arabic, follow this link There are many types of…
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The Educational Institution Where the Questioner Is Hunted
The relationship between education and questioning is much like that between a lamp and its light. If a lamp exists but gives no light, one begins to wonder whether it has been placed there merely…
Sunnah and Ḥadīth
By this link: What is the meaning of sunnah? The technical meaning of the term is a way or practice that was established and…
Departure of Scholars from the Way of the Ḥadīth Imāms
By this link: We attend your lectures and you point out all sorts of scholarly mistakes in the treatment of the Prophetic sunnah and…
Meaning of Companionship
I need to explain to you the difference between a disciple and a companion. A disciple can only do those things that the master…
How to motivate yourself for study?
Eating is possible but difficult and unpleasant when you have no appetite. Similarly, study is difficult and unpleasant when you have no curiosity and…
Surah Al-`Imran
The longer surahs at the beginning of the received text of the Qur’an have a complex arrangement of passages because they are simultaneously addressing…
The Right Pathway to Studying Ḥadīth
By this link: Why is it that you vociferously denounce the manner of teaching the noble Prophetic ḥadīth in most of the religious seminaries…
The Meaning of Ijāzah
By this link: We see you greatly welcoming the quest for Ijāzah from various teachers, both verbally and in writing, and we see you…
Women Scholars in Islam: Some reflections
Reflections from a Ramadan retreat This Ramadan I had the good fortune to be able to do the retreat in the last 10 days…
Some Reflections on ‘Aqidah
A creed is a special kind of formal statement of religious belief or collection of such statements. A very good and justly famous creed…
Formation of thoughts
Thoughts are formed independently of reason and before they are articulated in some form of language. Thoughts arise out of empathy of fellow feeling…
Informal notes for a tafsir class on Surat al-Muddaththir
In my lecture I will go through the surah in detail. In these notes I take the opportunity to reflect, still in relation to…
Questions & Answers on Education
View all Q&A →Knowing oneself through returning to the Dīn
My student, Abu Hanifah Dilawar, forwarded to me the following question: Assalāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuhu, Shaykh. This is a question from a Bangladeshi reader of the Bangla Facebook page who regularly reads your articles. They wrote: “I could…
How to teach children about Christmas
Assalamu alaykum Shaykh, I pray you are well. I wanted to thank you sincerely for your Sunday classes; I benefit greatly from them. May Allah reward you abundantly. I am seeking guidance on how to teach children at madrasah about…
Imām al-Bukhārī and Imām Muslim on the meeting of narrators
Assalamu Alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh Sidi Shaykh Akram I pray this message finds you in good health and I ask Allah SWT to shower you with His favours in both worlds. Beloved Shaykh this is your student Jawed Tarin…
Books on Education
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Madrasah Life: A Student’s Life at Nadwat al-Ulama
This book, authored by Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi provides a unique insight into his daily routine as a…
Shaykh Abu al-Hasan Ali Nadwi: His Life & Work
A biography of Shaykh Abu al-Hasan Ali Nadwi, his life, work, and lasting legacy.