Questions & Answers
Scholarly answers to contemporary and classical questions, grounded in the Islamic tradition.
The Ruling on Combining Prayers Without a Valid Reason
My student Subaida from Kerala in India asked me the following question: Salam Sheikh, Did Prophet (PBUH) combine Zuhr & Asr, Maghrib & Isha in Madinah sometimes, even when there was no rain or when he was not travelling (without…
Assessing Single-Chain Narrations: A Study of Khabar al-Wahid
In a compelling thought experiment, Qur’anic scholar Nouman Ali Khan poses the following scenario: Suppose I had a private conversation with Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq (ra), and he told me something he heard directly from the Prophet ﷺ. Now only he…
Islamic Law
al-salamu alaykum respected Shaykh, Could you kindly provide a simple summary of what Islamic law is, its main sources, and the four major schools, without going into deep details or scholarly discussions?
Hadiths regarding the Day of ‘Ashura’
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…
The Qur’anists (Hadith Rejectors)
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?
Al-Mahdi
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…
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Respected Maulana Rida ul-Haq, Principal of Jamiat Al-Huda in Nottingham, may Allah preserve him, has a daughter, Ustadha Safiyya Zaid, who is an accomplished scholar, a specialist in Arabic language and Hadith, and also one of my students. She has…
Two questions about the Dictionary of women scholars
Two questions about the Dictionary of women scholars