Scholarly answers to contemporary and classical questions, grounded in the Islamic tradition.
Wa ʿalaykum al-salām wa raḥmat Allāh wa barakātuh! The seriousness, intellectual honesty and good intention with which you have posed your question are praiseworthy. In religious matters, merely accepting something on hearsay, or rejecting a prevalent opinion without investigation, are…
Wa ʿalaykum al-salām wa raḥmatullāh wa barakātuh! Mawlānā Muḥammad Zakwān Nadwī has invited me to express an opinion on weighty scholarly themes: the standing of ijtihād, the methodological approach of Mawlānā Ḥamīd al-Dīn Farāhī, the phonetic resemblance between the words…
The funeral prayer is fundamentally composed of four takbīrs. Concerning what should be uttered between these takbīrs, the Companions, may Allāh be pleased with them, and the scholars after them differed. Hence, it is inappropriate to insist on one recognised…
Dr Amsha Nahid from Australia asked the following question: Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear Shaykh, I read an article claiming that the word ‘Ummi’ in the Qur’an means “gentile” (non-Jew) or someone unfamiliar with the Law of Musa…
My respected student, Mr Ali Rasul, from Dallas, USA, asked me the following question: As-salāmu ʿalaykum Ustād, In Ayah 62 of Sūrah al-Baqarah, Allah says: “Indeed, those who believed, and those who were Jews, Christians, or Sabians, whoever believes in…
Dr. Farhat Hashimi, the esteemed teacher and preacher, shared a question from one of her students regarding the concept of women’s ʿawrah: Obligatory Covering in Islam.
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?
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-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…