Scholarly answers to contemporary and classical questions, grounded in the Islamic tradition.
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…
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…
Assalamo Alaikum, I pray Almighty to find you in good health. Of late, I was studying up. It was Al-Bayan wa-Al-Tabyeen of Al-Jahiz (775-868 A.D.). An erudite para stuck me up. I was, indeed, at a loss. I could not…
Our friend Sulaiman Qazi inquired about the authenticity of the following hadith recorded in Sunan Ibn Mājah: “Whoever dies having made a will, dies upon the path of righteousness and the way of the Sunnah, dies upon piety and martyrdom,…
Maulana Mohammad Sirajuddin Nadwi from Indiana, USA, forwarded to me the following question: Salaam Imam Saab, I hope you are doing well! I was reading this last night and I thought it was so interesting how people drank camel’s milk…
My student, Abu Hanifah Dilawar, forwarded to me the following question: Assalāmu ʿAlaikum wa Raḥmatullāh, Ustadh. I hope this message finds you in the best of health and īmān. May Allah grant you peace and well-being in this world and…
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…
Dr. Badruddin from India sent me the following message: Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah, I hope this message finds you well. I have been regularly following your insightful, scholarly, and thought-provoking write-ups on your channel. Recently, I went through your posts…
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…
Dr. Abu Zayd from New Jersey, America, wrote to me: The question concerns three verses in Surah Fussilat regarding the timeline of creation: • Verse 9: Say, “Do you indeed disbelieve in the One who created the earth in two…