‘Leave me, as I leave you’
Very often in conversations the following retort is heard: ‘The Prophet (peace be upon him) did not do that; the Companions did not do that.’ It is often marshalled in lines of argumentation concerning many topics,...
Scholarship
Deen by Soundbite
…A time will come upon men, when their men of understanding (fuqahā) are few but their Qur’ān reciters are many; when the letters of the Qur’ān are guarded carefully but its boundaries are lost, when...
Narcissus: From Myth to Modern Narcissism
Ah wretched me! I now begin too late To find out all the long-perlex’d deceit It is my self I love, my self I see; The happy delusion is a part of me. I kindle...
The Sunnah: a source of law
Executive Summary What is the legal status of the Prophetic Sunnah? In the modern age, many both within and outside the Muslim world have sought to question the nature of the Prophetic Sunnah. Whether...
Law of the previous Prophets
Whether it be amongst scholarly circles, students of knowledge, or even amongst the laity, there is a view that seeks to maintain: ‘the law of the previous Prophets is also our law too.’ Perhaps it...