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…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...
Scholarship
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...
Ruling of Basic Permissibility
Executive Summary Three chapters are presented here in translation from Volume 1 of Kitāb ut-Tawḥeed (The Book of Monotheism) by Professor Muḥammad ibn Abdullah al-Mas’ari. The chapters are titled as follows: The Prohibition relating to...