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The Distilled Essence

The Distilled Essence

Imam Abu Hanifa advised his son Hammad to remember 5 of the 5000 or so narrations of the Prophet Muhammad that he had gone through. These five are an abstract essence of the entire corpurs of the narrations attributed to the Prophet, known as Ahadith

Uthaymeen, Five Years after the 'Qad Khalat' Debate

Uthaymeen, Five Years after the 'Qad Khalat' Debate

Exactly five years ago, I engaged in a deep theological debate with Waqar Akbar Cheema on a mis-translation of a verse of the Quran 3:144. I am always very sensitive to scholars and writers not distinguishing between translation and commentary and doing nip, tuck and tweak with scripture in

The Theology of the Concept of Caliphate - Imam Shehryar Shaikh

The Theology of the Concept of Caliphate - Imam Shehryar Shaikh

Imam Shehryar Shaikh presented the traditional concept of the caliphate in an interesting way. Imam Shehryar’s grasp of the subject from a theological perspective is apparent from the way he analyzes current events and then uses his command of scripture to bring the concepts to the audience.

The Veil & Islam

by Justice Qazi Faez Isa, Chief Justice, Baluchistan Hight Court, Pakistan A member of the provincial assembly of the NWFP has introduced a resolution requiring that wearing a veil should be made compulsory for every girl above 12 years of age (Dawn, May 2). Without citing any Quranic text in