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According to an established and widely-known ḥadīth, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was affected by siḥr (sorcery) causing him to fall ill and imagine having done things that he did not do. The ḥadīth is found in the Ṣaḥīḥs of al-Bukhārī and Muslim, amongst other books, and …

Introduction Asrar Rashid of Birmingham, UK, is a preacher who claims to be non-partisan, non-sectarian, and an objective, unbiased “Sunnī Muslim”. However, the subjectivity, and often baselessness, of his claims on the nature and roots of one of the most pronounced intra-Sunnī divides in the Indian Subcontinent proves otherwise. His …

In an Urdu article entitled “Three Points for the New Generation of Nadwa (Nadwa ki Jadeed Nasl se Teen Baateinh)”, Dr Akram Nadwi offers three pieces of advice to new graduates of Nadwat al-Ulama, Lucknow, to ensure their first steps after graduation lead them in the right direction and they …

In 1930 (1349 AH), Imam al-‘Asr Mawlana Anwar Shah Kashmiri and Mawlana Shabbir Ahmad Uthmani (may Allah have mercy on them), both senior lecturers at Jami’ah Islamiah, Dabhel (India), were invited to Rangoon, Burma, with the objective of benefiting the Muslim community there with their blessed presence and lectures. Unfortunately, …

[Translator’s Note: The following excerpt is a translation of the preface to Difā-i-Qirā’āt, a masterpiece authored by the erudite scholar, Qārī Muḥammad Ṭāhir Raḥīmī al-Madanī (raḥimahullāh). The Urdu work, close to nine hundred pages long, is a detailed response to the feeble objections of a notorious hadith rejecter, Tamanna ‘Imadi …

To my friends, supporters and well wishers by: Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi Oxford While I am grateful to you for your kindness and good intentions in defending me, on the internet and on social media, from those who criticise my opinions and arguments, I must respectfully ask you: please stop! …

Introduction National Zakat Foundation (NZF), which describes itself as “UK’s only Zakāt institution”, has recently released a relatively lengthy document outlining the juristic positions it adopts on basic Zakāt-related matters with an explanation of how these positions were reached.[1] The document rightly cautions that “Zakat is a pillar of Islam …

الرد على الاستاذ أكرم الندوي في انكاره لحادثة السحر بقلم الشيخ المحدث مولانا لطيف الرحمن القاسمي حفظه الله، مكة المكرمة ويليه اصل المقالة للأستاذ الندوي   In-sha-Allah, a translation of the above article will be uploaded soon.

When people become hellbent on proving their viewpoint to be true, no matter how ridiculous it may be, it is common to see them gleefully embrace any information that confirms their view but dismiss or undermine anything that contests it. For people of this bizarre disposition, or “confirmation bias” to …

Academic Integrity “Why can’t we just be honest as scholars?”: an ironic but excellent question posed by Nahiem Ajmal (Abu Layth al-Maliki). Regardless of where one aligns themselves in terms of beliefs and viewpoints, everyone appreciates academic integrity. Inadvertently misquoting or misrepresenting others may reflect poor scholarship at the most, …