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Zaytuna: Moon Calculation is a Bid’a (Innovation)

The Zaytuna Institute has issued a statement regarding the beginning of Ramadhan.
Read it here.
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Naqshbandi Sufi Shaykh Served in Bosnian War

Here’s an interesting blog post about Sheikh Halil Hulusi Nakeshibendi el Bosnev.
Also, check out Sufi Mujahideen for information about others Sufis.
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Faulted Families: Were Abu Sufyan and Mu’awiyah (ra) Hypocrites?

One of the many allegations of the Shi’a is that the family of Abu Sufyan (radhi allahu anhum) was, as a whole, a family that outwardly accepted Islam after the conquest of Makkah and secretly plotted to destroy Islam by stealing the Caliphate. They are vilified in the Shi’a narrative for being Hypocrites, with a […]

Functional Literacy Project

If you look at the left sidebar on my blog, you’ll notice a section entitled “Functional Literacy Project.” It is comprised of links to various (a) classical texts pertaining to the various Islamic sciences including aqeedah, fiqh, tasawwuf, history, seerah; as well as (b) modern texts such as dissertations by Dr. Umar Abdallah and Sherman […]

The Status of the Sahabah and the Ahl ul Bayt

Here’s a rough draft of a packet I’m preparing for my students. I’ve still got some stuff to add.
I’ve assigned them a project to make a gigantic family tree illustrating the filial relationships between the Prophet (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) and the Sahabah (radhi allahu anhum). It will be in the form of a power […]

Al-Qu’ran al-Kareem

Here’s a packet I compiled for my students on the Qur’an:
The Qur’an
Table of Contents
 

What is the Qur’an?
Did the Prophet Muhammad (saw) write the Qur’an?
How is the Qur’an a miracle?
What is the Challenge of the Qur’an?
The Modes of Descent
How was the Qur’an compiled?
What are some Rewards and Punishments Pertaining to the Qur’an
Why is the […]

Marifah

There’s a new website in town called Marifah. Its run by several seekers of knowledge. The site has the support of such esteemed ‘Ulema as Shaykh Faraz Rabbani of Sunnipath.
A lot of people always ask me to recommend them something to read. The following are some articles that I would recommend since they strongly relate […]

The Status of Imam Abu Haneefah in the Science of Hadith

The abridged version of this was posted up at at-Talib and a lot of people have been asking me for the unabridged article. Instead of e-mailing them all the article, I’ve decided just to upload the entire document here.
Introduction
Of all of the great calamities which have befallen the Muslim Ummah, perhaps none is as […]

The Importance of Following a School of Law in Islam

As a Muslim, you may come across problems that you didn’t have to face before. For example, how do you pray salah on an airplane? One of the conditions for salah is to face in the direction of the Ka’aba. However, since an airplane travels very fast, it may be difficult to determine the direction […]

The Salafi Critique of Kalam

One of the most powerful accusations that Asharis have of Salafis is the charge of anthropomorphism. Such polemical propaganda obfuscates the true difference between the school of Ibn Taymiyyah and the schools of Kalam. The greatest concern of the classical Atharis was the seeping of Aristotlean terminology and logic into the Islamic sciences. The Asharis […]

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