Global Intifada

1. Fasting is obligatory upon every sane, adult Muslim. 2. Calculations are not sufficient to establish the beginning of Ramadhan as only sighting is legitimate. For example, if your calculation for Maghrib is at a particular time, and their is still light outside, then it is the calculations that are incorrect. Similarly, calculations cannot be […]

In addition to the methodological differences that is a source of differences of opinion within the Hanafi madhab, there are also historical reasons why scholars within the Hanafi madhab (Indian v. Arab v. Chinese v. Ottoman) might differ such as:
1. Reliance upon different students of Imam Abu Hanifa such as Imam Abu Yusuf or Imam […]

On Sunnipath, there used to be a fatwa which classified mujtahids at three levels: (1) absolute mujtahid who is capable of scrutinizing the sources of legislation and deducing juristic principles (2) madhab mujtahid who is capable of weighing opinions, evidences, and methodologies between madhaib, and (3) mujtahid within a madhab who is capable of weighing […]

“According to Ibn al-Madini, Malik [r]followed the opinion (qawl) of Sulayman ibn Yasar, who followed the opinion of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab [ra]. Malik’s madhhab then, as has been frequently noted, was the madhhab of ‘Umar [ra]. Indeed, Ibn Taymiyyah states that the judgments of ‘Umar form the second major source of the ‘amal of the […]

Unfortunately, the rumor that the reason why Malikis pray with their arms down has become quite popular among students of knowledge. When I went to visit UMBC over Spring Break to meet with the members of the faculty, the school newspaper, and several religious figures to discuss an article they wrote regarding the Danish depictions […]

Currently Reading: “The Madinan Way” by Ibn Taymiyya which discusses “[t]he Soundness of the Basic Premises of the School of the People of Madina.”
Excerpt:
“As for Muwatta’ and books like it, they were written in the manner of the scholars who wrote at that time. In the time of the Messenger of Allah , may Allah […]