By Shaykh Fadhl al-Rahman al-A’zami
One must affirm that there can be absolutely no doubt in the fact that each and every Sunnah of our beloved Prophet sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam is considered supreme and well …

By Mawlana Muhammad Manzoor Nu’mani
Translated by Mohammad Asif Kidwai  M.A., Ph.D
If an article is bought from someone on a price, it is called Ba’i and Shira (buying and selling), in the special usage of the …

By Mawlana Taha Karaan
The charge leveled against Imâm Taqiyy ad-Dîn as-Subkî is that despite possessing all the requirements for ijtihâd, he did not perform ijtihâd, and preferred to remain within the bounds of his madhhab, …

Condensed from Ta’neeb ul-Khateeb of Shaykh Zahid Al-Kawthari
Prepared by Mawlana Muhammad Karolia

It is quite common these days to hear people criticizing Imam Abu Hanifah rahimahullah because “he doesn’t practice on the Hadith of Bukhari that…”. …

Question:
What is the virtue of spending on one’s family on the day of ‘Ashura and what is the authenticity of the hadith that encourages this sort of spending?
Answer:

The Messenger of Allah (upon him blessings and …

By Shaykh Mohammad Akram Nadwi
In this article, Shaykh Akram Nadwi discusses the shortcomings, while also recognizing the value, of an “outsider’s” perspective on Islam, which in this case refers to Orientalists. One of the shortcomings …

By Shaykh Abu’ l-Hasan ʿAli al-Hasani Nadwi (ra)
Taken from his foreword to Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya’s Awjaz al-Masalik, the acclaimed multi-voluminous commentary of Mu’watta Imam Malik.
Praise belongs to Allah Lord of the worlds, and blessings and …

Based on Shaykh Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani’s notes in the introduction to Dars Tirmidhi (1/80-86). Compiled by Waqar Gulam Dastaguir, student of Jami’ah ‘Uloom al-Qur’an, Leicester, and checked & edited by Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
The science of hadith …

By Zameelur Rahman
‘Allamah Zafar Ahmad al-’Uthmani wrote in his Abu Hanifah wa Ashabuhu al-Muhaddithun: “Know that the opinions of Imam Abu Hanifah in al-Jarh wa al-Ta’dil (narrator-criticism) and the principles of hadith were accepted and received …

By Mawlana Taha Karaan
This paper was written in response to Amina Wadud’s controversial Friday prayer congregation in March 2005.
The appropriation of the Hadith of Umm Waraqah as proof for the permissibility and validity of …