Dr. Recep Şentürk is a senior Turkish social scientist, specializing in the sociology of religion and civilization studies. In this talk, he speaks about his mentor and teacher, the late Indian hadith scholar, Shaykh Mustafa Azami (محمد مصطفٰی أعظمی). Born in 1930, Mustafa Azami graduated from Darul Uloom Deoband, before heading to Al-Azhar, and then to Cambridge for his Ph.D. He held academic positions around the world, touring and lecturing widely. In 1980, he received the King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies. A lifelong seeker of knowledge, a giant amongst modern scholars, Shaykh Azami received recognition within his lifetime,…
Spending on One’s Family on the Day of ‘Āshūra