The passing of knowledge
There is a famous Hadith that warns of a latter time, when knowledge will begin its exodus from the world. In that time, God:
…does not withdraw knowledge by extracting it from the hearts of men, rather He takes away the religious scholars. When no religious scholar remains, people take the ignorant as their leaders; these [...]
Abandoning weak hadiths
Over the last week or so, I had the occasion to re-read Prof Hashim Kamali’s “Hadith Methodology”, and was struck by statement he made about Da’if, or weak, Hadiths:
Many prominent contemporary ulama including Ahmad Muhammad Shakir, Nasir al-Din al-Albani, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Ajaj al-Khatib and Manna al-Qattan have advocated the view that the Da’if should be [...]
The divorce that made Muslim disunity possible
The noble jurist, Imam al-Shafi’i (767-819 AD) clearly regarded the Quran and Sunna as forms of prophetic revelation (wahy) in Islam. In al-Shafi’i’s legal magnum opus, Risala, the Quran is termed “revelation recited”, or wahy matlu, while the Sunna is termed “revelation not recited”, or wahy ghayr matlu. The distinguishing feature of wahy ghayr matlu [...]
Mufti Taqi Usmani and the Amman Message
An interesting question about Mufti Taqi Usmani’s stance on the Amman Message and Shaykh Faraz Rabbani’s clarification on the matter.
Mufti Taqi Usmani and the Amman Message
Maulana Ashraf Thanvi on the culture of feeding the ego
Maulana Ashraf Thanvi was born in 1863 and died in 1943, having lived a life steeped in scholarship and wisdom. He was one of the most prolific and intelligent scholars from the sub-continent, and his teachings continue to inspire many earnest students of the religion. For all his efforts, he came to be known as [...]
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