Fiqh

Fiqh Of Wiping Socks

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By Shaykh Ridhwan Saleem Translation from traditional Hanafi legal text, Maraqi al-Falah, of Imam Abul Ikhlas Hasan ibn `Ammar Shurunbulali of Egypt (d. 1069): Section 22 – Wiping Footgear Wiping footgear [1] has been established by the sunna, both orally and practically. Its cause is wearing the footgear. Its condition is that the footgear covers the obligatory […]

Fiqh

The Four Rivers Of Knowledge

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by Sidi Harun Hanif   Translation of the Introduction to “Radiant Benefits of the Biographies of the Hanafis” (Fawaid Bahiyya fi Tarajim Hanafiyya) by Imam ‘Abdul Hayy Lucknowi, may Allah sanctify his soul and surround him with His mercy.     Know that the essence of our prophet Muhammad, upon him be peace and blessings, […]

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Gender Relations in Islam

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BETWEEN ETHICAL QUESTIONS AND LEGAL ANSWERS: A CRITICALLY CONTEXTUALISED APPROACH TO TEXTUAL READINGS CONCERNING GENDER RELATIONS IN ISLAM  Sidi Uthman Bhally   Amina Wadud (b1952), a scholar of the Qur’an, Islamic studies and a Muslim feminist declares a ‘gender jihad’ (Esposito, (2010), 121) which challenges those literalists who construe the Qur’an as a misogynistic text […]