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THE QUR’AN: An Introduction to the holistic reading of the Word of God By Mehdi ‘Abd al-Qadir In the Name of the Lord, The Merciful and Compassionate Blessed is He Who hath revealed unto His slave the Criterion, that he may be a warner to the peoples. [1] It is such that in the […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]