Etiquette as Spiritual Nourishment: The Adab of the Student According to al-Ghazali and al-Isfahaniبِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِIntroduction This essay is devoted to the etiquette (adab) of the student as understood [...]
Author: Ainan Ahmed
Tracing Transmissions: The Accuracy of Sahih MuslimTracing Transmissions: The Accuracy of Sahih Muslim
Tracing Transmissions: The Accuracy of Sahih Muslimبِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِIntroductionImām Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj’s (d. 261 AH) al-Musnad al-Ṣaḥīḥ al-Mukhtaṣar, better known as Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, has had an indelible impact on [...]
Uniting the Ummah: Strategies to Foster Solidarity with Uyghur MuslimsUniting the Ummah: Strategies to Foster Solidarity with Uyghur Muslims
Uniting the Ummah: Strategies to Foster Solidarity with Uyghur Muslimsبِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِIntroductionConnection to the community is a vital component of thriving religiosity for Muslims1and provides a sense of belonging [...]
Keys to Tadabbur: How to Reflect Deeply on the Qur’anKeys to Tadabbur: How to Reflect Deeply on the Qur’an
Keys to Tadabbur: How to Reflect Deeply on the Qur’anبِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِTreasure is spelled tadabburThe Qur’an is the “rope of Allah”;1whoever grabs onto it will be saved, and whoever [...]
Why Is Shirk the Greatest Sin of All?Why Is Shirk the Greatest Sin of All?
Why Is Shirk the Greatest Sin of All?بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِWhy beliefs matterHumanity’s enduring fascination with the same set of existential questions—life after death, the human soul, morality, ethics and [...]
An Introduction to ‘Ulum-al-Qur’an: The Field of Qur’anic StudiesAn Introduction to ‘Ulum-al-Qur’an: The Field of Qur’anic Studies
An Introduction to ‘Ulum-al-Qur’an: The Field of Qur’anic Studiesبِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِIntroduction“It does not become worn out by repetition and its wonders do not come to an end.”1One of the [...]
eBook | A Du’a a Day: Prophetic Prayers for RamadaneBook | A Du’a a Day: Prophetic Prayers for Ramadan
eBook | A Du’a a Day: Prophetic Prayers for Ramadanبِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِOne of the greatest acts of devotion that we can perform in the blessed month of Ramadan, and [...]
Can the Qur’an Be Recited in Different Ways? The Meaning and Wisdom of Qira’atCan the Qur’an Be Recited in Different Ways? The Meaning and Wisdom of Qira’at
Can the Qur’an Be Recited in Different Ways? The Meaning and Wisdom of Qira’atبِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِIntroductionIf the Qur’an is truly one timeless, unchanged book, how can it be read [...]
The ʿUthmānic Codex: Understanding how the Qur’an was PreservedThe ʿUthmānic Codex: Understanding how the Qur’an was Preserved
The ʿUthmānic Codex: Understanding how the Qur’an was Preservedبِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِIntroductionThe history of the preservation of the Qur’an has been studied and written about by Muslim scholars in extensive [...]
Keys to Tadabbur: How to Reflect Deeply on the Qur’anKeys to Tadabbur: How to Reflect Deeply on the Qur’an
Keys to Tadabbur: How to Reflect Deeply on the Qur’anبِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِTreasure is spelled tadabburThe Qur’an is the “rope of Allah”;1whoever grabs onto it will be saved, and whoever [...]
