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The Big Bad Beard | part 1

BEARDS HAVE BEEN around for quite a long time. How long you ask? Since the time Adam set foot on this planet. Exactly, that’s how long since the beard has been around. Since the very beginning beards have been a thing that…

Do Islamic Courts Allow DNA Evidence?

THE USE OF DNA fingerprinting, or genetic print, in criminal investigations is a novel legal usage (nâzilah) about which Muslim scholar-jurists (fuqahâ’) are divided in their opinion. The fuqahâ’ differ as to the kinds of cases in which a genetic print may stand…

Da‘wah in Complex Settings (3) | Ra’d ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz

PART (1) AND (2) discussed the first and second situations in which dâʿîs may find themselves today, according to Shaykh Al-Islâm Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy upon him. Here we discuss his third of three. (3) Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong:…

Da’wah in Complex Settings (2) | Ra’d ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz

PART (1) DISCUSSED the first situation—a position of powerlessness—in which dâʿîs may find themselves today, according to Shaykh Al-Islâm Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy upon him. Here we discuss his second of three. (2) Leaving off a Commendable Act for the…

Da’wah in Complex Settings (1) | Ra’d ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz

THERE IS NO question that there are few or no serious fiqhi (legal) problems connected with the Muslim individual’s living in a society where Islamic principles and teachings reign supreme. Difficulties, however, crop up when this society distances itself from Islam—and the…

Shari‘ah Ruling on Marrying a Person Who was Previously an Adulterer or an Adulteress (2) | Mahmoud Rizq

PART (1) DISCUSSED an âyah (24:3) which apparently prohibits a Muslim from marrying a person involved in adultery or fornication. Scholars differ as to the meaning of yankiḥ, whether it means ‘to marry’ or ‘to copulate. Each side of the controversy can…

Category: Fiqh

The Big Bad Beard | part 1

Do Islamic Courts Allow DNA Evidence?

Da‘wah in Complex Settings (3) | Ra’d ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz

Da’wah in Complex Settings (2) | Ra’d ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz

Da’wah in Complex Settings (1) | Ra’d ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz

Shari‘ah Ruling on Marrying a Person Who was Previously an Adulterer or an Adulteress (2) | Mahmoud Rizq

Shari‘ah Ruling on Marrying A Person Who Was Previously an Adulterer Or An Adulteress (1) | Mahmoud Rizq

Why Scholars Disagree (3) | Shaykh Ibn Uthaimin

The Inward Requirements of Fasting | Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali

Learning Fiqh: Practical Steps | Abu Aaliyah Surkheel Sharif