The meaning of ‘inshallah’, ‘mashallah’ and ‘bidhnillah’
Translated by Dr Imran NavedThey asked: What is the meaning of ‘inshallah’?I replied: Is there any Muslim who is unaware of the meaning of this word which is so frequently used in our lives?They said: Its usage is so varied among people that its meaning...
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The Classical persistent western attitude to the natural world
1- The natural world is world as given. This world includes the human being before it is influenced by other human beings. In other words, the natural world includes the human being as an animal, not as an human. 2- This distinction between animal and human echoes...
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The Qur’an should not be valued as merely a sacred object
1. Allah says in the Qur’an about the Qur’an, that it is a self-consistent, coherent message from the Creator to the most favoured among His creatures. He also says of it that it is the final revelation of His will and purpose for mankind, the completion and...
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Questions about the Dictionary of women scholars
The two questions put to me since the publication of the full Dictionary are:1- Among the entries in the book, how many women are narrators of hadith and how many are scholars of hadith, muhaddithat? Why are they not distinguished?2- What is the total number of women narrators and scholars of hadith?
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Three questions related to the on-going pandemic
Being vaccinated while fasting. Women attending funeral prayers. Women visiting graves. The three questions I have just responded to do have something in common. Behind each of them is a worry that, because someone somewhere at some time may abuse a permission…
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Al-Muhaddithat has been published!
Breaking News! Shaykh Akram’s magnum opus, Al-Muhaddithat, has been published! Over a decade has passed since the initial publication of Shaykh Akram Nadwi’s ‘Al-Muhaddithat: The Women Scholars in Islam’ (2007). Today, we are honoured and excited to announce that the...
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Why are the writings of the scholars unread? Address to the students of Madrasas (Islamic institutions)
Translated by Syed Huzaifah Ali Nadwi, Cambridge There was a long period in human history when the writings of scholars were popular in every class because they were the best examples of knowledge and research and the highest example of eloquence. If we look at these...
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السلام انسٹيٹيوٹ لندن كى سالانه تقريب
السلام انسٹيٹيوٹ لندن كى سالانه تقريب از: ڈاكٹر محمد اكرم ندوى صاحب ساز كو لازم ہے كه غافل نه رہے گاہے گاہے غلط آہنگ بهى ہوتا ہے سروش آج (شام ساڑهے چه سے ساڑهے نو بجے تك، 18 دسمبر 2020) السلام انسٹيٹيوٹ لندن/آكسفورڈ كے جلسۂ تقسيم اسناد كى سالانه تقريب راقم السطور كى...
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