Inheritance: a general overview of the laws
Introduction Concepts and arguments related to inheritance are in many respects so finely detailed and entangled that it is difficult to keep in mind the general principles and goals of inheritance laws and customs in Islam. These principles and goals are, as we...
Taysir
Definition of Taysir Taysir means taking the easier path to manage a difficulty. As a term in Islamic scholarship, it means giving advice or a ruling in favour of the easier option, provided the matter is one in which preference between options is allowable. Alignment...
The successful life
Introduction: Success and Virtue in the Hereafter The successful life as measured in this world does not secure safe passage into the favour of God in the hereafter. The good or virtuous life as measured in this world does not secure safe passage into the favour of...
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?
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…
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...
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...
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...