Fiqh & Lifestyle

he purpose of this book is to shed light on the often misunderstood polygamous situation in modern Saudi Arabia...

This comparative study examines the legal requirements for marriage in Islam as well as the legal requirements for mutʿa within Shiʿi traditions...

This article surveys early Islamic legal opinions concerning differences between women and men related to law, politics, and personal conduct...

This footage shows that women in the North of England wear hijab just over 100 years ago...

Egypt’s leading imam drew criticism from other Sunni clerics for referring to polygamy as “an injustice to women and children” that the Quran restricts...

One-Day workshop on “The Legacy of Fatima: The Role of Women in Shia Islam” will be held in Woolf Institute Cambridge on March 4. This event will bring together scholars and practitioners to discuss the role and legacy of Fatima in Shia Islam. Discussants and moderators include: Father Christopher Clohessy, …

What follows in this brief booklet is a commentary of three specific chapters from the Noble Qur’an which speak about the spiritual greatness and significance of the only daughter of...

The legal-ethical dynamism in Islamic law which allows it to respond to the challenges of modernity is said to reside in the institution of ijtihād (independent legal thinking and....

Within the Islamic tradition, there is a strong emphasis on the position of the wife, as our narrations and the lives of the holy personalities demonstrate....

Taking into consideration the clues that were mentioned from the Quran and traditions, one can easily conclude that Islam is a religion that has guidelines for all of the...