A detailed story of the life of Muhammad Shams Al-Din, known as Al-Shahid Al-Awwal Faqih Al-Sarbidaran. Al-Shahid Al-Awwal is counted among those...
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Iranian libraries hold only few manuscripts that testify to the extended and intensive Muʿtazilite past in the various centers of Zaydi scholarship in the Caspian region, in Ḫurāsān, and in Rayy. Among the few Muʿtazilite Zaydi works preserved in the libraries of Iran is a miscellany held by the library …
Read More »Hamza b. ‘Ali b. Zuhra al-Halabi
Al-Sayyid Abūl-Makārim ʿIzz al-Dīn Ḥamza b. ʿAlī b. Zuhra al-Ḥusaynī al-Ḥalabī, b. 511/1118 - d. 588/1189) famous as Ibn Zuhra was a Faqih, Usuli, Mutikallim, Nahwi, and one of the great Shi'a scholars of...
Read More »Book Fatwa in Indonesia by Pradana Boy
This book takes a close look at three Fatwaa-making agencies—Majelis Ulama Indonesia, Lajnah Bahth al-Masail Nahdlatul Ulama, and Majelis Tarjih Muhammadiyah—all of which are highly influential in shaping religious thought and the lives of Muslims in Indonesia...
Read More »Gender and Legal Authority: An Examination of Early Juristic Opposition to Women’s Hadīth Transmission
This article analyzes two cases of early juristic opposition to the legal authority of hadīth narrated by women...
Read More »Was al-Shafiʻi the Master Architect of Islamic Jurisprudence?
During the last three or four decades, modern scholarship has increasingly come to recognize Muhammad Ibn Idris al-Shafiʻi (d. 820) as having played a most central role in the early development of...
Read More »Int’l Conference on Islamic Management & Multidisciplinary Studies to Be Held in Malaysia
International Conference on Islamic Management and Multidisciplinary Studies (IMAMS 2019) 2019 will be held on 3rd (Saturday) August 2019 at Hotel Perdana, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia...
Read More »Future of British Muslim Studies to Be Discussed in Cardiff University
The Muslims in Britain Research Network in partnership with the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, Cardiff University organize a conference entitles Future of....
Read More »A Faqih Whom 400 Mujtahids Were His Disciples
“O Ja’far! The twelver[1] ulama[2] have put a lot of effort into collecting Imams’ statements from around cities. They have also mentioned whether they are true, reliable or weak so that people of your kind can see the documentation of the religious law without effort and pronounce a decree,” Muhaqqiq …
Read More »‘What Is Islam’s Future in Europe’ Discuses in Turkey
Future of Islam in Europe was discussed by academics at a conference in Istanbul's Ibn Haldun University on Thursday...
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