Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
In this book, Mashal Saif explores how contemporary 'ulama, the guardians of religious knowledge and law, engage with the world's most populated Islamic nation-state: Pakistan...
July, 2022
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11 July
New Released: Animal Sacrifice and the Origins of Islam
Brannon Wheeler uses both textual analysis and various types of material evidence to gain insight into the role of animal sacrifice in Islam. He provides a 'thick description' of...
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7 July
Zaydite Ḥadīth Literature and Thought by Hassan Ansari and Jan Thiele
This is a draft of a chapter that has been accepted for publication by Oxford University Press in the forthcoming book The Oxford Handbook of Hadith Studies edited by Mustafa Shah due for....
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4 July
Dissertation: Economic Thought of Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr: A Study of Iqtisaduna (Our Economics)
In the field of economics, Iqtisaduna provides necessary guidelines, values and rules that aim at achieving the twin objectives of social justice and sustained increase in...
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4 July
What Is Islamic Economics? The View of Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
This paper attempts to investigate some aspects of al-Sadr’s economic thought by focusing on his view on the nature, subject matter and methodology of Islamic economics, areas that have not received sufficient attention by...
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3 July
Imam Musa al-Sadr: An Analysis of His Life, Accomplishments and Literary Output
This dissertation will discuss and analyze the life of Imam Musa, as he was known by his followers; his numerous writings, speeches, and manifestos; the contributions he made to the advancement of the...
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3 July
Bint al-Huda al-Sadr’s Personality Model for Muslim Women
This study attempts to provide a clear picture of the theoretical and conceptual framework of Bint al-Huda al-Sadr thought and her view of the role and position of women by analyzing the themes of her articles on...
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2 July
The Spiritual Aspects of Hajj: A Translation of Imam Zayn al-‘Abidin’s (A) Discourse on Hajj with al-Shibli
The Tradition of al-Shibli is reported in Mustadrak al-Wasa’il by Mirza Husayn al-Nuri, who reports it from Sharh al-Nukbah by al-Sayyid ‘Abd Allah ibn Nur al-Din ibn Ni‘mat Allah al-Musawi. The hadith is in the form of a...
June, 2022
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27 June
The Conceptualization of Guardianship in Iranian Intellectual History (1800-1989): Reading Ibn ʿArabī’s Theory of Wilāya in the Shīʿa World
This book is a study of the concept of wilāya and its developments among Shīʿī scholars from the eighteenth to twentieth century. Leila Chamankhah addresses a number of issues by delving into the....
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21 June
Book Review: An Introduction to Islamic Law by Wael Hallaq
Wael Hallaq is one of the leading scholars in the field of Islamic law, and well qualified to evaluate the historical Shari‘ah, in comparison with both modern legislation and today’s heavily politicized presentation of Islamic law.....