Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
Shi‘ism, Iran, and the Islamic Revolution are subjects fraught with political biases and ideological agendas; sometimes, even fiction is presented as...
January, 2022
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8 January
Maxims of Fiqh (Al-Qawaid Al-Fiqhiyyah)
The maxims of fiqh, or al-qawaid al-fighiyyah, are part of a specific science which falls under the category of kb. A maxim is defined as a general rule by which subsidiary fiqh rulings are known by directly. The maxims of fiqh are mostly comprehensive statements which combine multiple subsidiary issues …
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7 January
Comprehensive Islamic Jurisprudence according to the Qur’an and Authentic Sunnah
In this book, Al-Imam Ash-Shawkani - may Allah shower blessings on him - provided the authentic texts upon which his chosen views in ad-Durar al-Bahiyyah were based, citing the sources of the narrations, affirming their...
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6 January
The Life of Fatimah Al-Zahra, The Principal of all Women: Study and Analysis
The book before you, dear reader, is a study on the life of Infallible Fatima (a.s.), the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (a.s.). Our role in this book was the reviewing and verifying of its texts and...
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6 January
The Enterprise of Science in Islam: New Perspectives
Between A.D. 800 and 1450, the most important centers for the study of what we now call "the exact sciences"—including the mathematical sciences of arithmetic, geometry, and trigonometry and their applications in...
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4 January
Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe
Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe shows that Muslims were citizens of modern Europe from its beginning and, in the process, rethinks Europe itself....
December, 2021
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28 December
The Wise Teachings of Jesus Christ in the Words of Prophet Muhammad and the Purified Imams
Jesus Christ (Peace be upon Him) has an elevated station within Islam. In the Quran and Hadith (sacred narrations) quoted from the Prophet of Islam and his...
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24 December
Book: Female Religious Authority in Shi’i Islam
This collection of case studies, covering the period from classical Islam to the present, and taken from across the Shiʿi Islamic world, reflects on the roles that women have played in exercising religious authority across time and...
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14 December
Non-Shia Practices of Muḥarram in South Asia and the Diaspora
The book will be a key resource to scholars and students of South Asian studies, Asian religion, in particular rituals and religious practices, and Islamic studies but also engaging to non-academic readers interested in the practices of several regions. This book analyses engagements with non-Shia practices of Muḥarram celebrations in …
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13 December
Book: Shīʿī Spirituality for the Twenty-First Century
Shīʿī Spirituality for the Twenty-First Century is a collection of talks and articles that reflect upon the teachings of Prophet Muhammad, his daughter Fatima, his granddaughter Zaynab and the Twelve Imams (as). It considers how our lives may be illuminated and our hearts strengthened in the...