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Kitāb al-Sunna of ʿAbdullāh ibn Aḥmad: An Analysis of Transmission Reliability and Theological Implications
The Attribution, Methodology, and Content of Kitāb al-Sunna This comprehensive analysis challenges the contemporary circulation of Kitāb al-Sunna, attributed to…
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SEVENTEEN HADĪTH SCHOLARS WHO INDICATED THE USE OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF AUTHENTIC NARRATIONS IN THEIR WORKS
Introduction The science of ḥadīth criticism constitutes one of the most sophisticated epistemological frameworks in Islamic intellectual history. Muslim scholars…
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Aqeeda
Al-Fiqh al-Akbar: Scholars who authenticated it as a work of Imam Abū Ḥanīfa and the Mu’tazila rejection
The attribution of Al-Fiqh al-Akbar to Imam Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nu’mān ibn Thābit al-Kūfī (d. 150 AH) represents one of the…
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Aqeeda
Imām Abū Ḥanīfa’s Autograph Copy of al-Fiqh al-Akbar: The 6th Century Manuscript Discovery and Fifty Attestations of his Authorship
This study undertakes a comprehensive examination of one of the most contested questions in Islamic intellectual history: the authorship of…
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Aqeeda
The Scholars who affirmed al-Fiqh al-Akbar was by Imam Abū Ḥanīfa
There are two separate transmissions [riwāya] of the treatise called al-Fiqh al-Akbar. One of these transmissions belongs to Imam Abū…
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Sunna
Shāh Walī Allāh al-Dihlawī (d. 1176 AH) and his classification of the books of Hadith
The famous Indian Hadith scholar known as Shāh Walī Allāh al-Dihlawī mentioned the following in his Ḥujjat Allāh al-Bāligha (1/230-234):…
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Aqeeda
Exposing the Forgery of Sharḥ al-Sunna Attributed to al-Barbahārī by Shaykh al-Azharī
Introduction The attribution of some Islamic texts has long been a contentious issue in scholarly circles, with significant implications for…
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Aqeeda
Sulṭān al-ʿUmayrī and his Critical View of the Book “Sharḥ al-Sunna” attributed to al-Barbahārī (d. 329 AH)
This article represents the third instalment in our series examining the controversial work “Sharḥ al-Sunna” attributed to the 4th-century Ḥanbalī…
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Fiqh
The Fiqh of Eid al-Adha
The deen of al-Islam has two major holidays, Eid al-Fitr which is celebrated at the end of fasting in the…
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Fiqh
When Eid Salah and Jumu’a Salah Coincide: Imam al-Ṭaḥāwī’s Analysis of the Narrations
The following text is from Imam Abū Ja’far Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭaḥāwī’s (d. 321 AH/933 CE) renowned work Sharḥ Mushkil…
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