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Fiqh
Is Salatul Taraweeh 8 or 20 rak’ats in Ramadan?
The following treatise by Dr. Abul Hasan Hussain Ahmed is probably the most in-depth research and defence in English of…
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Fiqh
“Salafi” scholars who authenticated al-Bayhaqi’s narration for 20 rak’ats Taraweeh
Assalamu alaikum With regard to the famous narrations for the validity of 20 Rak’ats of Taraweeh in Umar ibn al-Khattab’s…
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Fiqh
Salat al-Tarawih from I’la al Sunan of Sh. Zafar Ahmed Uthmani
The following is an English translation of the chapter regarding Salatul Tarawih as found in the 18 volume work known…
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Fiqh
Authenticity of a du’a at iftar time
Is the following du’a (supplication) said at the breaking of the fast (iftar) weak (da’eef) or not and can one…
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Aqeeda
The Divine Attributes: Ahlus Sunnah vs. Mujassimah
The following introductory essay delineates the basic creedal differences between Ahlus Sunnah wa l-Jamā’ah and the contemporary Salafiyyah on the…
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Fiqh
Is the Authenticity of a Hadīth Sufficient to Practice upon it?
The following is an excerpt from our abridged translation of the masterpiece, Athar al-Hadīth al-Sharīf fī Ikhtilāf al-A’immah al-Fuqahā’, by the Syrian…
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Sunna
The Muḥaddith’s Etiquette – by Imām al-Dhahabī (d. 748 AH)
The Muḥaddith’s Etiquette Imām Muḥammad Ibn Aḥmad al-Dhahabī ؒ It is an imperative that the student of knowledge correct his…
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Fiqh
Akhbar al-Fuqaha Narration on Non Raf’ul Yadayn
This article by Shaykh Rayhan Jawaid examines a unique narration from the Akhbar al-Fuqaha of Imam Muhammad ibn Harith al-Khushani…
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Refutations
Did any Hanafis Tamper with a Narration in the Mustadrak of al-Hakim?
This article by Shaykh Dr. Abul Hasan Hussain Ahmed is a refutation of those who claimed that some Hanafis tampered…
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e-Books
Answering the claim that Imam al-Dhahabi weakened Imam Abu Hanifa in his Mizan al-I’tidal
The great Hadith expert (Hafiz), proficient assessor of Hadith (Naqid), biographer, and historian (Mu’arrikh), al-Imam al-Hafiz Shamsud-Din al-Dhahabi (d. 748…
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