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When and how scholars exercise independent reasoning to derive new rulings from t...
The fourth source of Islamic law: how scholars derive new rulings by analogy to existing ones.
... Muslim rule in Iberia: Cordoba, convivencia, architecture, scholarship, and the Reconquista.
How scholars grade hadith: sahih, hasan, da'if, and mawdu. The criteria ...
The intellectual tradition of the Ottoman Empire, from Sheyhulislam fatwas to advances in astronomy, architecture, and law.
The remarkable scholarship of Aisha, who narrated over 2,200 hadiths and was a lead...
An introduction to the principles scholars use to derive rulings from the Quran, Sunnah, ijma, and qiy...
How scholars classify hadiths as sahih, hasan, and da'if, and the method...
The life and legacy of the founder of the Hanafi school, the oldest and largest madhab in Sunni Islam.
The life and methodology of the Maliki school's founder, author of al-Muwatta, the earliest surviving hadith collection.
The scholar who systematized Islamic legal theory and wrote al-Risala, the first treatise on the principles of jurisprudence.
The imam who endured the mihnah (inquisition) for refusing to accept the createdness of the Quran and compiled the Musnad.
The extraordinary methodology of Imam al-Bukhari, who selected 7,275 hadiths from 600,000 narrations for the most authentic hadith book.
The methodology and structure of Sahih Muslim, considered the second most authentic hadith compilation after Sahih al-Bukhari.
The Prophet said seeking knowledge is obligatory for every Muslim. The types of knowledge, their priority, and the etiquette of the student.
...ates mahram relationships in Islam, the conditions, and the scholars' positions.
... of the Athari theological methodology, its principles, key scholars, and relationship to Ash'ari and Maturidi schools.
..., adaptation, and debate over Aristotelian logic in Islamic scholarship and its role in the religious sciences.
A survey of how Muslim scholars advanced human knowledge in science, medicine, mathematics,...
How Muslim scholars developed a rigorous science for authenticating and classif...
...s of independent juristic reasoning and following qualified scholars, and the balance between them.
...enduring influence of one of Islam's most cited and debated scholars.
The biography of one of Islam's greatest scholars, author of Riyad al-Salihin and the Forty Hadith, his ascet...
...Mizan al-I'tidal, and his critical approach to biographical scholarship.
...), its use as a supplementary source of law, the conditions scholars placed on it, and debates on its scope.
The Quranic call to reflect on creation, the scholars' emphasis on contemplation as worship, and how tafakkur dee...
How scholars distinguish between surahs revealed in Mecca and Medina, th...
...hose precise interpretation is known only to Allah, and how scholars approach each type.
How hadith scholars evaluated the reliability and trustworthiness of narrators,...
...step-by-step methodology used by classical and contemporary scholars to verify the chain and text of a hadith, including checkin...
... containing over 27,000 hadith and its importance in hadith scholarship.
The historical reasons hadith were fabricated, the methods scholars use to detect forgeries, and famous examples of widely circ...
...the chain or the identity of a narrator, its types, and how scholars detect and handle it.
How scholars evaluate the content of a hadith beyond the chain of narrat...
The significant role women played in transmitting and teaching hadith, from Aisha bint Abi Bakr to Fatimah al-Bataihiyyah, and how no female narrator was ever a
The four conditions scholars have identified for a valid repentance: ceasing the sin, re...
...of tying the camel, and the levels of tawakkul described by scholars.
..., knowledge, or worship, how it differs from pride, and the scholars' advice for treating it.
How the Companions and scholars disagreed with respect and maintained brotherhood, the diff...
The life and scholarship of the leading Tabi'i of Madinah, his deep knowledge of ...
The legendary Tabi'i known for his eloquence, piety, and scholarship, whose circles in Basra produced some of Islam's greates...
The story of the woman who founded al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, Morocco, in 859 CE, recognized as the oldest existing and continually operating university.
Aisha's unparalleled contributions to hadith transmission, jurisprudence, and Arabic poetry, and how the greatest Companions consulted her on difficult matters.
The Syrian scholar who died at 45 but left enduring works including Riyad al-Salihin, Sharh Sahih Muslim, and the Forty Hadith collection.
The highest station of the spiritual path according to many scholars, how love of Allah is cultivated, and the signs that it has...
...of the world, and anger, and the remedies prescribed by the scholars.
...le ways sincerity can be compromised, and the advice of the scholars on purifying one's intentions.
How classical Islamic scholarship developed a sophisticated understanding of human psychol...
How scholars apply zakat rulings to stocks, cryptocurrencies, retirement...