The contest of tafkīr and takfīr
THE TAKFIRIST on the other hand lacks mental capacity, a cogent argument or any convincing evidence for his views, and…
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THE TAKFIRIST on the other hand lacks mental capacity, a cogent argument or any convincing evidence for his views, and…
THE FIRST of these attributes is waḥdāniyya (‘monotheism’), and secondly tanzīh (transcendence). But this seems contradictory or weak when we…
THE ABOVE STATEMENT is a short excerpt of a lengthy response by the Salafi cleric ‘Abd al-Ḥayy Yūsuf, to the…
SIMILARLY THERE ARE what they considered to be rational arguments – that God does not change His opinion like mortals…
THE STORY of the Isrā’ and the Miʽrāj [1] is one that frequently excites much debate due to the contradictory…
SHĪʽITE IMAMITE JURISPRUDENCE in itself entirely disavows the possibility of the Prophets committing sins, be they venial or mortal, whether…
IN THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ISLAM, Dr. Wim Raven wrote an entry on the sīra. What he says in his introduction…
IN ITS FINE DETAILS the Prophet’s sīra constitutes a basis for fatwas (juristic ruling concerning Islamic law) and provides the…
THE TERM ‘INFALLIBILITY’ is completely absent from early Islamic historiography, and textual evidence on the events of this early period…