IN HIS COLLECTION of Ṣaḥīḥ hadiths Muslim narrates a tale that demonstrates the position of ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib as regards Abū Bakr…

WE WILL THEREFORE refer to the books of the Muslims to find out just how deep that brotherly relationship was,…

IT IS THIS SUPREME power that created the universe, human beings included, which manages the conditions of this universe and…

AL-BAGHAWI ARGUED that Maryam was saying “If you are a believer, do not oppress me” meaning that your piety should…

THIS SLIPPERY REVERENTIAL, justificatory mentality has been obsessed with searching for ways out of embarrassing dilemmas – a process that…

THIS WAS BECAUSE Imām Ali was aware that “the Qur’ān does not speak, but rather it is men who speak…

AS THIS CONFUSION began to take root, the Rightly-Guided Caliphate descended into non-stop strife – wars with those who opposed zakāh,…

IN BOTH CASES the result is the same: the Prophet introduced a new religion, spent his life spreading and consolidating…

SINCE THE RELIGIOUS TEXT is always sacred and may not be violated, whether by any emendation, alteration, deletion, addition or…

AS THESE HAVE accumulated, the problems have become all the more convoluted and the threads of argument confused, to the point…