Between the Qur’ānic text and interpretations of commentators
THERE IS MUCH that conflicts between the various commentators and their individual opinions and religious affiliations, to the point where…
Progressive, Enlightened Voices from the Arab World
THERE IS MUCH that conflicts between the various commentators and their individual opinions and religious affiliations, to the point where…
NO ONE CAN DENY that anyone who reads a text, particularly if that text is ‘sanctified’, must make use of…
AS A RESULT the question becomes closed when the hadith are included in one of the books of Sihāh, Masānīd…
TAKING THINGS from this view, we will attempt to examine here the widespread dictum concerning the Qur’ān which runs: “The…
IN ARABIC CULTURE there is a commonly used phrase: “Even the whole Earth cannot change my word,”[1] which Arab men…
MUSLIMS POINT to the damage caused by delay in the updating of religious thought in four broad areas: 1 –…
A PERPLEXING ISSUE indeed. All the criteria for accepting the validity of a hadith focus upon the chain of transmission…
THE SCHOLARS OF LAW say that the Qur’ān was revealed over a period of 23 years. This can be divided…
THIS DISINTEGRATION occurred in the Islamic community a short time after the death of the Messenger, so that “one form…
HADITH BEGAN to be fabricated during the lifetime of the Prophet himself and men became famous for their expertise in…