Nadwatul Ulama-Trained Scholar Explores Imam Muslim’s Methodology and Context in Sahih Hadith Studies

Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi

I was trained as an `alim in Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow India. I also did a doctorate in the University of Lucknow where I recently gave a lecture on how Muslim women should go about recovering their public authority as Islamic scholars. In short, what I study is focused on the traditional Islamic sciences of tafsir

Understanding Dajjal: Guiding Muslims Toward Responsible Knowledge, Faith, and Action Without Misguided Speculation

Dajjal:

There is no reliable information about Dajjal that is sufficient responsibly to change your behavior or your policies. What, then, is the point of the Prophet’s giving any information, however limited, about Dajjal? The answer must begin by reflecting on what need people have to know something about such matters.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp

Reflections on Surah An-Naziat : Power, Humility, and the Illusion of Human Mastery

Surah An-Naziat

Surah An-Naziat: In the opening line, the words are related to the verb naza,meaning to drag away or strip out forcibly. Other common words in Arabic derived from the same root include meanings like struggle, death struggle, the agony of death. Connected here with garqa, destruction and drowning, wa-n-naziati garqa brings to mind an irresistible

Ruling on Men Wearing Gold-Plated Watches — Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi

Men Wearing Gold

Question:Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Shaykh.I hope you are well. Alhamdulillah, I greatly benefit from your Sunday classes. I had a quick question, if that’s okay. What is your opinion regarding men wearing gold-plated watches? Please feel free to respond whenever it’s convenient for you.Jazakallahu khayran for your continued guidance and teaching. Answer: Salam,Wa

A Reflection on Surat-al-Ankabut : Faith, Effort, and the Delusion of Self-Sufficiency

Surat al-Ankabut

The surah ”Surat al-`Ankabut”begins with the question: |a hasiba n-nasu |an… It is not right to translate hasiba as ‘think’/‘imagine’ or ‘suppose’/‘conjecture’. The meaning here is ‘reckon’, ‘calculate’, to use reason to weigh up options in order to come to a judgment about the value of this or that option. The opening verses makes it