List Of Articles

Qur’an preservation and compilation

1. Qur’an Preservation Efforts During the Prophet’s Lifetime
2. Sab‘a Ahruf Hadith: Sab‘a Indeed Means Seven
3. Seven Ahruf Scheme and the Centrality of the Prophetic Precedent
4. Seven Ahruf Hadith: On Suggestions against Centrality of the Prophetic Precedent [NEW]
5. Seven Ahruf: Review of Contemporary English Explanations
6. No. of Surahs in the Mushaf of Ibn Masud
7. No. of Surahs in Ubayy’s Mushaf
8. Meaning of Ibn ‘Umar’s statement, “Much of the Qur’an is Gone”
9. Reality of the ‘Missing’ Qur’anic Verse on Suckling
10. Muslim Studies on Qur’anic Manuscripts

Qur’an: Alleged Problems and Queries

11. Refuting Missionaries on Qur’an and Kings in Isra’il before Moses
12. Qur’an says ‘Ask People of the Book’: What and Why?
13. Correction or Consolation? Qur’an 4:95 and Exemption for the Blind Man
14. “Slave for Slave, Woman for Woman”: Qur’an 2:178 Explained
15. Qur’an on the knowledge of unborn child’s sex and rain forecast
16. Alleged Qur’an Inconsistency: Can I call her mother?
17. Does the Qur’an say Torah was given for the Egyptians?
18. Qur’an’s Prophecy about the Jews and the Followers of Christ
19. Allah Does Not Repent: Examining the use of word ‘taaba’ for Allah
20. If and how does Allah misguide people?

Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ): Life and actions

21. Orientalist Approach towards the Prophet’s Biography
22. Prohibiting ‘Ali from a Legal Marriage: Alleged Inconsistency of the Prophet
23. Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) and the devil named al-Abyad
24. Fact Check: The Prophet (ﷺ) and Talisman

The Prophet’s (ﷺ) married life

25. Basic Facts on the Prophet’s Marriages
26. Prophet’s Marital Life: Unconsummated Marriages, Unmaterialized Proposals
27. Marriage Related Privileges of the Prophet: A Study in Chronology
28. Aspects of Wisdom in Prophet Muhammad’s Multiple Marriages
29. The Age Of Khadija At The Time Of Her Marriage With The Prophet
30. The Prophet’s conduct with his wife Sawdah: The issue of divorce
31. Prophet Muhammad’s Marriage with Nine-Year Old Aisha: A Review of Contentions
32. Muhammad Asad on Aisha’s Marriage with the Prophet
33. Mistake or Mischief? Dedering and a report on the Prophet’s marriage with ‘Aisha
34. Background To Prophet’s Marriage With Zainab
35. Two Issues Around Prophet Muhammad’s Marriage With Safiyya
36. Truth about Jauniyya, the woman who sought refuge from the Prophet (ﷺ)
37. Maria, The Copt: Prophet Muhammad’s Wife Or Concubine?
38. The If, When, and Why of Prophet’s Visits to All His Wives in a Single Night

Hadith : General issues

39. Authority of Hadith in the Light of Qur’an
40. Authority of Hadith and Incident of Pollination of Palm-Trees
41. The Problem of Enormous Numbers of Hadith
42. Hanafis and Preference between Hadith and Qiyas
43. Where is Sahih Bukhari’s Original Copy?
44. Al-Jami’ of Ma’mar bin Rashid: Extinct or Extant?
45. Al-Bukhari, his “Sahih”, and the Hanafis

Hadith: Discussions on specific reports

46. On the question of Adult Breastfeeding in Islamic Tradition
47. The Critique of Criticism: Analysis of Ibn Khaldun’s Objections to the Narrations about al-Mahdi
48. Aishah’s statement “Your Lord hastens in fulfilling your desires” explained
49. Are children born out of wedlock condemned in hadith?
50. Does Hadith condemn the infant girls buried alive?
51. On Meaning Of The Hadith “There Is No Contagious Disease”
52. Hadith and Protection of Makkah and Madina from Plague
53. [Explained] Hadith: The Two Months of ‘Id are Never Deficient
54. Discussion on ‘Amr bin Maimun’s Narration about Stoning of Monkeys
55. Hadith on Prophet Sulayman Visiting Multiple Wives in a Single Night
56. Explaining the hadith ‘the abdomen of your brother has lied’
57. Explained: Hadith about eating in one or seven intestines
58. Abu Bakr’s Befitting Response to a Pagan or an Insult to Another’s Religion?
59. Telling Someone to Bite Their Father’s Genitals: Explicit Phrase or Misunderstood Expression?
60. Did Aishah Doubt Prophet Muhammad’s Prophethood?
61. Understanding “Satan urinates in the ear” hadith
62. Hadith: “He whose two days are equal, is a loser”
63. A False Hadith: The Prophet Kissed the Genitals of His Little Grandson
64. Unverified Story of Uwais Al-Qarni Breaking his Teeth
65. Authentic or otherwise? Biting Words of ‘Umar’s Wife
66. On Hind bt. ‘Utbah Chewing Hamza’s Liver

About narrators of hadith

67. Abu Hanifa’s opinion of ‘Ikrimah
68. Is ‘Ikrimah alone in narrating the hadith “Whoever changes his religion, kill him”?

Women and Islam

69. Women in Islam: Are they subservient to men?
70. Creation from a crooked rib: Does Islam deride women?
71. Should women go out and work like men? An Islamic Perspective
72. ‘Aqiqah: Why the Difference Between Boys and Girls?
73. Does Islam Allow Wife-Beating? The Traditional Understanding of Qur’an 4:34
74. Domestic Violence: Critique of some modern opinions on Quran 4:34
75. Hadith and the Idea of Women Majority in Hell
76. Are the women called devils in hadith?

Islamic Jurisprudence

77. A Concise Study of Difference of Opinions in Islam
78. Ijtihad: Concept and Queries
79. Maqasid ash-Shari‘ah Theory: Between Use & Misuse
80. Q&As about Minorities and Slaves in Islamic Law
81. Malik’s Principle on the Practice of People of Madina Explained
82. Hanafi Jurists and the Punishment of Non-Muslim Blasphemers
83. Misreading or Ijtihad: Origins of the Later Hanafi Opinion on Blasphemy

Islamic History

84. 6 Phases of the Islamic Scientific Tradition
85. Ottomans and the Printing Press: Answering Misconceptions
86. Myth and Reality of the Ottoman Harem
87. Muhammad b. Qasim and the true story of “damsels in distress”
88. Jalaluddin Khwarazm: A Visionary Leader | An Intrepid Warrior
89. The State of the Education System in the Muslim World

Answering to antagonists

90. Scholars on the Meanings of Khatam an-Nabiyyin
91. Ghamidi, Muwatta, and the Return of ‘Eisa
92. Answering Revisionists: Can a Muslim Woman Marry a Jew or a Christian?
93. Opposition to Rajm (Stoning): Analysis and Refutation

Islam: General Concepts and Queries

94. Islam- A System of Life or an Apolitical Set of Beliefs, Rituals and Morals?
95. What is Islam? Is it only about acts of worship?
96. An Outline Of Orientalist Aberrations About Islam
97. Difference between Muslim and Western Conceptions of Religion
98. Why people fail to do away with religious doubts?
99. Islam’s Attitude towards Expression of Sorrow at the Loss of Loved Ones
100. Pleasures in the Islamic Paradise: Spiritual or Sensual?
101. Why Islam discourages images of animate beings?
102. Traditionalism- A Nostalgia for the Past?
103. Why the Devil is called Iblis?

Book Reviews

104. “Answer to Modernism” by Ashraf Ali Thanwi