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Can Islamic Law Change Based on Time, Context and Custom? – Introduction This article is an academic response to the controversial subject of the changeability of Shari’i injunctions and certain rulings being based on the custom of the people of that time rather than the ruling being applied universally in all times and places. To
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Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Mansur ibn Hazim from Bakr ibn Habib who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s), about Tashahhud (the testimony of belief). He (the Imam) said, ‘Had it been as they say that
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By Faheem Nadeem Maliki Usul Split into Explicit texts (Nass) and Apparent (dhahir) texts. Nass texts are not open to interpretation whereas dhahir can be interpreted. Shafi’i considered to Nass and Dhahir to be interchangeable, in the Maliki position the Nass is stronger than the dhahir. A dhahir text can mean one of two
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Acknowledgment I would like to acknowledge & thank Prima Quran for his articulate articles regarding the correct rules & regulations of marriage & divorce laws under Shari’a through the clear verses of the Qur’an & the practice of the established Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad that was undermined by some later schools of Islamic jurisprudence.
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Hadith Centrism It’s a clear pre-requisite for a true scholar or faqih to be a master of Hadith and the historical incidents pertaining to the life and stances of the Prophet Muhammad (s). Nevertheless, it is also evident that Hadith-centrism and Rijal-centrism and an excessive focus on the concept of sahih sanad (chains of transmission)


