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I’ve recently written on why I find the IMCA (Isnad-cum-Matn Analysis) and HCM (Historical-Critical Method) unreliable frameworks for hadith authentication from a Muslim perspective. The primary issue lies not in their mechanisms, but in their underlying assumptions. These methods begin with the premise that identifying a common link or tracing a narration to a specific
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Proofs for the Obligation of Khuruj Key Reminder: After a request from a dear brother, we have decided to summarise the key arguments from the Qur’an and Sunnah in regards to the obligation of enjoining good, forbidding evil, rendering the judgement to God. This Divine obligation can only be enacted if there is tamkeen (possibility).
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Dedication: Our aim is for the Muslim Ummah to be objective, fair and impartial in pursuit of truth and oppose the culture of sectarianism, fanaticism and blind-following. Allah has promised to preserve the Divine Revelation, not protect sects or men from misguidance. So follow the evidence o Muslim and do not imitate the inherited religion
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The Necessary Being Argument from the Qur’an (Qur’an 30:50)“So look at the effects of Allah’s mercy: how He gives life to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed, that is the one who gives life to the dead, and He is capable of everything.” This verse is one of the rational reminders that God is the
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Mutashabihat in the Qur’an Acknowledgements I appreciate the work of Sayed Ali Hurr Kamunpoori from the Shi’a Reformist group Al-Islaah, it was he who has allowed me to understand this concept properly through his student, my friend Muhammad Qa’im al-Islaahi. I acknowledge the great works of the two giants of Qur’an-Centrism Hamiduddin al-Farahi & Amin
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Kalam – Hand of God? Literal or Metaphorical? An analysis of the Qur’anic usage of metaphorical language in relation to the concept of Mutashabihat (ambiguous and/or allegorical verses) related to the subject of God, the Hereafter and Divine actions. The Anthropomorphist doctrine is advocated by the Salafi school, influenced by Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad b.
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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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