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Sunna
An Overview of Ten Manuscripts of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī
With at least 400 scholarly works and 2000 extant manuscripts written over a millennium to its name, there is hardly…
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Sunna
A Gem Among Stones: al-Ṣaghānī’s Manuscript of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī
A Gem Among Stones: al-Ṣaghānī’s Manuscript of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī By Shaykh Muntasir Zaman Modern concerns surrounding the disappearance of al-Bukhārī’s…
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Refutations
The Phrase ‘ bi dhatihi ‘ Explained
Some of the Imams of the past objected to the usage of the phrase bi dhatihi. For example, regarding the…
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e-Books
Should men place the hands on the chest in Salah?
This is a section from al-I’lam bi-takbir al-musalli bi makan wad’il yadayn ba’d takbiratul ihram by the Saudi based writer…
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Fiqh
Hadith of Ibn Mas’ud (ra) on not raising the hands in Salah
Question: The Salafi writer known as Shaykh Abdur Rahman al-Mubarakpuri attempted to weaken the following narration in his commentary on…
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Aqeeda
Imam al Nawawi was an Ash’ari
One of the claims of the pseudo-salafi movement is that Imam An-Nawawi was not an Asha’ri in creed. This is…
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Misc
Imam Abu Hanifah’s Rank in Hadith
The following extensively researched article is by Shaykh Zameelur Rahman and has been uploaded here with his permission. Imam Abu…
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e-Books
Did any Hanafis Tamper with a Narration in Sunan Abi Dawud?
Of the later pseudo-Salafis of this age, one late writer from Pakistan was the late Sultan Mahmud al-Jalalpuri (d. 1995)…
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Fiqh
Imam Qāsim ibn Quṭlūbughā on how to determine the preponderant view (tarjīḥ) in the Hanafi Madhhab
The following discussion and verdict of the foremost Hanafi jurist and Hadith scholar of his age known as Imam Qāsim…
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Misc
“The Salafi Da’wah is now in disarray”: Al-Albani
Nasir al-Albani (d. 1999 CE), who was one of the major proponents and outspoken representatives of a modern day sect…
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