Muntasir Zaman
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Sunna
Give It a Second Thought: Guidelines on How to Approach Seemingly Problematic Hadīth
Give It a Second Thought: Guidelines on How to Approach Seemingly Problematic Hadīth By Muntasir Zaman “The example of the…
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Fiqh
Difference of the Jurists Due to Varying Degrees of Knowledge of the Sunnah
Translator’s Preface The following is an excerpt from our abridged translation of the masterpiece, Athar al-Hadīth al-Sharīf fī Ikhtilāf al-A’immah al-Fuqahā’, by…
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Misc
On the Retention of the Companions
On the Retention of the Companions By Shaykh Muntasir Zaman To evaluate the reliability of a narrator, Ḥadīth scholars examined…
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Misc
The Life and Works of the Hanafī Jurist and Hadīth Scholar Qāsim ibn Qutlūbughā
The Life and Works of the Hanafī Jurist and Hadīth Scholar Qāsim ibn Qutlūbughā By Shaykh Muhammad ‘Awwāmah Translated by…
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Sunna
On the Manuscripts of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī: Discrepancies and Disappearance of the Original Copy
On the Manuscripts of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī: Discrepancies and Disappearance of the Original Copy By ʿAbd al-Qādir Jalāl Translated by Muntasir…
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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
The Isnād System: An Unbroken Link to The Prophet
The Isnād System: An Unbroken Link to The Prophet By Shaykh Muntasir Zaman Pause for a moment, and ask yourself:…
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Fiqh
Clarifying the Maxim: Our Madhhab is Correct and Possibly Incorrect
Clarifying the Maxim: Our Madhhab is Correct and Possibly Incorrect While the Madhhab of Others is Incorrect and Possibly Correct.…
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Fiqh
A Call to Justice
A Call to Justice[1] By Salāh Abū ‘l-Hājj[2] Translated by Muntasir Zaman All praise belongs to Allah. We praise…
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Fiqh
Chronological List of Prominent Hadīth Scholars
The importance of knowing the dates of birth/death of the scholars cannot be stressed enough, for it holds a high…
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