knowledge & learning
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New PDF: Taqlid and Madhhabs: the Good, the Bad & the Ugly
This booklet explores the place of taqlid and the madhhabs within mainstream Islam, and how attitudes towards both have been considerably warped and distorted in recent decades. Drawing upon the classical scholarly tradition, it seeks to correct common misconceptions, myths, half-truths and clear falsehoods in this matter. It will further try and recover the proper… Continue reading
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Content Pages for the Forthcoming Salafism Reconsidered
These are the content pages for the forthcoming publication, Salafism Reconsidered. It gives an idea of the topics, issues and overarching theme of the book, which is centred around the concept of ijma‘-theology. Continue reading
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Salafism Reconsidered
Salafism Reconsidered is a forthcoming publication from the Jawziyyah Press & Turath Publishing, which we hope will be available for purchase between mid to late July, inshallah. The book explores the beliefs, practices and claims of contemporary Salafism across forty-two chapters, four appendices, and 372 pages, and asks if today’s Salafism actually represents the path… Continue reading
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Islam is A Corrective Religion
Let me start by explaining what I mean by the title. What do I mean by Islam being ‘corrective’? The answer is something about which no two Muslims will disagree. Islam being a corrective religion simply means that an essential aspect of Islam as din, or way of life, is that it was sent by… Continue reading
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Is the Da‘wah Inflaming Divisions?
Continuing the theme of addressing issues and misunderstandings in the da’wah, and helping to ground callers in ta’sil; or sound knowledge-based ‘principles’, here is another consideration: I While the way in which a few people carry out da‘wah to non-Muslims can seem like childish point scoring, vengeful sneering, or even an exercise in shaming, da‘wah… Continue reading
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Learning Tawhid in Ten Minutes Or Ten Years?
By the late eighties, or maybe the early nineties, ‘‘Aqidah comes first’ started to become something of a slogan in certain Muslim quarters here in Britain. It can’t be dismissed that ‘aqidah, ‘creed’ or ‘belief’ (from ‘aqada: to tie, bind, fasten securely – out of which comes the idea of tying certain beliefs to the heart in utter conviction of… Continue reading
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Modernity & Compulsory Schooling: the Theft of Children’s Minds?
‘We don’t need no education We don’t need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the class room Teachers leave them kids alone Hey teachers leave them kids alone! All in all it’s just another brick in the wall.’ [Pink Floyd, Brick in the Wall] IN 1800 ONLY five percent of Britain had any formal… Continue reading