Nour Responds to Panorama’s Secret of Britain’s Shariah Councils
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The BBC show Panorama, through secret filming, has found that Shari’ah courts are not helping women in domestic violent situations.

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Nour Responds to Panorama’s Secret of Britain’s Shariah Councils
April 24, 2013 – 10:13 pm | No Comment

The BBC show Panorama, through secret filming, has found that Shari’ah courts are not helping women in domestic violent situations. Read the full story »

The Prophet’s Actions As a Source for Determining the Status of Things in Islam By Dr. Sherman ‘Abd al-Hakim Jackson
January 31, 2013 – 8:41 pm | No Comment
The Prophet’s Actions As a Source for Determining the Status of Things in Islam By Dr. Sherman ‘Abd al-Hakim Jackson

Towards Empowering the Common Muslim
The subject of religious literacy has been paramount on my mind for the past several years.

The Art of Marriage – Weekend Course
January 23, 2013 – 10:26 pm | No Comment
The Art of Marriage – Weekend Course

Ebrahim College presents: ‘The Art of Marriage’ weekend seminar:
2nd/3rd February 2013 – LONDON
Also on 9th/10th February 2013 – MANCHESTER
Book now for an EARLY BIRD discount:
http://ebrahimcollege.org.uk/ebrahim/the-art-of-marriage/

Rochdale Halaqah: Signs of the Day of Judgement
January 8, 2013 – 9:27 pm | No Comment
Rochdale Halaqah: Signs of the Day of Judgement

Day of Judgment is one of the pillars of Iman (faith). What are the minor and major signs? How should Muslims react to these signs? How do they impact our day to day …

Maqasid al-Shari’ah and the Language of the Friday Khutbah (Sermon)
November 30, 2012 – 11:46 pm | 15 Comments
Maqasid al-Shari’ah and the Language of the Friday Khutbah (Sermon)

Does the the Friday Khutbah (Sermon) need to be in Arabic?
Q3) What Language should the Friday sermon be delivered, do you have to deliver it in Arabic…and is the Khutbah going to be valid if …

Fiqh of iPhones by Imam Abdullah Hasan
November 29, 2012 – 11:44 am | No Comment
Fiqh of iPhones by Imam Abdullah Hasan

Fiqh of iPhones?
This talk will deal with the fiqh and manners of using phones and other related contemporary devices. It will also deal with some traditional ahkam (rulings) and how modern technological developments …

Love of books among the early Muslims
November 22, 2012 – 8:41 pm | No Comment
Love of books among the early Muslims

اقْرَ‌أْ بِاسْمِ رَ‌بِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ ﴿١﴾ خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ﴿٢﴾ اقْرَ‌أْ وَرَ‌بُّكَ الْأَكْرَ‌مُ ﴿٣﴾ الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ ﴿٤﴾ عَلَّمَ الْإِنسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
‘’Read in the name of your Lord who created – Created man …

Ibn Qutayba’s Ta’wil Mukhtalif al-Hadith (“The Interpretation of Conflicting Narrations”)
November 21, 2012 – 5:40 pm | No Comment
Ibn Qutayba’s Ta’wil Mukhtalif al-Hadith (“The Interpretation of Conflicting Narrations”)

This is a translation of thirteen ahadith on the conflicting ahadith on the issue of Tashbih (anthropomorphism) and their explanation from Ibn Qutayba’s Ta’wil Mukhtalif al-Hadith (“The Interpretation of Conflicting Narrations”),

Diaries of an Imam: Fiqh of Chillin’
November 17, 2012 – 4:34 pm | No Comment
Diaries of an Imam: Fiqh of Chillin’
Imam Ghazzali and the name of God Al-Ghaffar
November 12, 2012 – 6:39 pm | No Comment
Imam Ghazzali and the name of God Al-Ghaffar

Rudimentary linguistic and Qur’anic meaning:
Ghaffar, Ghafur, Ghafir – the trilateral root word is gha – fa – ra which denotes the meaning of to conceal, to cover, to protect, to shield (the Arabic word for …

Fiqh of Chillin’ by Imam Abdullah Hasan
November 12, 2012 – 11:17 am | No Comment
Fiqh of Chillin’ by Imam Abdullah Hasan

Newham Halaqah
Fiqh of Chillin’ by Imam Abdullah Hasan
Music, entertainment, movies, joking, how the Prophet and the Companions used to chill, the parameters of having fun in Islam etc.

What the west took from Islam: foundations of the modern day banking system
November 11, 2012 – 1:17 pm | One Comment
What the west took from Islam: foundations of the modern day banking system

C. Cahen asserts in the ‘Commercial Relations’:
‘Let us first rid ourselves of an idea that Pirenne himself seems to have had, namely, that Arabs and Islam are marked by a kind of native impotence in …

Does keeping the ties of kinship increase ones lifespan?
November 10, 2012 – 8:55 pm | No Comment
Does keeping the ties of kinship increase ones lifespan?

Q. There is a hadith in which states that being good to one’s family and relatives will extend one’s life. How can that be when Allah has decreed already when we will die? Also there …

I’m young, lost and been around the hood, will Allah forgive me?
November 7, 2012 – 10:47 pm | No Comment
I’m young, lost and been around the hood, will Allah forgive me?

Newham Halaqah
I’m young, lost and been around the hood, will Allah forgive me?
Date: Saturday 10th Nov 2012

Aston University (Birmingham) – Muhammad & Aisha
November 5, 2012 – 1:00 pm | No Comment
Aston University (Birmingham) – Muhammad & Aisha

Muhammad & Aisha
with Imam Abdullah Hassan
When? 2pm | Wednesday 7th November

What the West took from Islam: presumption of innocence
October 28, 2012 – 8:17 pm | No Comment
What the West took from Islam: presumption of innocence

One of the most important legal principles adopted and celebrated by our country (UK) and all the western countries is the presumption of innocence. A person accused of a crime should be given a fair …

[DRAFT] Maqasid al-Shari’ah and the caller (dai’iy) to Islam
October 20, 2012 – 6:08 am | No Comment
[DRAFT] Maqasid al-Shari’ah and the caller (dai’iy) to Islam

Maqasid al-Shari’ah and the caller (dai’iy) to Islam
Basic definition
Maqasid al-Shari’ah is a possessive construction, known in Arabic grammar as an Idafa, by which the meaning,