This is the third in a series of articles on mastering the hadith sciences, drawn from Shaykh Issam Eido’s seminar. The full seminar can be found here: Mastering the Core Islamic Sciences: Hadith. Why would scholars keep seeking license to transmit hadith, long after every major collection had already been compiled? Ongoing Transmission By the […]

This is the second in a series of articles on mastering the hadith sciences, drawn from Shaykh Issam Eido’s seminar. You can find the full seminar here: Mastering the Core Islamic Sciences: Hadith. What did scholars want to preserve as hadith collection continued into the late second century? The answer had narrowed: the words of […]

This is the first in a series of articles drawn from Shaykh Issam Eido’s seminar on mastering hadith. The full seminar can be found here: Mastering the Core Islamic Sciences: Hadith. Mastering the Core Islamic Sciences is a regular series at SeekersGuidance which looks at a specific discipline from the revealed sacred sciences, with the […]

This is the fifth in a series of six articles based on the SeekersGuidance Course on Imam Birgivi’s discussion on Beneficial Islamic Knowledge in his Tariqa al-Muhammadiyya. The Virtues Of Knowledge In The Sunna Of Our Beloved Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) emphasized […]