FILED UNDER: Article-General, Articles (Parent of blog articles), Ramadan, Scholars, Support
TAGGED WITH:: islamic scholars fund, scholarship, support
/by Yousuf PatelIn a recent article in Muslim Matters, Shaykh Osman Umarji highlights the plight of many scholars of sacred knowledge who give up their careers and livelihoods to study abroad and subsequently return to the West to teach the Muslim community. Instead of being honored and respected for their sacrifices, they face criticism and complaints. Instead […]
FILED UNDER: Seeking, Teaching, Traditional Knowledge
TAGGED WITH:: scholarship, seekerssteps
/by ErinThe SeekersGuidance Steps Curriculum allows you to navigate your journey from an absolute beginner in the Islamic sciences to scholarship and mastery. The curriculum is modelled on the traditional method of teaching the Islamic sciences in large mosques, as Imam As-Shafi did in Cairo, Imam Abu Hanifa in Kufa, and other great scholars all over […]
FILED UNDER: Seeking, Teaching, Traditional Knowledge
TAGGED WITH:: scholarship, seekerssteps
/by AishaThe SeekersHub Steps Curriculum allows you to navigate your journey from an absolute beginner in the Islamic sciences to scholarship and mastery. The curriculum is modelled on the traditional method of teaching the Islamic sciences in large mosques, as Imam As-Shafi did in Cairo, Imam Abu Hanifa in Kufa, and other great scholars all over […]
FILED UNDER: Knowledge, Social challenges, Social Issues, Teaching, women
TAGGED WITH:: Anse Tamara Gray, Empowering, female scholars, imanwire, scholarship, shaykha, Ustadha, women scholars, Women’s Voices
/by Content TeamWomen have always played important roles in Islamic learning, but their path to scholarship is not without its unique challenges, as Shaykha Tamara Gray and Ustadha Zaynab Ansari discuss. In part 1 of their conversation on ImanWire, Shaykha Tamara Gray of Rabata and Ustadha Zaynab Ansari of Tayseer Seminary discuss the future of female scholarship, […]
FILED UNDER: Article-General, Featured Articles, Support
TAGGED WITH:: crisis support, scholars, scholarship, seekerszakat, urgent support, zakat
/by ErinClick the video below for a brief update from Shaykh Faraz Rabbani on the urgent need for support. Once you’ve donated, please email us here indicating the amount donated for the urgent scholar appeal. A respected scholar has received repeated death threats from extremists and needs to move to a safer country with his wife and young children. His country’s […]
FILED UNDER: history, Knowledge, Prophetic Guidance, quran, Video
TAGGED WITH:: differences of opinion, having a shaykh, imam, islam, madhab, qur'an, Qur'an and Sunnah, scholar, scholarship, school of thought, sects, Shaykh Walead Mosaad, sound scholarship
/by Content TeamWhy do we need scholars? Why can’t we directly go to the Quran and Sunnah? Shaykh Walead Mosaad talks about the central role of scholars in transmitting, contextualizing and teaching Islam.
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Islamic Belief, ANS Shafi'i Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: caravan raids, scholarship, terrorism
/by sufyanAnswered by Sidi Abdullah Anik Misra Question: Can you please tell me the Islamic point of view on early Muslims attacking caravans? I get this a lot from non-Muslims and I wish to give them a proper response. Unfortunately, militants also use this reasoning as an excuse to do their militant attacks. Answer: Wa alaikum […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Hanafi Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: chain of transmission, difference of opinion, following a school of thought (madhab), isnad, lawful, media, movies, music, scholarship, unlawful
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadha Zaynab Ansari Abdul-Razacq Question: If we do whatever Allah asks us to do without questioning, why do different scholars have different opinions about different aspects of our religion? The permissible and impermissible is not clear and there are many different ways of interpreting something. Some scholars say watching Hollywood movies is impermissible, […]
FILED UNDER: Events, Knowledge
TAGGED WITH:: essay contest, Fawakih, Fawakih Institute, islamic studies, scholarship, summer intensive arabic programs
/by YusufFawakih is an Arabic and Islamic studies institute that aims to provide accessible and excellent outlets for study across America through the best teachers, so students may gain access to primary sources (Qu’ran, Hadith, etc.) through Arabic and develop a strong foundational understanding of Islam, without ever having to leave the U.S. The First Annual […]
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