On the need to re-visit the Quran to discover new maqasid/objectives, which are much needed to build new Islamic approaches for new disciplines and new questions McGill University – Montreal – January 15,...
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The Quran is not only for scholars. The Quran is for everybody. And when we ignored the Quran, we created a deformed picture of Islam in our minds and ended up in a lot of trouble Khutba: Read the Quran. Masjid Toronto. Jan 29...
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This booklet is a re-examination of the concept of ‘land of Islam’ in the fiqh (understanding) of the classic schools of the Islamic jurisprudence. The objective is to understand the criteria that jurists use for rendering a certain land to be a ‘Land of Islam’. A careful study in the classic sources reveals that neither Muslims being a majority, nor the application of the corporal part of the Islamic criminal law (ḥudud), is a valid criterion. The study also reveals that the fundamental criteria used in the Islamic jurisprudence have to do with security (al-amn), freedom to...
Read MoreThe Fiqh of the heart There are 2 kinds of fiqh: the fiqh of the body and more importantly, the fiqh of the heart We lost Islam when we lost the fiqh of the heart from the Shariah. The Fiqh of the heart – Friday Khutba – Ottawa Mosque – Canada – Feb 19 2016 خطبة الجمعة بالعاصمة الكندية أوتاوا بمسجد أوتاوا الرئيسي – الموضوع: فقه القلب – ١٩ فبراير ٢٠١٦...
Read MoreThere is a difference between hadith and fiqh. The shift from an "authenticity" of a hadith to the "correctness" of a rule is not straightforward. It is knowledge that requires some explanation …. Lecture 3 – The Sunnah – Series: Introduction to the Fundamentals of Islamic Jurisprudence Usul al-Fiqh – Ottawa Mosque Feb 20 2016 سلسلة محاضرات: مقدمة في أصول الفقه الإسلامي – المحاضرة الثالثة حول السنة – مسجد أوتاوا – ٢٠ فبراير ٢٠١٦ ...
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