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Why Most of the Scholars of Islam Were Non-Arabs – Ibn Khaldūn
Ibn Khaldūn explains why most of the scholars of Islam were non-Arabs, and why knowledge followed urban civilisation.
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Taqī ad-Dīn al-Hilālī: His Scholarly Journey and Advice to Muslim Youth
A 1957 interview with Shaykh Taqī ad-Dīn al-Hilālī on seeking Islamic knowledge, studying ḥadīth, teaching in India and Germany, and his advice to Muslim youth.
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Al-Hilālī’s Bag of Ten Coins: A Mathematical Case Against Blind Chance
Al-Hilālī's coin-probability illustration from his sharḥ on Kitāb al-Tawḥīd, demonstrating the mathematical impossibility of a purposeless, chance-formed universe.
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A Lesson in Brotherhood: The Dispute and Reconciliation of Shaykhs Aḥmad Shākir and Ḥāmid al-Fiqī
The dispute and reconciliation of Shaykhs Aḥmad Shākir and Ḥāmid al-Fiqī illustrate Salafī brotherhood, forgiveness and restraint in scholarly disagreement.
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Sībawayh’s Books: The Account of Their Burning and Rewriting
Read Abū ʿAlī al-Fārisī’s account of Sībawayh’s wife burning his early manuscripts and the grammarian compiling al-Kitāb afresh.
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Ibn Ḥazm and the Beginning of His Study of Fiqh
How a correction in prayer led Ibn Ḥazm to begin studying fiqh at twenty-six, study Mālik’s al-Muwaṭṭaʾ and enter scholarly debate, as related in Siyar Aʿlām an-Nubalāʾ.
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The Biography of Imām ar-Rustamī (d. 561 AH)
A biography of Imām ar-Rustamī, his teachers and students, scholarly praise for him and a clarification concerning reported dreams.
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The Biography of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ṣaghīr ʿAkūr
A biography of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ṣaghīr ʿAkūr, describing his education, teachers, humility, teaching and service to the Salafī call.
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A Sitting with Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī
Advice and answers from a sitting on 8 May 2014 concerning Islamic knowledge, young people, family life in the West and dealings with others.
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Imām Muḥammad ibn Shihāb az-Zuhrī (d. 124 AH/742 CE): His Life and Scholarship
A biography of Imām az-Zuhrī describing his lineage, teachers, study habits, transmitters, scholarly reputation and death, with reports checked against classical Arabic sources.
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Imām Sībawayh: His Life, Teachers and Al-Kitāb
An account of Sībawayh’s pursuit of Arabic grammar, teachers, students, debate with al-Kisāʾī and the enduring importance of Al-Kitāb, with variant biographical reports distinguished.
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Shaykh ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān as-Saʿdī: His Life, Teaching and Works
A biography of ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān as-Saʿdī covering his early life, teachers, character, scholarship, works and commitment to sharing knowledge.
