Articles
Character and Manners
Ibn Bāz distinguishes shyness that prevents learning from the praiseworthy shyness that restrains sin, explaining the phrase “There is no shyness in religion.”
Virtues and Status of the Qurʾān
A PDF link to the English translation of the meanings of the Qurʾān by Muḥammad Taqī ad-Dīn al-Hilālī and Muḥammad Muḥsin Khān.
Scholars
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.
Innovation and Innovators
A short extract in which Muqbil al-Wādiʿī expresses hope that his recorded letter to the scholars may be a cause of recovery and asks that it be regarded as his testament if he dies.
Arabic Language Study
An overview of Classical Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic and spoken dialects, with broad regional groupings and guidance on combining formal and conversational study.
Seeking and Teaching Knowledge
A report of Ibn al-Mubārak directing a question to Abū Isḥāq al-Fazārī, followed by commentary on humility and respect in gatherings of knowledge.
Scholars
A biography of ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān as-Saʿdī covering his early life, teachers, character, scholarship, works and commitment to sharing knowledge.
Names and Attributes of Allah
A dialogue presenting an Islamic argument about Allah’s unchanging attributes and the divinity of Jesus, citing Matthew 24:36 and Qurʾān 5:72.
Arabic Language Study
Arabic curriculum PDFs from Imam Muḥammad ibn Saʿūd Islamic University, organised into four levels with reading, writing, conversation, grammar and Islamic studies materials.
Seeking and Teaching Knowledge
A powerful account illustrating the perseverance and discipline required in seeking Islamic and Arabic scholarship, as exemplified by Maḥmūd Shākir and transmitted by Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Āl al-Shaykh.
Scholars
A historical biography of Zayd al-Madkhalī covering his upbringing, teachers, teaching service, students and selected works, based on Fawwāz al-Madkhalī’s 2011 account.
Innovation and Innovators
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān explains al-Barbahārī’s statement on supplicating for Muslim rulers and the example of al-Fuḍayl ibn ʿIyāḍ.
