Scholars
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.
Articles
Articles
Islamic History
ʿAbd Allah al-Qaṣīmī: From Defending Islam to Apostasy
A biography of ʿAbd Allah al-Qaṣīmī, his early defence of Islam and tawḥīd, later apostasy, scholarly refutations and accounts of his final years.
Principles of the Salafī Methodology
Unity and Brotherhood Among Salafīs: Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī’s Advice
Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī’s advice on Salafī unity, Islamic brotherhood, seeking knowledge and wise daʿwah, with warnings against division, harshness and attacks on scholars.
Scholars
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.
Christianity
Raised, Not Crucified: The Night Allah Protected ʿĪsā ibn Maryam
Discover the Qurʾānic account of ʿĪsā ibn Maryam being raised rather than crucified, with reports preserved in Ibn Kathīr’s al-Bidāyah wa-n-Nihāyah.
Character and Manners
Bearing with the Bad Manners of Your Teacher: Patience, Propriety, and the Pursuit of Knowledge
Classical advice on patience with teachers, Islamic etiquette in seeking knowledge, respect for scholars and avoiding arrogance, with statements from the early scholars.
Character and Manners
When Envy Meets Scholarship: al-Bukhārī, adh-Dhuhlī and the Trial of Neyshabur
The trial of al-Bukhārī in Neyshabur, his dispute with adh-Dhuhlī over reciting the Qurʾān, and Imām Muslim’s stand, as preserved in classical biographies.
Islamic History
“They Serve Heaven Alone”: The Earliest Chinese Eyewitness Account of Muslims
Read Du Huan’s eighth-century eyewitness account of Muslims in the Abbasid Caliphate, preserved in the Tongdian and translated by Wan Lei.
Islamic History
ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Kinānī’s Stand Against Bishr al-Marīsī and the Miḥnah
Al-Kinānī’s account of confronting Bishr al-Marīsī over the created Qurʾān doctrine during the Abbasid Miḥnah, from al-Ḥaydah wa-l-Iʿtidhār.
Islamic History
Al-Ikhshīd: From a Bench in Baghdad to the Throne of Egypt
Discover the story of al-Ikhshīd, Muḥammad ibn Ṭughj, whose life changed from poverty in Baghdad to rule over Egypt and Syria.
Marriage
Choosing Suitable Husbands: Religion, Character, and Compatibility in Marriage
Islamic narrations on choosing a suitable husband, highlighting religion, character, attraction and compatibility in marriage through reports from the Salaf.
Death, Grave and Hereafter
The Key to Paradise: Ibn al-Qayyim on the Keys to Good and Evil
Ibn al-Qayyim explains the key to Paradise and the keys to knowledge, worship and provision, with narrations and detailed notes from Ḥādī al-Arwāḥ.
