I thought it was timely to write this article, given Dr Fawad Ahmed’s brutally candid essay on the truth about hadith literature in Islam. Hadith are the alleged sayings, doings and abstentions of ...

In Islam, peace is the rule while war is the exception. The entire range of Islamic teachings and the practical life of the Prophet testify to this. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Peace is integral to the ...

I want to know the context (or Fiqh) of the Hadith that has been used as a negative propaganda nowadays against tolerance in Islam. This Hadith is in Bukhari and Muslim. The Hadith is as follows: ...

Dear brothers and sisters! Know that, anything linked to the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) is honoured with having a lofty status and great appreciation. The Science of Hadith is also such; it ...

The words of the Qur'an and hadith contain rich resources for supporting the democratic order. If Muslims are to embrace modernity, including life in a pluralistic, democratic society, without ...

(AFP) Turkish religious authorities have been careful in presenting the Hadith Project, launched some two years ago. The country's state committee on religious affairs, the Diyanet, reacted to last ...

There is nothing in the Quran or Hadith that bars Muslim women from being guardians of their minor children but the law laid down by the Supreme Court doesn’t allow testing the Muslim personal law on ...

Here in India, you may have had a plate of biryani at Al Zamzam or hummed the soulful Kun Fayakun from the film Rockstar without pausing for thought. The consumption of the products of our Islamic ...

If a Hafiz or religious teacher wants to teach Qur'an, can he charge fees for it? I read a Hadith that a Muslim who teach Qur'an is not allowed to take any fees for it whether Ikhlas or not. For some ...