In the following hadith the Messenger of Allah (Salla’Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) draws a comparison for our understanding and make clear the example of knowledge and its recipients.

Allah Ta’ala mentions in Surah Kahf (18:66) in the story of Musa (‘alayhi ‘s-Salam) when he was instructed by Allah to go and learn from Khadir (‘alayhi ‘s-Salam)

قَالَ لَهُ مُوسَىٰ هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَىٰ أَن تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًا

Musa (‘alayhi ‘s-Salam) said to him (Khadir), “May I be your follower so that you can teach me a part of what you have been taught for (my) guidance?”

In this verse, Musa (‘alayhi ‘s-Salam) observes a multitude of etiquettes when seeking knowledge from Khadir (‘alayhi ‘s-Salam)

Adapted from Mawlānā ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm Chishtī’s إقرأ اور علّم بالقلم کے ثقافتی جلوے below are the book-borrower’s ethical responsibilities (as derived from the Qurʾān and Sunnah and enjoined in the Abbasid period).

An excerpt translated from the Dars-e-Tirmidhi of Mufti Taqi Usmani. 

Ibn Ḥajar states the birthdate of Imam Abū Ḥanīfah as 80AH. At that time ʿAbdullāh ibn Abī Awfā was present and it is highly unlikely that Imam Abū Ḥanīfah did not visit him.

Exam periods for nearly every student is that time of year which they dread. No matter what the exam is, whether they are school/college exams, madrassah exams, your driving test, regardless of what exam it is, without a doubt it is one of the most stressful times for a student. Having to cram everything in which you have been taught in the past few months, in the past year(s) even, for an exam can be very nerve wracking and difficult for any individual.

Book Review: Khatm-e-Nubuwwat (Urdu)

Author: Muftī Muḥammad Shafīʿ (may Allah shower him with His mercy) (d. 1396/1976)

Reviewer: Mawlana Abu Asim Badrul Islam

Tas-hil al-Adab Fi Lisan al-‘Arab popularly known as ‘Arbi Ka Mu’allim’ or ‘Arabic Tutor’, a well-known Arabic Grammar textbook which is included in the syllabus of many Islamic seminaries.

Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn ibn ʿAwn ibn Ziyād[1], commonly known as Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn, or by his teknonym, Abū Zakariyyā, was born in the late 158 A.H during the caliphate of Jaʿfar al-Mansūr[2]. H passed away in the year 233 A.H on the night of Jumuʿah whilst on a journey from Madinah Munawwarah for Ḥajj.[3]

The following is an excerpt from Muftī ‘Abd al-Mālik’s book “al-Madkhal ilā ‘Ulūm al-Hadīth al-Sharīf”[1] on the use of computer programs to locate and grade hadīths. In this excerpt, Muftī ‘Abd al-Malik, seeing the abuse of these programs, sets out to clarify several misconceptions regarding them. Although the author’s contention lies mainly in the usage of computer programs to locate and grade Hadith, his insights are equally applicable to internet searches, printed books, and computer searches in other sciences as well. No doubt computer programs have immense benefit and can open many avenues when searching for hadīth, but everything needs to be put into perspective, and that is what this article hopes to achieve. An idiomatic translation was adopted to make the article more reader-friendly. – Muntasir Zaman

Title: Al-Madkhal ilā ‘Ilm al-Sunan

Author: Abū Bakr al-Bayhaqī Tahqiq: Muhammad ‘Awwāmah

Other Details: pp.969 + 94, vol.2, $35 (hardback), ISBN 978-9933-503-59-8