Asalamu alaykum
A few years back, while in the states, I received a chilling phone call from a scared sister; voice shaking and tears falling she said, “Suhaib, my husband………………..my husband beat me! He beat me in front of our apartment in front of the non-Muslims?” I latter found out that she went to the [...]

The Changing of a Religious Edict According to Time and Place: Part One [changes in developments and capabilities]
Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi
“Modern knowledge and developments provided people of this era with astonishing capabilities unknown to those who preceded them. This can be traced back to the following, knowledge based, revolutions:

Electronic revolution
Biological revolution
Space exploration
Nuclear revolution
Electronic revolution
Information [...]

The Question:
There is a scholarly difference nowadays as to fiqh al-aqalliyyat or the fiqh of Muslim minorities. Some scholars regard it as an innovation that manipulates Allah’s religion, and some others consider it a lawful necessity. What is your point of view on that issue with special reference to the concept of fiqh al-aqalliyyat itself? [...]

Casablanca Break Dancers (Morocco)
Islam is strange in the land…
We have a new neighbor now in my zone turned “hood” you read correctly “hood” the phenomena of hip hop and the culture of the inner cities of America is becoming more apparent in the lands of Islam, in the Middle East.

 
Hujjat al-Islam Abu Hamid al-Ghazzali d. 505 a.h [may Allah have mercy upon him.] said:
“Thus, if you see a scholar of law wading into declaring others infidels and misguided, shun him and do not busy your heart nor tongue with him! Indeed, provocations in knowledge are from people’s nature, and the ignorant one is not [...]

One of the important legal axioms related to the axiom of ‘ease’ is:
‘If there are [scholarly] differences surrounding issues of contention, or issues involving independent judgement [ijtihad]; in the absence of a scholarly rebuke, such differences are excused.’
Ibn al-Qayyim said, ‘If there is no sunna, or unanimity, on an issue, and independent judgement is possible, [...]

Asalamu alaykum:
Dr. Abdullah bin Bayyah writes that in order for one to engage Minority Fiqh in the proper light, six important maxims must be kept in mind. This is the first in a series or articles that will explore this, at times, controversial approach to legal issues. This article seeks to lay out the foundations [...]