minority fiqh Archive

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The Case for Political Participation by Suhaib Webb (mp3)
Ruling on Political Participation by Suhaib Webb (mp3)
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Download the mp3 version of part 3 of Surah Kahf: Surah al-Kahf Part 3.mp3
Previous parts:
Surah al-Kahf Part 1.mp3
Surah al-Kahf Part 2.mp3

Asalamu alaykum,
I was blessed to talk with Sh. al-Shanqiti and asked him the following:
What are the books that the more advanced student of the Maliki school should study? I’ve been studying Sharh al-Saghir and the Hashyiah of al-Dusuqi.
“Such a student should move to the books such as al-Ma’una of al-Qadi ‘Abdu al-Wahab and his Ishraf [...]


Contextualization
[The following mentions of some of the proofs that justify  the convert to continue to reside in non-Muslim lands, which in fact,  become for the convert, under certain conditions,  Dar al Islam [the abode of Islam] for him/her.]
The Position Of The Scholars With Regard To Residing In Non Muslim Lands:
“The majority of scholars of [...]


In the past few years the fatwa ordering Muslims to make hijra (migrate) from the lands of Kufr to Dar al-Islam is an oft quoted fiqhi opinion transmitted from Islamic scholarly tradition. The validity of this opinion or this option for a Muslim today ought be examined from variety of angles:
Firstly from a [...]

Can I celebrate Father’s day?
There is a legitimate scholarly difference surrounding this issue. Those who hold such celebrations as forbidden do so contending that such celebrations are “religious in nature” and amount to imitating the religious rites of others.
Those who contented that such celebrations are permissible, do so contending the opposite: such celebrations are not [...]

إن الحمد لله، نحمده ونستعينه ونستغفره، ونعوذ بالله من شرور أنفسنـــا وسيئـــات أعمــالنــا، مـن يهـــــد الله فلا مضل له، ومن يضـلل فلا هادي له، وأشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، وأشهد أن محمدًا عبده ورسوله.‏
 
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فالإسلام منهج حياة متكامل، تناول كل جوانب الحياة، ونظّم العلاقات الإنسانية كلها، ووضع لها [...]