"This collection of wisdoms from the works of Ibn Taymiyyah reflects the range of his penetrative insight and wisdom. It aims to to recast his work for a new generation of Muslims who are seeking a path through the challenges of the modern age. With an emphasis upon literary con…
“Zafer Ahmed et-Tehânevî’nin Kavâid fî Ulûmi’l-Hadîs Adlı Eserinin Değerlendirilmesi” adlı çalışmada, XX. Yüzyılda Hint Alt Kıtası’nda temâyüz eden ve Hanefî Hadis Ekolünün en önemli simalarından biri olan Zafer Ahmed et-Tehânevî’nin Kavâid fî Ulûmi’l-Hadîs adlı eseri ele alınmı…
Zafer Ahmed Osmânî Tânevî ve Hadisçiliği başlıklı çalışmamız giriş iki bölümden oluşmaktadır. Giriş kısmında araştırmanın amacı ve önemi, kapsamı, metodu ve kaynaklan zikredilmiştir. Çalışmamızın birinci bölümünde Zafer Ahmed Osmânî Tânevî’nin hayatı ve ilmi şahsiyetine dair bil…
Shīʿī aḥādīth, particularly on women, are an immensely understudied area. Studies on Shīʿī aḥādīth on women usually centre on Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ, and little research explores pre-Islamic sacred female figures in Shīʿī aḥādīth. At the same time, there an urgent interest in Shīʿism…
This thesis is a response to the riddle of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab in Bukhari 's Kitab al-Jami'it as-Sahi h: Namely, how is it possible for 'Umar to be at once the staunchest defender of the prophetic tradition and yet, at the same time, in disagreement with the Prophet himself? Ju…
Tawātur is the concept that if we obtain the same information through a sufficient number of independent channels, we reach certainty about that data. When applied to the transmission of Qur’ān and hadith texts, tawātur can serve as a means by which to assert the truth of a sour…
The task of preserving the Hadith was undertaken, according to the classical Muslim view, by the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad and, thereafter, the Tabicun (Successors), and then from generation to generation. Thus, we find this great amount of Hadith in front of us today. …
This thesis presents the history of Islam in 11th/17th – 12th/18th century North Africa from a new angle. Our focus is the history of the Nāṣiriyya brotherhood, a spiritual community that emerged along Morocco’s Southeastern Saharan frontier during the mid-11th/17th century. Bas…
Sufism, iḥsān, or tazkiyah are terms referring to the spiritual dimension of Islam. Islam consists of creed, law, and a spiritual and/or character building and ethical component. The spiritual, character building and ethical component deals with the state of the heart and how to…
This dissertation is an intellectual history of Muslim understandings of Qur’ānic Revelation from the first/seventh century to the fifth/eleventh century as presented in the Qur’ān, Sunni ḥadīth, Qur’ān commentary, Sunni kalām, Imami Shiʿi ḥadīth, and Shiʿi Ismaili philosophical…
Despite a near-universal acknowledgement of the Prophet Muḥammad’s supreme eloquence in the Islamic tradition, ḥadīth (his recorded speech and deeds) is largely absent from the earliest discussions of Arabic grammar. The standard explanation for this absence, forwarded by the 8t…
Papers presented at a International Congress on "Nahjul Balagha and Inter-Religious Understanding", held at New Delhi, India, from 17-19 April, 1995
Papers presented at a International Congress on "Nahjul Balagha and Inter-Religious Understanding", held at New Delhi, India, from 17-19 April, 1995.
