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MORE CHRONICLES FROM THE MODERN FAILING STUDENT “Ah, Shaykh, I forgot to mention, there’s a program that evening I was planning to attend. I figured I could catch up on the recording afterward.” The teacher reminded him to catch up on the exercises. The studen…

أحوج ما يكون #طالب_العلم اليوم للوفاء، فقد أظلنا زمان إعجاب المرء برأيه، وإنكار نسبة الفضل لأهله، وإلباس الاعتراض صورة الدوران مع الحق، بل صرنا في زمان إذا انتهض فيه الطالب للرد بدأ بشيخه! وأولى من يستحق الوفاء أصحاب اليد البيضاء على المسلم في دينه، وأولو المن…

IMAM MARGHINANI’S AL-HIDAYA (PART FOUR) This is the fourth of a multi-part fiqh course with Shaykh Dr Sohail Hanif dedicated to a careful study of al-Imam al-Marghinani's renowned work of legal commentary, al-Hidaya. The arguments presented in the Hidaya will…

ONE “TWO” MANY TEACHERS? One of the fascinating character traits employed by Shaykh ʿAbd al-Wahhab al-Shaʿrani (d. 973) as expressed in his Lataʾif al-Minan wa al-Akhlaq, is his frowning and general lack of affability with respect to students who would visit h…

RESUMING FULL SERVICE: IRSHAD IS BACK ONLINE The pre-summer Canvas fiasco hit us relatively hard and we had a lot of rebuilding to do. Alhamdulillah, I’m grateful to be able to report that service has finally been resumed and courses are now once again publicl…

" إِذَا تَمَّ الْعَقْلُ نَقَصَ الْكَلَام". - عليٌّ رضي الله عنه-

THE GOVERNANCE OF THE NOBLE SHARIʿA — THE MEANING OF “ISLAM IS A WAY OF LIFE” What does it really mean for Islam to be a “way of life?” In reality, we are governed by the shariʿa at every moment, and the laws are continually changing as we experience different…

الاستكثار من الكتب ذكر الإمام ابن حزم في رسالة "مراتب العلوم" دعائمَ العلم، وعدّ منها الاستكثار من الكتب، وقال: (فلن يخلو كتاب من فائدة وزيادةِ علمٍ يجدها فيه إذا احتاج إليه، ولا سبيل إلى حفظ المرء لجميع علمه الذي يختصّ به، فإذ لا سبيل إلى ذلك ؛ فالكتب نعم الخ…