Category: Islamic History

Seven Ahruf Scheme and the Centrality of the Prophetic Precedent

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐’๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐€๐ก๐ซ๐ฎ๐Ÿ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR ICRAA Abstract This paper shows how the Prophetic precedent comes out as pivotal to the sabโ€˜a ahruf scheme. In highlighting aspects of Read More …

Quran Preservation & Compilation -1 (Prophetโ€™s lifetime)

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง -๐Ÿ (๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž) Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR ICRAA ุจุณู… ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุงู„ุฑุญู…ู† ุงู„ุฑุญูŠู… ุงู„ุญู…ุฏ ู„ู„ู‡ ูˆุญุฏู‡ ูˆ ุงู„ุตู„ุงุฉ ูˆ ุงู„ุณู„ุงู… ุนู„ู‰ ู…ู† ู„ุง ู†ุจูŠ ุจุนุฏู‡ ูˆ ุนู„ู‰ ุขู„ู‡ ูˆ ุฃุตุญุงุจู‡ ุฃุฌู…ุนูŠู† A concise Read More …

Quran Preservation & Compilation -2 (Circumstances during Abu Bakr’s time)

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง -๐Ÿ (๐‚๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐›๐ฎ ๐๐š๐ค๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž) Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR ICRAA During the time of Abu Bakr (RA) circumstances asked for the collection of various writings to be gathered in one compilation. Read More …

Quran Preservation & Compilation -3 (under Abu Bakr)

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง -๐Ÿ‘ (๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐›๐ฎ ๐๐š๐ค๐ซ) Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR ICRAA In the last post of this series we discussed the circumstances during the time of Abu Bakr (RA) which lead him to seek the compilation Read More …

Seven Ahruf Hadith: On Suggestions against Centrality of the Prophetic Precedent

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐’๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐€๐ก๐ซ๐ฎ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก: ๐Ž๐ง ๐’๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR ICRAA Abstract Whereas the bulk of hadith reports on seven ahruf are laden with proofs for the centrality of Prophetic precedent, Read More …

Quran Preservation & Compilation -4 (under โ€˜Uthman)

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง -๐Ÿ’ (๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ โ€˜๐”๐ญ๐ก๐ฆ๐š๐ง) Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR ICRAA We have actually seen in earlier posts of this series that Qurโ€™an was put into written record during the lifetime of the Holy Prophet โ€“may Allah Read More …

Telling Someone to Bite Their Fatherโ€™s Genitals: Explicit Phrase or Misunderstood Expression?

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐…๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ: ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง? Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR ICRAA Abstract When dealing with any Islamic text in English, it is absolutely crucial to use the most accurate Arabic Read More …

Who was Dhul-Qarnain and where is his wall,Quran (18:86)?

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐–๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฅ-๐๐š๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ,๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–:๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ”)? Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR [๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–:๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ‘] ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฅ-๐๐š๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ข๐ง. ๐’๐š๐ฒ, ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ. ๐€๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ’๐š๐ง ๐›๐ฒ Read More …

Best of believers in Islam described

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

Best of believers in Islam described Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful The Prophet (แนฃ) described in many traditions who the โ€œbestโ€ Muslims are and what they do to Read More …