Glad Tidings for Those who Affectionately Greet the Beloved Prophet (upon him peace & blessings)

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This research paper concisely illustrates two primary aspects related to greeting the Noble Prophet Muhammad (Allah give him peace and blessings) according to Hadith traditions:

a-      The various ways a single invoked greeting (salam) reaches the Illustrious Prophet of Islam (may Allah give him peace and blessings) revealing that there is no real contradiction between textual proofs claiming he hears the greetings directly and those that clearly suggest angels carry the greetings to him.

b-      The Illustrious Prophet  (may Allah give him peace and blessings) hears invoked greetings from both near and far and replies to them physically.

This article was written by the instruction of Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi al-Hasani (Hafizahullah).

Filed under: Chains of Transmission, General, Hadith, Prophetic Traditions, Textual Criticism

A Translation of a Fatwa on the Difference Between the Prayer of Men & Women in the Hanafi Madhab

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A unique piece of research translated into English from the original Persian on the Hadith proofs to women’s prayer in the Hanafi Madhab from the encyclopaedic fatwa collection titled al-Ataya al-Nabawaiyya fi al-Fatawa al-Radawiyah (33 vols.) by Imam Ahmad Raza Khan (d. 1921).

Filed under: General, Hadith, Hanafi Madhab, Prophetic Traditions, ahmad raza, hanafi madhab, imam ahmad, islam, raza khan

A Rejoinder on Contextualizing the Hadiths Quoted by Shaykh Nuh in Iman, Kufr and Takfir

A Rejoinder on Contextualizing the Hadiths

Excerpt:

I was recently approached by some students of Islamic law to offer a short rejoinder to the Hadiths Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller quoted in his “Iman, Kufr and Takfir” illustrating some Companions offended the Noble Prophet of Islam (Allah give him peace and blessings) but were not charged with infidelity (kufr). Shaykh Nuh’s objective was to prove that offending the Noble Prophet (Allah give him peace and blessings) did not incur any consequence had the offender made no intention of giving offence. It is with this premise he argued that the hundred year old fatwa of Imam Ahmad Rida Khan, that was endorsed by the prominent religious authorities of Makkah and Madinah (in 1323H) against certain Deobandi scholars for their irresponsible blasphemous writings, was lacking legitimacy according to the Islamic criteria of takfir since the Deobandi writers claimed to have had no intention of offending the Noble Prophet (Allah give him peace and blessings)….

Filed under: Hadith, Kalam