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On the Higher Pleasures

In the opening chapter of Mudāwat al-Nufūs, Ibn Ḥazm al-Andalusī (d. 456/1064), writes: “The pleasure of the intellectual with his cognition, the scholar with his knowledge, the sage with his wisdom, and the [qualified] jurist [for Allāh’s sake] with his reasoning faculties is greater than the pleasure of the consumer with his meal, the drinker…

Mu‘āwiya & The Collective Probity of the Companions

It is unfortunate to witness a growing trend questioning the character of Mu‘āwiya (may Allāh be pleased with him) among some proponents of Sunni Islam. Some take the extra step in attempting to excise him from the group of the companions altogether while others go so far as to redefine who the companions themselves are…

The Curious Case of Coffee: Scattered Reflections on Massoud Vahedi’s “Coffee was once Ḥarām? Dispelling Popular Myths regarding a Nuanced Legal Issue”

The paper can be found and read in the Islamic Studies Journal, link below: http://irigs.iiu.edu.pk:64447/ojs/index.php/islamicstudies/article/view/1459 At a cursory glance, one might feel incensed staring at the title of such an article. What could possibly possess someone to rehash an antiquated debate on the legal rulings on coffee? While discussions surrounding issues of faint relevance is…

Freedom & Uncertainty in Afghanistan

With the final cargo planes of occupying American forces departing Afghanistan and the clamor of an uncertain future for the nation ringing throughout the media, one is reminded of the following verses of poetry from Dīwān al-Ḥammāsah. In response to lines from someone of a neighboring, warring tribe telling the poet and his clan to…

The Empires of Lucknow

Allah (عز و جل) says in the Qur’an: (…وَتِلْكَ الْأَيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ…) …And these days [of varying conditions] We alternate among the people… [Surah ‘Ale Imrān : 140] Lucknow, being the continuously significant city in history that it is, has much to teach and impart of the sometimes dark reality of this verse. It…

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