Oxford Weekly Madrasa Programme with Sh Afifi al-Akiti
A wonderful opportunity to take knowledge from one of the most brilliant traditional scholars in the UK. Click image for more details.
Tim Winter (editor) – The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology
Tim Winter edits The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology Synopsis – This series of critical reflections on the evolution and major themes of pre-modern Muslim theology begins with the revelation of the Koran, and extends to the beginnings of modernity in the eighteenth century. The significance of Islamic theology reflects the immense importance of Islam in the history of monotheism, to which it has brought a unique approach and style, and a range of solutions which are of abiding…
Sh Afifi follows up on the Kissing the Thumbs Article
[taken from http://www.livingislam.org/k/qumh_e.html from the Living Islam website] From: “M. Afifi al-Akiti” Regarding Kissing the Thumbs etc. during Adhan […] I am aware that a number of muhaddiths (such as Ibn Tahir al-Zahiri, our al-Sakhawi and al-Shawkani) have considered this Hadith [of Kissing the Thumbs] to be inauthentic (all using the phrase: lA taSiHu; although “not Sahih”, they nevertheless did not use the stronger term “bATil”, for example) and some modern Muhaddith as outright mawdu’ (al-Albani & co) even when…