The Madinan Way

I was asked concerning the rule of exchanging gifts during Christmas or participating in related activities. Below follows a detailed...

It is widely believed by those who have no formal Islamic education, or who are only half-educated, that whenever two or more opinions...

Introduction Several months ago, Pearls of the Elders received an email from a Mauritanian student of the Sacred Sciences who expressed...

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see." - Arthur Schopenhauer "I don't know anybody that...

In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Amongst the most important replies that I have given, is my reply concerning the...

The Mālikī School and Contemporary Morocco Mohammad Fadel Canada Research Chair in the Law and Economics of Islamic Law and Associate...

His kunya is Abu Sa'id. He was the client of Azd and a man of Basra. He listened to the two Sufyans, the two Hammads, Malik, Shu'ba, 'Abd...

He was a client of the Banu Sulayman ibn Qays and his kunya was Abu 'Abdullah. Abu al-'Arab said in his Tabaqat and Abu 'Ali al-Basri in...

Ibn al-Fardi said: He is 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar ibn Ghanim. His kunya was Abu 'Abdu'r-Rahman. Abu'l-'Arab at-Tamimi said, "He was firm,...

The faqih of the Qayrawan in his time. Abu Bakr al-Maliki mentioned in the Book of the Meadows of the Slaves that he was born in...