Islamic Revival

Unfortunately today we see some modernists touting the following disorganised thought about usury: - Interest on Paper money is differed on. - Therefore it is not legislative ruling that is clear cut. - Hence in Economics we do not have a clearly defined system in Islam. Interest in Islam and its relationship to Paper Money Riba linguistically is derived from an Arabic verbal root which means literally to exceed. It is clearly prohibited in the Quran and Sunnah. For example in the Quran we have this verse “...This is because they say that trading is usury, but trade has been sanctioned and usury forbidden by Allah!” (2:276-277) In the Sunnah we also have many traditions, and I will go into more detail inshallah but one of the most famous one is the narration By Ubada ibn al Samit. “I heard the Messenger of Allah prohibiting the sale of gold for gold, silver for silver, wheat for wheat, barley for barley, dates for dates, salt for salt, except through equal measure and im...

“One of the sacred places on earth is Syria; the most sacred part of Syria is Palestine; the most sacred part of Palestine is Jerusalem; the most sacred part of Jerusalem is the noble sanctuary; the most sacred part of the noble sanctuary is Masjid al-Aqsa.” [1] The advent of Islām and the Messenger of Allāh (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) was one that ushered light into a world filled with darkness, and hope to a people filled with dejection. He (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) was indeed the bearer of glad tidings. The Messenger of Allāh (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) informed us of events which will befall this Ummah (i.e. the Muslim community). Some of these narrations speak of the evil that will occur, that which would distance us from Allāh – the Most High – and make us weak in front of the nations. We are, today, actual witnesses to many of these events. In such periods it is sometimes easy to forget and overlook the good that is also due to transpire of a future, power a...

Many young Muslims, with well-placed and sincere intentions to defend Islam against feminism, or the ‘Left’, can actually end up doing more harm than good. This is even more present among many Muslim lecturers and the emerging body of Muslim apologists who have become very much akin — and unfortunately so — to conservative pundits. How? Let us take feminism as an example. We can go about criticizing feminism two ways. The first, overlooks just how saturated, nuanced and multifaceted the debates on feminism actually are and thus — these critiques — end up making tabloid like generalizations, false equivocations, and an array of other fallacies. In turn, young Muslims who have even a cursory experience in, let’s say, academia, are immediately turned off from end up associating our superficial critiques with ‘normative Islam’. We fail to acknowledge that many of these ideas, like feminism, are complicated thought-structures that cannot be reduced or equivocated with punch-line assumpti...

The following is a  translation of a Q&A from the time of Sheikh Abdul Qadeem Zalloom (raheemullah): Question: Is it allowed for my father to divide his land between his sons to the exclusion of his daughters before his death? Answer:  The one who divided his wealth (land) between his sons before his death and he is of sound mind and did not give anything to his daughters he has sinned twice: First: when he divided his wealth before his death to deprive his daughters from inheritance after his death.. The reality one can see from the question indicates this. Second: during his life he gave his wealth to some of his children to the exclusion of others. Both are Haraam. As for the inheritance Allah (swt) has defined and divided it for boys and girls the ayahs pertaining to this are clear. As for giving the wealth to some children and not to others this also contradicts the hadith of the Messenger of Allah which stipulates the following: Nu’ma...

The following are Q&A from the time of Sheikh Abdul Qadeem Zalloom (raheemullah): Question: Are we allowed do deal with share companies (PLCs) owned by Muslims? Answer:  Having dealings with share companies belonging to Muslims is void (batil) because they cannot be contracted in Islam i.e. they do not exist as a necessary party in the contract of sale and purchase… in order to have offer and acceptance with the other side with whom the deal is made. Question: As Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is a Muslim owned share company, are we allowed to buy from them and if not why not? Answer:  Share companies (PLCs) are invalid in Islam. This is because they are not contracted and they are not considered to be an existing party in a contract between the Muslims. Therefore, it is not allowed to have dealings, in terms of sale and purchase etc. with share companies whose owners are Muslims, because they have not been contracted between them for they are inv...

Contentment: The status only perspective can bring This piece seeks to explore how the human mind works when it comes to the perception of wealth and luxuries. Many people exert much effort and spend much time dreaming of a bigger house, or a nicer car, or a newer phone, or a faster computer and so on. But the problem is that for the human mind it doesn’t matter what you get, because in the end your brain will grow accustomed to it and it will be as plain in your eyes as any wrinkly old shirt in your closet. The problem is that everything we have today is actually  a step up from something else . A big house is a step up from a small apartment, and a small apartment is a step up from homelessness. An iPhone 8 is a step up from a old Nokia flip phone, and an old Nokia flip phone is a step up from only having a landline. A new Land Rover is a step up from an old Corolla, and an old Corolla is a step up from having to ride a horse across hundreds of kilometres to get to ...

This is an extract from the book Al-Waadih Fee Usool ul-Fiqh by Muhammad Hussein Abdullah available to purchase from  Maktaba Islamia . There are three categories of hadith in respect to their  As-Sihhah  (soundness) and  Ad-Da’f  (weakness). These are Saheeh, Hasan and Da’eef. In respect to the Sanad (chain) there are also three categories. These are Al-Mutawaatir, Al-Mash’hoor and Khabar Al-Aahaad. Al-Hadeeth As-Saheeh (Sound) This is the Hadeeth in which its Isnaad (chain) connects the transmission of the ‘Adl Ad-Daabit from the ‘Adl Ad-Daabit until its end and is not Shaadh or Mu’allal. Al-‘Adl (the just):  As-Sudooq At-Taqi (The honest person who fears Allah and obeys Him). Ad-Daabit (the precise):  Known for his astuteness and not being careless or inattentive. Until its end:  The Sanad (chain) connects to the Messenger ﷺ. Not Shaadh (irregular) or without Shudhoodh (irregularity):  That it does not go against the Th...