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Study guide: a Hanbali syllabus

January 15, 2020June 2, 2007 by Musa Furber

Sheikh ʿAbd Al-Qadir Ibn Badran suggested the following syllabus for students of the Hanbali school in his Al-Madkhal ila Madhhab al-Imam Ahmad: Ibn Balban’s Akhsar al-Mukhtasarat or al-Bahuti’s Al-ʿUmdah. Marʿi …

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Lab tests

January 15, 2020February 27, 2007 by Musa Furber

One of our lecturers today said that DNA tests can be used to establish paternity, but they cannot be used to prove charges of fornication. Claims of lineage accept a …

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Personality cults and sufism

January 15, 2020January 31, 2007 by Musa Furber

Points from a conversation with a fellow student concerned about some trends we watching develop: The community should be guided by muftis, not Sufis: because fiqh is meant to be general for the community, …

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Fighting the nafs…one buffalo wing at a time

January 15, 2020January 27, 2007 by Musa Furber

A friend and I went to the local greasy spoon. My friend likes buffalo wings. My stomach doesn’t stomach spicy foods. But I just had to have one. And then another. I …

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And by their methodology you shall know them

January 15, 2020January 25, 2007 by Musa Furber

People used to ask me to give a list of contemporary Hanbali scholars and whether Shaykh so-and-so is really a Hanbali or just some guy dropping names. I usually refused …

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Three blind men and Islam

January 15, 2020January 24, 2007 by Musa Furber

I’m sure everyone here knows the fable of the three old blind men who stumbled across an elephant. Each man started describing their new-found friend based on whatever piece that …

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Sex Education and Muslims

January 15, 2020January 16, 2007 by Musa Furber

I came across an interesting fatwa in response to a question about Muslim teachers teaching and Muslim students studying sex education. Sex education is a mandatory component in many programs in the …

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Corn mentioned in 14th century CE books of fiqh

January 15, 2020December 31, 2006 by Musa Furber

Maize (corn) is one of the things Europeans brought back from their early voyages to the Americas in the 15thcentury.[1] A few of us wondered how fast it spread when …

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Taxis & passengers carrying alcohol

January 15, 2020December 29, 2006 by Musa Furber

A few thoughts on taxi drivers carrying passengers whose possessions include alcohol Someone asked about the legal status of Muslim taxi drivers carrying passengers whose possessions included alcohol. Some Here …

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A few thoughts on conspiracy theories

January 15, 2020February 27, 2002 by Musa Furber

A friend asked me a few months ago to write about the legal status of conspiracy theories. Here are a few thoughts. We have a methodology we are supposed to …

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