Written by © Atabek Shukurov Edited by Muhammad Iqbal The Prophet Muhammad PBUH was very concerned to avoid any type of ‘mess’ as much as he could. For example in order to avoid academic mess he said; ”Talk to the people on the level they can understand! Don’t let the truth which is from God and…
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Islamic Law, Homosexuality and the ‘Pulse’ Massacre
Written by © Atabek Shukurov Edited by Tariq Nazir, 13/3/21 Recently we met ‘Ikrima the Liar’ in the incident of the Governor of Punjab and his killer. I spoke about the Islamic verdict on non-Muslims insulting the Prophet PBUH in a Muslim land. I demonstrated the opinion of Abu Hanifa (i.e that such people are not…
Ikrima as ”Imam” of Modern Hanafis
Written by © Atabek Shukurov Edited by Muhammad Iqbal I can see that people are spreading the opinion of non-qualified people about the reliability of Ikrima according to Abu Hanifa and Hanafis. In order to ‘prove’ this falsehood they are using the following ”proofs”; 1. Abu Hanifa said that he took from several ‘great’ scholars…
Issues related to the Prayer
Written by © Atabek Shukurov Edited by Muhammad Iqbal Last year I had to release an article to explain the Hanafi position concerning the issue of praying Maghrib, Isha and Fajr when there is no time of Isha (a situation occurring at certain climes due to the absence of true night – for example, in the UK during a couple of months of the summer season, it…
Rejecting Maturidi for Bukhari
Written by © Atabek Shukurov Edited by Muhammad Iqbal After releasing our article about the famous Sunni theologian Imam Abu Mansur Al Maturidi’s rejection of a story about the Prophet Moses being made to run around naked by God to prove he had a ‘perfect body’, which is narrated by Bukhari and others, I was…
The Truth About The Study Quran: Part 1: The ‘Quransploitation Industry’
Written by Shaykh Atabek Shukurov and Sulaiman Ahmed The recent controversy over the release of ‘The Study Quran’ by Sayed Hossein Nasr and his team has really shown Muslims at their worst – both in their academic incompetence and in their readiness to anathematise and declare Nasr and others heretics and unbelievers based on the…
Prayer and Fasting When the Time for Isha Does Not Occur
One of my students recently issued a Fatwa (legal verdict), that it was permissible to begin your fast at Sunrise and fast until sunset. He also explained that a person can pray their Maghrib, Isha and Fajr at any time within this timescale. This has caused controversy amongst many supposedly learned scholars, some of whom…
Shaykh Atabek Shukurov an Nasafi 