Islamic Blasphemy Laws and the Strange Case of Mumtaz Qadiri – Part 1

Written by Atabek Sukurov Edited by Muhammad Iqbal I often look at the online fatwas and talks of Islamic ‘scholars’ and wonder if perhaps they are deliberately trying to arm Islamophobes or to further garner harassment and vilification for Muslims with their bizarre pronouncements. What makes me really sad is that they never couch these…

رسالة إلى الشيخ تقي العثماني في حكم المورتكيج

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إلى سماحة الشيخ محمد تقي العثماني حفظه الله السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته أولا وقبل كل شيء أود أن أشكركم على اهتمامكم بخدمة الدين وخدمة طلبة العلم خاصة والمسلمين عامة بتأسيس المدارس والمساجد ونشر العلم أما بعد , فإنه مما لا شك فيه أن العالم بشكل عام يمر بمراحل اقتصادية صعبة…

Permissibility of Mortgages – An Open Letter to Sheikh Taqi Uthmani

    In the name of God, most Merciful and most Compassionate For the Attention of: His Honour Sheikh Muhammad Taqi al-Uthmani (may God preserve him). Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.   First and foremost, I would like to thank you for your services to Muslims generally and to students of knowledge specifically by…

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…