The foremost student of Imām Abū Ḥanīfah, Imām Abū Yūsuf, is well-known for his exceptional intellect and wisdom. His full name is Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm al-Anṣārī. His lineage links up to a ṣaḥābī who was from the Anṣār. Many scholars say he was born in 113 AH, although…

Time is the most important resource available to humans, and it is also the most easily lost. There is nothing as valuable. Managing time properly results in increased productivity and proper work-life balance. To effectively manage time, one should make a schedule and have a sense of purpose or discipline. …

Imām al-Ghazālī is very moderate in his approach to maintaining the balance between revelation and rationale. — The rational theologians (mutakallimūn) have maintained that religious truths must be based on reason. Establishing those beliefs and defending them is the main purpose of the science of rational theology (kalām). In this regard, Imām Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī maintains a moderate perspective that can be understood from the four introductions…

The founder of the first and most common madhab of fiqh, Imām Abū Ḥanīfah, is renowned for his intelligence and piety and is known as al-Imām al-Aʿẓam. This essay will briefly discuss his life and legacy. Firstly, his full name is al-Nuʿmān bin Thābit ibn al-Nuʿmān ibn al-Marzubān. There is…

The Forest’s Secret: Part 1 As the sun dipped below the horizon, the group of four friends found themselves lost in the depths of the forest, far from the familiar comforts of home and surrounded by whispering trees. They had started their hike a few hours earlier, but their curiosity…

There are a few opinions in the Islamic tradition regarding the number of times the trumpet will be blown. Some say that there are three: nafhkat al-fazaʿ (fright), nafkhat al-ṣaʿaq (death), and nafkhat al-baʿth (resurrection). They state that the first is proven through Verse 87 of Sūrah al-Naml: وَيَوْمَ يُنفَخُ…

How do we rationally prove God’s oneness? — If there were two (or more) gods, they would be incapable (ʿājiz). Here is a demonstration of this: If God A wanted to create something, and God B disagreed, there would be a clash of wills. If that thing comes into existence, then that shows the incapability of God B…

Ibn al-Jawzī narrated that there was once a man who lost consciousness and was presumed dead. Hence, he was placed on a surface for the washing of his body. But when he perceived the coldness of the water, he suddenly regained consciousness and got up. Out of shock, the bather…

One of the greatest Islāmic polymaths and reformers of the sixth century (AH) was Abul-Faraj ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī Ibn al-Jawzī al-Ḥanbalī, a descendant of Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq (may Allāh Taʿālā be pleased with him). He was born in Baghdād around 510 AH and began his…