Research
Thick Comparative Tafsīr Studies: A Case Study using Q.11:117
Freiburg conversations on tafsir and transregional Islamic networks, Summer 2020 The Freiburg Conversations series hosted by Majid Daneshgar and Johanna Pink of Freiburg University in Germany held a serie of talks with contemporary specialists on Tafsīr studies. IRTIS...
Tafsir al-Maturidi on Surat al-Qadr (English translation)
English translation of the tafsīr (exegesis) of the early Ḥanafī theologian, Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī (d. 333/940) on Surat al-Qadr (Q. 97) which discusses the sending down of the Qurʾān to the Prophet on Laylat al-Qadr (the Night of Power) in the month of Ramaḍān. It...
Fiqh of Ramadhān with new rulings in relation to the Corona pandemic (updated)
Fiqh of Ramadhān: A treatise on Fasting and related issues and also has updated rulings in relation to the Corona pandemic. Prepared by Maulānā Yousaf Baig, Maulānā Tahmid Chowdhury, and Mufti Amjad Mohammed See more related postings at Wifaqul Uluma. [pdf-embedder...
Measuring the Capacity of the Ṣāʿ
There are a number of weights and capacities which have been specifically mentioned in the body of hadith; some are related to acts of worship and so make it necessary to act upon the exact amount. There are a number of papers written on this topic (Muhammad, 2001)...
Islamic Human Rights Discourse and Hermeneutics of Continuity
After World War II the United Nations developed new international law constructs in cooperation with the majority of the world’s nations, which were mainly based on a Western hermeneutic of rights. This international humanistic project provided new anthropological...
Recent Ḥanafī Fatāwā in the British Context
The word ‘Muftī’ has been introduced into the English language, and British way of life in general for that matter, due to the indigenous Muslims whose home is Britain after their economic-migrant forefathers established themselves several decades ago. A mufti serves...
Traditionalism as Hermeneutics
The fundamental sources of Islamic Law are the Qur’ān, which are the actual Words revealed by Allah to man via Prophet Muhammad and the Prophetic Traditions the Hadīth. However, the key question that arises is how should God’s Words be interpreted by man, if at all?...
Activities
IRTIS has joined the Islamic University of Applied Sciences Rotterdam (IUASR) in The Netherlands. Founder and Head Researcher Mufti Amjad Mohammed serves as the curriculum consultant and lecturer in Fiqh and Ḥadīth for the new English Bachelor program in Islamic...
Wifaqul Uluma: Organ Donations as understood through the application of traditional Sunnī Islamic principles
Wifaqul Uluma promotes Mufti Amjad M. Mohammed’s fatwa on organ donation: From spring 2020, organ donation in England will move to an ‘opt out’ system. This means that all adults in England will be considered to have agreed to be an organ donor when they die unless...
The Spectator: Fatwa by Mufti Amjad Mohammed exposes Onecoin scam
How the world’s biggest crypto-scam targeted British Muslims Back in 2016, thousands of Brits thought they’d struck gold. Word was spreading through WhatsApp and Facebook groups about an exciting new crypto-currency called OneCoin. It was rumoured to be the...
5Pillars: Why did Muslim faith leaders issue a statement opposing pro-LGBT lessons at schools?
Mufti Amjad Mohammed from Bradford explains why nearly 140 scholars and imams issued a joint statement opposing pro-LGBT lessons in schools. As a father and an educator for most of my adult life, and a considerable amount of what remains as a child, I know the...
Osmanlı’da İlm-i Tefsir Sempozyumu – Divine Respite in the Ottoman Tafsir Tradition: Reconciling Exegetical Approaches to Q.11:117 – Arnold JW (Yasin) Mol
See here Arnold Yasin Mol’s talk in Istanbul on “Divine Respite in the Ottoman Tafsir Tradition: Reconciling Exegetical Approaches to Q.11:117” at ISAR’s 2018 Osmanlı'da İlm-i Tefsir Sempozyumu: Osmanlı'da İlm-i Tefsir Sempozyumu - Divine Respite in the Ottoman Tafsir...
Media
Evolution never hurt anybody; all it does is make things better.
Part 2 of this two part study discusses whether evolution could've been utilised by Allah the Almighty to create man and whether the scriptures support that view.
https://youtu.be/lxnBkl9OnPE
Evolution, Devolution or Devilution-Bob might be your uncle, but who's your real ancestor?
the 2 part study discusses the concept of evolution from a scientific and theological perspective and part 1 looks at whether the theory is supported by science
https://youtu.be/-cYCZyqStUY
The denial of god- Idol, I God, there is no God.
Pt 2 explores rise in atheistic beliefs. It focuses on the real view that "New Atheism" seeks 2 conceal. With the rise of atheistic beliefs across religious communities, inc Muslims, both pts r essential.
https://youtu.be/DElHR_f-ih0