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
“Never before in human history was there a nation that cared so much for their Scripture as Muslims did for the Quran. From the dawn of Islam till today, it, and what pertains to it, is memorized, studied, and recorded. As was God’s will (Q.15:9) and He was truthful.” al-Kawtharī https://twitter.com/zeynddin2/status/1309766009805574144
لم يسبق لأمة من الأمم في تاريخ البشر أن تعتني بكتاب من الكتب قدر اعتناء هذه الأمة بالقرآن الكريم حفظا ودراسة وتدوينا لكل ما له به صلة من قرب أو بعد مدى القرون من فجر الإسلام إلى اليوم وإلى ما شاء الله، وقد صدق الله وعده في حفظه حيث قال: (إنا نحن نزلنا الذكر وإنا له لحافظون).
Rate opportunity to receive confessional training within an academic setting. https://twitter.com/iurotterdam/status/1308745272529432576
How to accommodate Islamic Theology training into an Applied Sciences program? Our lecturer and curriculum consultant @MuftiAMohammed explains the role and importance of confessional training:
