Reclaiming Jihad: A Qur'anic Critique of TerrorismElSayed Amin critiques misreadings of key verses in the Qur'an that have been used to establish violence as the relational norm between Muslims and non Muslims. He distinguishes both Islamic jihad and armed deterrence from modern terrorism through examination of the 9 11 attacks, and proposes legal proscriptions for terrorism from the Qur'an on the basis of its political, social, and psychological impacts. About the Author: ElSayed Amin is a senior

One of the most important branches of usul al-fiqh is the study of the usage of language

or the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad

Maqasid al-Shari'ah: A Functional Approach

Textbook used for Ribaat course: Fiqh al Ibadat: al-Madhhab Al-Shafi'i

Abu Hanifah (2010)

This book is an adaptation in English of the prefatory volume of a 40-volume biographical dictionary (in Arabic) of women scholars of the Prophet’s hadith

best-known

its healing powers

and the construction of 'orthodoxy'

and Abu Nu‘aym’s Hilya al-Awliya

Western institutes that offer and those who receive education in the ‘Introduction to the Qur’an’ or ‘Approaches to the Qur’an’ will especially appreciate this work

Paperback: 312 pages