Ibn Taymiyyah and the Lie of “Grave Worship”: Blending Lies with Ijtihad
How Ibn Taymiyya declared countless Muslims who pray, supplicate, and recite the Qur’an at the tombs of the righteous out of love and reverence as disbelievers
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ابن تيميّة وكذبَةُ «عِبَادَة الْقُبور»: فَنُّ خَلْطِ الكَذِبِ بِالاجْتِهَادِ
تكفير ابن تيمية لأعدادٍ لا تُحصى من المسلمين الذين يحرصون على الصلاة والدعاء وتلاوة القرآن عند قبور الصالحين محبةً وتعظيمًا
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The Bible’s Most Misunderstood Doctrine
This is my latest interview on Brother Paul Williams’ outstanding channel, Blogging Theology. Here, I critique the Biblical doctrine of election and […]
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Israel’s Moral Civil War in the West
The ease with which what happens anywhere in the world is now documented, in video and in image, and shared across the […]
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Spiritual Wonders in the Words of Shaikh ʿAbd al-Qadir al-Jilani
Spiritual wonders (Karamas) are a fundamental component of the spiritual life in Islam. They are mentioned in the Qur’an and the Sunna, […]
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Ijtihād at the Service of Sectarianism
No matter how much we may protest and deny it, sectarianism is deep-seated among us Muslims. It is my firm conviction that […]
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Unmasking Biblical Chosenness: Jewish Supremacism
This is partly a review of my paper on the chosenness of the Jews, written for the Yaqeen Institute https://shorturl.at/S5tp7. It expands […]
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Love and Reverence for the Prophet: A Core Qur’anic Command
The Qur’an repeatedly calls on Muslims to show utmost love and reverence for the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Numerous verses express this core […]
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Denying and Trivialising a Miraculous Hadith to Exonerate Mu‘awiyah
Some scholars have tried to undermine or even dismiss the stunning prophecy by the Prophet Muhammad that the great companion, ‘Ammar ibn […]
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Remarkable Prophecy by Muhammad ﷺ: The Martyrdom of ‘Ammar ibn Yasir
Discover one of the most stunning prophecies of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). In a highly significant hadith, he foretold that his beloved […]
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عَمّار تَقْتُلُهُ الفِئَةُ الباغِيَةُ: حديث يكشف تاريخًا مُغَيَّبًا وإسلامًا مُزَيَّفًا
تتجلّى في حديث «عمّار تقتله الفئة الباغية» واحدة من معجزات النبوة كشف فيها النبي ﷺ عن حدث مستقبلي. ولكن لهذا الحديث أيضًا دلالات تاريخية ودينية عميقة
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History’s Biggest Rewrite: The Death of Jesus
In my latest podcast on Paul Williams’ outstanding Blogging Theology channel, I offer new insights on Western scholarship of the historical Jesus, […]
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How Jesus Became a God and Why Muhammad ﷺ Didn’t
Some Muslims express concern that excessive praise for the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) could lead to his deification. They often cite the hadith, […]
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The Crucifixion Historicity-Culpability Paradox of Gospel Scholarship: The Cost of Blame Reversal
For nearly two millennia, Christians accepted the Gospels’ portrayal of Jewish authorities and people as responsible for Jesus’ execution, with Pontius Pilate […]
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What Did the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Really Say About Isra’iliyyat?
There are four key hadiths in al-Bukhari and Muslim that address the Prophet Muhammad’s teachings on using Jewish and Christian sources, referred […]
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