Fasting Ramadan when the Day is Extremely Long or Short and the Moderation of Islam
Last year I published an article about The Length of the Fasting Day of Ramadan in which I discussed the fact that in high latitude…
Abrogation from Muslim and Non-Muslim Perspectives
This article has been extracted from the “Introduction” to Abrogation in the Qur’an and Islamic Law: A Critical Study of the Concept of “Naskh” and its…
The Importance of Abrogation
“Naskh,” or “abrogation” as it is translated, has been the subject of numerous studies by Muslim scholars down the centuries. As the mechanism describing how…
“Shari’a,” “Fiqh,” and “Usul al-Fiqh” in Islamic Law
I will briefly explain three fundamental concepts of Islamic law that are at times confused with each other. These are “Shari‘a,” “Fiqh,” and “Usul al-Fiqh.”…
