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Women In The Masjid

Article Women's Masaail

THRIVING ON LIES AND FALSEHOOD In an article circulated on the internet by the Cape Radio station Voice of the Cape, some baseless bunkum views have been propagated under the…

MPL BILL Atrociously Flawed

Article MPL MPL

It is indeed most surprising that a bill so seriously flawed and absolutely decrepit could proceed for the consideration of the Cabinet. The bill is literally cluttered with atrocities, both…

The Empty Slogans of Democracy

Article

INDEPENDENCE OF THE judiciary from the executive is largely an empty slogan of the votaries of western democracy. In the annals of history there is no example to compare with…

Independence of the Judiciary in Islam

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THE CONCEPT OF the independence of the judiciary is as old as Islam. Many, many centuries before the west began to theorize this concept, the courts of Islam acted independently…

Shares | What are they?

Article Finance - Banking - Business

Sometime ago we were informed that a senior Aalim had opined that a public company could be regarded as a valid shirkat (partnership) undertaking. The grounds for this opinion of…

Copyrights – Restraining the Word of Allah

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Allah Ta’ala says in the Qur’aan Shareef: “They purchase with the aayaat of Allah a cheap (miserable) price. Thus they prevented from the Path of Allah….” “And they prevent you…

Colour-Coded

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QUR’AAN A new fad called ‘Colour Coded Qur’aan’ has been introduced in some quarters. Looking at a copy of such a colour-Qur’aan, o­ne is appalled at the degree of defilement…

Kufr is the Dividing Line

Article Aqeedah

The Qur’aan Majeed says: “O People of Imaan! Do not take as friends your fathers and your brothers if they love kufr over Imaan.” In another aayat, the Qur’aan states…

Incumbency of Taqleed

Article General Fiqh

Taqleed in the Shariah, as opposed to Admut Taqleed, means to follow the Qur’an and the Sunnah as understood, interpreted, practised and transmitted to the Ummah by the Sahabah (Companions)…

Donating Blood

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A Muslim professor made the astonishing claim that to donate blood is Fardh-e-Kifaayah. It is clear that the brother has no understanding of the principles of the Shariah or the…

RAJM – Stoning the Adulterors

Article General Fiqh

Recently there has been intense comment o­n the Islamic injunction of Rajm or stoning to death the adulterers. If adultery -zina– committed by married persons is proven o­n the basis…