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Episode Four: ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SHIISM
In addition to Khawarij, there appeared Shia in the history of Islam. 1: What is famously believed by the masses is that Shiites are those

Episode Three: PARADIGM OF THE KHAWARIJ
The first two episodes of this series give an introduction to the series; while we start (with this episode) the discussion about the Islamic sects

Is Solaatu Tesbeeh Bid’ah?
There are gimmick around Hadith authentication. Most scholars who regarded an Hadith to be Da’eef had accepted as Sahih an Hadith with similar chain if

Episode Two: IDENTIFYING THE SEVENTY-THREE SECTS
In the previous episode, we discussed some points about the Isnad (chain of transmission) of the famous hadith of seventy-three sects which is the basis

Episode One: RECONSIDERING THE SEVENTY-THREE SECTS
Before the discussion of the Historical Evolution of Islamic Sects, we first have to scrutinize and analyze the basis of this subject; which is the

Ramadhan 1442 Series
As for this year Ramadhan, in Shaa Allah, I will be making articles on Historical Evolution of Islamic Sects. The term/word “Sect” will also be

ON ACHIEVING UNITY IN RAMADHAN CRESCENT SIGHTING
It may sound ideal to try to unite the entire world upon one date, but given the host of variables involved in the process, it

CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING SOLAAT TARAAWIIH
The word Taraawiih تراويح is the plural of the word “Tarwihah” which literally means “To rest”. In the context of solaat Taraawiih, it means to

WHAT IS THE SIN OF AL-QARADAAWI?
In the first three volumes of this discuss, I specifically mentioned that the intent behind these clarifications is not to defend blindly the personality of