
Dr. Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin
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Waqf is one of the meritorious acts and formidable symbols of Islam. It is an inextinguishable spring of reward for a Muslim. It has both spiritual and material benefits. It continues to create hope for students, researchers, patients, desperate widows, organisations, social services, religious institutions,...
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Innovation is a distinguishing and exclusive ability of a human being that no other animal does not share. Some people will be able to make innovation at a minimal level, while others can put it forth at ground-breaking and cutting-edge levels. Innovation is for improving the quality and safety of life,...
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To establish a foundational understanding of innovation within the framework of Islamic perspective, we begin by examining four Quranic verses (āyāt) that reveal various attributes of Allah and convey implications for the features of innovation. These verses serve as the bedrock upon which we will build...
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Dhu al-Hijjah is spring of love, yearning, and salvation in which pilgrims become as they were born anew and a petal from their life falls down whereas a new petal of pure life sprouts with spiritual bliss. In this season, the aroma of ishq between Khāliq and khalq (the Creator and creatures) permeates,...
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An old lady, with the fatigue and age-old illness of her seventies, entered the crowded Rawḍah Sharīf (the precious area between the Messenger’s (ﷺ) grave and his pulpit). Her wish was only to spend some time beside the bosom that had blossomed in her heart since childhood. Her son Sayyid Ahmad Koya...
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Have you ever heard a love song hummed by a fallen rose petal? Could you embrace the cuddles of a breeze that carries the aroma of candle flicker in which pain of partition had burnt? The silence between two words, are you able to listen to the feelings that do bridge in the middle of them? Do you miss...
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Now, the world is back to normal. What was this pandemic for? This global calamity will not happen without Allah’s permission. Quran puts forth: {Say: "Nothing will happen to us except what Allah has decreed for us: He is our protector": and on Allah let the believers put their trust} (al-Tawbah: 51)....
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Maqasid represents wisdom, higher objectives and ultimate goals imbued in the Islamic teachings. Therefore, the governance gets the shape of inclusiveness, relevance and dynamicity when it designs in the paradigm of Maqāṣid. Maqāṣidic governance of Waqf refers to the protection and administration of...
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Maqāṣid, as it refers to the higher objectives of Sharīʿiah, fashions the roadmap for any activity in Islam. The case of Waqf is also not different. It can be applied no matter whether the country is Muslim-majority or not. The depth and size of the application may be different according to the respective...
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Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿiah subsumes all the significant themes of Islam, and it is, therefore, an infrastructure for every Islamic functioning. In the landscape of Sharīʿiah-based governance, Maqāṣid is the configuration. The ʿIbādāt (worship) and Muʿāmalāt (transactions) in Islamic jurisprudence are not...
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Aminah bint Wahb, the mother of the Messenger Muhammad (ﷺ) was a single mother as his father passed away before his birth. In Islamic history, the exemplary model of a single mother is Sayyidat Maryam (a.s.), who gave birth to the Prophet ʿĪsā (a.s.). She is the foremost model of a virtuous woman and...
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Being vicegerents of Allah on Earth, human beings enjoy a distinguished position over other creatures. Therefore, they are required to follow a solid moral framework, practise good etiquette and show mutual respect for one another as part of fulfilling their duties on earth and contributing to civilization...
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Waqf means Islamic inalienable endowment meant for the perpetual benefit of the intended beneficiaries. It has a vast potential to help people, render economic support to the community, and enable welfare to the needy sector in society. It plays a philanthropic, religious and charitable role in the...
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Interview with Distinguished Professor Tan Sri Dr. Mohd Kamal Hassan, the former Rector of International Islamic University Malaysia, a renowned Islamic scholar of the Muslim world and an ardent supporter of the Islamization of Knowledge (IOK) movement.
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Notwithstanding the tremendous inroads that humanity has achieved in the quality of life and ease in efforts in the wake of the technological revolution, we cannot overlook the fact that the sanctity of the human species, the rights and duties of fellow beings, and the values have, more or less, deteriorated.[1]...
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The issuance of fatwa has a cardinal role in Islamic jurisprudence. Therefore, it deserves a great concern of deep study based on its growth and adaptability to cope with every time and place throughout history. A fatwa is a lens that conveys a clear view of a circumstance from an Islamic perspective,...
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