Ahmed ibn Hanbal
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Ahmed ibn Hanbal

Review by Abdul Hai Writing a historical biography of any significant figure is always challenging, particularly when it concerns a figure like Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal. Several challenges arise when an author from outside the tradition attempts to craft a biography of someone whose religious beliefs they do not share. These challenges, no matter how…

Revisiting ‘Women Empowerment’ vis-à-vis Islam

Revisiting ‘Women Empowerment’ vis-à-vis Islam

Title: Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and Empowerment of Women—A Prophetic Model of Emancipation of Women. Author: Zaira Ashraf Khan. Publication Details: New Delhi, India: Viva Books Pvt. Ltd., 2022. Pages: 124; ISBN: 978-93-93329-14-1; Paperback; Price: INR 595/- Reviewed by Dr Tauseef Ahmad Parray In his Islam in Historical Perspective, Alexander Knsyh (Routledge, 2017) has devoted a…

Abu Hanifa: His Life, Legal Method and Legacy by Shaykh Akram Nadwi

Abu Hanifa: His Life, Legal Method and Legacy by Shaykh Akram Nadwi

Reviewed by: Dr M Mansur AliCardiff University This very short, albeit highly erudite work of hagiography has been written by a scholar who has engaged with Abu Hanifa and his legacy for a very long time. By using only the most authentic reports found in the classical Islamic prosopographical collections, original Arabic and Urdu sources…