Various Academic Articles

You can access the various scholarly articles we have written for students of Islamic studies here. These articles contain various analyses of diverse topics, useful quotations, and scholarly insights. They also include various methods of reasoning, classifications, thought-provoking reflections, and studies on the jurisprudence of pursuing knowledge that students of Islamic studies may find useful.

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29 September 2026 halka

Is Every Muslim Actually Engaging in Kalam and Fiqh?: On the Necessity of Studying Kalam and Fiqh

All Muslims pondering over today’s scholarly, intellectual, or practical issues are actually engaging in kalam or fiqh in one way...

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29 September 2026 halka

The Merit of Intellectual History as “Contemporary Qil wa Qal (Chit-Chat) Literature”

It is now known to everyone that the overwhelming majority of scholarly works produced by the theology (ilahiyat) community take...

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10 September 2026 halka

Kripke’s Idea of the “Rigid Designator” Shaking the Fundamental Distinctions in Kant’s Philosophy

In his classic Naming and Necessity, Kripke examined the semantic mechanism of proper names and rejected the theories of philosophers like...

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10 September 2026 halka

Does the Specificity of the Cause Prevent the Generality of the Ruling?

The maxim stating that the specificity of the cause does not prevent the generality of the ruling is a rule...

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10 September 2026 halka

Are the Concepts of Philosophy, Metaphysics, and Civilization Ours?

Historically, scholars (ulama) meticulously distinguished between the concepts of theology (kalam) and philosophy, and refrained from using the word “philosophy”...

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10 September 2026 halka

When Should Seekers of Knowledge Study Tafsir?

It is not appropriate for a seeker of knowledge who is in the stage of studying the foundational levels of...

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10 September 2026 halka

Does Need Always Necessitate Contingency?

Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi (d. 684/1285), in his commentary on Imam Fakhr al-Din al-Razi’s theological work titled al-Arba’in, objects to Razi’s assertion...