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Imam Malik ibn Anas |
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By: Adil Salahi, Tue 04 January, 2005 |
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Imam Malik was arguably the founder of Islamic law as an academic as opposed to political pursuit. He wrote the first book of Islamic law and its rulings and the school of thought tracing itself back to him is one of the four main ones in Sunni Islam.
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Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal |
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By: Adil Salahi, Thu 30 December, 2004 |
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Ahmad Ibn Hanbal was a founder of one of the four main Sunni schools of Jurisprudence. He developed fiqh but was also an expert in the study of Islamic oral traditions (the sayings - hadith). He famously and heroically held true to his beliefs despite the pressures of a Caliph who wished to impose his philosophical ideas on Islam.
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Imam El-Shafie |
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By: Adil Salahi, Mon 20 December, 2004 |
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Imam El-Shafie established the specialised branch of Islamic studies in Jurisprudence called Usool ul Fiqh, i.e. the methodology of Islamic law. His work founded one of the four main schools of Islamic law.
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Imam Abu Haneefah |
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By: Adil Salahi, Thu 09 December, 2004 |
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Imam Abu Haneefah developed a science of Islamic law through systematic study of textual evidence and methodic reasoning and his approach had a far reaching impact on the Islamic world and beyond.
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Ibn Al Jazzar |
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By: FSTC Limited, Mon 20 September, 2004 |
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Ibn Al Jazzar was one of the key experts in medicine whose compilations of knowledge were widely translated and utilized by the earliest universities in Europe.
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The Ottoman Ulema |
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By: FSTC Limited, Wed 12 May, 2004 |
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The word ulema, which is widely used in the Islamic world, is used to refer to community based scholars. Ottoman ulema had been a basic element of the state and the society, presenting progressive visions particularly during the formative and developing phases, despite all its deficiencies, creating dynamism in society.
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Ibn Rushd: Harmony of Theological & Philosophical (Scientific) Truth |
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By: FSTC Limited, Tue 27 April, 2004 |
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Ibn Rushd is perhaps the best known Muslim scholar of Cordoba who was instrumental in influencing European theology and epistemology. Here is a facinating glimpse into his role in establishing the role of reasoning in religious faith.
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Ibn Hazm: Gleanings from his Thoughts on Philosophy and Science |
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By: The Editorial Board, Thu 11 September, 2003 |
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The Editorial Board Ali ibn Hazm (d. 456H/1064 CE) was an Andalusian polymath scholar. He was a leading proponent and codifier of the Zahiri school of Islamic thought, and produced many works covering a wide range of topics, such as Islamic jurisprudence, history, ethics, comparative religion, and theology, as well as the famous Tawq al-Hamama (The Ring of the Dove), a literary text on the art of love. Through the variety and richness of his heritage, he was considered as one of the leading thinkers of the Muslim world, and he is widely acknowledged as the father of comparative religious studies. In this article, we seek to shed light on Ibn Hazm's ideas and thoughts related to philosophy and science, and how he linked both philosophy and science to morals.
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Al-Khawarizmi (780 - 850 CE) |
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By: FSTC Limited, Thu 07 November, 2002 |
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Algebra, algorithm, quadratic equation, sine function... just some of the terms which would not be known to us but for Al-Khawarizmi. An astronomer, geographer and founder of several branches and basic concepts of mathematics.
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Al-Muqaddasi: An Encyclopaedic Scholar |
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By: FSTC Limited, Mon 01 July, 2002 |
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Al-Muqaddasi (or Al-Maqdisi), originally from Al-Quds (Jerusalem), hence his name, is by far one of the most instructive of all early Islamic writers on the society of Islam.
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