Salman Younas
Student & Teacher of the Islamic Sciences | PhD @UniofOxford | Lecturer @CMC_Cambridge | Council Member @BBSIOnline | RT/Links sometimes = Endorsement
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Some points about "temporary" nikahs: 1. There is scholarly difference on whether the mere intent to marry for a temporary period invalidates a nikah contract. The majority said i...
Some anti-scholarly attitudes within the community are genuinely due to missteps from some in the scholarly class. But it is also due to, among many other things, imbibing anti-e...
A gentle correction: as our teachers taught us, the striking or imposition of the hand on the chest or back is a Prophetic gesture associated with driving away evil influence (wasw...
Several people have cited Mufti Taqi’s letter to the Taliban from last year re: female education. After mentioning his view that it is “required” to make appropriate arrangements...
One really sad consequence of our hyper-gendered discourse & drawing battle lines between genders is how we receive the words of the Prophet ﷺ. Instead of seeing his blessed words...
It’s always interesting that whenever a political actor wishes to implement an aspect of religious law - particularly one that is “conservative” - the screeches of “gradualism” &...