Nawawi’s Forty Hadiths: Hadith 30 and Hadith 31 taught by Sheikh Gomaa: Allah’s Limits and Asceticism I have been learning more about Islam by studying the traditions of Muhammad as recorded in the ahadith. The Islamic scholar Alfred Guillaume (1888...
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There are thousands of hadiths. Hadiths are sayings attributed to Muhammad and descriptions of his deeds. Over the centuries Muslims have made compilations of "Forty Hadiths". This practice goes back to traditions in which Muhammad allegedley said, "Whichever Muslim learns...
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Nawawi’s Forty Hadiths: Hadith 27 and Hadith 28 taught by Sheikh Gomaa: Righteousness and Abiding by Muhammad’s Sunnah I have been studying the ahadith because, next to the Qur’an, the ahadith (authoritative traditions) are the most influential body of literature in Islam. ...
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There are many representations and stereotypes of Islam. One of my aims is to avoid stereotypes and learn what Muslims really believe. To do this I have been learning from Ali Gomaa, a leading Muslim scholar. And I have been...
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This hadith is about the different kinds of charity Allah rewards. At the end of this lecture I discuss how Jesus' teaching on poverty and giving is different from Muhammad's.
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