Center for Studies in the Interpretation of Islam
The Centre’s writing on the interpretation of Islam and its intellectual questions.
On 24 Safar 1397 AH, corresponding to 15 January 1977, the World Conference on Guiding Religious Outreach and Preparing Preachers was held in the blessed city of Madinah…
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Worship was not originally prescribed for psychological comfort in this world or immediate happiness. Such comfort may be one of its benefits, but it is not the foundation…
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By His Eminence Shaykh Dr. Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad al-Sa‘id, faculty member at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University.
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True reform, as the Qur’an establishes, consists in rooting monotheism in people’s souls and rejecting association of partners with God, its manifestations and its means, by glorifying God…
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Know, brother in Islam, that slaughter is among the greatest forms of worship. It is a way of worshipping, humbling oneself, and drawing near to God, mighty and…
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This statement distorts worship and its purpose by elevating its benefits into its aim. It necessarily implies that anyone who refrains from injustice and oppression has fulfilled the…
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Scientific miracles are of two kinds: what the Qur’an indicates and alludes to, which is unobjectionable and belongs to Qur’anic exegesis; and what it does not indicate but…
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As coronavirus spreads worldwide and causes panic, some insist on using the event to serve a utilitarian interpretation of religion, diverting certain commands and prohibitions from their true…
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A response to the claim that one remedy for anxiety is telling one’s troubles to someone trusted, whether or not a physician, because what matters is feeling that…
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God revealed the Qur’an for reflection and remembrance, and to guide people to the true religion founded on monotheism and reverence for the Lord.
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I seem to have hurried to publish the previous two instalments without an introduction explaining their aims and importance. Let this instalment serve as a belated introduction; some…
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This clip presents Western studies of fasting’s health benefits, then claims that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, anticipated the West by encouraging six days of…
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