Master of Arts in Contemporary Islamic Studies

Muhammad in the Qur'an

Submitted by Munir on Wed, 01/26/2022 - 11:52

The Prophet Muhammad is considered the first commentator on the Qur’an and the exemplar whose actions teach Muslims how live and act in accordance with the Qur’an. Whereas the Qur’an provides accounts of the trials that previous messengers such as Moses and Abraham faced before their prophetic missions began, there are only a few allusions to the life of the Prophet Muhammad before the onset of his prophetic mission.

Legal Capacity of the Intelligent Facilitator and its Impact on Responsibility in Islamic Jurisprudence

Submitted by Munir on Wed, 01/26/2022 - 07:25
The “Intelligent Facilitator” is a computer program with several sensors and effectors and has some characteristics, such as autonomy, flexibility, learning, adaptation, communication, interaction with the users, the ability to transform goals into tasks, and acting in its environment.

Some Early Definitions of Tasawwuf: Exploring the Centrality of Abu Yazīd al-Bistāmi in its History

Submitted by Munir on Tue, 01/25/2022 - 12:18
The purpose of this article is to present some early definitions of taṣawwuf, uttered by a Sufi who lived before the end of the first half of the third/ninth century known by his paidonymic Abū Yazīd al-Bistāmī (161AH–234AH).