Jinn Students Of Knowledge
Salam My first hearing of Jinn students of knowledge was more than ten years ago, when during a lesson on Arabic grammar on a chilly autumn/winter night the door of the classroom creaked a little. Most of us looked back…
Category Scholarship
Anfas al-Arifin: Fatawa Alamgiri
Salam. As you some of you maybe aware, the ‘Fatawa Alamgiri’ or ‘Fatawa al-Hindiyyah’ as it is better known outside the Indian subcontinent was compiled by a panel of scholars on the orders of the Moghul Emperor Alamgir. Perhaps Hanafi…
Anfas al-Arifin: Burial In The Place For Shoes
Salam. I believe the Shaykh Muhammad Baqi being referred to in the passage below may perhaps be Shaykh Baqi billah, the spiritual guide of Shaykh Ahmad al-Sirhindi. The picture above of is of Shaykh Baqi billah’s shrine in Delhi. Shah…