This article tries to scrutinize dreams as prophetic command [nubuwwah] and happy news [mubashshirat] from Allah. The article describes the concept of prophethood, the concept of sainthood, the relation between prophethood and sainthood, and dreams as a part of prophethood. The article uses inter-pretation method. Prophetic dreams are dreams where spiritual impressions are directly reflect-ed b…
Difference of opinion is highly respected in Islam. The Prophet of Islam is even reported to have said that, "difference of opinion is divine providence" This paper tackles this issue particularly within the science of prophetic tradition, and relates it to the way Muslim legalitas develop the logics of law. The paper first argues tha difference of opinion is not only natural but also needed in…
The aim of this paper is simply to describe to content of a book by Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Ishaq Ibn Khuazaymah al Nisaburi al Shafi'i called Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah. The book deals mainly with the tradition of the prophet. A deeper analysis on the book however reveals that is also contains a fairly good exposition of fiqh and its general rules. In this paper we would try to unlock this aspect of th…