Selected Essays of Javed Ahmed Ghamidi

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This book is a translation of some selected essays of Javed Ahmad Ghamidi. They have been taken from his Urdu treatises Maqaamaat and Burhan. Selected Essays of Javed Ahmad Ghamidi Compiler’s Foreword Source of Religion Fundamentals of Understanding Islam Subject-Matter of the Holy Qur’an Variant Readings The General and the Specific Hadith and Sunnah A New Anthology of Hadith Ijtihad The Consensus of Muslims Our Message to Humanity Downfall of the Muslims Religious Extremism Organ Transplantation Sighting the Moon Muslims and Non-Muslims Characteristic Values of Muslim Culture Our Education System The Beard and Isbal-i Izar The Right to Punish a Wife Head Covering for Women Wudu and Nail Polish Women Travelling with a Mahram Abortion Birth Control Hifz al-Furuj Etiquette of Sexual Intimacy The Noble Wives of the Prophet (sws) Age of ‘Ā’ishah (rta) at her Marriage The Right to Divorce Wrong Methods of giving Divorce Implementation of the Shari‘ah (Divine Law) The Rule of an Islamic Government Islam and the State The Basis of Legislation Islam and the State: A Counter Narrative Supremacy of the Parliament Islam and Nationhood Khilafah State and Government Mosques “Their System is based on their Consultation” The Question of Interest Insurance Distribution of Inheritance The Right to make a Will Inheritance of an Orphaned Grandchild Jihad and War in Islam The Taliban’s Line of Reasoning Itmam al-Hujjah of the Messengers Islamic Punishments Punishment for Blasphemy against the Prophet (sws) The Punishment of Intentional Murder The Law of Evidence Islamic Punishments: Some Important Issues What is Diyat? Verdicts of God The Lawful and the Unlawful Forbidding Wrong Transfer of Reward to the Dead Compulsive Knowledge