Rules of the Ḥusayniyyah
This post is under development and is not in its final state Some rules Part of the purpose of this Ḥusayniyyah, especially the Meditations section, is to provide a forum for...
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Abstract: Logical foundations of Islamic Economics
What follows is from a draft abstract by Professors Idris Samawi Hamid and Abbas Mirakhor. See also this link: Academia.edu: Drafts: Abstract: Logical foundations of Islamic Economics This abstract, and the paper to follow – inshāAllāh – draw upon a current book...
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“On the Road of My Love there is no final goal and no end”
The truth of the adorer (waliyy) of Allah always lies ahead: : This fact applies to the future life, the immediate dunyā, as well as the journey of the wayfarer to the True. Allah SWT says in a ḥadith qudsī: كُلَّمَا وَضَعْتُ لَهُمْ عِلْمًا...
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Towards an Islamic Phenomenology of Consciousness and Action: Part I
Below are some excerpt, draft paragraphs penned as part of an ongoing project to articulate an Islamic phenomenology of consciousness and action. See also the complementary series of draft philosophical...
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Book Review: The Economic System of the Early Islamic Period, by Seyed Kazem Sadr
Bismi Rabbi Shahri ʿĀshūrā (Ṣ) What follows is a draft book review by Professor Abbas Mirakhor, current holder of the INCEIF Chair in Islamic Finance, of Seyed Sadr's latest book; it is presented here with his encouragement and blessing. As needed, we will update...
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Philosophical Notes on an Islamic Phenomenology of Consciousness: Part II
UPDATE: September 10, 2016: Added a new paragraph: § 8.48.4 Below are paragraphs three through five of eight penned during the course of writing what is provisionally Chapter 8 of a current philosophical project. The first two may be found...
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Philosophical Notes on an Islamic Phenomenology of Consciousness: Part I
Below are the first two of seven paragraphs penned during the course of writing what is provisionally Chapter 8 of a current philosophical project. In effect, these seven collectively constitute appendices to the main theme of the chapter: the development of an Islamic...
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Major Arcs in the Philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad III: Dialectical Metaphysics and the Project of Illuminationism.
It has been some time since posting our most recent installment, on objective logic and dialectics, in this seven-part series on the life, legacy, and philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad Ibn Zayniddīn al-Aḥsāʾī. Things for this writer have been incredibly busy and it has taken...
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Towards an Islamic Philosophy of Education
Note by Samawi One of the most pressing needs of Muslim communities, East and West, is a coherent, progressive framework of education that avoids the extremes of reactionary traditionalism and astray Westoxification (gharbzadegi in Farsi). The core of Islamic and AhlulBayti (S)...
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Major Arcs in the Philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad II: Objective Logic and Dialectics
Following up upon our Preliminary Considerations, we have now reached the longest and most advanced installment in this series on the life, legacy, and philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad Ibn Zayniddīn al-Aḥsāʾī. Contents of the seven parts of this series: Life, Travels,...
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«إِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ ثَلَاثَةٌ : اٰيَةٌ مُحْكَمَةٌ ، وَ فَرِيضَةٌ عَادِلَةٌ ، وَ سُنَّةٌ قَائِمةٌ ؛ وَ مَا خَلَا هُنَّ فَهُوَ فَضْلٌ . »
“Knowledge is only three: the Firm Sign, the Just Duty, and the Established Tradition. Anything other than these is superfluous.”
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This post is under development and may not be in its final state Introducing Walayah.org It is a common saying, even a cliché, that Islam is the most misunderstood...
Introducing Ḥusayniyyaḧu ãl-Bayān
Bismi Rabbi ãl-Ḥusayn (Ṣ) The dialectic of walāyah involves Creation's multiple movements of receptivity and response to the single flow of Unconditional Loving of Allah...
The Way of Islam in A Nutshell!
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (passed in 661 CE, peace be upon him): Surely Allāh, magnified and exalted, established Islām as the way to the water [of life]: He made its accesses...
Being Lost and Finding The Way
EVERGREEN, CO — Walayah is certainly a difficult subject to write about as it encompasses the entire Din of Islam. Everything related to Islam can be described in terms of...