Ma‘ārif Research Journal

Guidance for Dā‘ī in Prophetic Model And Illumination of Wrong Notions in Da‘wah Context

Amir Hassan — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Unlike other religions, Islam does not divide its followers into two distinct categories of clergy and laity and the absence of clerical order imposes on every Muslim the obligation to convey the divine message of Islam to whole mankind through percept and example. Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (May the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him) is indeed a light house for Muslim to understand and propagate Islam. This paper attempts to highlight issues of core significance like devotion, dedication, humbleness, clarity of vision and being a role model from sīrah with illumination of wrong notions spread in da‘wah context.

مغلیہ دورمیں وحدت ادیان کی اہم کاوشیں اور ان کے اثرات

dr nadia alam ansari, dr ali akbar alazhari — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Soon after the arrival of Islam in India, it began emerging as a strong power through the work of Muslim Scholars and Sufis. To minimize its strength, various efforts were made by several Hindu reformers to either assimilate it with other regional religions or unify it with other religions to promote the so-called concept of “peace & love for all”. These efforts gave rise to different religions and movements, most important of which are Sikhism and Bhakti Movement. Although they began with the benign objectives to weaken the power of Islam and assimilate it with other religions to prevent more conversions, with the passage of time the nature of these movements became clearly anti-Islamic and hostile. Similarly, the ideologies of Akbar and Dara Shikoh gave rise to Din-e-Ilahi and the un-Islamic concepts of unification of religions and peace & love for all. The article in hand presents an overview of the propagators of these anti-Islamic efforts, their popularity and impacts on the Muslim society in India during the Mughal period. The aim is to provide a historical context of such movements and the efforts made by Muslim scholars to combat these insurgencies in order to provide guidance to the Muslims in the present era where print, electronic and social media have made false and misleading information very easily accessible to all. It can be witnessed even now that on these media the propagators of such concepts are derailing the people by saying that goodness and piety do not belong to any particular religion. Allah and Ram are the names of one personality and goal of life is the same irrespective of any religion.

فتاویٰ عالمگیری اور جرائم بخلاف مال آرڈیننس(۱۹۷۹ء) میں حد سرقہ سے متعلقہ دفعات کا تقابلی جائزہ

Muhammad Adil — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Under the article 227 of the constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, each and every clause of the constitution must be in agreement with laws of Quran and Sunnah. In this regard steps have been taken from time to time to ensure that these laws are in compliance with the Islamic law. But some people believe it to be not fully compliant with respect to the Islamic shariah, and based on this they declare the established constitution and Laws of Pakistan totally unIslamic. Therefore, this research compares the Articles related to Offence against Property in the Ordinance of 1979 with “Bab ul Sariqa” of Fatawa Alamgiri (Hindeya) which proves that the laws related to Sariqa (theft) are mostly compatible with the Sharia. Hence, the claim to declare laws in Pakistan as contrary to the Islamic Sharia is baseless and against the facts. Although these laws are weak which can be rectified if properly reviewed in the light of the principles of Islamic Shariah. For this purpose the Islamic Ideology counsel was made in the 1973 constitution, so the counsel may be tasked to make these articles according to spirit of sharia.

The Transgender Act 2018

Dr Munazza Sultana Munazza Sultana — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Transgender are fronting discrimination and exclusion in all living dynamics. They are treated inequality in society, education, health care and within their families as well. They are beaten, harassment, tortured, sexually assaulted and killed. In many countries, intersex children are killed and human rights are violated. In Pakistan act 2018 rights are conducted for the transgender people on authoritative level. This research paper focuses on Transgender act 2018, objections and Sharia perspective. The qualitative and analytical methodology is adopted for this research paper. It concluded that through this act, Pakistan is exposed as one of the countries affirm gender identity and self-recognition for the transgender.Although This law affirms rights for them on educational and health care level but changing gender identity is against shariah. Religious fundamentalist's challenges the transgender act claiming that this law is promoting homosexuality and same sex marriage that is contrary to Islam which damage the inheritance system. Islam is the religion promoting humanitarian rights equally. Moreover, transgender people are more needed to be protect and strength then their respect, equality and safety in existing society .This contradictions increases violence and ferocity within the society. It is recommended to take actions on higher to reduce the fissure between Pakistan transgender judicial laws and Shariah perspective actively.
Key words:
Transgender, Shariah, Objection, Identity, Legal

اختلاف وطن کے باعث مسائل زوجین اور احکام شریعت

Zoha Tubbasam, Dr. Sayeda Sadia — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The World has taken the shape of a global village through scientific advancement and the fastest means of communication. The trend of migration has increased tremendously due to various reasons. This has led to the rise of multicultural societies consisting of people from different countries and religions.Many Muslims also live in Western (Un-Islamic)States. Beside the local Muslims, many of them are those Muslims who have migrated from different countries and living there as a minority and they are facing many religious, cultural, legal and social issues i.e, the nature of relations with non-Muslims, the limitations of accepting local laws and culture etc. In this paper we have discussed the Family issues arising due to difference of religions, customs, traditions, habits and laws i.e issues of interfaith marriage, legal documents related to marriage, issues of separation of spouses such as divorce, khula, annulment of marriage etc and the solutions of these issues according to the teachings of Qur'an and Sunnah.

Key words: muslim minority,western countries,inter faith,problems,immigrants,marriage ,multi-cultural,islam