المدوّن

Mudawwin

Classical Sunni learning in English, with a focus on Maliki fiqh, Ashʿari creed and tasawwuf.

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• "Who is God? What is God?" - The response of Imam `Ali bin Abi Talib3 February 2013, ʿAqidah
• The Seventy-Seven Branches of Faith - Imam al-Bayhaqi [d. 458 A.H]30 December 2013, ʿAqidah
• Importance of following the Mashhur — Protocols of Fatwa2 October 2014, Fiqh
• The damage of pseudo-scholars in corrupt times - Abdullah ibn Mas'ud19 April 2014, Seeking knowledge
• The Pious "Drunkard" and "Fornicator"10 August 2014, Tasawwuf
• The Secrets of Surah al-Kahf20 July 2013, Quran

Main topics

Fiqh41

Islamic law and its rulings, read through the Maliki school: its relied-upon positions, its method, and the evidence behind them.

ʿAqidah29

Sunni creed in the Ashʿari tradition: what Muslims believe about God, prophecy and the unseen, and how the scholars argued for it.

Tasawwuf46

Purification of the heart and the spiritual path, within the bounds of the Sacred Law, as the classical masters taught it.

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