This article describes the principles of sihr (sorcery) from an Islamic perspective, starting with discussion how to become a sorcerer and perform sorcery help satanic djinns amulets. Then, ruqya, practices for countering aid Qur’an Sunna, are exemplified in detail. Next, analyzes these can be interpreted by means ritual studies models identifies four components that essential successful cure. ...

Virtuous physicians seem to have become a rarity in modern day medical practice. Many patients and physicians feel that the profession of medicine is not living up to its own standards and expectations. It is the contention of the author that the Muslim physician, guided by the two primary sources of Islamic Law, the Qur'an and the Sunna, will possess the necessary character traits of a good ph...

Along with proving the sufficiency of the Qur’ān for the extraction of the religious knowledge, the Qur’ānists have doubted the authenticity and the authoritativeness of the sunna and Ḥadīth. One of their reasons for the inauthenticity of the sunna is the inefficiency of the Ḥadīth evaluation and criticism system. Using a descriptive-analytical method, the present study first analyzes their mai...

In communities where female circumcision is carried out, increasingly large segments of the population have been exposed to strong arguments against the practice. This study aimed to explore diverse discourses on female circumcision and the relationship between discourses and practice among informants who have been exposed both to local and global discourses on female circumcision. A qualitativ...

The aim of this article is to focus on the views modern Western scholars regarding authenticity Document Medina and its unity in relation date preservation, rather than debates over content. their rationale for defending despite limited number aḥadīth they back first Islamic century. Additionally, considering fact that many other reports with characteristics document are not considered authenti...

Aḥmad Ṣubḥī Manṣūr is a contemporary Egyptian researcher who has been considered by some as the spiritual leader of the Qur’ānists in that country. Relying on the Qur’ān, he tries to introduce this divine book as the only source of legislation and prove the non-authoritativeness of the Sunna. Referring to the verses that seemingly consider God and the Qur’ān to be enough for the human, deem the...