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Sh Akram Nadwi Now on Muslimmatters

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December 1, 2014

Assalam alaykum wa rahmatulah Readers,

We are pleased to announce a blessed addition to our list of scholars and columnists.

Shaykh Mohammad Akram Nadwi is an Islamic scholar from the Indian city of Jaunpur and a graduate of the world renowned Nadwatul Ulama (India) where he studied and taught Shariah.

Shaykh Akram is a Muhaddith of the highest calibre who has specialised in Ilm ul Rijal [the study of the narrators of Hadith]. He has Ijaza (licenses) from over 600 scholars. Shaykh Akram Nadwi has a doctorate in Arabic Language and has authored and translated over 25 titles on Language, Jurisprudence, Qur’an and Hadith.

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In May 2010, he completed a monumental 40-volume work on the lives of female scholars of Hadith in Islamic History. Also now available in English is Madrasah Life (2007) the translation (from Urdu) of his personal memoir of a student’s day at Nadwat al-Ulama.

Shaykh Akram is the recipient of the Allama Iqbal prize for contribution to Islamic thought. As a leading scholar steeped in traditional Islamic learning and in modern academia, Shaykh Akram is a former research fellow at the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies, Oxford.

He is the Dean and the Academic Director of the Cambridge Islamic College.

May Allah continue to bless his work and alhamdulilah for the opportunity to host his work on Muslimmatters. His first column will be published tomorrow, in sha Allah.

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6 Comments

Mehdi Sheikh

December 1, 2014 at 5:44 PM

He’s the real deal. Love his talks. Wish there were more available without the pay-wall.

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- Aly Balagamwala
  
  December 2, 2014 at 4:11 AM
  
  Dear Mehdi
  
  What pay-wall?
  
  Aly
  Comments Team Lead
  
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  - Cambridge Islamic College
    
    December 2, 2014 at 10:38 AM
    
    Mahdi is referring to http://www.cambridgeislamiccollege.org/courses/on-demand
    
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- Cambridge Islamic College
  
  December 2, 2014 at 10:34 AM
  
  We are working on a more affordable model at the moment. Please check back on the website or subscribe to the newsletter to keep you informed.
  
  Reply
- Al-Salam Institute
  
  August 31, 2016 at 1:30 PM
  
  Here you can find a free course on the history of hadith and isnad with Shaykh Akram Nadwi: http://www.alsalam.ac.uk/history-hadith-isnad
  
  Reply
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