This study analyzes the conception of gharar , which is generally translated as either risk or uncertainty, in post-formative Islamic commercial law. According to Muslim jurists, gharar arises from uncertainty in commercial transactions. However, unlike other areas of the Islamic intellectual tradition in which uncertainty engenders errors, the uncertainty associated with gharar enables jurists...

Ibn Cena (1020 A.D.) described the anatomy of the human heart, ascending aorta and the inferior vein, and postulated anastomoses of the arteries with the veins in the extremeties to keep. the blood in circulation and suggested the presence Qf interatrial communication during the earlier stages of life. Abu Sahl Masihi (1027 A.D., elucidated the vena caval drainage into the right ventricle and t...

thereby demonstrating a well-educated, informed, probing, and critical mind. He was familiar with various Berber dialects, as well as Celtic-Iberian nomenclatures and, through Ibn Juljul, Latin. He cited a number of unknown sources including one, simply, as "a Byzantine". In his introduction he said that he had studied pharmacy in the city of Marrakesh where, through his teacher, he became fami...

since the beginning of the presence of the holy qur’an, criticism and rhetoric have received attention in the areas of culture and thought, too. in this respect we can name some literary and rhetorical works like maj?z al-qur’?n by abu ubaydah ma’mar ibn muthann?, ket?b al-fas?hah by abu h?tam sajest?ni, e’j?z al-qur’?n by j?hez basri, naqd al-nathr wa naqd al-she’r by abu al-faraj qud?mah ibn ...

Yaşadığı zamanın ve bundan yüzyıllar sonraki modern dönemin şüphesiz en meşhur tartışmalı isimlerinden/figürlerinden biri Hanbelî alim İbn Teymiyye’dir (ö. 1328). 14. yüzyıl İslam dünyasının temel meselelerine dair sayısız fetva kaleme almış usûlü’d-dîn, fıkıh, hadis, tefsir gibi birçok ilmin aslî konularını kapsayan hacimli eserler yazmıştır. Teymiyye’nin hem entelektüel ilmî duruşuna de serde...

survey on quranic lexicons dates back to the early years and decades of early islam. abdollah ibn 'abbas can be considered the most famous and outstanding quranic interpreter of all the prophet's companions with the exception of imam ali. some like ignaz goldziher - bringing up a number of illusions and without considering the so many firm and obvious proofs and evidences confirming t...

the sealness of wilayah is one of the most important and challenging issues discussed by muslim mystics, and has been discussed by the likes of ibn ‘arabi. like other mystics, ibn ‘arabi divides wilayah into two types: absolute and limited. however, his ideas with regards to instances of absolute wilayah and limited wilayah diverge from the norm. sometimes this divergence is so extreme that acc...