FAHM-I-ISLAM

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Disaster management is a global responsibility to cope with the adverse situations. Developed countries have huge investment in integration of Disaster Risk Reduction measures in their daily life development programs and are well equipped in technology to avert a hazard into a normal event or minimize the sufferings caused by disasters. Developing nations are still focusing only on post disaster response and relief activities yet neglecting the aspect of Disaster Risk Reduction. For development to be sustainable, it is important to incorporate risk element in their routine life. Muslim world was progressively developed in science till 1600 but unfortunately they lack behind in science and technology after 17^th century. The teachings of Quran and Hadith stressed on the planning and preparedness against any future haphazard. Islam is a complete religion with complete teachings for the wellbeing of the humanity. Our Prophet Muhammad (SAW) Sunnah is a complete guidance for us to live in harmony and peace. This paper will guide us to follow the teachings of Islam, Quran and Hadith in order to build our capacities and to better prepared against disasters. Benefit from the Islamic teaching, learning from the preparedness strategies against future hazards in light of the strategies being taken by the Messengers of Allah and relate the essentials of risk reduction to make a standard mechanism for Risk Communication and education at community level.

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The Noble Quran is the central Islamic divine text and a complete code of life. For better understanding of the Quran, Mufassireen and other Muslim Scholars have been engaged in writing Tafasir & books on its explanation and interpretations. Dr Siraj-ul-Islam Hanief is an Islamic Scholar, hailing from a remote but historical area named Hussai located near Shabaz Ghari in Mardan district of KP. In Islamic Studies, his speciality (interest) is in Tafsir and Hadith, specifically Fan "Asma-Al-Rijal" and "Jarh-Wa-Tadeel". He has authored about 60 books in Arabic, Urdu & Pashto languages on Tafsir, Hadith, Aqidaha, Fiqh and various other toipcs. Out of which 40 books have been published uptill now. Besides this he has supervised many research scholars who worked on Tafsir projects. He has also been delivering annual Dwra-e-Tafsir at Masjid Taqwa, Hussai. Dr Siraj has been serving as Theology & Arabic Teacher, Lecturer and Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies in the education department, colleges & universities of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from time to time. Though, Dr Siraj-ul-Islam??"s Islamic scholarship and authorship and contribution in the field of Quran and its sciences, are of paramount importance but unfortunately very little number of people from academia know about it. This paper presents a scholarly and analytical study of his contributions (Books, Articles, Duroos, Research Supervisions and Projects) in Quranic Studies (1974-2019) for the information, easy access and facilitation of research scholars in Islamic Studies.

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Acharya[i] Maulana Shams Naved Usmani??"s was an important thinker (mufakkir) and researcher of his times. He had extensive knowledge regarding Hindusim. He was a passionate advocate of Hindu-Muslim inter-faith dialogue, spawning a new trend in India Muslim literary and activist circles. Maulana chartered a new course in Islamic literature in India, seeking to combine a commitment to inter-faith dialogue with what seems to have been his principal mission, that of Da??"wah, or inviting others to Islam.

Muslim understanding for the first time has highlighted an aspect regarding Hinduism where hindu sacred books are read in contrast with quran and hadith and scattered facts about Islam are collected and presented to manifest the true picture of Islam. Though in the past too, there existed to some extent the proof in Hindu sacred texts regarding the truth of Islam, this trend increased after Maulana??"s work in this context. He explained the meaning and interpretation of many important Hindu views in the light if Islam. For this purpose, he also used translated texts, and sayings of sufis besides Quran and hadith. So, this study is an attempt to present Usmani??"s views on understanding Hinduism and critically analyze his views in this regard.

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Both Islamic and western laws try to facilitate their followers in different ways. For the above mentioned purpose both have formed several Legal Maxims which assist each and every individual to enjoy these facilitations provided to them by the Legal Science. Similarly there are some Legal Maxims which provide legal excuses to these people. Among these Legal Maxims there is a Maxim considered as one of fundamental legal Maxims called ??SIgnorance of facts and Ignorance of the Law⬝. This article focuses on explanation and interpretation of the said Maxim according to Islamic as well as western Laws.

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The around 289 verses of Holy Quran, which are based on Nafs (self, ego, soul), show the importance of the subject mainly associated with the thoughts and actions of mankind. Every book has a topic and the Holy Quran's topic is hinged upon mankind. In the Holy Quran the Almighty Allah is directly addressing mankind. The God has created man so that the man can worship Him and discover Him. Although humanity is united in possessing the qualities of Nafs, people are individually responsible for exercising the agencies of their 'free will' that it provides them. The Quran affords much importance to the 'nafs' of an individual, highlighting the agency of 'free will' and intelligence, without which neither responsibility nor accountability can exist. The Quran does not attribute to the Nafs any inherent properties of 'good' or 'evil', but instead conveys the idea that it is something which has to be nurtured and self-regulated, so that it can progress into becoming 'good' (or conversely, 'evil') through its thoughts and actions. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) said! 'The one who can discovers his Nafs is one who finds out about God'.

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Spending in the way of Allah (Infaq fi Sabilillah) is an important institution of Islam. Allah the Almighty stressed on such kind of spending in many places of the Holy Quran. Moreover, Prophet Muhammad [P.B.U.H] companions always practiced the teaching about such spending through their sayings and actions. In order to investigate about such sort of spending in the lives of richest Companions, an archival research methodology is used, which is a widely used research approach in Islamic studies and Islamic theology. The study reviewed the available prominent and established literature, to investigate the consciousness of richest Prophet Muhammad??"s Companions [RA] toward Infaq fi Sabilillah. The study concluded that the lives of the Companions are full of scarifications, and both mandatory and voluntary spending in the name of Allah. The total sum of such spending by the top four richest Companions is far greater than the total wealth of present wealthy people globally. After all such huge spending, their wealth increased day after day and never got decreased. This is the Divine law of spending which says that spending in the way of Allah leads to increase in Wealth.

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In the era of Mughals & Britishers, the women of the sub-continent performed notable services in the field of education. Not only did they gain knowledge of religious affairs but also used to work for promoting education. We can see women discussed alongside men by the poets of sub-continent. In this paper, I will discuss the education related affairs in the sub-continent before and after 1857, the comparison of the standard of education before and after the arrival of Britishers and the role of women under both governments.