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March 27, 2023

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Rethinking the Wali Al-‘Ahd (Designated Successor)

Continuing our series on the bay’ah, one of the core issues which needs to be addressed is how to facilitate a smooth transition of power from one caliph to...

October 15, 2025

Caliphate, Featured, Judiciary

Al-Mazalim (Court of Grievances) in the Rightly Guided Caliphate

The Islamic ruling system is underpinned by a number of principles (القَواعِد) which are derived from the Qur’an and Sunnah. These principles will map to one or more formal...

October 13, 2025

Featured, Tafseer

Rhetorical Perceptions in Surah Al-Humazah

This is a translation from Dr Fadhel Saleh Al-Samarra’i’s لَمَسات بَيانِيَّة لِسُوَر القُرْآن الكَرِيم ‘Rhetorical Perceptions in the Surahs of the Holy Qur’an.’ Dr Fadhel (b.1933) is a former...

October 13, 2025

Caliphate, Featured, Ruling

Structure of an Islamic State: The Provinces

Every state is divided up into administrative divisions in order to organise and manage the local affairs of its citizens. The names and sizes of these divisions will vary...

October 6, 2025

Featured, Tafseer

Rhetorical Perceptions in the Final 10 Chapters of the Qur’an

August 2, 2025

Caliphate, Featured, Ruling

Structure of an Islamic State: The Dīwān

“The Arabic word dīwān (دِيوان) refers to a sitting room, where scribes can sit and attend to their work; it can also mean a collection of notebooks, or a...

July 13, 2025

Caliphate, Featured, Ruling

Structure of an Islamic State: The Executive Minister

Al-Mawardi describes the Wazir Al-Tanfidh (The Executive Minister) in his model, “As for the wazirate of execution (tanfidh), its rule is weaker and its conditions are fewer as its...

July 13, 2025

Caliphate, Featured, Ruling

Structure of an Islamic State: The Armed Forces

Every state must have an army to protect its interests at home and abroad, and the Islamic State is no different in this regard. Although the word jihad has...

July 13, 2025

Caliphate, Featured, Ruling

Structure of an Islamic State: The Wazir

The wazirate (ministry), or wizarah (وِزارَة) is a term that refers to the office of the wazir, a high-ranking government official who serves as the caliph’s deputy, chief minister...

July 13, 2025

Caliphate, Featured, Ruling

Al-Mawardi’s Structure of an Islamic State

Imam Al-Mawardi (d.1058) was a jurist, chief justice (Qadi al-Qudah), diplomat and statesman of the Abbasid Caliphate under the caliphs Al-Qadir (r.991-1031CE) and Al-Qa’im (r.1031-1075CE). He wrote his famous...

July 13, 2025

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