Latest articles by Dr. Haitham A. El-Ghareeb on Islamic scholarship.https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/enhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/reflections-on-surat-al-ahqaf/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/reflections-on-surat-al-ahqaf/Faith-centred, methodological and reflective pauses with Surat al-Ahqaf: the divine source of the Qur'an, the creation of the universe in truth, the truthfulness of prophethood, tawhid, steadfastness and honouring parents, Allah's ways with nations that deny, the faith of the jinn, and patience as the provision of those who call to Allah.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTQur'anic Exegesis and Scienceshttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-mizan-series-2-jerusalem-between-iliya-and-bayt-al-maqdis/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-mizan-series-2-jerusalem-between-iliya-and-bayt-al-maqdis/The second Mizan article applies the series' method to the claim that the city's early name Iliya proves the sanctity of al-Aqsa to be a later invention, separating the history of names from the evidence for the mosque's virtue.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTIntellectual and Creedal Doubtshttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-mizan-series-1-narrator-criticism-and-text-criticism-in-weighing-doubts/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-mizan-series-1-narrator-criticism-and-text-criticism-in-weighing-doubts/The first Mizan article explains how the hadith critics examined both the chain and the text of a report, and turns their method into practical questions for weighing contemporary doubts about the Sunnah and Islamic history.Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHadith and Hadith Scienceshttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/rules-of-takhrij-and-isnad-study-methodological-foundations-for-the-contemporary-researcher/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/rules-of-takhrij-and-isnad-study-methodological-foundations-for-the-contemporary-researcher/A methodological guide to hadith documentation that treats takhrij as the applied fruit of the hadith sciences, setting rules for gathering routes, citing original versus intermediary sources, ordering references, and using digital encyclopedias critically.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTHadith and Hadith Scienceshttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/and-we-threaten-them-but-it-increases-them-not-except-in-great-transgression-sermon/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/and-we-threaten-them-but-it-increases-them-not-except-in-great-transgression-sermon/A Friday sermon tracing the Qur'anic law that no nation was destroyed without warning and respite, warning against heedlessness and gradual entrapment, and calling listeners to treat a recent earthquake as a warning that demands repentance.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTCounsel and Admonitionhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/from-wandering-to-servitude-humanitys-journey-between-satans-enmity-and-the-test-of-faith/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/from-wandering-to-servitude-humanitys-journey-between-satans-enmity-and-the-test-of-faith/A reflection that reads the Ummah's present confusion as a wandering of purpose, traces it back to the first enmity between Adam and Iblis, and presents true servitude to Allah as the only way out.Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevotional and Da'wah Reflectionshttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/from-exploiting-anxiety-to-steering-behavior-digital-platforms-ai-and-preserving-the-mind/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/from-exploiting-anxiety-to-steering-behavior-digital-platforms-ai-and-preserving-the-mind/A Shari'ah-informed analysis of how attention-economy platforms and AI read and monetise users' anxiety to steer their behaviour, framing digital awareness as part of preserving the mind and proposing practical, institutional, and parental responses.Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTMedicine, Science, and Informaticshttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-battle-of-the-heart-and-the-secret-of-salvation/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-battle-of-the-heart-and-the-secret-of-salvation/A reflection on the inner battle between revelation and desire, showing that salvation depends on a heart that follows revelation, and exposing how desire deceives people today through selective religion, media-sourced fatwas, and expecting worldly reward for obedience.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevotional and Da'wah Reflectionshttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/sins-and-their-role-in-the-inner-weakness-of-the-ummah/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/sins-and-their-role-in-the-inner-weakness-of-the-ummah/An admonition arguing that the Ummah is often weakened from within before it is defeated from without, tracing how sin corrupts the heart, spreads into society, and normalises wrongdoing, and setting out a path of repair through repentance, the family, the mosque, and care for the vulnerable.Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTCounsel and Admonitionhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/seasons-of-mercy-and-the-certainty-of-the-monotheist-sermon/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/seasons-of-mercy-and-the-certainty-of-the-monotheist-sermon/A two-part Friday sermon for the start of Muharram that presents the year's seasons of worship as Allah's mercy to a short-lived Ummah, explains the virtue of fasting Muharram and Ashura, and draws from Moses' crossing of the sea lessons of tawhid, trust in Allah, and prompt repentance.Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTOccasional Sermonshttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/suicide-in-the-light-of-the-prophetic-sunnah-a-creedal-and-dawah-reading/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/suicide-in-the-light-of-the-prophetic-sunnah-a-creedal-and-dawah-reading/A creedal and da'wah study of suicide built around the hadith of al-Tufayl ibn 'Amr al-Dawsi, setting out its prohibition, the Ahl al-Sunnah position that it does not take a Muslim out of the faith, and the prophetic way of treating its roots through patience and faith.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevotional and Da'wah Reflectionshttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-practical-sunnah-and-the-ruling-on-one-who-harms-the-prophet/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-practical-sunnah-and-the-ruling-on-one-who-harms-the-prophet/A compilation of six reports from the Prophet's practice and the events of his life, cited with their sources, concerning how those who reviled and harmed him were dealt with.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTSirahhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/al-tawdih-lil-awham-al-waqia-fi-al-sahih-by-sibt-ibn-al-ajami/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/al-tawdih-lil-awham-al-waqia-fi-al-sahih-by-sibt-ibn-al-ajami/An introduction to the first edition of al-Tawdih lil-Awham al-Waqi'a fi al-Sahih, by Abu Dharr Sibt Ibn al-'Ajami, a work that examines errors and variants in the transmissions and copies of Sahih al-Bukhari, covering its author, preliminary study, contents, and publishing partners.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTBook Worldhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-muslim-may-be-oppressed-but-is-not-lowly-in-the-sight-of-allah/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-muslim-may-be-oppressed-but-is-not-lowly-in-the-sight-of-allah/A Shari'ah reading that refutes the modern illusion linking the oppression of Muslims with their lowliness before Allah, showing from the Qur'an, the Sunnah, and the lives of the prophets and Companions that true honor rests on faith and steadfastness, not on worldly power.Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevotional and Da'wah Reflectionshttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/preachers-on-social-media-between-the-interest-of-dawah-and-the-risks-of-negative-influence/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/preachers-on-social-media-between-the-interest-of-dawah-and-the-risks-of-negative-influence/A methodological article that weighs the real benefits of preachers' presence on social media against its risks, sets out the conditions under which that presence is sound, and insists that guarding the preacher's own heart is a condition of sound da'wah.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTDa'wah and Seeking Knowledgehttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/honoring-the-station-of-the-prophet-in-the-quran-and-sunnah/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/honoring-the-station-of-the-prophet-in-the-quran-and-sunnah/A study tracing the Qur'anic styles that honor the Prophet ﷺ, then the practical Sunnah on the ruling concerning those who harm him, and the purpose-based framework that entrusts that ruling to Muslim authorities and courts rather than individuals.Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTCounsel and Admonitionhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/when-the-lamps-on-the-road-were-put-out/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/when-the-lamps-on-the-road-were-put-out/A short reflective piece in which the lamps along a road of light are extinguished one after another, first by outsiders and then by those within, ending with a prayer for sincerity and a candle that does not go out.Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevotional and Da'wah Reflectionshttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/dividing-reports-into-mutawatir-and-ahad-roots-method-and-consequences/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/dividing-reports-into-mutawatir-and-ahad-roots-method-and-consequences/A critical study arguing that the division of reports into mutawatir and ahad, with its familiar conditions and its creedal function, arose in Mu'tazili theological debate rather than among the hadith critics, and examining its epistemic flaws and its consequences for creed.Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTHadith and Hadith Scienceshttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-obligation-of-hijab-and-the-prohibition-of-mixing/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-obligation-of-hijab-and-the-prohibition-of-mixing/A juristic study arguing that hijab is an established obligation known necessarily in the religion and that mixing which weakens the barriers between the sexes is prohibited, while setting out the recognized disagreement over covering the face and hands and preferring the view that they must be covered.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTFiqh and Legal Theoryhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/between-the-university-degree-and-the-school-of-life-a-young-man-who-left-his-studies/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/between-the-university-degree-and-the-school-of-life-a-young-man-who-left-his-studies/Prompted by a question from a computer science student forced to abandon university and work abroad, this reflection offers practical options for resuming study, encouragement to those who left, a reminder of gratitude to those still studying, and a call to contentment in both paths.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTEducationhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/where-does-collapse-begin/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/where-does-collapse-begin/A da'wah and analytical reading of the weakness that begins from within: weak faith, a disordered family, declining upbringing and disturbed standards; it starts from the Shari'ah, keeps reality in view, and seeks the way to salvation.Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTCounsel and Admonitionhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-centerpiece-of-the-necklace-a-short-story/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-centerpiece-of-the-necklace-a-short-story/A short story about a family whose Ramadan was shaped by a mother's devotion and her special first-day dish, and about the emptiness they discover at the first iftar after her death.Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTAlukah Writershttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/persisting-in-error-is-more-dangerous-than-the-error-itself/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/persisting-in-error-is-more-dangerous-than-the-error-itself/A moral reflection showing that human weakness is expected, but the true danger lies in settling into sin, defending it, and refusing to return.Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTSkill Developmenthttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/let-every-soul-look-to-what-it-has-sent-ahead-for-tomorrow/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/let-every-soul-look-to-what-it-has-sent-ahead-for-tomorrow/A sermon-centered reminder that taqwa weakens when self-accountability weakens, and that the believer renews his journey to Allah by reviewing the heart, the deed, and the nearness of death.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTCounsel and Admonitionhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/between-toiling-toward-allah-and-the-excuse-of-ignorance/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/between-toiling-toward-allah-and-the-excuse-of-ignorance/A sermon that joins self-accountability with a warning against confusing excusable ignorance with deliberate turning away from the truth once it has become clear.Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTCounsel and Admonitionhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/love-in-a-time-of-heedlessness-receiving-ramadan-with-a-living-heart/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/love-in-a-time-of-heedlessness-receiving-ramadan-with-a-living-heart/The eighth Ramadan-path article treats Ramadan as a test of love, arguing that heedlessness, distraction, and media saturation extinguish the heart's readiness for the season.Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTCounsel and Admonitionhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-station-of-love-the-fruit-not-given-without-trial/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-station-of-love-the-fruit-not-given-without-trial/The seventh article in the Ramadan path series presents love of Allah as the heart of the journey, but insists that it is only granted after wakefulness, struggle, purification, and testing.Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTCounsel and Admonitionhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/how-do-we-prepare-for-ramadan-in-light-of-shabans-virtue-and-racing-to-good-deeds/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/how-do-we-prepare-for-ramadan-in-light-of-shabans-virtue-and-racing-to-good-deeds/A Ramadan-preparation article that warns against postponement, restores Sha'ban as a month of worship in its own right, and calls for immediate movement rather than devotional procrastination.Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTCounsel and Admonitionhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/islamic-religious-education-in-germany-01/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/islamic-religious-education-in-germany-01/A foundational reading of the legal, institutional and epistemic context in which Islamic religious education arose in Germany, moving from the question 'Is there religious education?' to 'Who holds the right to represent Islam when it enters the state school?'Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTEducationhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/islamic-religious-education-in-germany-02/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/islamic-religious-education-in-germany-02/A documented analytical presentation of Fahimah Ulfat's 2025 article on Islamic religious education in Germany: its historical origins, legal framework, theological and pedagogical foundations, content and challenges, teacher training, and research prospects.Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTEducationhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/islamic-religious-education-in-germany-03/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/islamic-religious-education-in-germany-03/The article analyses the 'theology of mercy' project as an intellectual structure behind some conceptions of Islamic religious education in Germany, and asks whether it reflects a shift in the concept of Islamic religious authority in the European context.Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTEducationhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-station-of-aspiration-and-resolve-turning-knowledge-into-motion/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-station-of-aspiration-and-resolve-turning-knowledge-into-motion/The sixth article in the Ramadan path series explains that the journey to Allah cannot continue on information alone; it needs inward aspiration, firm resolve, and resistance to procrastination.Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTDa'wah and Seeking Knowledgehttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-station-of-repentance/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-station-of-repentance/The fifth article in the Ramadan path series presents repentance not as a temporary phase after sin, but as the first, middle, and final station of the believer's lifelong journey to Allah.Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTCounsel and Admonitionhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/hypocrisy-between-yesterday-and-today-a-contemporary-reading-in-light-of-the-prophetic-method/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/hypocrisy-between-yesterday-and-today-a-contemporary-reading-in-light-of-the-prophetic-method/A structured reading of how the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم dealt with hypocrisy in stages, and how similar traits reappear today through new media, politics, and social pressures.Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTSocietal Issueshttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/struggling-against-weak-aspiration-conceit-and-delusion-protecting-the-heart-from-falling/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/struggling-against-weak-aspiration-conceit-and-delusion-protecting-the-heart-from-falling/The fourth article in the Ramadan path series diagnoses weak aspiration and hidden inner diseases that may corrupt the seeker's path even while outward acts remain in place.Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTCounsel and Admonitionhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-station-of-self-accountability-the-mirror-that-reveals-the-truth/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-station-of-self-accountability-the-mirror-that-reveals-the-truth/The third article in the Ramadan path series explains that spiritual decline usually follows not from a dramatic break, but from a shortage of inner provision and the weakening of honest self-review.Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTCounsel and Admonitionhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/marriage-between-servitude-and-striving-meanings-drawn-from-the-marriage-contract/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/marriage-between-servitude-and-striving-meanings-drawn-from-the-marriage-contract/A reflective social article that treats marriage not merely as a social arrangement, but as gratitude, worship, struggle against Satan, and a means of building a household that serves Allah.Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTFamily Mattershttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-station-of-wakefulness-and-preparation-for-self-accountability-the-beginning-of-the-path/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-station-of-wakefulness-and-preparation-for-self-accountability-the-beginning-of-the-path/The second article in the Ramadan path series presents wakefulness as the beginning of spiritual travel: the moment the heart stops drifting and starts seeing the path, the self, and the danger of heedless routine.Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTCounsel and Admonitionhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/revelation-and-desire/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/revelation-and-desire/A reflective article arguing that human life is always guided either by revelation or by desire, and that true stability comes only when desire is disciplined by divine guidance.Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTThoughthttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-muslims-path-to-allah-before-ramadan-an-introductory-reading/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/the-muslims-path-to-allah-before-ramadan-an-introductory-reading/An introductory map of the Ramadan path series, explaining why the heart must be prepared before the season arrives and how the coming articles fit together as a single spiritual program.Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTCounsel and Admonitionhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/benefits-from-ibn-rajab-sharh-ilal-al-tirmidhi-02/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/benefits-from-ibn-rajab-sharh-ilal-al-tirmidhi-02/Methodological benefits from Ibn Rajab's commentary on al-Tirmidhi's 'Ilal, in the section on al-Tirmidhi's sources for the scholars' views in fiqh and hadith defects, and on the influence of al-Bukhari's al-Tarikh on his critical method.Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTHadith and Hadith Scienceshttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/strategies-of-hypocrisy-in-undermining-societies/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/strategies-of-hypocrisy-in-undermining-societies/A concise analytical piece on how hypocrisy operates not merely as a private vice, but as an organized internal force that spreads rumor, attacks leadership, revives grievances, and weakens communal resolve.Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTCreed and Monotheismhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/empowerment-comes-only-through-servitude/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/empowerment-comes-only-through-servitude/A brief reflection arguing that true empowerment is not won by slogans or force, but by sincere servitude to God and inner reform.Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTCounsel and Admonitionhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/will-you-forgive-him-on-the-day-of-resurrection/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/will-you-forgive-him-on-the-day-of-resurrection/A short story about a gifted young man whose reckless life leads to a fatal accident, and whose only path back is repentance, restitution, and the haunting hope of divine pardon.Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTAlukah Writershttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/does-allah-create-a-people-for-the-fire/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/does-allah-create-a-people-for-the-fire/A hadith-study article examining the debated wording about whether Allah creates a people for the Fire, surveying the major scholarly approaches to the narration and its interpretation.Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTCreed and Monotheismhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/a-subtle-point-on-gifting-the-reward-of-recitation-to-the-dead/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/a-subtle-point-on-gifting-the-reward-of-recitation-to-the-dead/A brief legal note on the position of al-Izz ibn Abd al-Salam regarding whether the reward of Qur'an recitation may be gifted to the dead.Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTFiqh and Legal Theoryhttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/defending-the-sunnah-and-refuting-the-objections-to-the-hadith-a-people-who-entrust-their-affairs-to-a-woman-will-not-prosper/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/defending-the-sunnah-and-refuting-the-objections-to-the-hadith-a-people-who-entrust-their-affairs-to-a-woman-will-not-prosper/A methodical defense of the famous hadith on female political rule, addressing objections tied to Abu Bakrah, hadith transmission, historical examples, and modern political assumptions.Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTHadith and Hadith Scienceshttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/road-to-jerusalem-01-reading-the-book/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/road-to-jerusalem-01-reading-the-book/An introduction to a series offering a scholarly da'wah reading of the book The Road to Jerusalem by Prof. Dr. Ahmad 'Abd al-Rahman al-Naqib, stressing that the cause of al-Aqsa is a central creedal cause, not a seasonal file.Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTThoughthttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/road-to-jerusalem-02-centrality-and-conditions/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/road-to-jerusalem-02-centrality-and-conditions/Jerusalem is a creedal and civilisational cause touching the core of the Ummah's identity; the road to it is not reduced to bare force, but begins with correcting awareness, reviving faith, and restoring the conditions of empowerment.Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTThoughthttps://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/a-pause-on-the-meaning-of-faith-and-responsibility/https://helghareeb.github.io/en/articles/a-pause-on-the-meaning-of-faith-and-responsibility/Calling to mind the reality of the journey to Allah: its landmarks, its points of failure, and its places of heedlessness, amid widespread misconceptions about faith, repentance, ignorance, and excuse.Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTCounsel and Admonition