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Dr. Haitham A. El-Ghareeb publishes articles and books in Arabic on the Alukah Network. 169 of these articles are available here in English, each linked to its Arabic original.

169 articles in English

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Intellectual and Creedal Doubts | 2026-10-10

The Mizan Series: How to Weigh Doubts (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.

Hadith and Hadith Sciences | 2026-10-03

The Mizan Series: How to Weigh Doubts (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.

Hadith and Hadith Sciences | 2026-09-29

On the Rules of Takhrij and Isnad Study: Methodological Foundations and Practical Guidelines 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.

Counsel and Admonition | 2026-08-19

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.

Devotional and Da'wah Reflections | 2026-07-28

From Wandering to Servitude: Humanity's Journey Between Satan's 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.

Medicine, Science, and Informatics | 2026-07-25

From Exploiting Anxiety to Steering Behavior: A Reading of the Digital Platform Model, Artificial Intelligence, and the Preservation of 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.