Publications & Articles
Scholarly publications and articles from Darul Qasim College.

What is a Kalima, What is a Definition
What is a Kalima, What is a Definition: The Relationship between Logic and Grammar in the Later Arabic Linguistic Tradition.by Dr. Muhammad Volkan StodolskyThe American Society of Islamic

Allocating Zakat Money for Political Campaigns
A Refutation of the Untenable Fatwā on the Permissibility of Giving Zakāt to the Non-Muslim for Political PurposesBy Darul Qasim College Faculty بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم We are

Akbarī and Kalām Ontologies within Sunnī Islam
Akbarī and Kalām Ontologies within Sunnī Islam Shaykh Muhammed Volkan Yildiran Stodolsky Journal of Islamic Philosophy Volume 16, Issue 2, 2025 Abstract The paper outlines kalām and Akbarī

The Kholwadian Hermeneutic Methodology
The Kholwadian Hermeneutic MethodologyBy Huzaifa Ansari, Darul Qasim CollegeHuzaifa Ansari is a student at Darul Qasim College, currently in the second year of the Advanced Islamic Studies Program.

Shaykh Amin’s Hadith Lessons
A Dive into the Unique Methodology of Shaykh Amīn’s Bukhārī Ḥadīth LessonsBy: Alimah Ayesha Siddiqua Mohsin, Darul Qasim College Introduction Hadith, the cornerstone of our Islamic tradition, holds

Mullā Jīwan’s Methodology in His Qurʾān Commentary Al-Tafsīrāt Al-Aḥmadiyyah
Published in the Australian Journal of Islamic Studies. Abstract (excerpt) This article outlines the Ḥanafī subcontinent contribution to the field of tafsīr. It provides a synopsis of Ḥanafī

Abortion in Hanafī Law
Abstract The following represents an overview of the ethico-legal aspects of induced abortion from the perspective of the classical Ḥanafī School of Islamic law. The school considers abortion to be

Medicine and Shariah: A Dialog in Islamic Bioethics
Contemporary medicine has developed unprecedented treatments. One of the aims of those who engage in Islamic bioethics is to assess these developments to ensure that medical treatments that

Amicus Brief – Religious Freedom Institute
The Religious Freedom Institute, Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team (“IRF”), amplifies Muslim voices on religious freedom, seeks a deeper understanding of the support for religious freedom inside

Causes And Means Of Healing – An Islamic Ontological Perspective
Ahsan M. Arozullah, M. Amin Kholwadia, M. Volkan Stodolsky, and Aasim I. Padella This article was published on 10, July, 2018 in the Journal of Religion and Health,

Forensic Psychiatry
Bilal Ali and Hooman Keshavarzi This article was published in October 2017 in the Oxford Islamic Studies Online, Oxford University Press. This article discusses importance of Forensic Psychiatry,

Physician’s Juristic Role
Muhammed Volkan Stodolosky and Mohammed A. Kholwadia This article was published in April 2018 in the Oxford Islamic Studies Online, Oxford University Press. This article discusses the normative

Wilāyah And Its Implications For Islamic Bioethics
Ahsan M. Arozullah and Mohammed A. Kholwadia This article was published in March 2013 in the Journal of Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. One of the goals of Darul

Dire Necessity And Transformation: Entry-points For Modern Science In Islamic Bioethical Assessment Of Porcine Products In Vaccines
Aasim I. Padela, Steven W. Furber, Mohammad A. Kholwadia and Ebrahim Moosa Dr Padela’s’s time-effort for this project was partially funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical

Medical Experts & Islamic Scholars Deliberating Over Brain Death: Gaps In The Applied Islamic Bioethics Discourse
Aasim I. Padela, Hasan Shanawani and Ahsan Arozullah This paper was presented in partial form at the 2009 Islamic Medical Association of North America Annual Convention in Washington DC,

Using Fatawa Within Islamic And Muslim Bioethical Discourse: The Role Of Doctrinal And Theological Considerations – A Case Study Of Surrogate Motherhood
Aasim I. Padela, Hasan Shanawani, Mohammed Amin Kholwadia, Ahsan Arozullah From the book, Islam and Bioethics by Vardit Rispler-Chaim Berna Arda. A form of this paper is under-review
