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Al-Milal wa al-Nihal, a dignified piece of writing by Shahrastani. It serves as his introduction to the field of Ilm-al-Kalam (Muslim Dialectical Theology). This paper aims to highlight Shahrastani's methodologies on the five Jewish schisms and their shortcomings. Shahrastani's primary goals in writing about non-Islamic religions were in line with the objectives of the modern western approaches to the comparative study of religion. Shahastani maintained objectivity while discussing five Jewish traditions. As a pioneer in the field of comparative religion, he established proper canons for the narration of different religious traditions. His study of Judaism is based on readings from their sacred texts. The distinctions of his methodology are academic language, content arrangement and correct information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Islam has taught to maintain good relations with non-Muslims and pay their payments irrespective of differences of faith. The real thing in relations with non-Muslims is peace, not war. The Qur'an says that no one can force anyone to accept Islam. One issue is whether nonMuslims will have the right to a key position or jobs in a Muslim state. Those who consider Islam to be a religion revealed by God Almighty can only run a Muslim state sincerely. On the contrary, those who do not believe in Islamic teaching and don't consider it a religion revealed by God will not correctly run a Muslim state. Therefore, they are not suitable for its key positions. This paper argues that apart from the key positions, there is equal opportunities must be granted to the non-Muslims for employment and it is responsibility of a Muslim State to create freedom to work for nonMuslims. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ilm Fiqh-ul-Hadith is one of the important disciplines of the Hadith studies. It tells us how to interpret a hadith and how a legal ruling can be derived from the sources of Hadith. It also determines how to inference a verdict from the Hadith texts. Orders and obligatory issues of the religion depend on it. The present article studies Lami al-durari, a multi-voluminous commentary on Sahih Bukhari, penned by an Indian scholar Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi. The present paper is an attempt to evaluate the Lami al-Darari from the prospective of Fiqh al- Hadith. A number of new interpretations have been identified which were not even mentioned by the predecessors in their books. We also attempted to see its impact on the subsequent literature in the field. Through a comparative study of other leading commentaries of Sahih al-Bukhari, it endeavors to ascertain its intellectual place in the discipline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Marriage as prescribed by Allah is the lawful union of a man and a woman based on mutual consent. Ideally the purpose of marriage is to foster a state of tranquility. Love and compassion in Islam, but this is not always the case. Islam discourages divorce but, unlike some religions, does make provisions for divorce by either party. Allah almighty provides general guidelines for the process of divorce with emphasis on both parties upholding the values of justice and kindness in formalizing the end to their marriage. The pronouncement of Talaq by the husband may be verbal or written, but once made, there is to be a waiting period of three months. The waiting period helps to prevent hasty terminations due to anger and allows time for both parties to reconsider as well as to see if the wife is pregnant. If she is pregnant the waiting period is lengthened until delivery. During this waiting period the man remains financially responsible for the support of the woman. The alarming explosion of divorce in our present times is a cause of great concern. The mention of the word Talaq has now become so cheap that in some marriages, every argument futures this word, either the husband threatens with it or the wife demands it. This paper is therefore an attempt to highlight some of the causes of rampant divorce and its impact on Muslim women and society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]