Hadith
On the Chain of Narration
The isnad was one of the strangest inventions in intellectual history: a discipline built on the premise that who told you something is part of the thing itself.
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Hadith
Fiqh
Certainty, Doubt, and the Rules That Follow
One of the five great maxims of fiqh says certainty is not removed by doubt. It solves more everyday problems than any other rule I know, and it is routinely misapplied.