Dr. Shehzad Saleem is the editor of Renaissance and a scholar of Islamic thought. He has written extensively on Qur'anic hermeneutics, the methodology of Hadith criticism, and the interface of Islam with modernity. He studied under Javed Ahmad Ghamidi for over two decades and has taught at Al-Mawrid Institute, Lahore.
126 contributions · 124 articles · 2 queriesA reader asks about the Islamic perspective on birthday celebrations. Are they an impermissible bidʿah, or do they fall within the permitted sphere of social custom?
A systematic overview of the twin pillars of hadith evaluation — chain criticism and textual criticism — and how modern scholarship has renewed the case for matn-centred analysis.
A question about the scholarly positions on women leading mixed and single-sex congregational prayers, with a review of the relevant hadith and the limits of scholarly consensus.
The Qur'an's invitation to reason — ʿaql — is not a supplement to revelation but intrinsic to it. A rereading of the ulū al-albāb passages and their implications for Islamic intellectual culture.
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