بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Almudarabah.com & islamandsciencetoday.com a non-profit websites established to publish contemporary Islamic research, with the hope of providing a venue where such issues can be reviewed and discussed between Muslim scholars and intellectuals.
Our researches are in the Arabic language because this is the language of the holy Quran, Hadith, and the majority of the Muslim scholars’ writings accumulated throughout the various ages of Islam. Gathering and reviewing such information from its original sources is essential to ensure that none of the original meaning is lost or misinterpreted during translation, especially for the verses of the Holy Quran and Hadith.
Although our researches are in the Arabic language, and at this time, only a few articles are published in the English language, we will Inshaa’Allah put an effort to write brief articles in the English language to summarize the outcome and conclusions reached in our studies, hoping to involve the very important and valued contribution of the non-Arab Muslim scholars, who during the history of Islam, have played a major role in advancing and enriching our culture and knowledge.
On the other hand, we consider translating the full published research and studies is of great importance, but this is an enormous task beyond our means and ability. That is why, we welcome any serious party willing to carry out part or parts of this tremendous task, their reward like ours, will be Inshaa’Allah the blessings of Allah.
Finally, we are hoping that this site will become a virtual conference place or a kind of workshop for all serious open-minded Muslim thinkers to review, share, discuss and hopefully guide and advance this research.
In today’s world of vast; varied and specialized knowledge, which is continuously advancing and opening new fields and horizons, no one man can master and conclude any subject. However, serious studies and research shall start from one point, then it should be placed in the open, to be reviewed by many intellectuals each in his or her specialized field, to scrutinize, examine and contribute toward advancing such research till it reaches its final or near final conclusion.
I have also advanced the researches and I am publishing them on Amazon/Books:
www.amazon.com Category books and put in the search box: Wassim Lababidi
The English language books are published on Paperback and eBooks.
The Arabic language books are only published as eBooks and can be read on a Kindle, Tablet, iPad, iPhone and Android phone.
All books are priced at or near the minimum allowed by the publisher Amazon (Their minimum price covers Amazon’s printing, management and publishing costs).
The main studies we are introducing on this site are:
Al Mudarabah: comprehensive research; which was printed a couple of decades ago in a 440 pages book and was distributed to academics, scholars and intellectuals working in the various fields of Islamic banking & financial institutions. The whole book is published again in digital form in this website, providing a valuable reference and materials useful to researchers, economists and bankers.
The research reviewed and listed the conditions of the Mudarabah contract, and its application in our modern times, and showed that it can be safely used as it has built in, adequate safeguards and conditions to equally protect the interest of the two partners and to ensure a satisfactory outcome of the business transaction. It also provides the means to justly measure the value of each party’s contribution and accordingly its fair share of the profit. A more detailed brief will be published on page ‘Menu/Al Mudarabah/Introduction’.
Al Zakat: Scholars have differed since early Islam on the rules of and dues under Zakat. Based on the Quran, Sunnah, Hadith, and other Islamic sources, the research provides a different and new understanding of this religious duty (فريضة الزكاة), leading to a well-defined rule applicable equally to all types of money, investments and economic activities. A more detailed brief is published on page ‘Menu/Al Zakat’.
Creation: In this 21st century, the issue of creation is still troubling all religions, and the debate is still as engaged as it was 160 years ago when the concept of evolution was first published. However, we –Muslims- are blessed with the holy book which was revealed to our prophet (PBUH) some 1400 years ago.
Our research methodology is 1) to gather and list all the relevant verses in the Quran which cover the topics of creation, the observed universe and life. In the same time, 2) review and summarize the latest scientific theories and concepts covering various fields of the present human knowledge, 3) review and study the early scholar’s interpretations of the gathered Quranic verses relevant to this subject. 4) we looked at the direct meaning of the words as listed in the early accepted Arabic dictionary books (Ma’ajem معاجم اللغة), to reach the direct meaning of the Quranic verse.
In all the verses we studied; the direct interpretation of these verses did not disagree with any of the contemporary scientific understandings, including the concepts of evolution and the creation of the universe. This research extended to almost 400 pages, with Chapter 3 dealing with the creation of man and Chapter 4 dealing with the creation of the universe and with the physics of the observed world. A more detailed brief will be published on page ‘Menu/Creation’.
I sincerely hope that you will read and contribute to these researches. May Allah bless this great nation and direct us to the straight path.
Wassim Lababidi
Added Pages:
Index of the Videos published on the Channel on FaceBook.
YouTube Channel ‘Al Mudarabah’ Addresses of Videos published are listed with links on the page titled Videos here in this website. The Links are not working because YouTube terminated the Channel. A new channel on Facebook is already established and I am republishing the videos on Contemporary Islamic Research | Facebook.
Index of the Videos Published in the English Language on Facebook:
1- Quran & Science:
2- Islamic Economy & Al Zakat:
3- Response to Dan Gibson Al Petra Kaaba Claims:
4- Birmingham Manuscript & the Writing of the Early Quran.
5 – Various Subjects.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE:
This is to inform you that YouTube has suspended/terminated Al Mudarabah Channel without giving a specific reason, they referred to Community Guidelines and Terms of Service. Accordingly, all listed links on this website to YouTube videos will not work. I am appealing and in the same time looking for alternative solutions. March 2023
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UPDATE
8 April 2023:
Dear All,
In YouTube 1st email they provided the reason for removing Al Mudarabah Channel as: “Spam, scams or commercially deceptive content”
YouTube refused my 2nd Appeal stating: “We reviewed your channel carefully, and have confirmed that it violates our spam, deceptive practices and scams policy.”
Anybody who has seen the channel and read articles on this website knows that this is not the case. How a Non-profit channel and website can be accused of spam, scams and commercially deceptive practices. The Channel is not in their Monetisation program, nor was interested to join it in the future.
Unfortunately, YouTube is not listening; they allow you to appeal in a form limited to only 1000 digits (letters & spaces), and they do not respond to what one writes. it seems they made their decision for whatever reason and it doesn’t look good at all. It’s more likely that I’ll have to find an alternative platform to re-publish the videos so I can replace the YT URLs with others and provide you access to these videos.
This will take time, as there are around 140 videos of average 2 to 4 GB each, that need to be uploaded after I decide on the alternative platform. Please let me know what you think, I’d like to hear from you. I will keep you informed. Thank you for your understanding & support. Inshaa’Allah we will prevail.
Update: 13/04/2023
A new page/ channel is established on Facebook pages. Please click on the following address: Contemporary Islamic Research | Facebook
So far I uploaded most videos, please visit and write to me. Best regards.