RESEARCH INDEX

Research Topics

A structured index of proposed research areas — covering the critical evaluation of Hadith narratives and comparative studies of the thought of Javed Ahmad Ghamidi — for graduate, Master’s and PhD-level scholarship.

SECTION ONE

Critical Evaluation of Hadith Narratives

  1. Narratives related to Portraits and Pictures
  2. Narratives related to Music
  3. Narratives related to isbal azaar
  4. Narratives regarding umirtu ‘an uqatila al-nas
  5. Narratives related to slavery
  6. Narratives related to keeping the beard
  7. Narratives related to hijaab
  8. Narratives regarding al-a’immatu min Quraysh
  9. Narratives related to the return of Jesus (sws)
  10. Narratives related to the portents of Qiyamah
  11. Narratives related to interest
  12. Narratives saying women are less sensible than men
  13. Narratives saying martyrs will be rewarded with 70 houris
  14. Narrative on female circumcision
  15. Narrative: man tashabbaha bi qaumin fa huwa minhum
  16. Narratives on shatm e rasul
  17. Narrative on women covering their feet while praying
  18. Narratives on prohibition of Inheritance between Muslims and Non-Muslims
  19. Narratives on Greeting Non-Muslims in an Inferior Way
  20. Narratives on the prohibition of wearing silk
  21. Narratives on Women Outnumbering Men in Hell
  22. Narrative on Jihad Akbar and Jihad Asghar
SECTION TWO

Comparative Study Project

  1. Comparison of Ghamidi’s Hermeneutic Principles with Ibn Taymiyah’s Muqaddimah and Shah Waliullah’s al-Fawz al-Kabir
  2. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s distinction between Sunnah and Hadith
  3. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on ijma related to textual interpretation
  4. Evaluation of the issue of qati al-dalalah
  5. Evaluation of variant readings and Quran collection
  6. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on Jihad
  7. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on Dawah
  8. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on Slavery
  9. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on Gender Interaction
  10. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on Divorce
  11. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on Inheritance Laws
  12. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on Zakah
  13. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on demarcation of the Qur’an of contents of religion
  14. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on Itmam al-hujjah
  15. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on the Objective of Religion
  16. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on Hajj and ‘Umrah
  17. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on Fasting
  18. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on Salah
  19. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on Polygamy
  20. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on Political Directives of Islam
  21. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on Economic Directives of Islam
  22. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on Dietary Laws of Islam
  23. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s view on Islamic Punishments
EXTENDED PROGRAMME

Additional Research Topics for Master’s & PhD Students

PART A

Critical Evaluation of Hadith Narratives — Additional Topics

  1. Narratives regarding Apostasy and the Punishment for Apostasy
  2. Narratives regarding Rajm (Stoning for Adultery)
  3. Narratives regarding Blasphemy and Punishment for Blasphemy
  4. Narratives regarding Women as Political Rulers — lan yufliha qawmun wallaw amrahum imra’atan
  5. Narratives regarding Women Travelling without a Mahram
  6. Narratives regarding Women Visiting Graves
  7. Narratives regarding Women Attending Mosques
  8. Narratives regarding Angels Cursing a Wife who Refuses Sexual Relations
  9. Narratives regarding Obedience to the Husband and Prostration before the Husband
  10. Narratives regarding Marriage of ‘A’ishah (ra) and the Question of Her Age
  11. Narratives regarding Adult Breastfeeding (Rada‘at al-Kabir)
  12. Narratives regarding Breastfeeding Establishing Foster Relationship
  13. Narratives regarding the Killing of Dogs
  14. Narratives regarding Black Dogs and Satan
  15. Narratives regarding the Dog, Woman and Donkey Interrupting Salah
  16. Narratives regarding Bad Omens in Women, Houses and Horses
  17. Narratives regarding the Sun Prostrating beneath the Throne
  18. Narratives regarding the Creation of Adam in the Divine Image
  19. Narratives regarding Adam’s Height of Sixty Cubits
  20. Narratives regarding the Age of the World and Early Human History
  21. Narratives regarding Magic performed on the Prophet (sws)
  22. Narratives regarding the Prophet’s (sws) Attempted Suicide after the Beginning of Revelation
  23. Narratives regarding the Seven Ahruf
  24. Narratives regarding the Qur’an being Revealed in Seven Modes
  25. Narratives regarding Abrogated or Missing Qur’anic Verses
  26. Narratives regarding the Verse of Rajm
  27. Narratives regarding the Qur’an being Collected after the Prophet (sws)
  28. Narratives regarding Punishment in the Grave (‘Adhab al-Qabr)
  29. Narratives regarding Intercession (Shafa‘ah)
  30. Narratives regarding Dajjal
  31. Narratives regarding Imam Mahdi
  32. Narratives regarding Gog and Magog (Ya’juj and Ma’juj)
  33. Narratives regarding the Descent of Jesus and His Rule after His Return
  34. Narratives regarding Predestination and Human Free Will
  35. Narratives regarding the Seventy-Two/Seventy-Three Sects
  36. Narratives regarding the Saved Sect (al-Firqah al-Najiyah)
  37. Narratives regarding Takfir and “Whoever says to his brother: O Kafir”
  38. Narratives regarding Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong by Force
  39. Narratives regarding Obedience to Muslim Rulers despite Tyranny
  40. Narratives regarding Rebellion against Political Authority
  41. Narratives regarding Bay‘ah and Political Legitimacy
  42. Narratives regarding the Caliphate lasting Thirty Years
  43. Narratives regarding Conquest Narratives and Eschatological Wars
  44. Narratives regarding Killing Jews at the End of Times
  45. Narratives regarding Jizyah and Relations with Non-Muslims
  46. Narratives regarding Changing Religion and “Whoever Changes His Religion, Kill Him”
  47. Narratives regarding Testimony of Women
  48. Narratives regarding Diyat of Women
  49. Narratives regarding Guardianship (Wilayah) in Marriage
  50. Narratives regarding Temporary Marriage (Mut‘ah)
PART B

Comparative Study of Ghamidi’s Thought — Additional Topics

Qur’an and Hermeneutics

  1. Ghamidi’s Concept of Nazm al-Qur’an in comparison with Farahi, Islahi and classical tafsir traditions
  2. Ghamidi’s Theory of the Coherence of the Qur’an and modern theories of textual coherence
  3. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s concept of Qur’anic Groups (Majmu‘at) and their thematic structure
  4. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s distinction between Muhkam and Mutashabih
  5. Ghamidi’s understanding of Nasikh and Mansukh compared with classical usul al-tafsir
  6. Ghamidi’s approach to ‘Amm and Khass
  7. Ghamidi’s approach to Mutlaq and Muqayyad
  8. Ghamidi’s approach to Mujmal and Mubayyan
  9. Ghamidi’s concept of language, context and ‘urf in Qur’anic interpretation
  10. Ghamidi’s use of pre-Islamic Arabic poetry as an interpretive source
  11. Ghamidi’s understanding of Asbab al-Nuzul
  12. Ghamidi’s approach to Isra’iliyyat
  13. Ghamidi’s interpretation of Qur’anic historical narratives
  14. Ghamidi’s approach to scientific interpretation of the Qur’an
  15. Ghamidi’s understanding of miracles and supernatural phenomena in the Qur’an

Sunnah, Hadith and Religious Authority

  1. Ghamidi’s concept of Sunnah as an independent source of religion
  2. Comparison of Ghamidi’s definition of Sunnah with al-Shafi‘i’s concept of Sunnah
  3. Ghamidi’s theory of generation-to-generation transmission of Sunnah
  4. Ghamidi’s approach to Khabar al-Wahid
  5. Ghamidi’s approach to Mutawatir Hadith
  6. Ghamidi’s methodology for resolving apparent contradictions between Qur’an and Hadith
  7. Ghamidi’s criteria for acceptance and rejection of Hadith
  8. Comparison of Ghamidi’s Hadith methodology with classical Muhaddithun
  9. Comparison of Ghamidi’s approach to Hadith with modern Hadith criticism
  10. The epistemological status of Hadith, Sunnah and historical reports in Ghamidi’s thought

Sources and Epistemology of Religion

  1. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s concept of Fitrah
  2. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s concept of Ilhamat al-Nafs
  3. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s theory of sources of religious knowledge
  4. Ghamidi’s understanding of reason and revelation
  5. Ghamidi’s approach to certainty (yaqin), probability (zann) and religious knowledge
  6. Ghamidi’s concept of religion versus religious thought
  7. Ghamidi’s distinction between Shari‘ah and Fiqh
  8. Ghamidi’s distinction between religious directives and their applications
  9. Ghamidi’s understanding of Maqasid al-Shari‘ah
  10. Comparison of Ghamidi’s methodology with traditional Usul al-Fiqh

Prophethood and Itmam al-Hujjah

  1. Ghamidi’s concept of Risalah and Itmam al-Hujjah
  2. Comparison of Ghamidi’s theory of Itmam al-Hujjah with classical discussions of Divine punishment of nations
  3. Application of Itmam al-Hujjah to the wars of the Prophet (sws)
  4. Ghamidi’s interpretation of Surah Tawbah in light of Itmam al-Hujjah
  5. Ghamidi’s interpretation of Jizyah
  6. Ghamidi’s understanding of the distinction between Prophets (Anbiya) and Messengers (Rusul)
  7. Evaluation of Ghamidi’s understanding of Khatm-i Nubuwwat
  8. Religious authority after the Prophet: Ghamidi’s view of scholars, consensus and tradition

State, Politics and Law

  1. Ghamidi’s concept of Islam and the State
  2. Ghamidi’s critique of the concept of an Islamic State
  3. Ghamidi’s theory of democracy and consultation (shura)
  4. Ghamidi’s view on sovereignty (hakimiyyah) compared with Maududi and Sayyid Qutb
  5. Ghamidi’s understanding of citizenship in a Muslim-majority state
  6. Ghamidi’s view of equal citizenship for Muslims and Non-Muslims
  7. Ghamidi’s interpretation of Hudud and criminal law
  8. Ghamidi’s view on capital punishment
  9. Ghamidi’s understanding of religious freedom and apostasy
  10. Ghamidi’s understanding of blasphemy law
  11. Ghamidi’s view on freedom of expression
  12. Ghamidi’s conception of collective versus individual religious directives
  13. Ghamidi’s view of the authority of the state to enforce morality

Gender and Family

  1. Ghamidi’s understanding of Qawwamiyyah
  2. Ghamidi’s interpretation of Qur’an 4:34
  3. Ghamidi’s view on women’s testimony
  4. Ghamidi’s view on women’s political leadership
  5. Ghamidi’s view on women leading prayer
  6. Ghamidi’s view on women travelling without a Mahram
  7. Ghamidi’s understanding of marriage guardianship (wilayah)
  8. Ghamidi’s view on child marriage and age of marriage
  9. Ghamidi’s understanding of Khul‘
  10. Ghamidi’s approach to domestic violence and marital authority
  11. Ghamidi’s view on modesty, dress and social interaction

Interfaith Relations

  1. Ghamidi’s understanding of Ahl al-Kitab
  2. Ghamidi’s view on salvation of Non-Muslims
  3. Ghamidi’s interpretation of Qur’anic verses concerning Jews and Christians
  4. Ghamidi’s approach to Muslim–Non-Muslim marriage
  5. Ghamidi’s view on social relations with Non-Muslims
  6. Ghamidi’s view on religious pluralism
  7. Ghamidi’s conception of Dawah in pluralistic societies
  8. Ghamidi’s understanding of citizenship and loyalty in non-Muslim-majority countries
PART C

Larger PhD-Level Research Projects

These could work particularly well as full dissertations rather than individual papers.

  1. The Hermeneutical System of Javed Ahmad Ghamidi: Sources, Principles and Applications
  2. Farahi, Islahi and Ghamidi: Development of the Nazm School of Qur’anic Interpretation
  3. Sunnah and Hadith in Contemporary Islamic Thought: A Comparative Study of Ghamidi and Classical Usul
  4. Epistemology of Religious Knowledge in the Thought of Javed Ahmad Ghamidi
  5. The Concept of Itmam al-Hujjah: Qur’anic Foundations, Historical Application and Contemporary Implications
  6. Religion and State in Contemporary Muslim Thought: Ghamidi, Maududi, Qutb and Modern Reformist Approaches
  7. Islamic Criminal Law and the Modern State: A Critical Study of Ghamidi’s Hermeneutical Reconstruction
  8. Gender, Family and Social Ethics in Ghamidi’s Interpretation of the Qur’an
  9. Muslim–Non-Muslim Relations in Ghamidi’s Thought: From Classical Fiqh to Equal Citizenship
  10. The Concept of Shari‘ah in Ghamidi’s Thought and its Relationship with Classical Fiqh
  11. Hadith Criticism beyond Isnad: Textual, Qur’anic and Historical Criteria in Contemporary Islamic Scholarship
  12. From Farahi to Ghamidi: The Development of a Modern South Asian School of Qur’anic Hermeneutics
  13. Authority after Prophethood: Qur’an, Sunnah, Ijma‘ and Scholarly Authority in Ghamidi’s Religious Epistemology
  14. The Qur’an and the Formation of Religious Law: A Comparative Study of Ghamidi and Classical Usul al-Fiqh
  15. Political Islam and its Critics: A Comparative Study of Maududi and Ghamidi
  16. Divine Law, Human Interpretation and the Modern Nation-State: A Study of Ghamidi’s Legal Thought
  17. Transmission of Religion outside Hadith Literature: Theoretical Foundations of Ghamidi’s Concept of Sunnah

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