Terms of Use for Islamic Educational Content and Access

Last Updated and Acceptance of These Terms

Last updated: 12 June 2024.

When you open a page on this site, browse an article, or listen to a lecture, you accept the terms set out below. That acceptance is not a signature on paper. It is the simple act of using what we have made available.

These terms apply to everyone. A student in Riyadh reading a note on Hanafi fiqh, a teacher pulling a hadith reference for a class, a casual visitor who arrived through a search result — all of you are covered by the same agreement.

If any part of this troubles you, the fair response is to stop using the site. There is no penalty for leaving. But continued use means continued agreement, and it is honest to say so up front.

Educational Purpose and Scope of the Content

The purpose of this site is teaching. The articles, transcribed lectures, and reference notes here exist to help people understand the Qur'an, the Sunnah, and the scholarly tradition that carries them forward.

What you will find is educational in nature. It is not a substitute for a personal ruling from a qualified mufti on a matter specific to your own circumstances. A general article on the conditions of prayer during travel cannot know your itinerary, your intention, or the edge cases of your situation.

So treat the content as a starting point for study, not the final word on a personal question. That distinction protects you, and it keeps the material honest about what it can and cannot do.

Your Responsibilities When Using the Site

Using the site well asks a little of you. Most of it is common courtesy.

Keep what you submit truthful

If you send a question through the Contact page or submit any detail, keep it accurate and current. False information wastes everyone's time and can lead to a reply that does not fit your real situation.

Do not attack the infrastructure

No hacking. No automated scraping that hammers the servers. No attempts to overload the site or probe it for weaknesses. These systems are maintained so that people can learn — treat them the way you would treat a library reading room.

Stay within the law

Use the site for lawful purposes only. That is a short rule with a wide reach, and it covers everything from how you access the content to what you do with it afterward.

Permitted Use of Articles, Lectures, and Site Materials

You are welcome to use this content for personal, non-commercial study. Read it, take notes, quote a passage in your own research, share a link with a friend who would benefit.

What you may not do is republish or redistribute the material as your own — repackaging lectures into a paid course, copying whole articles onto another platform, or presenting the work here without permission. If you want to reproduce something at scale, ask first. Reach out through the Contact page and we will usually find a way to say yes.

Accuracy, Updates, and No Warranty

Every effort goes into getting the material right, but the content is offered as is, without warranties of any kind.

We do not promise that every article is free of error or that every ruling reflects the most recent scholarly discussion. Knowledge moves, transcriptions can carry a slip, and a footnote written years ago may need revisiting. This site draws on a particular scholarly lineage, so a reader following a different school may find emphases that do not match their own tradition.

Before you act on anything with real consequences — a matter of inheritance, divorce, a financial contract, consult a qualified scholar who can weigh your specific facts. The page in front of you is a lamp for the road, not a map of your exact destination.

Limits on Liability

Your use of the site is at your own risk. That phrase sounds cold, but it means something simple: we cannot foresee how each of thousands of readers will apply what they find.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we are not liable for indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the site or your reliance on its content. If a lecture link breaks the day before your class, or a reference sends you to a source you later dispute, the responsibility for how you build on the material stays with you.

None of this removes the care taken in producing the work. It simply draws a line that any publisher of free educational material has to draw.

Governing Law, Courts, and Severability

These terms are governed by the applicable local law where the site operates. Any dispute that cannot be settled amicably falls to the relevant courts of that jurisdiction.

Severability matters here. If a court finds one clause invalid or unenforceable, that clause is struck and the rest of these terms stand unchanged. One broken link in a chain does not scatter the whole set of agreements you and we have made.

Changes to These Terms

These terms may be revised from time to time — to reflect new content types, legal changes, or simply clearer wording. When that happens, the revision date at the top of this page moves forward.

Using the site after an update means you accept the revised terms. There is no separate notice sent to your inbox, so the date line is your marker. Questions are always welcome through the Contact page, and you can learn more about the person behind the work on the About Najeeb Qasmi page.

So the next time you copy a passage into your own notes or forward a lecture to a study circle, ask yourself: does this use honor the trust the content was published under?