• Small Notes on Choosing Between Different Editions of a Book

    When choosing a book, it is important to consider both the quality of the tahqiq and the printing. The word tahqiq covers different kinds of work: verifying the text by comparing manuscripts and noting variants, tracing narrations and grading them (takhrij), or adding brief explanatory notes. It is worth checking which of these an edition actually offers, which…

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  • Assembly 101

    When I started reading Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective (CS:APP), assembly was one of the hardest parts to understand. At first, assembly looks much more complicated than C or C++. You suddenly see instructions like: It can feel unreadable. The good news is that assembly instructions themselves are usually quite simple. The difficult part is understanding the ideas…

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  • The Hadith of the Conquest of Constantinople and Sultan Mehmed II

    الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله أما بعد. A well-known hadith is frequently quoted concerning the conquest of Constantinople: You will conquer Constantinople. The best commander is its commander and the best army is its army This narration is commonly associated with Sultan Mehmed II (Mehmed al-Fātiḥ), who conquered Constantinople in 857 AH/1453 CE. However,…

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  • Analyse of Sunnah.com

    Sunnah.com is a widely used website that provides translations of ḥadīth, making it easy and convenient for people to access them. However, many users rely on it without questioning its reliability or the authenticity of its sources. In this article, I will analyze the origins of Sunnah.com and evaluate whether it can be considered a trustworthy source for…