About Al-Hikmah
A scholarly resource for authentic Islamic knowledge - open to all who seek it.
Our Mission
Al-Hikmah - the Arabic word for wisdom - exists to make authentic Islamic knowledge accessible to every person who seeks it, regardless of their background or prior understanding of the religion.
The Islamic scholarly tradition is one of the most meticulous in human history. For over 1,400 years, scholars have preserved the words and actions of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ with extraordinary care - verifying chains of narration, scrutinising the character of every narrator, and cross-referencing traditions against one another. Al-Hikmah aims to bring that tradition to a modern audience.
Every hadith presented here comes from established, authenticated collections. Every supplication (du'a) has a verified source. Every story of the prophets draws on classical scholarly commentary. Our goal is clarity, accuracy, and reverence for the tradition.
Our Principles
Scholarly Authenticity
All hadith texts are sourced from established collections. Authenticity grades (sahih, hasan, da'if) are displayed alongside every tradition, following the methodology of classical hadith scholarship.
Multi-Language Access
Content is presented in Arabic alongside contextual translations in English, Malay, Turkish, Urdu, Bengali, and Persian, sourced from the open-access fawazahmed0 Hadith API rather than AI generation, preserving scholarly accuracy.
Open Knowledge
Al-Hikmah is designed to be accessible to both Muslims deepening their understanding and non-Muslims seeking to understand the Islamic tradition. No prior knowledge is assumed.
Respect for the Tradition
Every piece of content is presented with the reverence owed to it. The Arabic original is always shown for hadith. The Prophet ﷺ is mentioned with his proper honorific.
Languages
Al-Hikmah provides translations sourced from the open-access fawazahmed0 Hadith API, which covers major canonical collections in multiple languages. Translations are human-scholarly renderings, not machine-generated, preserving the layers of meaning that literal word-for-word translation often fails to convey.
Sources
Hadith texts are provided by the open-access Hadith API (fawazahmed0), which covers the major canonical collections. Scholarly metadata, biographical information, and commentary are compiled from classical works including:
- Ibn Kathir's Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah
- Al-Nawawi's Riyadh al-Salihin and Commentary on Sahih Muslim
- Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's Fath al-Bari
- Ibn Hisham's Sirat al-Nabawiyyah
- Al-Ghazali's Ihya' Ulum al-Din
- Ibn al-Qayyim's Zad al-Ma'ad