Amanah, a Faithful Islamic Knowledge & Research Tool

The mission

Authentic knowledge, faithfully transmitted

Amanah is not a general “Islamic chatbot.” It is an educational and research tool for students and scholars of the Islamic sciences (and for the sincere seeker), grounded in naql, faithful transmission.

A general AI answers from a vast, unverified memory. It will, with confidence, present an unauthentic ḥadīth or a ruling with no chain, then shield itself behind a disclaimer. Amanah does the opposite. It draws only from a verified corpus of classical works, quotes and cites the exact source and author, stays within the four madhāhib and the recognised schools of creed, and, most importantly, declines when it has no verified source rather than guess. It transmits; it does not opine, grade ḥadīth, or issue fatwā.

How it helps

A research instrument, not just a place to ask

Compare the tafsīr

Read a single āyah alongside the explanations of several mufassirūn (al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Qurṭubī and others) side by side, in one view.

Foundations of a ruling

Trace a fiqh ruling to the uṣūl and qawāʿid on which it rests, so a student sees not only the ruling, but why.

Depth in ḥadīth & Qurʾān

Read a ḥadīth with its classical commentary (sharḥ) and the meaning of its uncommon words (gharīb). The same depth for the Qurʾān.

The sciences of the heart

Transmit the teachings of taṣawwuf and tazkiyah from the recognised masters: al-Ghazālī’s Iḥyāʾ, al-Qushayrī’s Risāla, the Ḥikam of Ibn ʿAṭāʾillāh.

TafsīrʿUlūm al-QurʾānGharīb al-Qurʾān ḤadīthSharḥ al-ḤadīthʿUlūm al-ḤadīthGharīb al-Ḥadīth RijālShamāʾilFiqhUṣūl al-Fiqh Qawāʿid FiqhiyyaFatāwāʿAqīdahTaṣawwuf SīrahTārīkhSiyāsa SharʿiyyaArabic language

Its boundaries

Built to be trusted

١Grounded, or silent. It answers only from a verified source, otherwise it honestly declines.

٢Within the tradition. Strictly the four madhāhib and the recognised schools of creed; positions are attributed, differences preserved.

٣It transmits, it does not rule. No personal fatwā, no ranking of the madhāhib, no new rulings. These are a matter for a qualified scholar, to whom it refers.

٤Adab preserved. The honorifics and the reverence of the tradition are kept throughout.

Our intention

A trust, not a business

Amanah is not a commercial venture. We seek no investment and offer none; we ask for no funding of any kind. Our hope is simply that it be a ṣadaqa jāriya, a work في سبيل الله, fī sabīlillāh, that serves the knowledge of the Ummah.

أمانة (amāna) means a trust. The name is the mission.

For scholars and institutions

Amanah is only as trustworthy as the scholarship behind it. We are building it with, and reviewing it under, qualified scholars, and it will not reach the public until they stand behind it. If you would like to guide this work, we would be honoured to hear from you.

info@amanahai.org

Currently in development · reviewed by scholars before public release