A serious publication that doesn't keep an errata log is making a claim of infallibility it cannot honour. We've gotten things wrong. We'll get more things wrong. The honest move is to log each correction publicly so readers can see how the work evolves — and so we can be held accountable for it.
✎Transparency · Errata log
Corrections + Updates
Public log of every substantive correction made to Riba-Free Journey since launch. Standard practice for serious publications. When we get something wrong, you should see when + why we changed it.
2026-05-25
On /marriage
Before
Stated the Mālikī school sets a small symbolic minimum (a quarter dinar); the other schools require only that mahr be of legitimate value.
After
Corrected to: Mālikī and Ḥanbalī require small symbolic minimum (~quarter dinar / 3 dirhams); Ḥanafī requires minimum 10 dirhams; Shāfiʿī requires any amount of legitimate value with no fixed floor.
WhyOriginal misrepresented the Ḥanbalī and Ḥanafī positions. Corrected on review of the four-madhab consensus on mahr minimums.
2026-05-25
On /crypto
Before
Listed Mufti Faraz Adam as a Position 1 (permissibility) holder without disclosing he founded Amanah Advisors, a cryptocurrency Shariah advisory firm.
After
Added explicit conflict-of-interest disclosure: 'Mufti Faraz Adam founded Amanah Advisors, which provides Shariah advisory on cryptocurrency products; this should be noted as a potential interest.'
WhyFailure to disclose a scholar's commercial interest in the technology they're ruling on undermines the reader's ability to weight the position. Standard scholarly-ethics correction.
2026-05-25
On /playbook/housing
Before
Framed Islamic mortgage products as 'the fifth option that does not exist' — too dismissive of legitimate scholarly disagreement.
After
Reframed as 'the contested fifth option' — acknowledges that some serious scholars (Ḥanafī school, Dar al-Iftaa Cairo on certain Diminishing Mushārakah, providers' Shariah boards) hold these are permissible. The site's stricter reading is one judgment, not the only valid one.
WhyPer critical review on 2026-05-25, original framing presented site's judgment as settled fact. Honest scholarship acknowledges the genuine institutional disagreement.
2026-05-25
On /exit
Before
ECFR Resolution 2/4 (1999) on conventional mortgages was dismissed in one paragraph.
After
Added a dedicated scholarly note callout acknowledging ECFR as a legitimate scholarly body whose position deserves respectful engagement. Updated /institutional-fatawa with full ECFR treatment.
WhyECFR is a major scholarly body; dismissive treatment was inconsistent with the site's commitment to honest scholarly representation.
2026-05-27
On /stories
Before
Composite story badges were small and buried in the card footer.
After
Promoted COMPOSITE badges to prominent top-of-card position with stronger bg + border + uppercase styling. Each composite story now clearly marked as 'COMPOSITE · representative pattern' before the reader sees specific numbers.
WhyStory cards contain specific dollar figures (AUD 290k, 31 months, etc.). Disclaimer must be visible BEFORE the numbers, not after. Per critical review.
2026-05-27
On /colophon
Before
Operator's identity, qualifications, and chain of accountability were entirely invisible.
After
Added 'Who made this' section acknowledging: (a) site is currently maintained by a single AU Muslim layperson, not a scholar; (b) the corpus does the scholarly work, not the operator; (c) byline + advisor structure are on the roadmap once 1–2 scholar advisors join.
WhyPer critical review: anonymity in religious context is a trust ceiling. Honesty about the operator's role + limits restores some of that trust.
2026-05-27
On /why + /colophon
Before
Site referenced 'the four schools' throughout without explicit disclosure that this excludes Shia, Ibāḍī, and other Islamic traditions.
After
Added explicit Sunni-framing disclosure callouts on /why and /colophon: 'This site is grounded in mainstream Sunni fiqh; readers from Shia, Zaydī, Ibāḍī traditions should treat this as informative on Sunni positions and consult their own scholarly references for binding guidance.'
Why~15% of global Muslims are Shia. Implicit Sunni-only framing without disclosure misled Shia readers expecting universal Islamic guidance. Per critical review.
On corrections
"The classical scholars revised their own positions when better evidence arrived. Imam al-Shāfiʿī famously had a 'new madhab' in Egypt that differed from his 'old madhab' in Iraq. Imam Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal recanted positions in his old age. The Sunnah of scholarship is not certainty; it is the willingness to be corrected by truth."