Ethical Guidelines

“Anwar al-Sirah” (Transliterated as 'Anwār al-Sīrah) is an open access, peer reviewed, bi-annual, and tri-lingual (Urdu, Arabic, and English) Research Journal published by Seerat Chair, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur. It welcomes all the research articles having strong potential and significance to Sīrah of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ)

• The research paper must not be against the fundamentals and injunctions of Islāmic teachings.
• The article must comprise an original and unpublished research work with link to the biography of Holy Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ).
• The manuscript should deal with contemporary social, economical, political, or other issues with novelty and uniqueness.
• Primary sources are to be consulted for references in the manuscripts. As without primary sources, the secondary sources are less valuable.
• Due refrences should be made, where the sources are consulted, in Chicago Citation Style of Endnote.
• Soft copy of the final article should be sent in MS Word (A4 size page with 2” top, bottom, left and right margins), and other formats; like PDF, TXT, Image, or other are not acceptable.
• The author has to submit article along with similarity index report and he/she will be legally responsible for any objection and legal proceedings in this regard. 
• Articles to be submitted via OJS Submissions. Articles submitted other than Online Journal System (OJS) will not be entertained.
• It is expected that the research paper sent to “'ANWĀR AL-SĪRAH” is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The article submitted for publication must be without plagiarism.
• The articles are blind peer reviewed by the experts before publication. However, the Editorial Board reserves the right to exclude the paper without showing cause on the basis of benc evaluation. The decision of the Editorial Board will be exclusive for publication of the article. The auther may send his/her article to another journal only after getting final regrets from 'ANWĀR AL-SĪRAH.