Al-Hidayah fi ‘l-Nahw

We mentioned the revised form of Hidayat al-Nahw in a previous post. Here we decided to provide the .doc form of this revised edition, entitled Al-Hidayah fi ‘l-Nahw. اَلْـهِـدَايَـةِ فِـي الـنَّـحْوِ [At the request of a reader, we are posting a .pdf form of the book below] اَلْـهِـدَايَـةِ فِـي الـنَّـحْوِ

Sirat al-Sayyidah ‘A’ishah Umm al-Mu’minin by ‘Allamah al-Sayyid Sulayman al-Nadwi

Attached is the Arabic biography of Sayyidatuna ‘A’ishah al-Siddiqah, Mother of the Believers, authored by ‘Allamah Sayyid Sulayman al-Nadwi (may Allah have mercy on him). The book is arguably the best biography of ‘A’isha (may Allah be pleased with her) in Arabic and is also available in Urdu (and I believe English). Sirah ‘A’ishah SulaymanContinueContinue reading “Sirat al-Sayyidah ‘A’ishah Umm al-Mu’minin by ‘Allamah al-Sayyid Sulayman al-Nadwi”

Ta’aqqubat al-Kashmiri fi Fayd al-Bari ‘ala Ibn Hajar

The following book was shared by respected Shaykh Husain Kadodia. It is basically a compilation of places in Fayd al-Bari, ‘Allamah Anwar Shah al-Kashmiri’s lecture notes on Sahih al-Bukhari, where Kashmiri refutes opinions presented by Hafiz Ibn Hajar in his Fath al-Bari. The book was compiled by Nasir ibn Sayf Nasir al-‘Azari and presented asContinueContinue reading “Ta’aqqubat al-Kashmiri fi Fayd al-Bari ‘ala Ibn Hajar”

Treasures of Arabic Morphology (Min Kunuz al-Sarf) by Shaykh Ebrahim Muhammad

Attached is the now widely-used English book of Arabic morphology, compiled by Shaykh Ebrahim Muhammad of Camperdown, South Africa. It is used as the main text for Sarf in many madrasahs today. The book has been published by ZamZam Publishers in Karachi, albeit with poor printing. The margins are missing and the pages/binding are  smallContinueContinue reading “Treasures of Arabic Morphology (Min Kunuz al-Sarf) by Shaykh Ebrahim Muhammad”

Useful Charts for Students of Hidayat al-Nahw

While teaching Hidayat al-Nahw this last year, I chose to stick to the actual book as the text and not the Irani, revamped version entitled Al-Hidayah fi ‘l-Nahw which basically simplifies the text in certain places, adds practice questions and summaries, and inserts neat little charts for visualizing divisions and categories. Because al-Hidayah fi ‘l-NahwContinueContinue reading “Useful Charts for Students of Hidayat al-Nahw”