at-Tahawi.com is pleased to announce the online release of Mawlana Habib Ahmad al-Kiranawi’s al-Din al-Qayyim, a treatise on taqlid and ijtihad and a detailed refutation of Imam Ibn al-Qayyim’s views on taqlid. The treatise is included in the introduction to Imam Zafar Ahmad al-’Uthmani’s monumental and renowned work, I’la’ al-Sunan, a collection of over six thousand hadith proofs … Continue reading
Here one can read and download the “Simplified Fiqhi Encylopedia” by dr. Magda Amer in English: http://islam-inpractice.com/downloads/Simplified_Fiqhi_Encylopedia.pdf This is a work of comparative fiqh in questions and answers format. Dr. Magda Amer is a female Islamic scholar in religious and worldly sciences.
asSalaamu Alaikum, Last year, Ustadh Murabit Benavidez gifted me a PDF copy of مقاصد الصوم by Sultan al-Ulama Shaykh `Izz ad-Deen bin Abd as-Salam (ra). For the benefit of others, I thought of sharing this gift during the month of fasting. Please view below for the download link: مقاصد الصوم by Shaykh `Izz ad-Deen bin Abd … Continue reading
Reproduced here with kind permission from Muslim World Book Review (MWBR) Review: Abu Hanifa: His Life, Legal Method and Legacy Mohammad Akram Nadwi, (Markfield: Kube Publishing Ltd., 2010) Reviewed by: Dr M Mansur Ali Cardiff University Muslim World Book Review (MWBR) vol. 31, no. 4, Summer 2011, pp. 29-31. This very short, albeit highly erudite … Continue reading
asSalaamu Alaikum, إسعاف أهل الايمان بوظائف شهر رمضان by Shaykh Hasan al-Mashshat. Courtesy of Shaykh Faraz Rabbani.
asSalaamu Alaikum, Over the past two years, Madania Publications has revamped their publishing by making the change to publish books with better material quality and style (glossy cover, better print, proper margins, less misprints, attractive cover images, etc.). This is very well appreciated as Islamic literature in the English language, usually translated works, often lacks … Continue reading
A translation of the classic Maliki fiqh text with parallel Arabic can be found at the following link: http://sunnatheologica.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/al-izziyyah.pdf
I received the following announcement from the renowned bibliophile Mawlana Husain Kadodia: —– It is with the fadl of Allah Ta’ala that the beneficial Hanafi Fatwa Manual, al-Fatawa as-Sirajiyyah, of Siraj ad-Din al-Ushi (d. after 569 AH), has recently been edited and printed. The work was carried out by Mawlana Uthman Bastawi, the librarian at … Continue reading
‘Abd ul-Waḥid ibn ‘Āshir (d. 1040 A.H.) was the author of the in the Maghrib well-known (700 year old) text al-Murshid al-Mu’īn (in short: “The Guiding Helper”) ‘ala al-Darûri min ‘Ulûm il-Dīn fī madhhab al-Imām Mālik.[1] This didactic text (and naẓm: poem) of 317 verses (in rajz) is about ‘aqīdah (Ash’ari), fiqh (Māliki) and tasawwuf … Continue reading
A Key to the Abbreviation System for Authorities’ Names According to the Muta’akhkhirin One studying the works of the Shafi’i School’s later authorities will often find reference made to other scholars by a mere abbreviation. The following is a key to abbreviations commonly found: عطية الله بن عطية البرهاني القاهري الأجهوري أ ج Sh. Atiyyat … Continue reading
