Over the past few years, a significant number of friends and students have requested a list of suggested book readings for my various classes on Hadith Studies. Others over the past few years have asked my opinion about certain works or whether they are appropriate for the level of the enquirer. Recently, I was reminded … Continue reading
A must-read for any serious student of knowledge: Maqalat al-Kawthari
This is the edition of Riyad al-Salihin that Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna’ut looked over and reviewed. Note that the actual takhrij work and edits were done by ‘Abd al-’Aziz Rabah and Ahmad Yusuf al-Daqqaq. Arna’ut reviewed their work and added notes on the hadith that are not from the two Sahihs, Bukhari and Muslim, often adding … Continue reading
Chapter on Not Raising the Hands in other than the Opening & the Command to be Still in Salah By ‘Allamah Zafar Ahmad al-‘Uthmani Translated by Zameelur Rahman 1. Narrated from Tamim ibn Tarafah from Jabir ibn Samurah (Allah be pleased with him): He said: Allah‟s Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace) came … Continue reading
This wonderful introduction succinctly discusses the biographies of Imam Ashraf ‘Ali al-Thanawi and Imam Zafar Ahmad al-Thanawi as well as an introduction to the renowned work: I’la’ al-Sunan. The translation has been done by our dear friend and regular contributor, Zameelur Rahman, along with a translation of a chapter of the book that will be … Continue reading
I have just received the book “al-Adkhar” by imam an-Nawawi from Dar al-Minhaj (http://www.alminhaj.com/) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. I bought it from HUbooks in the UK (http://www.hubooks.com/). Last year I got another copy of the same book from a bookseller in the Netherlands but from a different publisher: Dar al-Fajr li’t-Turath, which is behind al-Azhar … Continue reading
In the introduction to his Sunan imam Abu Dawud (817-888) wrote a short epistle (risalah) to the people of Makkah on the history and methodology of the science of hadith. The Arabic version of the epistle can be downloaded here: http://read.kitabklasik.co.cc/2010/02/risalah-abi-dawud-ila-ahli-makkah-fi.html Here the link to the English translation: http://ubd.academia.edu/mn/Papers/108119/Translation_of_the_Introduction_to_Sunan_Abu_Dawud
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
This link is for a class on the Sharh al-’Aqidah al-Nasafiyyah. In the third volume or so there is a discussion on the istiwa’. If anyone finds it, please let us know. I’ve provided two versions of the book as well, the first is the original book and the second is a tabwib into fiqhi … Continue reading
A well-known rebuttal of Shaykh Nasir al-Din al-Albani’s critique of the four Sunan works, this six-volume work is very useful for the hadith researcher. The pdf of the book can be found at the following link: http://narjes-library.blogspot.com/2011/05/blog-post_578.html
