Attached you will find the revised version of the English translation of Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani’s biography of the great Syrian scholar Shaykh ‘Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah. The translation was done by our dear friend Abu Unaysah and Shaykh Ibrahim Amin al-Kuwaiti. Shaykh ‘Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah
“Al-Insaf is a modest tribute to Shah Waliullah’s scientific investigation of the historical factors and other circumstances, which led to the development of Islamic Jurisprudence and the subsequent emergence of its different schools of thought. Al-Insaf’s significance to Islamic Jurisprudence does not deserve recognition merely because it is written by a scholar of repute like … Continue reading
A must-read for any serious student of knowledge: Maqalat al-Kawthari
Found this recent translation of an Arabic work at fajr.wordpress.com. Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak
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
Al-Sayyid Murtađā al-Zabīdī (rahmatullah alayh) Imām Muĥammad ibn Muĥammad ibn Muĥammad ibn Ábd ar-Razzāq al-Ĥusayni az-Zabīdī, Abu’l Fayđ and is widely known as Murtađā az-Zabīdi. [1145-1205 AH/ 1732-1790 CE] He was a Ĥanafī scholar, lexicographer, linguist, a grandmaster in ĥadīth, genealogy, biographies and personal histories [ĥadith, ansāb, rijāl]. He was a prolific writer. Apart from … Continue reading
Al-Imam, Abu Bakr al-Haddad al-Hanafi al-Zabidi (rahmatullah alayh) Excerpted and abridged from Al-Imam Al-Muhaddith Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad bin Ahmad bin ‘Abd al-Latif al-Sharji al-Hanafi al-Zabidi’s (d.893 ah)(rahmatullah alayh) blessed work dealing with the lives of the awliyaa of Yemen: “Tabaqat al-Khawass, Ahl al-Sidq wa al-Ikhlas (Ranks of the Elect, The People of Truth and Sincerity)” … Continue reading
The following was shared by Mawlana Muhammad Badat: Mufti_Mahmood_Hasan_His_Life_and_Works.pdf
asSalaamu Alaikum, Download “Islam and Civilization” by Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali an-Nadwi. This work of Shaykh Nadwi (ra) is different from his renowned book Islam and the World: The Rise and Decline of Muslims and Its Effect on Mankind. More books of Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali an-Nadwi (ra) in Arabic, Urdu, and English can be … Continue reading
asSalaamu Alaikum, Click on link to download: المد والجزر في تاريخ الاسلام تأليف أبو الحسن علي الحسني الندوي asSalaamu Alaikum.
