On Mawlānā Ashraf ʿAlī Thānawī's al-Intibāhāt al-Mufīdah ʿan al-Ishtibāhāt al-Jadīdah and the new Arabic translation by Muḥammad Qasīm Manṣūr By Guest Author If you are a student of the Dars Niẓāmī, you have spent years picking up some serious intellectual tools: manṭiq, kalām, uṣūl al-fiqh, ʿulūm al-ḥadīth. You have worked through dense texts and learned to thinkContinue reading "Essential Reading for Seminary Students: al-Intibāhāt al-Mufīdah by Ḥakīm al-Ummah Ashraf ʿAlī al-Thānawī"
Al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh by Ibn al-Athir
By Mufti Husain Kadodia Title: الكامل في التاري -ابن كثير Vols: 19 Author: ابن الأثير Publisher: ابن كثير-دمشق Cover & Pages: Hard-10352pg The 3 major works in tarikh are Tarikh at-Tabari, al-Kamil and al-Bidayah wa an-Nihayah. Tabari’s is the foundation, covering from the start of creation to around 300 ah. Ibn Athir in al-Kamil andContinue reading "Al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh by Ibn al-Athir"
Book Spotlight: al-Fatāwā al-Ḥadīthiyyah of Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī (or al-Haythamī)
By Mufti Husain Kadodia Title: الفتاوى الحديثية-التقوى دمشق Author: ابن حجر الهيتمي Publisher: التقوى-دمشق Cover & Pages: Hard-2044pg The Fatawa Hadithiyyah of Allamah Ibn Hajar al-Haytami is another unappreciated book. Non-Shafi’is as well as Shafi’is not inclined to fiqh don’t touch it thinking it is a Shafi Fiqh work, while many of those who knowContinue reading "Book Spotlight: al-Fatāwā al-Ḥadīthiyyah of Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī (or al-Haythamī)"
Mukhtaṣar al-Manāhij al-Fiqhiyyah al-Muʿāṣarah by Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ilāh al-ʿArfaj
مختصر المناهج الفقهية المعاصرة عبد الإله العرفج Introduced by Mufti Husain Kadodia This book highlights three contemporary juristic methodologies with indepth analysis: The traditional school (madhhabi) approach, whose adherents restrict themselves to the juristic interpretations of one of the four renowned schools of Islamic law: Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’i, and Hanbali. The Salafi approach, whose adherentsContinue reading "Mukhtaṣar al-Manāhij al-Fiqhiyyah al-Muʿāṣarah by Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ilāh al-ʿArfaj"
A Reading List: Great Books of Islamic Civilization
The intellectual tradition of Islamic civilization is both incredibly vast and delightfully diverse. Within this immense corpus of intellectual wealth, certain works enjoy an authority that endures time because these “great books” shaped entire disciplines, helped form curricula, or preserved modes of thought across centuries. The following list, produced by N.A. Baloch, comprises the tableContinue reading "A Reading List: Great Books of Islamic Civilization"
First Impressions: Dār al-Maʿrūf’s Recent Print of Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ
By Bilal Ali I had the opportunity to examine the first volume of the new eleven-volume edition of Mullā ʿAlī al-Qārī's celebrated commentary on the Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ, Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ. My access was brief, limited to a few days before returning the volume to its owner, yet the edition has recently been the subject of discussionContinue reading "First Impressions: Dār al-Maʿrūf’s Recent Print of Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ"
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