There is a quote attributed to Mawlānā Muḥammad ʿĀshiq Ilāhī al-Mīrathī, one of the close associates of Mawlānā Khalīl Aḥmad al-Muhājir al-Madanī, the author of the monumental Sunan Abī Dāwūd commentary Badhl al-Majhūd, in the Tadhkirat al-Khalīl, p. 278 (which my mentor, Mawlānā ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm Chishtī Ṣāḥib had helped to edit and arrange) that struckContinue reading "Seven Commitments in Mawlānā Khalīl Aḥmad al-Sahāranpūrī’s Badhl al-Majhūd"
A Brief Comparison of Two Editions of Iḥyā ʿUlūm al-Dīn and a Brief Look at the New Edition of Itḥāf al-Sādat al-Muttaqīn
A brief comparison of the two editions by Dār al-Minhāj (Jeddah) and a brief look at the new edition of Itḥāf al-Sādat al-Muttaqῑn bi Sharḥi Iḥyā̕ ῾Ulūm al-Dῑn by Dār al-Nūr al-Mubīn (Amman) by Mawlana Abu Asim Badrul Islamإحياء علوم الدينالمقارنة بين طبعتي دار االمنهاج (جدّة) في 4 مجلدات و 10 مجلدات تأليف: حجّة الإسلامContinue reading "A Brief Comparison of Two Editions of Iḥyā ʿUlūm al-Dīn and a Brief Look at the New Edition of Itḥāf al-Sādat al-Muttaqīn"
Essential Reading for Seminary Students: al-Intibāhāt al-Mufīdah by Ḥakīm al-Ummah Ashraf ʿAlī al-Thānawī
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"
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