A few years ago, Mufti Ehzaz Ajmeri, a fellow lover of books, gifted me a copy of Yādgār-i Zamāna Shakhṣiyyāt kā Aḥwāl-i Muṭālaʿah, a tremendously enjoyable Urdu book edited and compiled by the late Mawlānā Ibn al-ʿAbbās ʿAbbāsī. It is a single volume of articles by seventy contemporary scholars. Each was asked to write aboutContinue reading "My Life of Reading, In Brief by Mawlānā Dr. ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm Chishtī al-Nuʿmānī"
Book Spotlight: Sharḥ al-Hidāyah by Tāj al-Sharīʿah and Ibn Kamāl Bāṣhā
By Mufti Husain Kadodia Title: شرح الهداية المسمّى نهاية الكفاية لدراية الهداية ومعه شرح الهداية لابن كمال باشا Vols: 13 Author: تاج الشريعة المحبوبي وابن كمال باشا Publisher: الإرشاد-إسطنبول Cover & Pages: Hard-7157pg This is a collection of two important commentaries on al-Hidayah in Hanafi Fiqh. The first is amongst the early commentaries of theContinue reading "Book Spotlight: Sharḥ al-Hidāyah by Tāj al-Sharīʿah and Ibn Kamāl Bāṣhā"
Book Spotlight: Dhakhīrat al-ʿUqbā fī Sharḥ Ṣadr al-Sharīʿat al-ʿUẓmā ʿalā Sharḥ al-Wiqāyah
By Mufti Husain Kadodia Title: ذخيرة العقبى في شرح صدر الشريعة العظمى:حاشية على شرح الوقاية لأخي جلبي Vols: 5 Author: يوسف بن جنيد التوقادي Publisher: الرياحين-بيروت Cover & Pages: Hard-2752pg Price: R1880, was R2480 Sharh al-Wiqayah is a famous Hanafi work, taught in many madaris. The most popular classical hashiyah on the work is DhakiratContinue reading "Book Spotlight: Dhakhīrat al-ʿUqbā fī Sharḥ Ṣadr al-Sharīʿat al-ʿUẓmā ʿalā Sharḥ al-Wiqāyah"
Book Review: The Book, “Destiny Disrupted” is a Narrative Disrupted
by Sumaiyya Rahman A Bestseller. “Islamic history through Islamic eyes”. 3 reasons not to recommend it. As a curriculum developer and history instructor for middle school and high school students, I was recommended Tamim Ansary’s Destiny Disrupted. Muslims around me were enamoured with it for its accessibility and its simple breakdown of complex issues inContinue reading "Book Review: The Book, “Destiny Disrupted” is a Narrative Disrupted "
Book Spotlight: Mādhā Khasira al-ʿĀlam bi-Inḥiṭāṭ al-Muslimīn by Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Nadwī
By Mufti Husain Kadodia Title: ماذا خسر العالم بانحطاط المسلمين-ابن كثير Vols: 1 Author: أبو الحسن الندوي Publisher: ابن كثير-دمشق Cover & Pages: Hard-440pg Price: R185, was R235 While many of us of heard of this book, many are unaware of what it really covers. This amazing work was probably the key to Mawlana AbuContinue reading "Book Spotlight: Mādhā Khasira al-ʿĀlam bi-Inḥiṭāṭ al-Muslimīn by Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Nadwī"
Book Spotlight: al-Iṣṭifā li-Bayān Maʿānī al-Shifā
By Mufti Husain Kadodia Title: الإصطفا لبيان معاني الشفا Vols: 6 Author: الإمام شمس الدين محمد بن محمد الدلجي Publisher: الفتح-عمان Cover & Pages: Hard-2936pg “This edition presents one of the finest commentaries on Al-Shifāʾ bi-Taʿrīf Ḥuqūq al-Muṣṭafā by the eminent Mālikī scholar al-Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ (d. 544 AH), the celebrated work devoted to the rights, virtues, nobleContinue reading "Book Spotlight: al-Iṣṭifā li-Bayān Maʿānī al-Shifā"
