Last year, the author of the now famous Ulama in Contemporary Islam: Custodians of Change, Muhammad Qasim Zaman, published a biography of the great savant and saint Hakim al-Ummah Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali al-Thanawi (may Allah shower him with His mercy). The book is part of The Makers of the Muslim World Series. I recently obtainedContinueContinue reading “Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi: Islam in Modern South Asia by Muhammad Qasim Zaman”
Author Archives: Bilal Ali Ansari
Best Commentary of Imam Tirmidhi’s al-Shama’il al-Muhammadiyyah for a Talib
By the infinite mercy of Allah, I have been blessed to be able to teach the Shama’il Muhammadiyyah of Imam Tirmidhi twice in the last year and have begun to teach it again this year to students of the Dawrat al-Hadith. In the beginning of the year, students were very adamant on finding a commentaryContinueContinue reading “Best Commentary of Imam Tirmidhi’s al-Shama’il al-Muhammadiyyah for a Talib”
English ‘Aqidah Tahawiyyah Translations and Commentaries
For a while now, I have been collecting a number of translations of the famous al-‘Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah for the purpose of rendering a new and more accessible translation for some of my students. Given the verbiage of some translations and the inaccuracy of others, it was important to look through all the other existing worksContinueContinue reading “English ‘Aqidah Tahawiyyah Translations and Commentaries”
Minhat al-Suluk fi Sharh Tuhfat al-Muluk w/ Marginal Notes by the Imam of Masjid Nabawiyy
Ever since I laid my hands upon the famous short Hanafi fiqh text al-Hadiyyah al-‘Ala’iyyah in 2005, I had been longing to find a similar beginner’s book on Hanafi fiqh that was worthy of translation into English and that shared al-Hadiyyah’s conciseness, flow, and choice of content. The special characteristic of al-Hadiyyah that I soughtContinueContinue reading “Minhat al-Suluk fi Sharh Tuhfat al-Muluk w/ Marginal Notes by the Imam of Masjid Nabawiyy”
Madrasah Life by Shaykh Muhammad Akram Nadwi
Review by Bilal Ali Ansari Upon first receiving a copy of Shaykh Akram Nadwi’s “Madrasah Life”, I was first impressed by the relatively small size of the book. It is no more than a hundred pages and being a narrative, an easy and fun reading. The book explores a day in the life of aContinueContinue reading “Madrasah Life by Shaykh Muhammad Akram Nadwi”
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