By Mufti Husain Kadodia Title: الأسماء والصفات للبيهقي-التقوى Vols: 2 Author: أبي بكر أحمد البيهقي Publisher: التقوى-دمشق Cover & Pages: Hard-1644pg Around the 5th century hijri, a number of works had been authored in aqidah and sifat, that were unfortunately either inclined to ta’til and denial of the sifat of Allah Ta’ala or tashbih ofContinueContinue reading “Book Spotlight: al-Asmāʾ wa-l-Ṣifāt by Imam al-Bayhaqī”
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Book Review: What is a Madrasa by Ebrahim Moosa
Book Review –What is a Madrasa by Ebrahim Moosa, Edinburgh University Press, 2015, 290. Reviewed by Dr. Ashraf Dockrat Ebrahim Moosa, a leading theoretician behind critical/progressive Muslim thought and a graduate of the ‘alimiyya program at Dar ul-Ulum, Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow, in the early 1980s, has gifted us with a much needed, personal account andContinueContinue reading “Book Review: What is a Madrasa by Ebrahim Moosa”
Seven Commitments in Mawlānā Khalīl Aḥmad al-Sahāranpūrī’s Badhl al-Majhūd
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 struckContinueContinue 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 الإسلامContinueContinue 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”
Book Spotlight: Al-Kāmil fī al-Tārīkh by Ibn al-Athīr
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 andContinueContinue reading “Book Spotlight: Al-Kāmil fī al-Tārīkh by Ibn al-Athīr”
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 knowContinueContinue reading “Book Spotlight: al-Fatāwā al-Ḥadīthiyyah of Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī (or al-Haythamī)”
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