Originally posted on Islamic Studies:
The late great shaykh, Dr Mustafa b. Sa’id b. Mahmud al-Khin al-Maydani al-Shafi’i (may Allah have mercy on him), was one of the eminent scholars of Syria in the 20th Century. Growing up in the conservative Damascus suburb of Maydan (Midan in the local dialect), he attended the lessons of…
Author Archives: Bilal Ali
New Link: Jannat al-Sunnah Maktabah
We have updated our links to include a website with a large collection of excellent Arabic book pdfs, including the most recent edition of Badhl al-Majhud, the Dar al-Arqam edition of Fath Bab al-‘Inayah, and the Sa’id Bakdash publication of Kanz al-Daqa’iq. You can find the link in the Book Resource Sites sidebar or below:ContinueContinue reading “New Link: Jannat al-Sunnah Maktabah”
Book Review: The Mukhtasar al-Quduri: A Manual of Islamic Law According to the Hanafi School
Translated from the Arabic with Introduction and notes by Tahir Mahmood Kiani, (Taha Publishers LTD. 2010). Pages 761. ISBN 9781897940709 Reviewed by Dr Mansur Ali, Cardiff University This is the translation of small opuscule, al-Mukhtasar, written by the head of the Baghdadi Hanafi guild Abu ‘l-Husayn al-Quduri (d. 428/1037); and is one of the first worksContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Mukhtasar al-Quduri: A Manual of Islamic Law According to the Hanafi School”
Sharh al-Manzumah al-Bayquniyyah by Imam ‘Abdullah Siraj al-Din
From a dear brother: Sh Jawad found a scanned pdf version of Imam Abdullah Sirajuddin’s sharh on the Bayquniyya, which is very hard to find outside of Syria, especially in light of the strife there. I was fortunate enough to get a copy in Amman a couple years ago, but it is a rare find. As you mayContinueContinue reading “Sharh al-Manzumah al-Bayquniyyah by Imam ‘Abdullah Siraj al-Din”
On the Impermissibility of Combining between two Salahs with a Literal Combination from I’la al-Sunan
By ‘Allamah Zafar Ahmad al-‘Uthmani Translated by Zameelur Rahman Hadiths 1. Narrated from ‘Abd Allah [ibn Mas‘ud] (Allah be pleased with him), he said:كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلى الصلوة لوقتها إلا بجمع وعرفات“The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) would offer Salah at its [set] time except atContinueContinue reading “On the Impermissibility of Combining between two Salahs with a Literal Combination from I’la al-Sunan”
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