Author Archives: Bilal Ali

Usul al-Ifta’ wa Adabuhu by Mufti Muhammad Taqi al-‘Uthmani

On a blessed day, I was blessed with a wonderful gift from Mawlana Muhammad Chothia. This book was used for many years by ifta’ students at Dar al-‘Ulum Karachi in handwritten form. Basically a collection of lecture notes from Hadrat’s past lectures on the principles of ifta’, the notes were finally reviewed, edited, and approvedContinueContinue reading “Usul al-Ifta’ wa Adabuhu by Mufti Muhammad Taqi al-‘Uthmani”

Muqaddamah fi Usul al-Hadith by Imam ‘Abd al-Haqq al-Muhaddith al-Dihlawi

From the introduction to my hopefully soon-to-be-published translation of the work: The text before us, authored by the great 10th century (hijrī) ḥadīth master ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Sayf al-Dīn al-Dihlawī, was composed to serve as a prolegomena to Walī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdullāh al-Khaṭīb al-Tabrīzī’s monumental collection of ḥadīth entitled Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ. Concise yet refreshingly lucid, DihlawīContinueContinue reading “Muqaddamah fi Usul al-Hadith by Imam ‘Abd al-Haqq al-Muhaddith al-Dihlawi”

Resources for the Biography of Imam Abu Hanifah al-Nu’man ibn Thabit

The Biography of Imam Abu Hanifa – Arabic books مناقب  الإمام  أبو حنيفة  وصاحبيه  للحافظ  الذهبي http://hanafiya.blogspot.com/2012/05/blog-post_9677.html تبييض  الصحيفة  في  مناقب  الإمام  أبو  حنيفة للشيخ  جلال  الدين  السيوطي  الشافعي http://www.aslein.net/showthread.php?t=8096 كتاب  منازل  الأئمة  الأربعة  إمام  أبي  زكريا  يحيى بن  إبراهيم http://www.al-mostafa.info/data/arabic/depot2/gap.php?file=009511.pdf كتاب  الخيرات  الحسان  لابن  حجر  الهيتمي http://www.aslein.net/showthread.php?t=6777 http://www.iraqnla.org/opac/fullrecr.php?nid=164099&hl=eng http://al-mostafa.info/data/arabic/depot3/gap.php?file=i001113.pdf شرح  الفقه  الأكبر  أبو  حنيفةContinueContinue reading “Resources for the Biography of Imam Abu Hanifah al-Nu’man ibn Thabit”

Ten Lessons of Arabic based on Das Sabaq of Mawlana ‘Abd al-Salam Kidwai Nadvi

An excellent primer for beginner students of the Arabic language. Serves as a short and strong introduction to basic Arabic grammar. The translator, Mawlana Amer Bashir, was gracious enough to share the book with us. May Allah reward him again. (We have updated this post to include the updated edition of the book, with minorContinueContinue reading “Ten Lessons of Arabic based on Das Sabaq of Mawlana ‘Abd al-Salam Kidwai Nadvi”

Dars Nizami Book List and Downloads

I hope to be able to sort these books alphabetically and provide one post per book which would include all available editions. For now, I have simply listed the links to the Internet Archive where you can find the books organized in collections. With help, I would also like to provide some posts that organizeContinueContinue reading “Dars Nizami Book List and Downloads”