Author Archives: Bilal Ali
Admonition for the Neglectful (A Warning to the Neglectful) By Shaykh Abu Laith Samarqandi (r.a) – 3 Volume Set
Review: Al-Maharah al-Usuliyyah wa Atharuha fi Indaj al-Fiqh wa Tajdidihi
Reviewed by Shaykh Musa Furber I highly recommend this to those interested in the renewal, expansion, and application of fiqh. The first part gives a summary introduction to legal sources (Quran, sunnah, legal analogy, scholarly consensus, presumption of continuation, blocking & opening the means, juristic preference, etc…); the development and use of maxims; and theContinueContinue reading “Review: Al-Maharah al-Usuliyyah wa Atharuha fi Indaj al-Fiqh wa Tajdidihi”
Al-Musayarah of Ibn al-Humam
A clean version of the masterful ‘aqidah work of the great Hanafi master Al-Kamal Ibn al-Humam (d. 681). This scan was provided by Mufti Abdullah Nana. We adjusted the orientation to make it easier to read. Al-Musayarah
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”
