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Ahkam al-Tawarruq wa Tatbiqatuhu ‘l-Masrafiyyah by Shaykh Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Attached is a short Arabic book by our respected Shaykh Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani on the legal rulings pertaining to tawarruq. The file comes courtesy of our dear friend Shaykh Faraz Rabbani. Ahkam al-Tawarruq wa Tatbiqatuhu ‘l-Masrafiyyah

Slippery Stone: An Inquiry into Islam’s Stance on Music – Reviewed by Dr. Mahmood Ghazi

Review by Dr. Mahmood Ghazi Title: Slippery Stone: An Inquiry into Islam’s Stance on Music Author: Khalid Baig Publisher: Open Mind Press Year: 2008 384 pages. Slippery Stone: Cultural Colonialism and the Music Question The dawn of the colonization of Afro-Asian world in general and the Muslim world in particular brought in its wake effortsContinueContinue reading “Slippery Stone: An Inquiry into Islam’s Stance on Music – Reviewed by Dr. Mahmood Ghazi”

The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon by Jonathan Brown

In a number of lectures I delivered on the subject of Hadith, I mentioned a PhD thesis that was authored by Professor Jonathan Brown of the University of Washington, a Muslim professor who analyzed both the Sahih’s of Bukhari and Muslim and Orientalist views regarding them. Brown is very aptly able to identify some ofContinueContinue reading “The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon by Jonathan Brown”

Ibn Hajar’s Hady al-Sari: A Medieval Interpretation of the Structure of Bukhari’s al-Jami’ al-Sahih: Introduction and Translation

By Mohammed Fadel, University of Chicago Introduction Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani (773-852/1372-1449) was an Egyptian who lived in the late Mamluk period. Although he wrote in many different fields, he earned his scholarly reputation for his works on Prophetic tradition. Perhaps his most famous work is his commentary upon Sahih al-Bukhari, known as Fath al-Bari bi-sharhContinueContinue reading “Ibn Hajar’s Hady al-Sari: A Medieval Interpretation of the Structure of Bukhari’s al-Jami’ al-Sahih: Introduction and Translation”

Fada’il A’mal Audio Book

This is the first audio rendition of the world-renowned and much acclaimed book Faza’il e A’maal. Listeners are sure to be overwhelmed by the immense spiritual power of these recordings, which contain a vast treasure of Islamic teachings. They will inevitably inculcate a fervent desire within the listener to perform good deeds according to theContinueContinue reading “Fada’il A’mal Audio Book”

Chasing a Mirage by Tarek Fatah: Book Review

Chasing A Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of An Islamic State By Tarek Fatah Wiley, 2008 Pages: 410 Reviewed by Ayub Khan It is a tragedy of the post-911 world that the field of Islamic concepts and terminologies have also fallen a victim to misunderstanding, misinterpretation, and plain hysteria. Fuelling these fears among the masses areContinueContinue reading “Chasing a Mirage by Tarek Fatah: Book Review”