Author Archives: Bilal Ali
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
What is a Madrasa? By Professor Ebrahim Moosa: Book Review
Arabic Reading List for Students of Knowledge by Mawlana Shahin-ur Rahman
By Shahin-ur Rahman In order to comfortably read Arabic texts without the need for diacritical marks, one must master the rules pertaining to Naḥw and Ṣarf before embarking on the reading journey. Not only is it an imperative to familiarise oneself with all the rules of grammar, but to be able to apply them intoContinueContinue reading “Arabic Reading List for Students of Knowledge by Mawlana Shahin-ur Rahman”
مؤلفات علماء ديوبند فيما يتعلق بالحديث الشريف
1- حاشية صحيح بخاري حاشية ضخمة على صحيح البخاري، أحمد علي سهارنبوري. 2- التعليقات والحواشي على سنن الترمذي، أحمد علي سهارنبوري. 3- التعليقات والحواشي على مشكاة المصابيح. أحمد علي سهارنبوري. 4- بذلُ المَجهود في شرح سنن أبي داؤد، مولانا الشيخ خليل أحمد سهارنبوري، والتعليقات العلمية عليه للشيخ زكريا كاندهلوي. 5- فتحُ المُلهم في شرح مسلمContinueContinue reading “مؤلفات علماء ديوبند فيما يتعلق بالحديث الشريف”
A Suggested Curriculum of Study for the Hanafi Student of Hadith
Bilal Ali In our shaykh Mawlānā ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm al-Nuʿmānī’s invaluable foreword to Mullā ʿAlī al-Qārī’s Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ – modestly entitled al-Biḍāʿat al-Muzjāt li man Yuṭāliʿu al-Mirqāt (Scanty Merchandise for the One who Studies the Mirqāt) – the erudite hadith scholar Imam ʿAbd al-Bārī ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Anṣārī al-Laknawī is quoted from a passage of his prolegomena to his al-Taʿlīq al-Mukhtār ʿalā KitābContinue reading “A Suggested Curriculum of Study for the Hanafi Student of Hadith”
