The American Muslim List of Recommended Books on Islam by Sheila Musaji The books listed here are books that we recommend. This list began with the publication of The American Muslim Resource Directory in 1994. At that time we asked 35 people to submit information about the books about Islam that they would most highlyContinueContinue reading “The American Muslim (TAM) List of Recommended Books on Islam”
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A Critical Reading of Martin Lings’ Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
Foreword to the first Swedish translation © GF Haddad 2005 Twenty-three years after its first publication in 1983, Muḥammad: his life based on the earliest sources by the late Abū Bakr Sirāj al-Dīn (Martin Lings, d. 2004) continues its lead as the best-written work of Prophetic biography in English and has now been translated intoContinueContinue reading “A Critical Reading of Martin Lings’ Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources”
Reviews of Yasin Dutton’s Works
Originally posted on Islamic Studies:
Yasin Dutton has some very interesting works concerning the history of the Maliki school. Here are some sharply contrasting reviews of those works. Motzki’s review of ‘The Origin’s of Islamic Law’ can be found here: http://islamclass.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/motzkis-review-of-duttons-the-origins-of-islamic-law.pdf Haddad’s review of ‘Original Islam’ follows: ORIGINAL ISLAM: MALIK AND THE madhhab OF MADINA By Yasin Dutton.…
Book Review: The Immense Ocean
Originally posted on A Muslim's Book Shelf:
Title: The Immense Ocean (Al-Bahr Al-Madid): A Thirteenth Century Quranic Commentary on the Chapters of The All-Merciful, The Event and Iron Author: Shaykh Ahmad Ibn Ajiba Translated and Annotated by: Mohamed Fouad Aresmouk and Michael Abdurrahman Fitzgerald Publisher: Fons Vitae (2009) Shaykh Ibn Ajiba was born in…
Observations on Chapter 1 of Karen Armstrong’s Book “Islam: A Short History”
Originally posted on Waqar Akbar Cheema:
The following is a reproduction of some observations I made while reading the first chapter of Karen Armstrong’s book “Islam: A Short History” well over a year ago. . All quotes and page numbers are from the e-book here . She writes; ” … the opposition grew, led by…
Fiqh al-Buyu’ by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani | Arabic in 2 Volumes
The new two-volume Arabic fiqh textbook authored by our dear shaykh Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (al-‘Uthmani). I recall that it was written initially with the intention of being included in the syllabus of madrasahs. https://archive.org/details/FIQHULBOYUVOL1 https://archive.org/details/FIQHULBOYUVOL2
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