A book of fatawa by Imam Suyuti rahimahullah with many controversial and still relevant issues like mawlid, loud group dhikr, the hadra and the tasbih, to name a few, and much more; on almost each (still) controversial (in the sense of the debates between Salafis and Sufis to put it simply) topic one can thinkContinueContinue reading “al-Hawi li ‘l-Fatawi li ‘l-Imam al-Suyuti”
Category Archives: ‘Aqidah
Maqalat al-Kawthari of ‘Allamah Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari
A must-read for any serious student of knowledge: Maqalat al-Kawthari
Kitab al-Asma’ wa ‘l-Sifat of Imam Bayhaqi with Kawthari’s Edits
Here is Imam Bayhaqi’s highly recommended work with Imam Zahid al-Kawthari’s tahqiq. الأسماء و الصفات-الحافظ البيهقى-الكوثرى
New English Commentary of ‘Aqidah Tahawiyyah
Preface Whilst teaching al-ʿAqīda al-Ṭaḥāwiyya at Madrasa Ḥamīdiyya from 2002 to 2006, the idea for compiling a book in English for the benefit of the general public emerged. With this in mind I began collecting notes from the various Arabic commentaries and collating them under the relevant points in the text. The translation that formedContinueContinue reading “New English Commentary of ‘Aqidah Tahawiyyah”
Rashahat al-Aqlam Sharh Kifayat al-Ghulam by ‘Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi
Full name of the book is Rashahat al-Aqlam sharh Kifayat al-Ghulam ‘ala Madhhab al-Imam al-A’zam Abu Hanifah al-Nu’man by ‘Allamah ‘Abd al-Ghani ibn Isma’il al-Nablusi. Editing was done by Ilyas Qablan, who was edited several other works by famous Hanafi scholars. The book is a short work on Hanafi jurisprudence and theology in versified form.ContinueContinue reading “Rashahat al-Aqlam Sharh Kifayat al-Ghulam by ‘Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi”
Mawqif al-‘Aql wa ‘l-‘Ilm wa ‘l-‘Alam by Shaykh al-Islam Mustafa Sabri
About the Author: Shaykh Mustafa Sabri was born in Tokat (Turkey) in 1869. He memorized the Holy Qur’an as a child. He completed his education in Istanbul. He was elected to the Ottoman Parliament in 1908. He was later appointed Shaykh al-Islam (the highest religious authority of the Ottoman Empire) in 1919. He died inContinueContinue reading “Mawqif al-‘Aql wa ‘l-‘Ilm wa ‘l-‘Alam by Shaykh al-Islam Mustafa Sabri”
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