Category Archives: ‘Aqidah

The following is a short treatise on basic issues of ‘aqidah by the famed Imam Tahir al-Jaza’iri, the author of Tawjih al-Nazar in the science of hadith terminology and methodology and an excellent book on various issues of the ‘ulum al-Qur’an (published with the tahqiq of Shaykh ‘Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah). Short but thorough, Al-JawahirContinueContinue reading “Al-Jawahir al-Kalamiyyah ‘ala ‘l-‘Aqidat al-Islamiyyah by Shaykh Tahir al-Jaza’iri”

It has been a while since we last posted  on the site. We are currently in the process of expanding the site and the scope of what is published on it. If you have any suggestions, please let us know. For the next few posts, we will try and focus our posts on uploading valuableContinueContinue reading “Sharh al-Fiqh al-Akbar of Abu Mansur al-Maturidi al-Samarqandi”

Attached is Shah ‘Abd al-‘Aziz’s famous polemical treatise on the Twelver Shi’as and their doctrine, translated from Farsi into Arabic and then abridged by Shaykh Ghulam Ahmad al-Aslami. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the Sunni-Shi’a doctrinal debate and the critique offered by traditional Sunni scholarship. This book comes to us courtesyContinueContinue reading “Mukhtasar al-Tuhfah al-Ithna ‘Ashariyyah of Imam ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Dihlawi”

‘Allamah Kawthari’s researched publications in the field of ‘aqidah and ‘ilm al-kalam have been collected in one volume by Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah under the title al-‘Aqidah wa ‘Ilm al-Kalam. The book is comprised of eight separate works, all with the tashih and ta’liq of ‘Allamah Kawthari. Amongst the works included in the collection is the ContinueContinue reading “al-‘Aqidah wa ‘Ilm al-Kalam by ‘Allamah Muhammad Zahid Kawthari”

Imam Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari (rahmatullahi alaihi), one of the greatest Hanafi savants of the past century, once wrote a short, comprehensive, and rare treatise on the subject of tawassul, which I have uploaded here for the benefit of all. If the font size is too small, simply copy and paste the document onto Microsoft WordContinueContinue reading “Mahq at Taqawwul fi Mas’alat al-Tawassul”

For a while now, I have been collecting a number of translations of the famous al-‘Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah for the purpose of rendering a new and more accessible translation for some of my students. Given the verbiage of some translations and the inaccuracy of others, it was important to look through all the other existing worksContinueContinue reading “English ‘Aqidah Tahawiyyah Translations and Commentaries”