Review by Mawlana Abu Asim Badrul Islam Title: Handbook of a Healthy Muslim Marriage Author: Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera Editor: N/A Genre: Islamic marriage guide/fiqh of nikāḥ Publisher: White Thread Press (London) Year of publication: 2019 (1st edition) Number of pages: 262 THIS IS BY FAR the best book that I have seen on the subject. Out of the few that are generallyContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Handbook of a Healthy Muslim Marriage”
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Book Review: Dār al-Mīzān’s Publication of Taʾwīlāt al-Qurʾān
Dār al-Mīzān’s Publication of Taʾwīlāt al-Qurʾān (Tafsīr al-Māturīdī) in 19 volumesReviewed by Mawlana Kamil UddinChair, Department of Qur’anic Exegesis at Darul Qasim CollegeLibrarian, Mawlana Anwar Shah Kashmiri Library at Darul Qasim College dar_al_mizans_publication_of_tawilat_alDownload
Book Review: Islam in Victorian Liverpool
By Mawlana Ismaeel Nakhuda A version of this review was earlier published in the Asian Image newspaper. Additional information has been added to the review for the Deoband.org and Basair.net readership – Ismaeel. The story of Islam in Britain as told nowadays would always be incomplete without mention of the so-called ‘Shaykh al-Islam of the BritishContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Islam in Victorian Liverpool”
Book Review: Maktūbat-i-Mashāyikh
By Mawlana Ismaeel Nakhuda There are three genres of literature that are perhaps unique within the context of Islam in South Asia: malfuzat, tazkirahs and maktubat (aphorisms, hagiographies and letters). Often written in Urdu or Persian, all three are a delight to read, and overflow with wisdom and academic nuggets that really help us not only gain a better understandingContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Maktūbat-i-Mashāyikh”
Book Review: al-Taḥqīq al-Bāhir Sharḥ al-Ashbāḥ wa ʾl-Naẓāʾir
Book review by Mawlana Abu Asim Badrul Islam AL-TAḤQĪQ AL-BĀHIR SHARḤ AL-ASHBĀHI WA ‘L-NAẒĀ̕IRالتحقيق الباهر شرح الأشباه والنظائر (للإمام ابن نجيم المصري – 926-970 هـ) للإمام العلامة هبة الله التاجي (1151-1224 هـ) المؤلف : الإمام العلامة هبة الله التاجي المحقق : د. الشيخ أسامة محمد شيخ الموضوع : الأشباه والنظائر في المذهب الحنفي الناشر :ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: al-Taḥqīq al-Bāhir Sharḥ al-Ashbāḥ wa ʾl-Naẓāʾir”
Book Review: Al-Zubdah fī Sharḥ al-Burdah of ʿAlī al-Qārī
Al-Zubdah fī sharḥ al-Burdah. By al-Mullā ʿAlī al-Qārī. Edited by Māhir Adīb Ḥabbūsh. Istanbul, Turkey: Dār al-Lubāb, 1438/2017. Pp 203. ISBN 9786058323865. Reviewed by Mawlana Kamil Uddin, Darul Qasim The mantle Burdah wears in Islamic literature is unparalleled. A glimpse of this is shown by ʿAbdullah Muḥammad al-Ḥabashī who lists out 48 pages of commentariesContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Al-Zubdah fī Sharḥ al-Burdah of ʿAlī al-Qārī”
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