Book Review: Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī: Chapters on Trade and Commerce Explained

Book Review by Mawlana Abu Asim Badrul Islam JĀMI῾ AL-TIRMIDHI: CHAPTERS ON TRADE AND COMMERCE EXPLAINED SHAYKH AL-ISLAM MUFTI MUHAMMAD TAQI USMANI Translated and annotated by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari  Author:  Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani Translator:  Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari Publisher:  Turath Publishing (London) Date:  1444/2023 Pages:  344 Hardback/Paperback:   THE FIRST OF ITS KIND in English, this is aContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī: Chapters on Trade and Commerce Explained”

Book Review: Handbook of a Healthy Muslim Marriage

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”

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”