By Mufti Husain Kadodia Title: حياة الصحابة مع حاشية الشيخ إلياس Vols: 4 Author: محمد يوسف الكاندهلوي Publisher: ابن كثير-دمشق Cover & Pages: Hard-3558pg The Sahabah are our role models for every aspect of our lives. In emulating them lies our success and when we leave their way, we go astray. Thus, the dearth ofContinueContinue reading “Book Spotlight: Ḥayāt al-Ṣaḥābah with Shaykh Ilyās Bārabankwī’s Notes”
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Book Spotlight: al-Awsaṭ min al-Sunan wa-l-Ijmāʿ wa-l-Ikhtilāf by Ibn al-Mundhir
By Mufti Husain Kadodia Title: الأوسط من السنن والإجماع والاختلاف-ابن حزم Vols: 15 Author: ابن المنذر النيسابوري Publisher: ابن حزم-بيروت Cover & Pages: Hard-8209pg This is the masterpiece of the Mujtahid Imam, Abu Bakr Ibn al-Mundhir d.318ah, an expert muhaddith and faqih. This work is famous for the following: 1- It is one of theContinueContinue reading “Book Spotlight: al-Awsaṭ min al-Sunan wa-l-Ijmāʿ wa-l-Ikhtilāf by Ibn al-Mundhir”
Book Spotlight: al-Asmāʾ wa-l-Ṣifāt by Imam al-Bayhaqī
By Mufti Husain Kadodia Title: الأسماء والصفات للبيهقي-التقوى Vols: 2 Author: أبي بكر أحمد البيهقي Publisher: التقوى-دمشق Cover & Pages: Hard-1644pg Around the 5th century hijri, a number of works had been authored in aqidah and sifat, that were unfortunately either inclined to ta’til and denial of the sifat of Allah Ta’ala or tashbih ofContinueContinue reading “Book Spotlight: al-Asmāʾ wa-l-Ṣifāt by Imam al-Bayhaqī”
Book Spotlight: Al-Kāmil fī al-Tārīkh by Ibn al-Athīr
By Mufti Husain Kadodia Title: الكامل في التاري -ابن كثير Vols: 19 Author: ابن الأثير Publisher: ابن كثير-دمشق Cover & Pages: Hard-10352pg The 3 major works in tarikh are Tarikh at-Tabari, al-Kamil and al-Bidayah wa an-Nihayah. Tabari’s is the foundation, covering from the start of creation to around 300 ah. Ibn Athir in al-Kamil andContinueContinue reading “Book Spotlight: Al-Kāmil fī al-Tārīkh by Ibn al-Athīr”
Book Spotlight: al-Fatāwā al-Ḥadīthiyyah of Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī (or al-Haythamī)
By Mufti Husain Kadodia Title: الفتاوى الحديثية-التقوى دمشق Author: ابن حجر الهيتمي Publisher: التقوى-دمشق Cover & Pages: Hard-2044pg The Fatawa Hadithiyyah of Allamah Ibn Hajar al-Haytami is another unappreciated book. Non-Shafi’is as well as Shafi’is not inclined to fiqh don’t touch it thinking it is a Shafi Fiqh work, while many of those who knowContinueContinue reading “Book Spotlight: al-Fatāwā al-Ḥadīthiyyah of Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī (or al-Haythamī)”
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