Book Review –What is a Madrasa by Ebrahim Moosa, Edinburgh University Press, 2015, 290. Reviewed by Dr. Ashraf Dockrat Ebrahim Moosa, a leading theoretician behind critical/progressive Muslim thought and a graduate of the ‘alimiyya program at Dar ul-Ulum, Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow, in the early 1980s, has gifted us with a much needed, personal account andContinueContinue reading “Book Review: What is a Madrasa by Ebrahim Moosa”
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A Reading List: Great Books of Islamic Civilization
The intellectual tradition of Islamic civilization is both incredibly vast and delightfully diverse. Within this immense corpus of intellectual wealth, certain works enjoy an authority that endures time because these “great books” shaped entire disciplines, helped form curricula, or preserved modes of thought across centuries. The following list, produced by N.A. Baloch, comprises the tableContinueContinue reading “A Reading List: Great Books of Islamic Civilization”
Mawlānā ʿUbaydullāh Sindhī’s Invaluable Counsel to a Student of Deoband, 1942
When the Imam of the Revolution, Mawlānā ʿUbayd Allāh Sindhī, may Allah have mercy on him, returned to his homeland after twenty-four years in exile, he visited Deoband in early 1942. At that time, Mawlānā ʿUbayd Allāh Anwar, may Allah have mercy on him, was a student at Dār al-ʿUlūm Deoband. The Imam, seasoned byContinueContinue reading “Mawlānā ʿUbaydullāh Sindhī’s Invaluable Counsel to a Student of Deoband, 1942”
Mufīd al-Ṭālibīn-Recommended Reading
Mufīd al-Ṭālibīn. A must-read for all Shaykh al-Hind students at Darul Qasim. It consists of two main sections: one on Arabic idioms and axioms and the other on short stories. Reading, translating, and parsing the book’s contents will greatly accelerate the students’ memorization of vocabulary and common Arabic expressions.https://www.aghalibrary.com/storage/books/1611733168_AghaLibrary.pdf
How to Perform Hajj, Umrah, & Ziyarah – by Shaykh Saleem Dhorat
asSalaamu Alaikum, How to Perform Hajj How to Perform Umrah How to Perform Ziyarah With Hajj less than a month away, these concise booklets compiled by Shaykh Saleem Dhorat (db), published by Islamic Dawah Academy, will be of great benefit to those preparing for the blessed journey and anyone else who plans on visiting forContinueContinue reading “How to Perform Hajj, Umrah, & Ziyarah – by Shaykh Saleem Dhorat”
The Art of Taking Notes
By Shaykh Shahin-ur Rahman As the new Islāmic academic year[1] approaches, students of knowledge are moving into the higher years at every Islāmic institute of learning (dār al-ʿulūm). Many are prone to becoming overwhelmed by the volume of their studies and speed of their teachers’ lectures. At this point, they fall prey to making a ‘rookieContinueContinue reading “The Art of Taking Notes”
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