Malik’s Concept of ‘Amal in the Light of Maliki Legal Theory by Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah

One a number of occasions, some acquaintances and students have requested a copy of Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah’s thorough UofC PhD thesis on the concept of inherited practice (‘amal) in the light of Maliki legal theory (usul). Because I was once told that the work had been published, I withheld posting a pdf of theContinueContinue reading “Malik’s Concept of ‘Amal in the Light of Maliki Legal Theory by Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah”

New Release: Ascent to Felicity: A Manual on Islamic Creed and Hanafi Jurisprudence

Translation of Maraqi ‘l-Sa’adat A Manual on Islamic Creed and Hanafi Jurisprudence Translation, Notes and Appendices by Faraz A. Khan Written by the eminent 11th century Hanafi scholar, Abu ’l-Ikhlas al-Shurunbulali, Ascent to Felicity is a concise yet comprehensive primer in creed and jurisprudence. It spans all five pillars of Islam, as well as theContinueContinue reading “New Release: Ascent to Felicity: A Manual on Islamic Creed and Hanafi Jurisprudence”

Review: The Essentials of Jumu’a by Shaykh Ibrahim Madani

Reviewed by Bilal Ali Author: Ibrahim Madani Publisher: Madania Publications Pages: 89   Binding: Paperback The Essentials of Jumuʿa, Madania Publications’ first work, is a pleasant and welcome addition to a growing corpus of Islamic literature written in English and aimed at the Western reader. At first glance, the reader will appreciate the excellence of its printContinueContinue reading “Review: The Essentials of Jumu’a by Shaykh Ibrahim Madani”

al-Madhhab al-Hanafi: Marhalatuhu wa Tabaqatuhu, Dawabituhu and Mustalahatuhu, Khasa’isuhu wa Mu’allafatuhu by Shaykh Ahmad Naqib

The following was posted in the comments. We have given it a separate post due to its importance. “The book was a masters thesis at the Imam Muhammad Sa’ud University (Riyadh). Unfortunately the book is no longer in print. The pdf can be downloaded here: volume 1: http://www.4shared.com/document/T2clQUBM/__1.html volume 2: http://www.4shared.com/document/RpnbRmPg/__2.html Also, the following isContinueContinue reading “al-Madhhab al-Hanafi: Marhalatuhu wa Tabaqatuhu, Dawabituhu and Mustalahatuhu, Khasa’isuhu wa Mu’allafatuhu by Shaykh Ahmad Naqib”

al-Kawashif al-Jaliyyah ‘an Mustalahat al-Hanafiyyah by Shaykh ‘Abd al-Ilah al-Mulla

The following treatise is a wonderfully brief but expansive work on the terminology of the Hanafi school of law. It began as an introduction to Shaykh ‘Abd al-Ilah’s (amongst the scholars of Ahsa’) doctorate on the first volume of ‘Allamah Siraj al-Din Ibn al-Nujaym’s al-Nahr al-Fa’iq and was later expanded upon to include more termsContinueContinue reading “al-Kawashif al-Jaliyyah ‘an Mustalahat al-Hanafiyyah by Shaykh ‘Abd al-Ilah al-Mulla”