Category Archives: Fiqh

Usul al-Shashi by Imam Nizam al-Din al-Shashi edited by Shaykh Muhammad Akram al-Nadwi

A commentor on the site requested the Usul al-Shashi edition edited by Shaykh Akram Nadwi and printed by Dar al-Gharb al-Islami. We have uploaded it here courtesy of Shaykh Ehzaz Ajmeri. A .doc file of the book is also available, but I believe the request was specific for the Nadwi edition pdf. Usul al ShashiContinueContinue reading “Usul al-Shashi by Imam Nizam al-Din al-Shashi edited by Shaykh Muhammad Akram al-Nadwi”

Huge List of Hanafi Fiqh Manuscripts from the Saudi University of King Sa’ud University

Thanks to the wonderful Aslein web forum, one can conveniently find a very large list of Hanafi fiqh books in manuscript form that can be found at the King Sa’ud University of Jeddah. The University has done the ummah a great service by having them scanned and made available online for free. May Allah rewardContinueContinue reading “Huge List of Hanafi Fiqh Manuscripts from the Saudi University of King Sa’ud University”

Useful Usul al-Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) Books in English

Question: I was wondering if you knew of any usul al-fiqh books in English that I could purchase or get from the library, so I can learn some of the basic usul words. Answer: There are quite a few books that have been published in the last two decades on the science of Islamic lawContinueContinue reading “Useful Usul al-Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) Books in English”

Book Review of Shaykh Yusuf Qaradawi’s Recent Book “The Jurisprudence of Jihad”

Book Review by Ewan Stein, Guardian.co.uk Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi, the Egyptian-born octogenarian embraced by Ken Livingstone in 2004 and, as of 2008, excluded from the UK as a preacher of hate, has recently published a two-volume book entitled The Jurisprudence of Jihad. It is over 1400 pages long and has been received enthusiastically, and withContinueContinue reading “Book Review of Shaykh Yusuf Qaradawi’s Recent Book “The Jurisprudence of Jihad””

Mukhtasar Khilafiyat al-Bayhaqi

Brother ashrafh, aka Hasan Ashraf, was kind enough to share with us an important book of comparitive fiqh that argues the Shafi’i stance on legal issues, highlighting the legal contentions that existed between the Shafi’i and the Hanafi (or as Imam Bayhaqi terms it, the “Iraqi”) schools. The book that brother Hasan provided is anContinueContinue reading “Mukhtasar Khilafiyat al-Bayhaqi”