Review by Dr. Mahmood Ghazi Title: Slippery Stone: An Inquiry into Islam’s Stance on Music Author: Khalid Baig Publisher: Open Mind Press Year: 2008 384 pages. Slippery Stone: Cultural Colonialism and the Music Question The dawn of the colonization of Afro-Asian world in general and the Muslim world in particular brought in its wake effortsContinueContinue reading “Slippery Stone: An Inquiry into Islam’s Stance on Music – Reviewed by Dr. Mahmood Ghazi”
Category Archives: Fiqh
Useful Editions and Commentaries of Usul al-Shashi (Hanafi Textbook on Usul al-Fiqh)
[Contribution by Shaykh Husain Kadodia] Some possibly beneficial resources for those teaching Usul ash-Shashi: Middle Eastern Prints of the book: 1- Dar al-Gharb al-Islami, edited by Sh. Akram an-Nadwi- possibly the most authentic edition. 2- Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, with Umdat al-Hawashi of al-Gangohi 3- Dar Ibn Kathir, with Ahsan al-Hawashi of al-Laknawi 4- Dar al-FaruqContinueContinue reading “Useful Editions and Commentaries of Usul al-Shashi (Hanafi Textbook on Usul al-Fiqh)”
I’la al-Sunan: Online Download for Two Editions
Assalamu ‘alaykum, Mawlana Ibrahim Amin was kind enough to share with us a link to an online downloadable version of the Idarat al-Qur’an edition of ‘Allamah Zafar Ahmad al-‘Uthmani’s monumental work, I’la al-Sunan. I’la al-Sunan (Idarat al-Qur’an Edition) The Dar al-Fikr edition of the book has been available online for some time, but in mentioningContinueContinue reading “I’la al-Sunan: Online Download for Two Editions”
Review of Translation: Al-La Madhhabiyya, Abandoning the Madhhabs is the Most Dangerous Bid’ah Threatening the Islamic Shari’ah
Author, Sheikh al-Buti, translated by M. Merza, M.A. Absi and S. Abdul Aziz. (Damascus: Sunni Publications, 2007), pp. 180, size 14×21 cm, £9.49. Reviewed by Mansur Ali There are three types of people with regards to their attitude towards the Quran and Sunna: first of all there is the literalist who does not see beyondContinueContinue reading “Review of Translation: Al-La Madhhabiyya, Abandoning the Madhhabs is the Most Dangerous Bid’ah Threatening the Islamic Shari’ah”
Minhat al-Suluk fi Sharh Tuhfat al-Muluk w/ Marginal Notes by the Imam of Masjid Nabawiyy
Ever since I laid my hands upon the famous short Hanafi fiqh text al-Hadiyyah al-‘Ala’iyyah in 2005, I had been longing to find a similar beginner’s book on Hanafi fiqh that was worthy of translation into English and that shared al-Hadiyyah’s conciseness, flow, and choice of content. The special characteristic of al-Hadiyyah that I soughtContinueContinue reading “Minhat al-Suluk fi Sharh Tuhfat al-Muluk w/ Marginal Notes by the Imam of Masjid Nabawiyy”
Traditionalist Approaches to Shari’ah Reform: Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi’s Fatwa on Women’s Right to Divorce
Title: Traditionalist Approaches to Shari’ah Reform: Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi’s Fatwa on Women’s Right to Divorce. Author: Fareeha Khan Assistant Professor Department of Religious Studies Georgia State University Abstract: This dissertation takes up the issue of ijtihād, creative legal reform, as defined and upheld by contemporary ‘ulamā (traditionally educated Muslim religious scholars). It centers inContinueContinue reading “Traditionalist Approaches to Shari’ah Reform: Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi’s Fatwa on Women’s Right to Divorce”
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