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”

Comparing Al-Jawharat al-Nayyirah & Al-Sirāj al-Wahhāj

Review by Shaykh Abu Asim Badrul Islam A very brief comparison of the two famous commentaries by ῾Allāmah Abu Bakr al-Ḥaddādi al-Yamāni (d. 800 AH) on the Mukhtaṣar al-Qudūri – Al-Jawharat al-Nayyirahand Al-Sirāj al-Wahhāj : المقارنة بين شرحي العلّامة أبي بكر الحدّادي اليماني (ت 800) لمختصر القدوري السراج الوهّاج الموضح لكل طالب ومحتاج المؤلف : العلّامة أبو بكر بن علي بنContinueContinue reading “Comparing Al-Jawharat al-Nayyirah & Al-Sirāj al-Wahhāj”

Book Review: al-Taḥqīq al-Bāhir Sharḥ al-Ashbāḥ wa ʾl-Naẓāʾir

Book review by Mawlana Abu Asim Badrul Islam AL-TAḤQĪQ AL-BĀHIR SHARḤ AL-ASHBĀHI WA ‘L-NAẒĀ̕IRالتحقيق الباهر شرح الأشباه والنظائر (للإمام ابن نجيم المصري – 926-970 هـ) للإمام العلامة هبة الله التاجي (1151-1224 هـ) المؤلف : الإمام العلامة هبة الله التاجي المحقق : د. الشيخ أسامة محمد شيخ الموضوع : الأشباه والنظائر في المذهب الحنفي الناشر :ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: al-Taḥqīq al-Bāhir Sharḥ al-Ashbāḥ wa ʾl-Naẓāʾir”

Samt al-Wuṣūl ilā ʿIlm al-Uṣūl

ʿAllāmah Ḥasan b. Tūrkhān al-Āqḥiṣārī’s (951-1025 AH) abridgment of ʿAbd Allāh b. Aḥmad al-Nasafī’s Manār al-Anwār fī Uṣūl al-Fiqh, entitled Samt al-Wuṣūl ilā ʿIlm al-Uṣūl, is considered by some to be the most excellent of al-Manār’s abridgments. While it may be useful to formally study on its own (or with a commentary), I believe thatContinueContinue reading “Samt al-Wuṣūl ilā ʿIlm al-Uṣūl”