Reviewed by Shaykh Musa Furber I highly recommend this to those interested in the renewal, expansion, and application of fiqh. The first part gives a summary introduction to legal sources (Quran, sunnah, legal analogy, scholarly consensus, presumption of continuation, blocking & opening the means, juristic preference, etc…); the development and use of maxims; and theContinueContinue reading “Review: Al-Maharah al-Usuliyyah wa Atharuha fi Indaj al-Fiqh wa Tajdidihi”
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Usul al-Ifta’ wa Adabuhu by Mufti Muhammad Taqi al-‘Uthmani
On a blessed day, I was blessed with a wonderful gift from Mawlana Muhammad Chothia. This book was used for many years by ifta’ students at Dar al-‘Ulum Karachi in handwritten form. Basically a collection of lecture notes from Hadrat’s past lectures on the principles of ifta’, the notes were finally reviewed, edited, and approvedContinueContinue reading “Usul al-Ifta’ wa Adabuhu by Mufti Muhammad Taqi al-‘Uthmani”
Resources for the Biography of Imam Abu Hanifah al-Nu’man ibn Thabit
The Biography of Imam Abu Hanifa – Arabic books مناقب الإمام أبو حنيفة وصاحبيه للحافظ الذهبي http://hanafiya.blogspot.com/2012/05/blog-post_9677.html تبييض الصحيفة في مناقب الإمام أبو حنيفة للشيخ جلال الدين السيوطي الشافعي http://www.aslein.net/showthread.php?t=8096 كتاب منازل الأئمة الأربعة إمام أبي زكريا يحيى بن إبراهيم http://www.al-mostafa.info/data/arabic/depot2/gap.php?file=009511.pdf كتاب الخيرات الحسان لابن حجر الهيتمي http://www.aslein.net/showthread.php?t=6777 http://www.iraqnla.org/opac/fullrecr.php?nid=164099&hl=eng http://al-mostafa.info/data/arabic/depot3/gap.php?file=i001113.pdf شرح الفقه الأكبر أبو حنيفةContinueContinue reading “Resources for the Biography of Imam Abu Hanifah al-Nu’man ibn Thabit”
“Chapters on the Prophetic Visitation” – Translation from I’la’ al-Sunan
asSalaamu Alaikum, Brother Zameelur Rahman, may Allah (SWT) reward him abundantly, has completed the translation of the section al-Ziyarat al-Nabawiyyah from اعلاء السن I’la’ al-Sunan. Please view below to download the 30-page PDF document: Chapters on the Prophetic Visitation – Translation from I’la’ al-Sunan This monumental work, authored by Allamah Zafar Ahmad al-Uthmani al-Thanawi (ra),ContinueContinue reading ““Chapters on the Prophetic Visitation” – Translation from I’la’ al-Sunan”
Dars Nizami Book List and Downloads
I hope to be able to sort these books alphabetically and provide one post per book which would include all available editions. For now, I have simply listed the links to the Internet Archive where you can find the books organized in collections. With help, I would also like to provide some posts that organizeContinueContinue reading “Dars Nizami Book List and Downloads”
Dirasat fi Usul al-Hadith ‘ala Manhaj al-Hanafiyyah
One of the best works on Hanafi usul that has come out in a while, this book was written by a friend who graduated from the Hadith specialization course in Karachi supervised by my dear ustadh and shaykh, Mawlana ‘Abd al-Halim al-Nu’mani (may Allah elongate his life). The book outlines the principles of hadith studyContinueContinue reading “Dirasat fi Usul al-Hadith ‘ala Manhaj al-Hanafiyyah”
