asSalaamu Alaikum, Over the past two years, Madania Publications has revamped their publishing by making the change to publish books with better material quality and style (glossy cover, better print, proper margins, less misprints, attractive cover images, etc.). This is very well appreciated as Islamic literature in the English language, usually translated works, often lacksContinueContinue reading “New Release: “The Inseparability Of Shari’a & Tariqa” by Shaykh Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi”
Category Archives: Fiqh
Matn al-‘Izziyyah in Maliki Fiqh for an English Audience
A translation of the classic Maliki fiqh text with parallel Arabic can be found at the following link: http://sunnatheologica.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/al-izziyyah.pdf
Al-Fatawa al-Sirajiyyah: New Book Announcement
I received the following announcement from the renowned bibliophile Mawlana Husain Kadodia: —– It is with the fadl of Allah Ta’ala that the beneficial Hanafi Fatwa Manual, al-Fatawa as-Sirajiyyah, of Siraj ad-Din al-Ushi (d. after 569 AH), has recently been edited and printed. The work was carried out by Mawlana Uthman Bastawi, the librarian atContinueContinue reading “Al-Fatawa al-Sirajiyyah: New Book Announcement”
Commentaries (Shurûḥ) on “al-Murshid al-Mu’īn” by Ibn ‘Āshir
‘Abd ul-Waḥid ibn ‘Āshir (d. 1040 A.H.) was the author of the in the Maghrib well-known (700 year old) text al-Murshid al-Mu’īn (in short: “The Guiding Helper”) ‘ala al-Darûri min ‘Ulûm il-Dīn fī madhhab al-Imām Mālik.[1] This didactic text (and naẓm: poem) of 317 verses (in rajz) is about ‘aqīdah (Ash’ari), fiqh (Māliki) and tasawwufContinueContinue reading “Commentaries (Shurûḥ) on “al-Murshid al-Mu’īn” by Ibn ‘Āshir”
A Key to the Abbreviation System for Authorities’ Names According to the Muta’akhkhirin
A Key to the Abbreviation System for Authorities’ Names According to the Muta’akhkhirin One studying the works of the Shafi’i School’s later authorities will often find reference made to other scholars by a mere abbreviation. The following is a key to abbreviations commonly found: عطية الله بن عطية البرهاني القاهري الأجهوري أ ج Sh. AtiyyatContinueContinue reading “A Key to the Abbreviation System for Authorities’ Names According to the Muta’akhkhirin”
A Small Reading List of Hanbali Fiqh Texts
By Shaykh Musa Furber The following is a list of Hanbali books limited to the subjects of fiqh and usul al-fiqh. The question keeps coming up of what books people should obtain if they want to have a decent Hanbali section in their reference library. What follows is just my personal preference, based on myContinueContinue reading “A Small Reading List of Hanbali Fiqh Texts”
