Reproduced here with kind permission from Muslim World Book Review (MWBR) Review: Abu Hanifa: His Life, Legal Method and Legacy Mohammad Akram Nadwi, (Markfield: Kube Publishing Ltd., 2010) Reviewed by: Dr M Mansur Ali Cardiff University Muslim World Book Review (MWBR) vol. 31, no. 4, Summer 2011, pp. 29-31. This very short, albeit highly eruditeContinueContinue reading “Review of Abu Hanifa: His Life, Legal Method and Legacy by Shaykh Akram Nadwi”
Category Archives: Fiqh
إسعاف أهل الايمان بوظائف شهر رمضان by Shaykh Hasan al-Mashshat – Available for Download
asSalaamu Alaikum, إسعاف أهل الايمان بوظائف شهر رمضان by Shaykh Hasan al-Mashshat. Courtesy of Shaykh Faraz Rabbani.
New Release: “The Inseparability Of Shari’a & Tariqa” by Shaykh Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi
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”
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”
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