In 1311 AH/1893 CE, Sultān ʿAbdul Ḥamīd II [RA] issued an imperial decree to prepare the most critically evaluated edition of the second most authentic book after Kitābullāh. It specified that the copy of Hāfiẓ al-Yūnīnī – the most relied upon copy of the Ṣaḥīḥ of the later scholars – should be used as theContinueContinue reading “The Most Accurate Edition of Sahih al-Bukhari”
Category Archives: Hadith
Athar al-Sunan by ‘Allamah Muhammad ibn ‘Ali Shawq al-Nimawi
A friend and relative recently asked: “Do you know where I can find Athar as Sunan by Allamah Nimawi anywhere online (either PDF or somewhere I can purchase it)? Jazakullah” The pdf version that is found online is an older print and I have uploaded it below. I have also provided a link to aContinueContinue reading “Athar al-Sunan by ‘Allamah Muhammad ibn ‘Ali Shawq al-Nimawi”
Jawab al-Hafiz Abi Muhammad ‘Abd al-‘Azim al-Mundhiri al-Misri ‘an As’ilatin fi ‘l-Jarh wa ‘l-Ta’dil
Attached is a wonderful published edition of Hafiz Mundhiri’s answers to questions on the science of Jarh wa ‘l-Ta’dil with the annotation and notes of Shaykh ‘Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah. The book includes a unique researched text written by Shaykh Abu Ghuddah himself entitled Umara’ al-Muminin fi ‘l-Hadith which lists the names of hadith scholarsContinueContinue reading “Jawab al-Hafiz Abi Muhammad ‘Abd al-‘Azim al-Mundhiri al-Misri ‘an As’ilatin fi ‘l-Jarh wa ‘l-Ta’dil”
Best Edition of Imam Tahawi’s Sharh Ma’ani al-Athar?
Assalamu ‘alaykum, I have been looking for a solid edition of Imam Tahawi’s Sharh Ma’ani al-Athar for some time now. The only editions I have seen are the Indian editions, which are not based upon much comparitive manuscript study, and the Darul Kitab version of the book with the foreword of Shaykh Yusuf Mar’ashli andContinueContinue reading “Best Edition of Imam Tahawi’s Sharh Ma’ani al-Athar?”
Ta’nib al-Khatib of ‘Allamah Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari
Attached is the brilliant rebuttal of ‘Allamah Muhammad Zahid Kawthari to the section of Imam Khatib Baghdadi’s Tarikh Baghdad on Imam Abu Hanifah in which Khatib Baghdadi mentions a number of false reports in dispraise of the great Imam Abu Hanifah in a manner that suggested that he agreed with them. Although the book isContinueContinue reading “Ta’nib al-Khatib of ‘Allamah Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari”
Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Foundations of Islam) by Jonathan A.C. Brown
Contrary to popular opinion, the bulk of Islamic law does not come from the Qur’an but rather from hadith, first-hand reports of the prophet Muhammad’s words and deeds, passed from generation to generation. However, with varying accounts often only committed to paper a century after the death of Muhammad, Islamic scholars, past and present, haveContinueContinue reading “Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Foundations of Islam) by Jonathan A.C. Brown”
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