Shaykh Iftikhar Zaman, one of today’s most researched scholars in the science of Hadith and yet almost entirely unknown in our community for his expertise in the field, has yet to publish his brilliant PhD thesis on the evolution of a hadith of Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas that he authored while at the University ofContinueContinue reading “The Evolution of a Hadith: Transmission, Growth, and the Science of Rijal in a Hadith of Sa’d b. Abi Waqqas by Shaykh Dr. Iftikhar Zaman”
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The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon by Jonathan Brown
In a number of lectures I delivered on the subject of Hadith, I mentioned a PhD thesis that was authored by Professor Jonathan Brown of the University of Washington, a Muslim professor who analyzed both the Sahih’s of Bukhari and Muslim and Orientalist views regarding them. Brown is very aptly able to identify some ofContinueContinue reading “The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon by Jonathan Brown”
Ibn Hajar’s Hady al-Sari: A Medieval Interpretation of the Structure of Bukhari’s al-Jami’ al-Sahih: Introduction and Translation
By Mohammed Fadel, University of Chicago Introduction Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani (773-852/1372-1449) was an Egyptian who lived in the late Mamluk period. Although he wrote in many different fields, he earned his scholarly reputation for his works on Prophetic tradition. Perhaps his most famous work is his commentary upon Sahih al-Bukhari, known as Fath al-Bari bi-sharhContinueContinue reading “Ibn Hajar’s Hady al-Sari: A Medieval Interpretation of the Structure of Bukhari’s al-Jami’ al-Sahih: Introduction and Translation”
A Clarification on Arabic Books and Publishing
I would like to mention briefly, for the sake of clarification, the purpose behind mentioning the last post on Arabic publications. A number of individuals expressed more than just disappointment with the current state of affairs but also a fear and mistrust of all recently published Islamic books. It is pertinent, therefore, to clarify theContinueContinue reading “A Clarification on Arabic Books and Publishing”
Nuzhat al-Khawatir wa Bahjat al-Sami’ wa ‘l-Nawazir by Shaykh Abd al-Hayy al-Husayni al-Luknawi
The amazingly thorough bibliographical dictionary of the scholars of Hind (India), compiled by the erudite historian and linguist, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Hayy al-Husayni al-Laknawi, the father of Shaykh Abu ‘l-Hasan ‘Ali al-Nadwi, is now available online. The book has been published by Dar Ibn Hazm under the title: al-I’lam bi man fi Tarikh al-Hind min al-A’lamContinueContinue reading “Nuzhat al-Khawatir wa Bahjat al-Sami’ wa ‘l-Nawazir by Shaykh Abd al-Hayy al-Husayni al-Luknawi”
Ma’arif al-Sunan sharh Sunan al-Tirmidhi by ‘Allamah Muhammad Yusuf Binnuri
The amazing commentary on the Sunan of Imam Tirmidhi by the great hadith master of our time, ‘Allamah Muhammad Yusuf al-Binnuri, considered by many the inheritor of the knowledge of Imam al-‘Asr ‘Allamah Anwar Shah al-Kashmiri, is now available online. This commentary, which unfortunately was left incomplete and only reaches the chapters on Hajj, isContinueContinue reading “Ma’arif al-Sunan sharh Sunan al-Tirmidhi by ‘Allamah Muhammad Yusuf Binnuri”
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