Category Archives: History

A Biography of Shaykh ‘Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Attached you will find the revised version of the English translation of Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani’s biography of the great Syrian scholar Shaykh ‘Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah. The translation was done by our dear friend Abu Unaysah and Shaykh Ibrahim Amin al-Kuwaiti. Shaykh ‘Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah

Al-Insaf fi Bayan Asbab al-Ikhtilfaf by Shah Wali Allah al-Dihlawi

“Al-Insaf is a modest tribute to Shah Waliullah’s scientific investigation of the historical factors and other circumstances, which led to the development of Islamic Jurisprudence and the subsequent emergence of its different schools of thought. Al-Insaf’s significance to Islamic Jurisprudence does not deserve recognition merely because it is written by a scholar of repute likeContinueContinue reading “Al-Insaf fi Bayan Asbab al-Ikhtilfaf by Shah Wali Allah al-Dihlawi”

Review of Abu Hanifa: His Life, Legal Method and Legacy by Shaykh Akram Nadwi

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”

Imam Sayyid Murtada al-Zabidi

Al-Sayyid Murtađā al-Zabīdī (rahmatullah alayh) Imām Muĥammad ibn Muĥammad ibn Muĥammad ibn Ábd ar-Razzāq al-Ĥusayni az-Zabīdī, Abu’l Fayđ and is widely known as Murtađā az-Zabīdi. [1145-1205 AH/ 1732-1790 CE] He was a Ĥanafī scholar, lexicographer, linguist, a grandmaster in ĥadīth, genealogy, biographies and personal histories [ĥadith, ansāb, rijāl]. He was a prolific writer. Apart fromContinueContinue reading “Imam Sayyid Murtada al-Zabidi”