Category Archives: History

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”

Imam Abu Bakr al-Haddad al-Hanafi al-Zabidi

Al-Imam, Abu Bakr al-Haddad al-Hanafi al-Zabidi (rahmatullah alayh) Excerpted and abridged from Al-Imam Al-Muhaddith Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad bin Ahmad bin ‘Abd al-Latif al-Sharji al-Hanafi al-Zabidi’s (d.893 ah)(rahmatullah alayh) blessed work dealing with the lives of the awliyaa of Yemen: “Tabaqat al-Khawass, Ahl al-Sidq wa al-Ikhlas (Ranks of the Elect, The People of Truth and Sincerity)”ContinueContinue reading “Imam Abu Bakr al-Haddad al-Hanafi al-Zabidi”

“Islam and Civilization” – Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali an-Nadwi & link to more downloadable books of Shaykh Nadwi

asSalaamu Alaikum, Download  “Islam and Civilization” by Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali an-Nadwi. This work of Shaykh Nadwi (ra) is different from his renowned book Islam and the World: The Rise and Decline of Muslims and Its Effect on Mankind. More books of Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali an-Nadwi (ra) in Arabic, Urdu, and English can beContinueContinue reading ““Islam and Civilization” – Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali an-Nadwi & link to more downloadable books of Shaykh Nadwi”