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”

The ‘Thabat’ of Shaykh Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani by Shaykh Yasin Al-Fadani,

asSalaamu Alaikum, The ‘Thabat’ of Shaykh Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani by Shaykh Yasin Al-Fadani: الفيض الرحماني بإجازة فضيلة الشيخ محمد تقي العثماني A Thabat work is essentially a collection of a scholar’s sanads to all the major and minor Hadith works. Since they consists of many chains, often Thabats can run into two volumes. TheContinueContinue reading “The ‘Thabat’ of Shaykh Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani by Shaykh Yasin Al-Fadani,”