When the Imam of the Revolution, Mawlānā ʿUbayd Allāh Sindhī, may Allah have mercy on him, returned to his homeland after twenty-four years in exile, he visited Deoband in early 1942. At that time, Mawlānā ʿUbayd Allāh Anwar, may Allah have mercy on him, was a student at Dār al-ʿUlūm Deoband. The Imam, seasoned byContinueContinue reading “Mawlānā ʿUbaydullāh Sindhī’s Invaluable Counsel to a Student of Deoband, 1942”
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Book Review: Ṣayd al-Khāṭir by Imam Ibn al-Jawzī
ṢAYD AL-KHĀṬIRصيد الخاطر (للعلّامة أبي الفرج عبد الرحمن بن علي بن محمد ابن الجوزي – 510-597 هـ) المؤلف : العلّامة أبو الفرج عبد الرحمن بن علي بن محمد ابن الجوزي المحقق : أنس بن محمد تدمري الموضوع : الأدب العربي والوعظ والرقائق والتصوّف والحكمة الناشر : دار ابن كثير (دمشق ، بيروت) سنة النشر : 1444 هـ _ 2023م رقم الطبعةContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Ṣayd al-Khāṭir by Imam Ibn al-Jawzī”
Book Review: Handbook of a Healthy Muslim Marriage
Review by Mawlana Abu Asim Badrul Islam Title: Handbook of a Healthy Muslim Marriage Author: Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera Editor: N/A Genre: Islamic marriage guide/fiqh of nikāḥ Publisher: White Thread Press (London) Year of publication: 2019 (1st edition) Number of pages: 262 THIS IS BY FAR the best book that I have seen on the subject. Out of the few that are generallyContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Handbook of a Healthy Muslim Marriage”
تذكره وسوانح: آفتاب معرفت شيخ المشايخ حضرت خواجہ خان محمد
A short Urdu biography of Khwaja Khan Muhammad رحمه الله تعالى by Mawlana Shaykh Rasheed al-Haq Khan Abid. khawaja-khan-muhammadDownload
Book Review: Maktūbat-i-Mashāyikh
By Mawlana Ismaeel Nakhuda There are three genres of literature that are perhaps unique within the context of Islam in South Asia: malfuzat, tazkirahs and maktubat (aphorisms, hagiographies and letters). Often written in Urdu or Persian, all three are a delight to read, and overflow with wisdom and academic nuggets that really help us not only gain a better understandingContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Maktūbat-i-Mashāyikh”
Book Review: Al-Zubdah fī Sharḥ al-Burdah of ʿAlī al-Qārī
Al-Zubdah fī sharḥ al-Burdah. By al-Mullā ʿAlī al-Qārī. Edited by Māhir Adīb Ḥabbūsh. Istanbul, Turkey: Dār al-Lubāb, 1438/2017. Pp 203. ISBN 9786058323865. Reviewed by Mawlana Kamil Uddin, Darul Qasim The mantle Burdah wears in Islamic literature is unparalleled. A glimpse of this is shown by ʿAbdullah Muḥammad al-Ḥabashī who lists out 48 pages of commentariesContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Al-Zubdah fī Sharḥ al-Burdah of ʿAlī al-Qārī”
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