A brief history of the Dar al-‘Ulum in Deoband in the Urdu language. For those who are unable to read Urdu, this would be a good project for the Urdu-capable to translate and share with others. Besides the history of the school, students will also find other benefits such as the original curriculum of theContinueContinue reading “Recommended Reading: Tarikh Dar al-‘Ulum Deoband”
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Mufīd al-Ṭālibīn-Recommended Reading
Mufīd al-Ṭālibīn. A must-read for all Shaykh al-Hind students at Darul Qasim. It consists of two main sections: one on Arabic idioms and axioms and the other on short stories. Reading, translating, and parsing the book’s contents will greatly accelerate the students’ memorization of vocabulary and common Arabic expressions.https://www.aghalibrary.com/storage/books/1611733168_AghaLibrary.pdf
Recommended Reading List of Professor Timothy Winter (Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad)
Recently, someone was searching for a suggested reading list for English books that I had posted some years ago. I was able to locate it for them, but also suggested that they consider searching for the reading lists of some of the most well-read Muslim scholars I am aware of. I was referring to aContinueContinue reading “Recommended Reading List of Professor Timothy Winter (Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad)”
Book Review: Sharh Mukhtasar al-Karkhi & Sharh al-Jami῾ al-Ṣaghir
Review by Mawlana Abu Asim Badrul Islam Title: Sharḥ Mukhtaṣar al-Karkhi Author: Imām Abu ‘l-Ḥusayn al-Qudūri (b. 362 AH/973 CE) Editor: Dr. ῾Abd Allāh Nadhῑr Aḥmad Genre: Ḥanafi fiqh Publisher: Asfār (Kuwait) Year of publication: 1443/2022 (1st edition) Number of volumes: 9 عنوان الكتاب : شرح مختصر الكرخي المؤلف : الإمام أبو الحسين أحمد بنContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Sharh Mukhtasar al-Karkhi & Sharh al-Jami῾ al-Ṣaghir”
ذكريات مع عملاق البحث والتحقيق سماحة العلامة الدكتور عبد الحليم النعماني
ذكريات مع عملاق البحث والتحقيق سماحة العلامة الدكتور عبد الحليم النعماني سماحة الأستاذ المفتي محمد قاسم القاسمي مكثتُ في مدينة كراتشي ١٢ عاما أدرس، وسمعتُ حينئذ ما سمعت عن المحقق الكبير مولانا المحدّث الشيخ محمد عبد الرشيد النعماني، وعرفت من أعماله «ما تمس إليه الحاجة»، فتمنيتُ لقاءه والاستفادة منه، ولكن لم يقدّر لي ذلك، ثمContinueContinue reading “ذكريات مع عملاق البحث والتحقيق سماحة العلامة الدكتور عبد الحليم النعماني”
Book Review: Islam in Victorian Liverpool
By Mawlana Ismaeel Nakhuda A version of this review was earlier published in the Asian Image newspaper. Additional information has been added to the review for the Deoband.org and Basair.net readership – Ismaeel. The story of Islam in Britain as told nowadays would always be incomplete without mention of the so-called ‘Shaykh al-Islam of the BritishContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Islam in Victorian Liverpool”
Ṭaḥāwī 