Book Review: ‘Muwatta’ al-Imam Malik: Riwayat al-Shafi’i ‘an Malik’, al-Banjari, Muhammad Lutfi, Karachi: Majlis al-Da’wah wa al-Tahqiq al-Islami, 357 pages By Maulana Zeeshan Chaudri The Muwatta’ of Imam Malik (d.179) requires no introduction as 100s of books have been written over the centuries studying various aspects of the goldmine. This collection of Malik demonstrates the juristic acumenContinueContinue reading “Review: Muwatta’ al-Imam Malik: Riwayat al-Shafi’i ‘an Malik”
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Book Review: “The Divine Reality: God, Islam, & the Mirage of Atheism” by Hamza Tzortzis
Review by Hamdija Begovic The Divine Reality: God, Islam & The Mirage Of Atheism Author: Hamza Andreas Tzortzis Publishing: December 2016. San Clemente, California: FB Publishing ISBN-10: 0996545387 Format: Paperback, 322 pages Generally, there are two ways to critically analyse a belief system: one is to tackle standard arguments countering them by engaging inContinueContinue reading “Book Review: “The Divine Reality: God, Islam, & the Mirage of Atheism” by Hamza Tzortzis”
Book Review: Hanafi Principles of Testing Hadith
Review by: Waqar Akbar Cheema Title: Hanafi Principles of Testing Hadith Author: Atabek Shukurov An-Nasafi / Sulaiman Ahmed (translator) Publisher: Avicenna Academy, UK Release Date: May 1, 2015 Format: Hardback Pages: ix + 311 The book is allegedly an attempt at revival of hanafi methdology in hadith. However, in reality far from representing the hanafi school’s actual approach it isContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Hanafi Principles of Testing Hadith”
ʿAllāmah al-Kawtharī’s List of Ḥanafī Hadith Masters
Book Review: Janāb Gurū Nānak Jī awr Islām
﷽ Fārūq, Muḥammad, Janāb Gurū Nānak Jī ؒ awr Islām, Maktaba Maḥmūdiyya, UP (1431/2010), 80 pages, paperback. Review by Shahin-ur Rahman Concise and easy to read, this succinct treatise on comparative religion offers a profound insight into the life of Gurū Nānak, who is believed to be the founder of the Sikh religion. Targeting theContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Janāb Gurū Nānak Jī awr Islām”
The Study Quran Review: Gibril Fouad Haddad
[The Muslim World Book Review, 36:3, 2016, pp. 20-25] Seyyed Hossein Nasr et al., ed. The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary. New York: Harper Collins, 2015. Hardback. lix + 1988pp. Maps. ISBN: 978-0-06-112586-7. This book is the magnum opus of Iranian University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University Seyyed Hossein Nasr (b. 1933), anContinueContinue reading “The Study Quran Review: Gibril Fouad Haddad”
