The Gazi Husrev-Beg Library in Sarajevo, Bosnia, houses various Islamic manuscripts including Qur'ānic mushafs, Hadīth manuscripts, works on Tafsīr, and more. The oldest manuscript is a copy of Imam al-Ghazali's Ihya `Ulūm al-Dīn copied during the lifetime of the author himself. Below is a link to a small publication By Dr. Mustafa Jahić containing someContinue reading "Gazi Husrev-Beg Library in Sarajevo"
Reading List: Recommended Books on Sirah (Prophetic Biography)
The list of available works on the Sīrah, or prophetic biography, is almost too long to mention. I have, therefore, confined this list to English works and, then, to works that are the most useful for students of my Sirah courses (HST101: Prophetic Biography – The Makkan Era and HST102: Prophetic Biography – The MadinanContinue reading "Reading List: Recommended Books on Sirah (Prophetic Biography)"
Muslim Legacy in ‘Ulum al-Qur’an by Thameem Ushama’
By: Thameem Ushama' Abstract The ’Ulum al-Qur’an is a science that contributes to the proper understanding of the message of the Qur’an. Having gradually developed based on the earliest Islamic sources it serves as the primary guideline for historical, technical, linguistic, stylistic, jurisprudential, interpretative and exegetical issues in the study of the Qur’an. Hence, this article presents aContinue reading "Muslim Legacy in ‘Ulum al-Qur’an by Thameem Ushama’"
Usul al-Fiqh Works of the Hanafi Madhhab
هنا أجمع الكتب الأصولية على مذهب الإمام النعمان رحمه الله. أصول السرخسي وورد موافق للمطبوع (http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open.php?cat=36&book=2436) ------------- ميزان الأصول في نتائج العقول لأبي بكر محمد السمرقندي (http://www.archive.org/details/Mizan_Alosol) ------------- تأسيس النظر لأبي زيد الدبوسي (http://www.archive.org/details/TassisNadar) ------------- تقويم الأدلة في اصول الفقه للدبوسي (http://www.waqfeya.net/search.php) ------------- معرفة الحجج الشرعية لأبي اليسر محمد البزدوي (http://www.waqfeya.net/book.php?bid=2419) ------------- كنز الوصول إلىContinue reading "Usul al-Fiqh Works of the Hanafi Madhhab"
Mustafa Sa’id al-Khin’s Thesis on Juristic Differences
Fada’il al-Hajj by Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi
asSalaamu Alaikum, Fada'il al-Hajj by Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi The author writes in his forward, "During his tow campaigns in Hejaz, Mawlana Yusuf [al-Kandhlawi] noticed that a vast numbers of the pilgrims who gather there annually are well nigh completely unacquainted with the virtues and aadaab of Hajj. They seem to be unaware of theContinue reading "Fada’il al-Hajj by Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi"
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