On a blessed day, I was blessed with a wonderful gift from Mawlana Muhammad Chothia. This book was used for many years by ifta' students at Dar al-'Ulum Karachi in handwritten form. Basically a collection of lecture notes from Hadrat's past lectures on the principles of ifta', the notes were finally reviewed, edited, and approvedContinue reading "Usul al-Ifta’ wa Adabuhu by Mufti Muhammad Taqi al-‘Uthmani"
Muqaddamah fi Usul al-Hadith by Imam ‘Abd al-Haqq al-Muhaddith al-Dihlawi
From the introduction to my hopefully soon-to-be-published translation of the work: The text before us, authored by the great 10th century (hijrī) ḥadīth master ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Sayf al-Dīn al-Dihlawī, was composed to serve as a prolegomena to Walī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdullāh al-Khaṭīb al-Tabrīzī’s monumental collection of ḥadīth entitled Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ. Concise yet refreshingly lucid, DihlawīContinue reading "Muqaddamah fi Usul al-Hadith by Imam ‘Abd al-Haqq al-Muhaddith al-Dihlawi"
Resources for the Biography of Imam Abu Hanifah al-Nu’man ibn Thabit
The Biography of Imam Abu Hanifa - Arabic books مناقب الإمام أبو حنيفة وصاحبيه للحافظ الذهبي http://hanafiya.blogspot.com/2012/05/blog-post_9677.html تبييض الصحيفة في مناقب الإمام أبو حنيفة للشيخ جلال الدين السيوطي الشافعي http://www.aslein.net/showthread.php?t=8096 كتاب منازل الأئمة الأربعة إمام أبي زكريا يحيى بن إبراهيم http://www.al-mostafa.info/data/arabic/depot2/gap.php?file=009511.pdf كتاب الخيرات الحسان لابن حجر الهيتمي http://www.aslein.net/showthread.php?t=6777 http://www.iraqnla.org/opac/fullrecr.php?nid=164099&hl=eng http://al-mostafa.info/data/arabic/depot3/gap.php?file=i001113.pdf شرح الفقه الأكبر أبو حنيفةContinue reading "Resources for the Biography of Imam Abu Hanifah al-Nu’man ibn Thabit"
Ten Lessons of Arabic based on Das Sabaq of Mawlana ‘Abd al-Salam Kidwai Nadvi
An excellent primer for beginner students of the Arabic language. Serves as a short and strong introduction to basic Arabic grammar. The translator, Mawlana Amer Bashir, was gracious enough to share the book with us. May Allah reward him again. (We have updated this post to include the updated edition of the book, with minorContinue reading "Ten Lessons of Arabic based on Das Sabaq of Mawlana ‘Abd al-Salam Kidwai Nadvi"
“Chapters on the Prophetic Visitation” – Translation from I’la’ al-Sunan
asSalaamu Alaikum, Brother Zameelur Rahman, may Allah (SWT) reward him abundantly, has completed the translation of the section al-Ziyarat al-Nabawiyyah from اعلاء السن I'la' al-Sunan. Please view below to download the 30-page PDF document: Chapters on the Prophetic Visitation - Translation from I'la' al-Sunan This monumental work, authored by Allamah Zafar Ahmad al-Uthmani al-Thanawi (ra),Continue reading "“Chapters on the Prophetic Visitation” – Translation from I’la’ al-Sunan"
Dars Nizami Book List and Downloads
I hope to be able to sort these books alphabetically and provide one post per book which would include all available editions. For now, I have simply listed the links to the Internet Archive where you can find the books organized in collections. With help, I would also like to provide some posts that organizeContinue reading "Dars Nizami Book List and Downloads"
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