Here one can read and download the "Simplified Fiqhi Encylopedia" by dr. Magda Amer in English: http://islam-inpractice.com/downloads/Simplified_Fiqhi_Encylopedia.pdf This is a work of comparative fiqh in questions and answers format. Dr. Magda Amer is a female Islamic scholar in religious and worldly sciences.
Review of Abu Hanifa: His Life, Legal Method and Legacy by Shaykh Akram Nadwi
Reproduced here with kind permission from Muslim World Book Review (MWBR) Review: Abu Hanifa: His Life, Legal Method and Legacy Mohammad Akram Nadwi, (Markfield: Kube Publishing Ltd., 2010) Reviewed by: Dr M Mansur Ali Cardiff University Muslim World Book Review (MWBR) vol. 31, no. 4, Summer 2011, pp. 29-31. This very short, albeit highly eruditeContinue reading "Review of Abu Hanifa: His Life, Legal Method and Legacy by Shaykh Akram Nadwi"
إسعاف أهل الايمان بوظائف شهر رمضان by Shaykh Hasan al-Mashshat – Available for Download
asSalaamu Alaikum, إسعاف أهل الايمان بوظائف شهر رمضان by Shaykh Hasan al-Mashshat. Courtesy of Shaykh Faraz Rabbani.
New Release: “The Inseparability Of Shari’a & Tariqa” by Shaykh Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi
asSalaamu Alaikum, Over the past two years, Madania Publications has revamped their publishing by making the change to publish books with better material quality and style (glossy cover, better print, proper margins, less misprints, attractive cover images, etc.). This is very well appreciated as Islamic literature in the English language, usually translated works, often lacksContinue reading "New Release: “The Inseparability Of Shari’a & Tariqa” by Shaykh Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi"
Bastions of the Believers: Madrasahs and Islamic Education in India – Book Review
Book Review of Yoginder Sikand’s BASTIONS OF THE BELIEVERS: MADRASAHS AND ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN INDIA By ‘Aamir Bashir Madrasahs in the Indian Subcontinent suffer from a poor image. The mainstream media in the West, as well as in the sub-continent (especially Hindu and liberal), tends to brand the madrasahs as hotbeds of terrorism and breedingContinue reading "Bastions of the Believers: Madrasahs and Islamic Education in India – Book Review"
Imam Sayyid Murtada al-Zabidi
Al-Sayyid Murtađā al-Zabīdī (rahmatullah alayh) Imām Muĥammad ibn Muĥammad ibn Muĥammad ibn Ábd ar-Razzāq al-Ĥusayni az-Zabīdī, Abu’l Fayđ and is widely known as Murtađā az-Zabīdi. [1145-1205 AH/ 1732-1790 CE] He was a Ĥanafī scholar, lexicographer, linguist, a grandmaster in ĥadīth, genealogy, biographies and personal histories [ĥadith, ansāb, rijāl]. He was a prolific writer. Apart fromContinue reading "Imam Sayyid Murtada al-Zabidi"
Ṭaḥāwī 