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"
Imam Abu Bakr al-Haddad al-Hanafi al-Zabidi
Al-Imam, Abu Bakr al-Haddad al-Hanafi al-Zabidi (rahmatullah alayh) Excerpted and abridged from Al-Imam Al-Muhaddith Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad bin Ahmad bin ‘Abd al-Latif al-Sharji al-Hanafi al-Zabidi’s (d.893 ah)(rahmatullah alayh) blessed work dealing with the lives of the awliyaa of Yemen: “Tabaqat al-Khawass, Ahl al-Sidq wa al-Ikhlas (Ranks of the Elect, The People of Truth and Sincerity)”Continue reading "Imam Abu Bakr al-Haddad al-Hanafi al-Zabidi"
Tasheel al-Nahw: Revised English Translation of ‘Ilm al-Nahw for Free Download
Mawlana 'Aamir Bashir was kind enough to provide his new translation of the book Tasheel al-Nahw for free download.Although he didn't ask for it, it is befitting that we keep such sincere scholars who write and distribute knowledge for free in our du'as. Below I have included the introduction from the book: Introduction to theContinue reading "Tasheel al-Nahw: Revised English Translation of ‘Ilm al-Nahw for Free Download"
Versions of the book “al-Adhkar” of imam an-Nawawi
I have just received the book "al-Adkhar" by imam an-Nawawi from Dar al-Minhaj (http://www.alminhaj.com/) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. I bought it from HUbooks in the UK (http://www.hubooks.com/). Last year I got another copy of the same book from a bookseller in the Netherlands but from a different publisher: Dar al-Fajr li't-Turath, which is behind al-AzharContinue reading "Versions of the book “al-Adhkar” of imam an-Nawawi"
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