By Mawlana Ismaeel Nakhuda A version of this review was earlier published in the Asian Image newspaper. Additional information has been added to the review for the Deoband.org and Basair.net readership – Ismaeel. The story of Islam in Britain as told nowadays would always be incomplete without mention of the so-called ‘Shaykh al-Islam of the BritishContinue reading "Book Review: Islam in Victorian Liverpool"
Book Review: Maktūbat-i-Mashāyikh
By Mawlana Ismaeel Nakhuda There are three genres of literature that are perhaps unique within the context of Islam in South Asia: malfuzat, tazkirahs and maktubat (aphorisms, hagiographies and letters). Often written in Urdu or Persian, all three are a delight to read, and overflow with wisdom and academic nuggets that really help us not only gain a better understandingContinue reading "Book Review: Maktūbat-i-Mashāyikh"
Book Review: al-Taḥqīq al-Bāhir Sharḥ al-Ashbāḥ wa ʾl-Naẓāʾir
Book review by Mawlana Abu Asim Badrul Islam AL-TAḤQĪQ AL-BĀHIR SHARḤ AL-ASHBĀHI WA 'L-NAẒĀ̕IRالتحقيق الباهر شرح الأشباه والنظائر (للإمام ابن نجيم المصري – 926-970 هـ) للإمام العلامة هبة الله التاجي (1151-1224 هـ) المؤلف : الإمام العلامة هبة الله التاجي المحقق : د. الشيخ أسامة محمد شيخ الموضوع : الأشباه والنظائر في المذهب الحنفي الناشر :Continue reading "Book Review: al-Taḥqīq al-Bāhir Sharḥ al-Ashbāḥ wa ʾl-Naẓāʾir"
A Short Arabic Biography of ʿAllāmah Dr. ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm al-Nuʿmānī Chishtī by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Zāhidānī
I am posting a file of an Arabic biography of our shaykh. This is a more detailed biography than the one I wrote many years ago as a preface to one of his works. The work never got published and its title that I suggested but wasn't completely approved. In fact, I would like toContinue reading "A Short Arabic Biography of ʿAllāmah Dr. ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm al-Nuʿmānī Chishtī by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Zāhidānī"
Recommended Readings on the Ottoman Empire
In response to an informal enquiry about the Ottoman Empire, Sidi Firas Alkhateeb of Darul Qasim, provided the following brief response and permitted sharing it with our readers. Keep in mind, that this is not a formal write-up and was intended only to give some basic guidelines and resources. The question emerged from Sidi Firas'sContinue reading "Recommended Readings on the Ottoman Empire"
Research on the Dominant Views Where Imam Ṭaḥāwī Disagrees with Imam Abū Ḥanīfa in Sharḥ Maʿānī al-Āthār
Research on the dominant views where Imam Ṭaḥāwī disagrees with Imam Abū Ḥanīfa in Sharḥ Maʿānī al-Āthār.
Ṭaḥāwī 