The Narrations and Copies of Sahih al-Bukhari

Further to my earlier post on the commentaries of the Sahihain, this is a synopsis of an article by Shaykh Dr. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim ibn Ubaid (Professor of Hadith Sciences at Jamia Umm al-Qura, Makka) that was published in the Umm al-Qura Journal. The essay was titled: riwaayat wa nusakh al-Jami as-Sahih lil-Imam AbiContinue reading "The Narrations and Copies of Sahih al-Bukhari"

al-Muqaddamah fi ‘l-Tasawwuf by Shaykh Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami

The author (d. 412AH) is one of the most prolific early authors in Tasawwuf, second only to al-Harith al-Muhasibi according to Ibn al-Jawzi. His works present a very penetrating insight into the developments in Tasawwuf by his time. Besides one or two works in hadith, he mainly wrote on various aspects of Tasawwuf. His Arba’inContinue reading "al-Muqaddamah fi ‘l-Tasawwuf by Shaykh Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami"

Shabe Barat: The Fifteenth of Shabaan in the Light of the Qur’an and Hadeeth by Shaykh Fazlur Rahman ‘Azmi

Given that the fifteenth of Sha'ban is upon us, the usual questions about the signigicance of the night of the 15th and fasting on its day have begun to come up. I thought it would be useful to read a researched answer by one of today's foremost authorities in the science of Hadith, Shaykh al-HadithContinue reading "Shabe Barat: The Fifteenth of Shabaan in the Light of the Qur’an and Hadeeth by Shaykh Fazlur Rahman ‘Azmi"

Audio Files for al-‘Arabiyyah Bayna Yadayka

Assalamu 'alaykum, After reading our last post, a scholar and dear friend, Shaykh Ehzaz Ajmeri was kind enough to share the links for the supplemental audio to the books: Book 1: http://www.archive.org/details/arabicbyh-mp3-1 Book 2: http://www.archive.org/details/arabicbyh-mp3-2 Book 3: http://www.archive.org/details/arabicbyh-mp3-3 Bilal Ali