Brother ashrafh, aka Hasan Ashraf, was kind enough to share with us an important book of comparitive fiqh that argues the Shafi'i stance on legal issues, highlighting the legal contentions that existed between the Shafi'i and the Hanafi (or as Imam Bayhaqi terms it, the "Iraqi") schools. The book that brother Hasan provided is anContinue reading "Mukhtasar Khilafiyat al-Bayhaqi"
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"
Lists of Commentaries on the Sahihs of Bukhari and Muslim
I stumbled upon these in my archives and thought they might be beneficial to someone. Of course, the lists are not exhaustive. شروح صحيح مسلم شروح صحيح البخاري
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"
Addendum to Shabe Barat by Shaykh Fadlur Rahman ‘Azmi
Assalamu 'alaykum, Shaykh Ehzaz Ajmeri was kind enough to share with us an addendum to the book posted previously on the significance of the 15th of Sha'ban. You can download the addendum, which is in urdu, here.
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"
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