I’rab al-Qur’an al-Karim by Shaykh Muhyi ‘l-Din Darwish

Recently, a number of students who study Arabic syntax with me asked for my recommendation on a good book that focused on the i'rab of the Qur'an (grammatical analysis of each ayah). While I admitted that I was not familiar with all the new works that have been published recently on the topic, and havingContinue reading "I’rab al-Qur’an al-Karim by Shaykh Muhyi ‘l-Din Darwish"

Mukhtasar Khilafiyat al-Bayhaqi

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"

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"