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Aqeeda
The Jewel of The Theologians in Light of The Islamic Creed
I was forwarded this relatively short work originally compiled in Arabic by the late Syrian Shaykh, Tahir al Jazairi (d.…
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Sunna
Ḥadīth regarding al-Ḥajar ‘l-Aswad
The black stone (al-Ḥajar ‘l-Aswad) has many virtues, one of them is the ability to clear your sins (by Allāh’s…
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Fiqh
What is a Madhhab? Why is it necessary to follow one?
The word madhhab is derived from an Arabic word meaning “to go” or “to take as a way”, and refers…
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Fiqh
Chronological List of Prominent Hanafi Jurists – English
Chronological List of Prominent Hanafi Jurists The importance of knowing the dates of birth/death of the scholars cannot be stressed…
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Misc
Simple Words That Produced Great Men
Translator’s Preface “Your handwriting resembles that of the hadith scholars,” said al-Birzālī. These words resonated well with Muhammad ibn Ahmad…
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Sunna
Paradise and Hell-fire as expounded by Imam al-Qurtubi
This is the English translation of the section on Paradise and Hell-fire as described by Imam al-Qurtubi in his al-Tadhkira…
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e-Books
Forty Hadith on Divine Mercy
The following is a collection of Forty Hadiths on the sublime and unique nature of Allah’s Divine Mercy: Download link…
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Aqeeda
Ta’wil of ‘Saaq’ from Ibn Abbas
This article by Shaykh Dr. Abul Hasan Hussain Ahmed explores what the word “Shin” (Saaq in arabic) refers to in…
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Qur'an
The Birmingham Qur’an fragments: Are they really that old?!
In July 2015, when a PhD researcher looked more closely at some fragments inside a more recent copy of the…
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Misc
Imam Abu Yusuf’s Powerful Memory & Profound Intellect
Translator’s Preface The following is an article on the memory of the Qadi, Imam Abu Yusuf Ya’qub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari (d.182AH),…
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