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This book studies the legal reasoning of Mālik ibn Anas (d. 179 H./795 C.E.) in the Muwaṭṭa’ and Mudawwana. Although focusing on Mālik, the book presents a broad comparative study of legal reasoning in the first three centuries of Islam. It reexamines the role of considered opinion (ra’y), dissent, and legal ḥadīths and challenges the paradigm that Muslim jurists ultimately…
Muslim is the beautifully told story of a young English woman’s journey to Islam, which she learns about through an acquaintance from her home town whom she meets up with while travelling with friends in Spain.
Tale Of The Two Horned One. A book of the tale of Alexander the great, his travels, battles and conquest.
Rumi’s Sun collects many lessons and discourses from Shams of Tabriz, the Sufi mystic and spiritual master who was the catalyst for Rumi’s awakening. Rumi’s son wrote, “After meeting Shams, my father danced all day and sang all night. He had been a scholar he became a poet. He had been an ascetic he became drunk…
Sayidah A’isha had an unparalleled personality through which she occupied a special place in the heart of the Messenger of Allah and in his life. It was as if he had prepared her to be one of the preservers of his knowledge. 2210 hadiths have been narrated by her from the Prophet. But that is…
Servants of Allah presents a history of African Muslims, following them from West Africa to the Americas. Although many assume that what Muslim faith they brought with them to the Americas was quickly absorbed into the new Christian milieu, as Sylviane A. Diouf
The history of the Ottoman Empire spanned more than seven centuries. At the height of its power, it stretched over three continents and produced marvels of architecture, literature, science, and warfare. When it fell, its collapse redrew the map of the world and changed the course of history. Shadow of the Sultan’s Realm is the story of…
When a distinguished scholar dies at the Barmakid hospital in Baghdad, nearly everyone points the finger at his enslaved servant Mu’mina, as the one who called a demon to kill him. Tein, a former frontier fighter turned investigator with the Grave Crimes Section, has no time for religion, let alone jinn, and sets out to…
This biography of the saint and Iman Abdallah al-Haddad takes readers into the fascinating world and spiritual life of 17th- and early 18th-century Yemen. The life of this renown spiritual master—whose teachings and personal example continue to influence lives around the world—is examined, from his early attraction to Sufi poetry and visit to the tomb…
A Biographical Study Of One Of The Greatest Military Generals In History Khalid Bin Waleed Sword Of Allah
The Big Five in Sufism in India and Pakistan are the illustrious spiritual successors to Asharaf ul Aulia, Sultan-e-Hind, Khwaja-e-Khawjgan, Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, the Holy Saint of Ajmer. The volume embodies authentic biographical accounts of the Holy Saint of Ajmer’s nve Illustrious Khalifas ; and are recognised spiritual successors in Sufi Hierarchy. They carried…
Authored by Shafiq Morton and published by Awqaf SA as part its Leaders and Legacies series of book which tells the stories of South Africa’s political leaders and struggle stalwarts. The kramats, a circle of Sufi saints, are dotted around the Peninsula and the Overberg. They are torch-bearers of Cape Muslim history. These are figures…
In an age of bewildering spiritual and intellectual confusion, creed has never been more important. Every Muslim is obliged to learn it and is promised protection from deviant beliefs by following the unassailable texts of the scholastic community of Islam. Of them all, The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi is the simplest, the most effective, and…
Ahmad ibn ‘Ajiba was an 18th-century Moroccan saint in the Darqawa Sufi Islamic lineage. He was the author of numerous works, including The Autobiography of a Moroccan Sufi. Mohamed Fouad Aresmouk completed his degree in Islamic Studies and Arabic at Qadi Ayyad University in Marrakesh. He is the author of Al-Rashad Fi Zabdati Al-Awrad.Michael Abdurrahman…
South African Indians form a larger part of the mosaic of Indian diaspora spread across the world. They will recognize in each others footsteps echoes of their own journeys. Nothing came easy to the pioneers. Difficulties did not deter them but were met with courage and determination.
In the current wave of renewed interest in Rumi, this book offers the first comprehensive biography of this great historical figure written for the general pubic. Beginning with an analysis of conditions in the 13th century of Christianity and the 7th of Islam, the author pieces together a sensitive and scholarly chronicle of Rumi’s life,…
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