
It was divided into 45 small, easy to read and understand chapters. The book is a summary of the main aspects of Aqidah (Faith), Fiqh (Jurisprudence) and Akhlaq (character), and explains the essences of education in terms of these three principles. His scholarship still remains in a prominent position as one of the earliest proponents of education in history. Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani was a scholar devoted to the education of the youth. Matn al-Risalah of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani. It is arranged by subject matter in the manner of a book of Sunan, like the Sunan Ibn Majah.Īl-Mudawwanah : a classic Maliki text on fiqh. Despite its title as a Musnad, it is not arranged by narrator in the manner of other musnads, such as that of Tayalisi or Ibn Hanbal.
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Sunan al-Darimi: the author’s full name being ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Darimi (181H–255H), his Sunan is a hadith collection among the other prominent collections such as the Muwatta’ of Imam Malik and the Musnad of Imam Ahmad, etc. I hope to be able to translate this work into English. The two volumes go into detail on such important topics as bid’ah, as well as clarifying actions and spontaneous actions. English and Arabic edition.Īl-I’tisam: by Imam al-Shatibi-literally translated as Holding Fast-is an important volume on fiqh, especially as it relates to the Sunnah. A few minor errors in the copy until I get a chance to re-type a new one. Hikam Ibn ‘Ata Allah: a collection of aphorisms by the Alexandrian scholar. Tafsir Ibn Abi Hatim: a large early tafsir by Abu Muhammad ‘Abd al-Rahman Ibn Abi Hatim al-Razi. Recommended for students who are able to read in Arabic but are looking to tackle the study of sarf in the Arabic language.īidayah al-Hidayah: a classic in the field of Muslim spirituality as well as moral and ethical excellence, Imam al-Ghazzali’s Beginning of Guidance is also available in a bilingual edition translated by Mashhad al-Allaf via White Thread Press. The work here is a short but concise intro to the study of Arabic morphology. Kitab al-Miftah fi al-Sarf كتاب المفتاح في الصرف: a short introduction to sarf (morphology) by the medieval scholar of Arabic language, al-Jurjani (full name Abu Bakr Abd al-Qāhir bin Abd al-Rahman bin Muhammad al-Jurjānī). I will be using elements of this book to teach a tajwid class for UPenn’s MSA, starting Spring 2012.

Shaykh al-Burhani has been a faculty member of the University of Damascus in the department of Islamic jurisprudence as well as having spent some time in the Gulf, teaching at the University of al-‘Ayn in Abu Dhabi.

‘Ilm Tajwid al-Qur’an علم تجويد القرآن: a concise introduction to science of tajwid (rules for reciting the Qur’an) by Syrian scholar, Muhammad Hisham al-Burhani. I may also provide some reviews for books I’ve read in English on Islamic studies as well. For the students of Islamic studies, lay or otherwise, I thought, as I go, I would like to or provide books or other documents for download.
