Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is central to the Islamic message. Indeed, the testimony of faith comprises of testification to the Oneness of Allah and testification that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. The biography of Prophet Muhammad, therefore, is central to the tenets of Islam. Knowledge of the life and times of Allah's Messenger strengthens one's faith, solidifies one's convictions, and only increases one in love of the Prophet.
DAR AL-ARQAM A Cordoban scholar, al-Hafiz Ibn 'Abd al-Barr was touted as the hafiz of the West by al-Dhahabi, and the most knowledgeable ḥadīth scholar of Andalusia by Abu 'l-Walid al-Baji. Indeed, his works span many sciences, including hadith, law, and history.
In this remarkable book, al-Hafiz Abu 'Umar b. 'Abd al-Barr beautifully summarises the life and campaigns of Allah's Messenger, basing his work on the seminal works of al-Imam Mūsā b. 'Uqhah, al-Imam Ibn Ishaq, and the latter's summarisation by al-Imam Ibn Hisham.
Ibn 'Abd al-Barr was born in 978 and died in 1071 in Xàtiva in Al-Andalus. According to Ibn Khallikan, Ibn Abd al-Barr sprung from the Arabian tribe of Namr ibn Qasit
While initially having been an adherent of the Zahirite school of Muslim jurisprudence, Ibn Abd al-Barr later switched to the Maliki school, which was the officially recognized legal code of the Umayyad dynasty, under which he lived. His book on the three great Sunni jurists Malik ibn Anas, Al-Shafi'i and Abu Hanifa noticeably excluded both his former patron Dawud al-Zahiri and Ahmad ibn Hanbal.] Ibn 'Abd al-Barr was a strong opponent of the practice of Taqlid (blind-imitation) and represented the traditionalist strand of the Maliki school.He is often referred to as the "Bukhari of the West
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This book is a translation of Yusuf b. 'Abd al-Hadi’s (d. 909/1503) Hanbali law manual, Kitab furu al-fiqh. The purpose of this rendition is to present the main aspects of Islamic law in a simple and modern manner....
The Quran and Ahädith are from the greatest bounties the Lord of the worlds hasblessed us with. The apparent and hidden, the body and soul, are cured with them. With this great bounty, a person is not in need of any...
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This book is the first in an envisioned series of translations from Ibn Taymiyyah's theological works that cover a wide range of topics from the evidence of God's perfection to the signs of Prophethood, and from the...
This book is a translation of Ibn ʿAqīl al-Ḥanbalī’s (d. 513/1119) essay on Islamic manners, Fuṣul al-Adab wa Makarim al-Akhlaq al-Mashruʿah. It presents a significant number of commendable etiquettes Muslims are re...
This is a classical book on the role of black people in Islam. It is reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon wherein he stated, “O people, indeed your Lord is one...
This is a translation of volume 1 & 2 of Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan's excellent 3 part commentary on the classical guide to the Hanbali madhab entitled Zad al-Mustaqni'. It covers the Book of Purification, the Book of P...
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