188 results for “ali”
Clear filterBy Imam an-Nawawi. A compilation of hadith covering all aspects of a Muslim's daily life, organized thematically. One of the most widely read hadith compilation
By Imam al-Ghazali. A monumental work covering worship, daily life, vices, and...
...t and comprehensive works of comparative fiqh. Presents Hanbali positions while comparing with all major schools.
By Imam Malik ibn Anas. The earliest surviving collection of hadith and ...
...nd Imam Muslim, and his collection is valued for its high-quality chains of narration and its unique introduction on the vi...
...acting legal rulings (ahkam) from the Quran. Al-Qurtubi, a Maliki scholar, presents opinions from all four schools of fiqh,...
By Imam al-Baghawi. A moderately sized tafsir that strikes a balance between the narration-based approach of at-Tabari and the more concise style of later works
...e scholarly opinions concisely. Ibn al-Jawzi, the great Hanbali polymath, compiled the major interpretive positions for eac...
By Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi. A specialized tafsir focused exclusively on the legal verses of the Qu...
By Sahnun ibn Sa'id. The primary reference work for the Maliki school of jurisprudence. Sahnun compiled it from the lega...
...s al-Muqni, presenting the relied-upon positions of the Hanbali school in the most concise language possible. Despite its b...
... Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi. A comprehensive yet accessible Hanbali fiqh manual by the author of al-Mughni. While al-Mughni is ...
By Imam an-Nawawi. The most authoritative fiqh manual of the later Shafi'i school. An-Nawawi abridged and refined al-Rafi'i's al-Muharrar, selecting the stronge
By Al-Kharshi. One of the most important commentaries on Khalil's Mukhtasar, the most condensed and authoritative summary ...
...ermining the relied-upon position (mu'tamad) within the Hanbali school when internal disagreements exist. Al-Mardawi meticu...
...y of Islamic legal reasoning. Ibn al-Qayyim discusses the qualifications of a mufti, the relationship between text and reas...
...brief creedal text presenting the Athari aqeedah of the Hanbali school. Ibn Qudamah compiled the essential beliefs of Ahl u...
...rom Mu'tazili theology. In this text, al-Ash'ari explicitly aligns himself with the creed of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal and the ...
...nsive exposition of Sunni positions on the Companions, the caliphate, and theological principles.
By Al-Lalika'i. A massive compilation of creedal statements and narrat...
By Abdullah al-Athari. A modern compendium of Athari creed that gathers the positions of the Salaf on every major theological point with extensive citations fro
...rticipation in battles, narration of hadith, and personal qualities. An indispensable source for the study of early Islamic...
...n through the prophets, the life of Muhammad, the Rashidun caliphate, the Umayyads, and the Abbasids up to 915 CE. At-Tabar...
...slim perspective and the Mongol destruction of the Abbasid Caliphate.
... first Muslim generation, organized thematically by their qualities: faith, sacrifice, migration, patience, generosity, and...
By Qadi Iyad. A beloved work on the rights, qualities, and miracles of the Prophet Muhammad. Qadi Iyad, the g...
...and Sunnah. He corrects Sufi excesses while affirming the reality of spiritual purification, making this the most balanced ...
...j al-Qasidin, which itself was a purified version of al-Ghazali's Ihya Ulum ad-Din. Ibn Qudamah removed the weak and fabric...
By Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali. An extensive commentary on an-Nawawi's Forty Hadith plus e...
...e work covers topics from the nature of the heart and the reality of worship to the wisdom behind divine decrees and the vi...
By Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, Ibn al-Qayyim & al-Ghazali. A compiled work drawing from t...
...on. The work influenced all later writers on Islamic spirituality, including al-Ghazali, who drew extensively from al-Muhas...
...ply moving account of the soul's struggle and its path to healing through obedience to Allah.
By Ibn Malik. A thousand-line poem (alfiyyah) that comprehensively cove...
... elementary al-Ajrumiyyah and the advanced Alfiyyah of Ibn Malik. Ibn Hisham, widely regarded as the greatest grammarian af...
By Ali al-Jarim & Mustafa Amin. The most widely used textbook on A...
...Maqdisi. The most important work of usul al-fiqh in the Hanbali school. Ibn Qudamah based it on al-Ghazali's al-Mustasfa wh...
By Imam al-Ghazali. One of the four foundational works of usul al-fiqh in Sunn...
By Qadi Abu Yusuf. Written at the request of Caliph Harun ar-Rashid, this is the earliest surviving work on I...
...sus and disagreement. This work complemented his Minhaj at-Talibin in fiqh to form the core of Shafi'i scholarship.
...e work is simultaneously a celebration of Islamic intellectualism and a devotional meditation on the signs of the Creator.
...e diseases of the heart, the importance of sincerity, the reality of repentance, and the techniques of spiritual warfare th...
...ophet Muhammad in Islamic literature. Qadi Iyad, the great Maliki scholar of Ceuta, compiled everything related to the Prop...
...aints an intimate, detailed portrait of the Prophet's personality and manner that brings him to life for readers across the...
By Imam al-Ghazali. A concise manual of Shafi'i fiqh by al-Ghazali that summar...
By Imam al-Ghazali. A landmark work in the history of philosophy where al-Ghaz...
By Imam al-Ghazali. Al-Ghazali's spiritual autobiography recounting his intell...
By Shah Waliullah ad-Dihlawi. A groundbreaking work that attempts to exp...
By Imam al-Ghazali. A work on self-knowledge and the stages of the soul's jour...
By Imam an-Nawawi. A comprehensive Shafi'i fiqh manual that serves as one of the primary references in the Shafi'i school. An-Nawawi abridged and refined ar-Raf
...al-Haytami. A detailed commentary on an-Nawawi's Minhaj at-Talibin and one of the most authoritative texts in Shafi'i juris...
...n Hazm al-Andalusi. The most important work of Zahiri (literalist) jurisprudence. Ibn Hazm examines every major issue of Is...
By Imam ash-Shurunbulali. A concise primer on Hanafi jurisprudence covering worship ...
By Imam ash-Shurunbulali. The author's own commentary on his Nur al-Idah, expanding ...
...-Dardir's Sharh al-Kabir, which is itself a commentary on Khalil's Mukhtasar. This layered work is a primary reference in M...
By Abu as-Su'ud al-Imadi. A literary and theological masterpiece of Quranic exegesis by the Grand Mufti of the Ottoman Empire. Abu as-Su'ud combined deep lingui
...orldly pleasures. An important early work on Islamic spirituality.
...s the backbone of traditional theological education in the Maliki-Ash'ari tradition.
By Imam al-Ghazali. Al-Ghazali's mature work on Islamic theology, presenting t...
... al-Juwayni. An advanced work on Ash'ari theology by al-Ghazali's teacher, known as Imam al-Haramayn. Al-Juwayni presents d...
...the most beloved and widely studied texts in Islamic spirituality. Each hikma (wisdom) is a concentrated insight about the ...
By Imam al-Ghazali. Al-Ghazali's guide for worshippers, outlining the seven va...
By Ibn Aqil al-Misri. The most popular commentary on Ibn Malik's Alfiyyah (the thousand-line poem on Arabic grammar). Ibn...
...usul al-fiqh). Ar-Razi synthesized the approaches of al-Ghazali's al-Mustasfa and al-Amidi's al-Ihkam, creating a magisteri...
...ence. Essential reading for understanding Islamic legal pluralism.
...ts, proper behavior during hadith sessions, and the moral qualities required of those who carry the Prophet's legacy.
By Imam as-Salihi ash-Shami. The most comprehensive biography of the Prophe...
...nal law and political governance. Al-Mawardi discusses the caliphate, its conditions and appointment, the duties of ministe...
By Ibn Farhun. The most important Maliki work on Islamic judicial procedure. Ibn Farhun covers the...
...cholars to bear on Hanafi jurisprudence, strengthening or qualifying rulings based on the strength of their evidence.
...rbini. A comprehensive commentary on an-Nawawi's Minhaj at-Talibin, and one of the most relied-upon references in Shafi'i j...
... al-Barr. An encyclopedic commentary on the hadith in Imam Malik's al-Muwatta, organized by the names of narrators. Ibn Abd...
By Ibn Farhun. The standard biographical dictionary of Maliki scholars, covering the lives and contributions of jurists...
By Ibn Badran. An introduction to the Hanbali school of jurisprudence covering its methodology, terminolo...
By Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi. An intermediate-level Hanbali fiqh text that became the foundation for advanced study. Ib...
...disi. A commentary on Umdat al-Fiqh, the beginner-level Hanbali text by Ibn Qudamah's uncle. This clear and well-organized ...
... al-Juwayni. A masterwork of Shafi'i legal theory by al-Ghazali's teacher, Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni. Known for its depth...
By Sa'id ibn Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani. A pocket-sized collection of authentic...
By Ibn Rushd al-Jadd. A foundational work in Maliki jurisprudence by the grandfather of the famous philosophe...
...i Iyad. A major commentary on Sahih Muslim by the renowned Maliki judge Qadi Iyad of Ceuta. The work explains hadith meanin...
...ts like al-Ajrumiyyah and advanced works like Alfiyyat Ibn Malik.
By Imam al-Ghazali. A concise and beautiful letter from al-Ghazali to a studen...
By Imam al-Ghazali. A Persian abridgment of the Ihya Ulum ad-Din, written for ...
By Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah. A specialized work on Islamic judicial policy (siyasah shar'iyyah) and...
By Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah. A detailed treatment of divine decree (qadr) and predestination in Islamic theology. Ibn al-Qayyim addresses the philosophical an
...rehensive biography of the Prophet focusing on his unique qualities, miracles, and the blessings associated with him. Al-Qa...
By Hajji Khalifah (Katib Celebi). The most important Islamic bibliography ...
...l-Hasan ash-Shaybani. Imam Muhammad's transmission of Imam Malik's al-Muwatta with his own additions and Hanafi commentary....
By Imam al-Nawawi. A comprehensive manual of Shafi'i jurisprudence by Imam al-Nawawi, widely used as a primary reference text in the Shafi'i school. It covers a
By Ibn Qudamah. The most comprehensive encyclopedia of Hanbali jurisprudence and one of the greatest works of Islamic comp...
By Imam al-Nawawi. An abridgment of al-Rafi'i's Fath al-Aziz, this is one of the most authoritative references in Shafi'i jurisprudence. Al-Nawawi refined and c
...-Din al-Ramli. A major commentary on al-Nawawi's Minhaj al-Talibin, considered one of the two most authoritative references...
...o most authoritative commentaries on al-Nawawi's Minhaj al-Talibin, alongside Nihayat al-Muhtaj. Ibn Hajar al-Haytami's wor...
By Imam al-Ghazali. A concise manual of Shafi'i jurisprudence by the great sch...
By Ahmad al-Dardir. A major commentary on Mukhtasar Khalil, the most important Maliki legal compendium. Al-Dardir's e...
...abir, serving as one of the primary reference works in the Maliki school. Al-Dasuqi provides additional analysis and helps ...
By Sahnun ibn Sa'id. The foundational text of Maliki jurisprudence, compiled by Sahnun from the teachings of I...
...e work for determining the preferred opinion within the Hanbali school. Al-Mardawi catalogues and weighs the various narrat...
By Musa al-Hajjawi. A standard Hanbali fiqh manual that became one of the most authoritative mu'ta...
...nd one of the two most authoritative references in late Hanbali jurisprudence. It is particularly followed in Saudi Arabia ...
...-Din Ibn Muflih. One of the most comprehensive works in Hanbali jurisprudence, covering the various narrations from Imam Ah...
...ajjar's Muntaha al-Iradat, the other of the two central Hanbali references alongside Kashshaf al-Qina'. These two works tog...
...and legal principles needed to understand the foundational Maliki text.
.... A massive commentary on al-Utbiyyah, one of the earliest Maliki legal compilations. Ibn Rushd al-Jadd provides extensive ...
...b al-Din al-Qarafi. One of the most comprehensive works of Maliki jurisprudence, covering the entire range of Islamic law. ...
By Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi. The magnum opus of Zahiri (literalist) jurisprudence, covering all areas of Islamic law. Ibn Ha...
By Ibn Abd al-Barr. A monumental commentary on Imam Malik's Muwatta, organized by chain of narration. Ibn Abd al-Bar...
...e the most comprehensive commentary on the Muwatta of Imam Malik.
.... It covers pre-Islamic prophets, the seerah, the Rashidun caliphate, the Umayyads, Abbasids, and beyond.
By Ali ibn Umar ad-Daraqutni. A hadith collection focused on legal...
By Ali ibn Umar ad-Daraqutni. A masterwork of hadith criticism ide...
By Abu al-Barakat ad-Dardir. A major Maliki fiqh commentary on the Mukhtasar of Khalil ibn Ishaq, whi...
... on ad-Dardir's Sharh al-Kabir and a primary reference for Maliki fatwa. Ad-Dusuqi clarifies ambiguities, corrects errors, ...
...l-Haytami). Ar-Ramli's commentary on an-Nawawi's Minhaj at-Talibin is comprehensive and authoritative, and where he and Ibn...
...ermining the relied-upon (mu'tamad) position within the Hanbali school. Al-Mardawi examines the various opinions within the...
...dith verification (takhrij) of every hadith cited in al-Ghazali's Ihya Ulum ad-Din. Al-Iraqi traces each hadith to its sour...
...ritual aphorisms that distill the essence of Islamic spirituality into concise, memorable statements. Ibn Ata'illah's hikam...
...t represents the most developed form of kalam before al-Ghazali. Al-Juwayni addresses the attributes of God, prophethood, a...
By Abu Hamid al-Ghazali. Al-Ghazali's systematic presentation of Ash'ari theology, ...
...n Taymiyyah defends Sunni positions on the Companions, the caliphate, and creedal issues, while also critiquing aspects of ...
By Abu Hamid al-Ghazali. One of the four foundational works of usul al-fiqh in Sunn...
...ly sophisticated work on usul al-fiqh that builds on al-Ghazali's Al-Mustasfa. Ar-Razi brings his formidable philosophical ...
...l al-fiqh. Al-Amidi synthesizes the methodologies of al-Ghazali and ar-Razi into a comprehensive and well-organized treatis...
By Majd ad-Din ibn Taymiyyah. An important Hanbali fiqh manual by the grandfather of Taqi ad-Din ibn Taymiyyah...
By Shams ad-Din ibn Muflih. A comprehensive Hanbali fiqh work that systematically presents the various opinions...
By Musa al-Hajjawi. The most studied Hanbali fiqh primer in Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Peninsula. Al-H...
By Mar'i ibn Yusuf al-Karmi. A concise Hanbali fiqh primer that presents the relied-upon positions of the ...
...uwayyan. A well-organized and evidence-based commentary on Dalil at-Talib that became widely used in Hanbali studies. Ibn D...
...uwaffaq ad-Din ibn Qudamah. A concise yet comprehensive Hanbali fiqh manual by the author of Al-Mughni. While Al-Mughni pro...
By Zayn ad-Din al-Malibari. An important Shafi'i fiqh text widely studied in South...
...ance that make the work accessible to students and scholars alike.
...important Shafi'i fiqh commentary on an-Nawawi's Minhaj at-Talibin that, alongside Tuhfat al-Muhtaj and Nihayat al-Muhtaj, ...
...nun ibn Sa'id. The most important foundational text of the Maliki school after the Muwatta itself. Sahnun compiled the lega...
...aradhi'i's work became the basis for later teaching in the Maliki school, particularly in North and West Africa, and influe...
... Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani. The most famous beginner's text in Maliki fiqh, studied across North and West Africa for over a tho...
By Abu Umar ibn Abd al-Barr. A comprehensive Maliki fiqh manual by the great Andalusian hadith scholar Ibn Ab...
... on each issue in a clear, organized format. Ibn Juzayy, a Maliki scholar from Granada, created an accessible reference tha...
By Shihab ad-Din al-Qarafi. A major Maliki fiqh encyclopedia by one of the greatest legal minds of I...
...zm al-Andalusi. The most comprehensive work of Zahiri (literalist) jurisprudence, covering the entire range of Islamic law ...
...i. An abridgment of Ibn al-Jawzi's Minhaj al-Qasidin, a Hanbali-friendly version of al-Ghazali's Ihya.
By Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah. A beautiful treatise on dhikr and its 70+ benefits for the heart and soul.
By Imam an-Nawawi. An-Nawawi's comprehensive abridgment of ar-Rafi'i's Fath al-Aziz, one of the most authoritative Shafi'i fiqh references.
By Muhammad ibn Ali ash-Shawkani. A comprehensive and independent treatment of ...
By Muhammad ibn Ali ash-Shawkani. A comprehensive hadith commentary presenting ...
By Imam Malik / Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ash-Shaybani. Ash-Shaybani's narra...
By Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani. A concise Maliki primer focused on worship and creed, widely used as an in...
By Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymin. A detailed commentary on Sheikh Muhammad ibn ...
...ir characteristics, divine revelation, miracles, and the finality of Muhammad's message.
By Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan. A concise survey of Islamic jurispru...
By Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymin. A fiqh treatise on the rulings pertaining to ...
By Saalih ibn Ghaanim al-Sadlaan. A user-friendly introduction to Is...
By Mohammad Hashim Kamali. A rigorous academic study of usul al-fiqh: sources of Isla...
By Wahid Abdussalam Bali. A study of how jinn interact with humans, causing illness,...
By Ali ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi. The earliest classical work on asbab a...
By Ali Muhammad as-Sallaabi. A comprehensive scholarly biography o...
By Ali Muhammad as-Sallaabi. An exhaustive biography of the second...
By Ali Muhammad as-Sallaabi. A scholarly study of the third Caliph...
By Ali Muhammad as-Sallaabi. A rigorous biographical study of the ...
By Muhammad Ali Qutb. Biographical accounts of the wives, daughters, and wo...
...c civilization from the Prophet through the Rightly-Guided Caliphates, Umayyads, Abbasids, and Crusader period.
By Muhammad Ali al-Hashimi. A comprehensive guide to the Muslim man's relat...
By Muhammad Ali al-Hashimi. Presents the character and virtues of the ideal...
By Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali. A classical treatise on ikhlas — sincerity and purity of i...
By Wahid Abdussalam Bali. A practical guide to identifying, treating, and protecting...
By Ibrahim ibn Ali al-Shirazi. A detailed biography of the founder of the Hanb...
By Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Khalil. A comprehensive account of Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari...
By Ali ibn Muhammad al-Uthaymin. A scholarly biography of Yahya ib...
...lasting influence of Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah, the reformist Hanbali scholar who continues to shape Islamic thought.
...ry scholarly output across fiqh, hadith, tafsir, and spirituality.
By Khalid Muhammad Khalid. Vivid biographical portraits of twenty-fi...
By Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid. A practical guide to establishing an Islamic ...
...ce, classes of heirs, calculation of shares, and writing a valid Islamic will.
...daily life covering greetings, eating, dress, speech, and dealing with others.
By Various. The life and legacy of Al-Hasan ibn Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), grandson of the Prophet.
By Various. A collection of narrations and explanations about the virtues and excellences of the Quran.
...during his imprisonment, covering theology, law, and spirituality.
By Dr. Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi. A comprehensive biography of Saladin, ...
By Abu Hanifa. A dialogue on Islamic theology attributed to Imam Abu Hanifa, structured as questions and answers between a teacher and student on matters of bel
...ding religious knowledge. Ja'far Sheikh Idris engages orientalist criticism and Muslim revisionism on their own terms, demo...
...m. Ja'far Sheikh Idris analyses whether the Quranic term 'khalifah' grants humans sovereign authority over the earth or des...
...e for Islam — its coherence as a worldview, its claim to finality, and its answers to the deepest questions of human existe...
...'s comprehensive commentary on Zad al-Mustaqni', a core Hanbali fiqh primer. This is among the most detailed contemporary e...
By Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di. A concise but comprehensive summary of Islamic jurisprudence by Shaykh Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di. Written to clarify Islamic legal rulin
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By Imam al-Nawawi. Al-Nawawi's abridgment of al-Rafi'i's Sharh al-Kabir, this is the authoritative reference for Shafi'i jurisprudence. Covers all chapters of f