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... al-Jahiz, the prolific Basran polymath, died. His Kitab al-Hayawan is a pioneering work of zoology containing observations ...
...e of hadith to explain Quranic verses. His al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah is a comprehensive history from creation to his time.
Author of an-Nihayah fi Gharib al-Hadith, a comprehensive dictionary of rare ha...
Author of Tafsir Ibn Kathir and al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, among the most widely used references.
...i'i as-Saghir) for his authority in the school. Author of Nihayat al-Muhtaj, one of the two most authoritative late Shafi'i ...
... jurist who settled in Cairo. Author of Dalil at-Talib and Ghayat al-Muntaha, key Hanbali fiqh texts that are still relied u...
Shafi'i jurist from Isfahan, author of 'al-Ghayah wat-Taqrib,' the most widely studied introductory Shafi'i ...
Sindhi hadith scholar based in Medina who taught Shah Waliullah Dehlawi and Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab, influencing major reform movements.
... as 'the Small Shafi'i' (al-Shafi'i al-Saghir), author of Nihayat al-Muhtaj, the definitive Shafi'i reference in the Egyptia...
...ead Quran tafsir (Tafsir Ibn Kathir) and al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah (history).
...s of the 16th century alongside Ibn Hajar al-Haytami. His Nihayat al-Muhtaj is a standard reference in Greater Syria and Egy...
...blighi Jamaat (1917-1965 CE) and author of the multi-volume Hayat al-Sahabah (Lives of the Companions), an encyclopedic coll...
By Ibn Kathir. A comprehensive history from creation to the events of the 14th century AH. One of the most important works of Islamic historiography.
...n. Ibn Hajar al-Haytami's Tuhfat al-Muhtaj and ar-Ramli's Nihayat al-Muhtaj are its two most important commentaries.
By Muhammad Yusuf al-Kandhlawi. A comprehensive compilation of narrations about the lives, sacrifices, and virtues of the Companions of the Prophet. Al-Kandhlaw
...ir. A focused seerah work by the author of al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, extracted and reorganized from the seerah sections of his...
...he Prophet, extracted from his larger work al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah. It combines the narrative approach of earlier seerah work...
...ommentary on the popular Shafi'i primer Matn Abu Shuja (al-Ghayah wat-Taqrib). Ash-Shirbini explains each concise phrase wit...
By Imam ar-Ramli. The third great commentary on an-Nawawi's Minhaj, completing the trio with Tuhfat al-Muhtaj and Mughni al-Muhtaj. Ar-Ramli (known as ash-Shafi
By Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi. A concise guide to the areas of consensus (ijma) and disagreement (ikhtilaf) among the four Sunni schools of jurisprudence. Ibn Qudam
By Abu Shuja al-Isfahani. The most popular Shafi'i primer in the world, memorized by students across Southeast Asia, East Africa, and the Middle East. This extr
By Muhammad Yusuf al-Kandhalwi. A comprehensive biography of the Prophet's companions organized by theme, drawing from authentic hadith sources. Al-Kandhalwi pr
...-Shirbini. A detailed commentary on the Matn of Abu Shuja (Ghayat al-Taqrib), a foundational Shafi'i fiqh text. Al-Shirbini'...
By Shams al-Din al-Ramli. A major commentary on al-Nawawi's Minhaj al-Talibin, considered one of the two most authoritative references in late Shafi'i jurisprud
... commentaries on al-Nawawi's Minhaj al-Talibin, alongside Nihayat al-Muhtaj. Ibn Hajar al-Haytami's work is particularly fol...
By Ibn Kathir. A comprehensive chronicle of world history from creation to al-Dhahabi's era, written from an Islamic perspective. It covers pre-Islamic prophets
By Shams ad-Din ar-Ramli. One of the two supreme references of later Shafi'i jurisprudence (alongside Tuhfat al-Muhtaj by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami). Ar-Ramli's comm
By Ibn Kathir. A monumental history from creation to the author's own time (14th century CE). Ibn Kathir combines Quranic narrative, hadith reports, and histori
...'s Minhaj at-Talibin that, alongside Tuhfat al-Muhtaj and Nihayat al-Muhtaj, forms the trio of authoritative later Shafi'i r...