hadith
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Fragrant Flowers: A Brief Biography of My Paternal Grandfather, Muḥammad Muṣtafā
This booklet was written by my father’s first cousin, Ḥāfiẓ Naeem Ahmed (Adeeb), the son of my Dādā’s brother. He resides in our ancestral town of Anwayan, near Belthara Road in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. In it, he records biographical details of my paternal grandfather, Muḥammad Muṣṭafā, drawn from his own interactions with him, though those… Continue reading
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Imam ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Muḥaddith al-Dihlawī: A Concise Biography
ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Sayf al-Dīn ibn Saʿd Allāh ibn Fayrūz ibn Mūsā ibn Muʿizz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad al-Turk al-Bukhārī al-Dihlawī al-Ḥanafī, more popularly known as ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Muḥaddith al-Dihlawī, was born in the month of Muḥarram in the year 958AH/1551AD in the city of Delhi, India. Recognized also by the agnomen (kunyah) Abu ʾl-Majd and… Continue reading
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A Suggested Curriculum of Study for the Hanafi Student of Hadith
In our shaykh Mawlānā ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm al-Nuʿmānī’s invaluable foreword to Mullā ʿAlī al-Qārī’s Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ – modestly entitled al-Biḍāʿat al-Muzjāt li man Yuṭāliʿu al-Mirqāt (Scanty Merchandise for the One who Studies the Mirqāt) – the erudite hadith scholar Imam ʿAbd al-Bārī ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Anṣārī al-Laknawī is quoted from a passage of his prolegomena to his al-Taʿlīq al-Mukhtār ʿalā Kitāb al-Āthār. In… Continue reading
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Bukhari Publications: A Short Review of Two New Forty Hadith Collections
It has been over a month since I received three recently published books by a new and exciting publishing house, Bukhari Publications. Unfortunately, I haven’t found the time yet to give the books the detailed and meticulous review they deserve. That said, I have for a long time considered the necessity of producing less formal… Continue reading