Reviewed by Abdul Hai أُحِبُّ الصَّالِحِينَ وَلَسْتُ مِنْهُمْلَعَلِّي أَنْ أَنَالَ بِهِمْ شَفَاعَةً وَأَكْرَهُ مَنْ تِجَارَتُهُ الْمَعَاصِيوَلَوْ كُنَّا سَوَاءً فِي الْبِضَاعَةِ “I love the righteous, though I am not one of them… perhaps I may attain their intercession.And I hate those whose trade is sin… even if we were equal in merchandise” -Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin…
Review by Abdul Hai أُولَئِكَ آبَائِي فَجِئْنِي بِمِثْلِهِمْ إِذَا جَمَعَتْنَا يَا جَرِيرُ الْمَجَامِعُ”- الفرزدق” There is a well-known prophetic tradition in which the Holy Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said:“The best people are those of my generation, then those who come after them, and then those who come after them.” For…
Reviewed by Muminah Khan Within contemporary discourse particularly across social media, Western news outlets, propagandistic sources, and far-right political rhetoric several narratives are propagated to incite fear and hostility towards Islam. One of the most persistent is the assertion that Muslim women are inherently oppressed, devoid of autonomy, and condemned to passive, meaningless lives, and…
Review by Abdul Hai Writing a historical biography of any significant figure is always challenging, particularly when it concerns a figure like Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal. Several challenges arise when an author from outside the tradition attempts to craft a biography of someone whose religious beliefs they do not share. These challenges, no matter how…
Reviewed Abdul Hai It is believed that there is both blessing and wisdom in reading about the lives of the pious. Furthermore, even for those who are sinful, there is hope in loving and learning about the pious, as it may lead to receiving their intercession, a sentiment eloquently expressed in the couplets of Imam…
Reviewed by Abdul Hai “In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Gracious.” “I say to the one who finds fault in blackness with foolishness, and in blackness, there are certainly those who find fault in it and those begrudge it. If the fault you find is the blackness itself, then know that…
Reviewed by: Dr M Mansur AliCardiff University This very short, albeit highly erudite work of hagiography has been written by a scholar who has engaged with Abu Hanifa and his legacy for a very long time. By using only the most authentic reports found in the classical Islamic prosopographical collections, original Arabic and Urdu sources…
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