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An Introduction To The Science of the Hadith by Ibn al-Salahal-Shahrazuri   Islam and the Political Discourse of Modernity by Armando Salvatore

Pages: 448
Price: $25.50
After the Qur'an itself, the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad form the most important foundation of Islamic thought. The hadith were accounts - usually brief - of the words and actions of the Prophet. As such, they were subjected to intense scrutiny by generations of Muslim scholars.
About the Author:
The translator Eirik Dickinson has degrees from the universities of Michigan and Yale. He has also the contribution in teh Encyclopedia of Islam.
 

Pages:283
Price:
$24.50

Discourse pertaining to 'political Islam' and to its connection with modernization currently involves both Muslims and Westerners. This book reconstructs the development of the catch-term 'political Islam' - from the original Qur'anic categorization of a 'religion' to the emergence of a tendency to predicate Islam in terms of its so-called societal, and subsequently political, dimension - and shows how, by the end of the 1970s, both discourse and the 'hermeneutic field' itself have become politicized, due to the emerging image of an 'Islam in Movement'.
 
Islam and the Moral Economy by Charles Tripp   The Renewal of Islamic Law by Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr

Pages: 229
Price: $27.95

In this finely observed and trenchant study, Charles Tripp presents a unique examination of the assumptions behind Muslim views of economics and explores, with particular mastery, the logic behind contemporary criticisms of capitalism. He is persuasive that, amidst the ambivalent transformations of modern muslim thought, economics emerges as a functional as well as moral endeavour, and meticulously documents the various ways in which muslims have appropriated.

Pages: 245
Price: $31.95

This is the first comprehensive study of the life and works of Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr- an Iraqi scholar who made an important contribution to the renewal of Islamic law and politics in the contemporary Middle East. Executed in 1980 by the regime of Saddam Hussein, Sadr was teh most articulate thinker as well as a major political actor in teh revival of Shi'i i learning, which placed Najaf in Wouthern Iraq at its centre.

IBN 'ARABI The Universe Tree and teh Four Birds by Angela Jaffray (Translated)   The Caliphs' Last Heritage by LT. Col. Sir Mark Sykes

Pages: 147
Price: $28.95
The Universal Tree and the Four Birds, one of Ibn 'Arabi's eary works, is a dzaaling blend of poetry and rhymed prose, encompassing a number of themes that were of perennial concern to the Shaykh al-Akbar. Based on the mystical framework of the ascent, the stages of teh journey to union with the Real are described in an intriguingly enigmatic way.

Pages: 638
Price: $49.50
 

'Here is a land of contrasts, climates, barriers, and diverse physical circumstances. It has been the birthplace of civilisations, has give the world the Gospel and the Koran, has seen the rise and decline of four great Empires and scores of principaliteis and dynasties.
Lt. Col. sykes firstly discusses different periods from its history: from the Roman and Persian influence to that of Muhammad and the introduction of Islam, through to Sulaiman the Magnificent's triumph in Baghdad......

From the two holy sanctuaries A hajj journal   Al-Hajj (Pilgrimage) by Abu Muneer Ismail Davids
From the Two Holy Sanctuaries is new rihla of the Haramayn that is faithful to the classical tradition, and a Hajj Journal that is full of lessons for the intelligent reader. Its partinent stories stand as a witness to what has happened in the Muslim Holy Land today and bring to life teh age-old inherited practices of the great Hajj.....   The size of most Hajj books small. This is to allow the pilgrim to carry it in his or her pocket and use it while inside the Haram. This book, however, is meant to be used as a work, study and a reference book, hence its size and design. Also the pocket guides that was published to supplement this book, has certainly proved extremely popular and helpful.
Pages: 87
Price: $ 26.95
  Pages: 439
Price: $ 18.95
Imam Sa'eed bin Al-Musayyab (Biography) by Aalaahud-deen 'Ali Abdul Mawjood   The Magnificence of the Qur'an by Mahmood bin Ahmad bin Saaleh Ad-Dausaree
This book is the biography of the chief of At-T, bieen and the leader of the Muslimsin his time Imam Saieed bin Al-Musayyab - may Allah have abundant mercy upon him. Scholars have made an elaborate mention of him and historians have written extensively about this rightly guided Imam. Yet all of them felt that they have not given this distinguished personality the mention he rightly deserved.   The Magnificence of the Qur'an is a book that relates to us the countless miracles and benefits of the Holy Book of Islam. It expands on numerious aspects of the Qur'an, all of which point to its magnificence, as signified by the apt title. The author discusses everything from the methodology of studying the Qur'an to its characteristics, qualities and the manners with which one should approach it.......
Pages: 201
Price: $ 12.50
  Pages: 392
Price: $ 16.50
Imam Sufyan Ibn 'Uyaynah by Salaahud-deen 'Ali Abdul-Mawjood   More than 1,000 Sunan
This is a series of biographies of some of the scholars and Muhaddithin of this Ummah which Allah has granted glory and honor until the Hour. We will focus oon certain aspects of the lives of these scholars such as their attributes, their manners, their knowledge, their worship, and their religion, and how great is our need in this age to know abou these metters.   This Books contains 1,000 Sunan (Sayings & Acts of the Prophet (SAW) based on every day and night activities of life. This book is compiled by the Shaykh Khaalid Al-Husaynaan.
Pages: 240
Price: $ 12.50
  Pages: 128
Price: $ 6.50

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