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Al-Shafi’i’s Risala Treatise on the Foundations of Islamic Jurisprudence Translated by MAJID KHADDURI Written in the second Islamic century by al-Imam al-Shafi’i (d. 204AH/820AD), the founder of one of the four Sunni schools of law, this important work gives the fundamental principles of Islamic jurisprudence and its influence continues to the present day. During the early years of the spread of Islam, the exponents of Islamic legal doctrine were faced with the problems raised by ruling and administering a diverse and rapidly growing empire. In Medina and Kufa, as well as other cities of early Muslim rule, schools of law had to be developed, but it took the genius of Muhammad b. Idris...

Albani and his friends is a concise guide and critique to the modern day salafi movement.  It is one of the most detailed and well researched books discussing the Salafi movement and their many aberrations to date. The book is ordered alphabetically dealing with more than a dozen high ranking Salafi scholars.  It begins with an excellent discussion of the classical term salaf and salafi by the Syrian jurist and theologian Dr. Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Buti (taken from his book Non-Madhabism is the gravest Innovation threatening Islamic Law).  The book discusses amongst others the following topics:     The Classical understanding of the term Salaf and Salafi    A Concise guide to famous...

From the late Ayatollah Khomeini’s  fatwa   against Salman Rushdie, to the extremism of the Taliban and the mass murder of the September 11th attacks, the image of Islam as a violent and anti-Western faith has featured dominantly in the global mass media. In this book, Elzain Elgamri sets out to refute such generalisations. Taking into account the historically conditioned Orientalist discourses, in light of the polarized relationship between Islam and the West, and deconstructing what has actually been reported in the British quality press, he argues that what has actually been journalistically covered is an incomplete fragment of a much more complex situation. While acknowledging...

OUR MASTER MUHAMMAD THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (ASWS) HIS SUBLIME CHARACTER & EXALTED ATTRIBUTES VOLUME 1 BY IMAM `ABDALLAH SIRAJUDDIN AL-HUSAYNI (RA) FOREWORD BY SHAYKH MUHAMMAD B. YAHYA AL-NINOWY TRANSLATED BY KHALID WILLIAMS Modern times have made it even more important that Muslims acquaint themselves with their Prophet (asws), not only for the sake of their personal spiritual development, but also for the sake of the religion as a whole. There has perhaps never been a time when the world was more in need of an authentic depiction of the Best of Creation (asws). Our Master Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (asws) is a unique work discussing the noble qualities and characteristics of the...

*All proceeds from the sale of this book go directly to fund new courses through CEI*   This book is an attempt to summarise the material covered by the Sura Ya Sin course and provide an introduction to the themes and styles of the Sura for as many people as possible. The first part is a translation of selected Prophetic traditions regarding the virtues of the Sura from exegeses literature. The second part contains a brief commentary to the Sura based for the most part on the work of Imam Fakhar al-Din al-Razi. Detailed references and illustrations of complex linguistic styles are omitted as the commentary aspires to appeal to a wide readership and is not intended to be a work of...