Buhârî’nin Kaynakları Hakkında Araştırmalar (A Study of Bukhari’s Sources) by M. Fuad Sezgin Published by Ankara University / Ibrahim Horoz Basimevi, Istanbul (1956) Book review by: Waqar Akbar Cheema Disclaimer: This review is based on an Urdu translation of the book. While it aims to provide insights, it is recommended to consult the original text, Read more
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Al-Ahruf al-Sab‘a by Abu Fehr Mahmud Muhammad Shakir Edited by Khalid Fatihi and reviewed by Fehr Mahmud Muhammad Shakir Published by Shirkah al-Quds, Cairo (2022) Book review by: Waqar Akbar Cheema Introduction One of the most complex topics in the Qur’anic sciences is Sab’a Ahruf. Dedicated works on the subject have been written for centuries.
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Reviewed by: Waqar Akbar Cheema The past century and a half have been marked by scores of books and articles written to question the authority of hadith in varying ways. Some of the proponents of these ideas were blunt and bold enough to say that they considered no hadith as a valid source of Islamic
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Answer to Modernism by Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanawi Translated by Prof. Hasan Askari and Karrar Hussain Published by Maktaba Darul Uloom Karachi (1992) Book Review by Waqar Akbar Cheema The book is a translation of Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanawi‘s (d. 1943) well-known work Al-Intabahāt Al-Mufīdah fī ḥal Al-Ishkālāt Al-Jadīdah by Prof. Hasan Askari (d. 1978)
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