Anecdotes / Stories /Letters

 ارشاد الانام بشرح وصايا ابي حنيفة الامام او عقود الماس في طريق الدعاة الى قلوب الناس

هو أول شرح لوصية الإمام أبي حنيفة لتلميذه يوسف بن خالد السمتي

للشريف الشيخ الدكتور جميل بن محمد علي حليم

Text and commentary on the letter of advice that Imam Abu Hanifah gave to his student Yusuf ibn Khalid as-Samti when he was parting from his company to return to his home in Basra.

Provides great insights into Imam Abu Hanifah's methodology as a teacher and gems of wisdom for students especially as they return from their studies to their communities: how to engage with their friends, students, followers, people of opposing views and different schools of thought, and general community members, while preserving one's own spiritual and physical well-being.

The letter is brief (3 pages), but full of beautiful advices, and is followed by extensive commentary by Dr. Jameel ibn Muhammad Ali Haleem.

Ninety 90 pages of introductory material include biographies of Imam Abu Hanifah, his student Yusuf ibn Khalid, and the author of the commentary, Dr. Jameel; as well as listings of different asaneed (chains of transmission) that the author has that link him to Imam Abu Hanifah.

Compiled by Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi.

Fascinating anecdotes from Islamic history. Quality publication with glossy cover. Two-color print. Includes forewords by prominent scholars of South Africa. An Ideal gift.

Urdu translation of Saleh Ahmed Al-Shami's Arabic book. Two color printing. Beautiful typesetting.

Originally Qisas al-Hadith by Maulana Zakariyya Iqbal. Translated by Rafiq Abdur Rehman. Includes index.

Translation of Akabir Deoband Kia They? Anecdotes involving Sheikhul Hind Maulana Mahmoodul Hasan, Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi, Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri, Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani, and others. Very moving and inspiring.

This book tells the true story of a unique example of cooperation between the Byzantine emperor in Constatinople and the Spanish caliph in Cordoba that led to the building of the most beautiful mihrab in the world!

This book attempts to relate the fantastic story of one Samanid dirham, from its humble birth in the silver mines of Badakhshan to its eventual surprise arrival in the New World.

This story chronicles the nine hundred year long odyssey of a beautiful handwritten Qur'an produced in Cordoba in the 11th century. The plight of the Moriscos, the last Muslims of al-Andalus, becomes an integral part of the amazing story of the well-travelled Qur'an.