The Mainstay – a Commentary on Qaṣīda al-Burda sunnah

The Mainstay – a Commentary on Qaṣīda al-Burda sunnahTHE FIRST EVER COMPLETE COMMENTARY ON ISLAMS MOST FAMOUS POEM Ever since its composition in the seventh Islamic century, by the poet, scholar and spiritual master Muhammad b. Sad al Bur, al Kawkib al durriyya f mad Khayr al Bariyya (The Celestial Lights in Praise of the Best of Creation), more commonly known as the Burda, has been a mainstay of the Muslim choral tradition from East to West. It is the quintessence of devotional praise and expression of

In this classic work Allamah an-Nimawi relates fiqh rulings

By Mufti Muhammad Faruq

It illustrates the perspective of the scholars and their veneration of the sanctified days throughout the Islamic year

This is the first ever translation into English of a treatise written by one of the most celebrated figures in the history of Sufism

Mahmud Mahdi al-Istanbuli and Khayr al-Din Wanli

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He is the author of over 700 works in virtually every field known to Islamic science

astride the horizon

It communicates the numerous skills

making it easy to read while retaining its powers of eloquence

prominent twentieth-century Meccan scholar

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