The Four Imams: Their Lives, Works and their Schools of Thought
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About The Book
This book is a compilation of four books which deal with the lives and works of the four imams who founded the four great canonical schools of thoughts of Islamic Fiqh. The Book was originally written in Arabic by the great Egyptian scholar and theologian Muhammad Abu Zahra and is presented in English for the first time.
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About the author
Muhammad Abu Zahra: Muhammad Abu Zahra rahimahullah (March 29, 1898 - 1974) was a preeminent Egyptian scholar of Islamic law and public intellectual, rooted entirely in traditional Azharite education. Born in El-Mahalla El-Kubra, the second largest city in the Nile Delta, he completed high school in 1913 and enrolled in the Ahmadi Madrasa in Tanta. In 1916 he scored highest on the entry examination for the judiciary institute in the Gharbia Governorate, a notable achievement given his youth relative to fellow candidates. Having never studied in Europe or Westernized Egyptian institutions, his scholarship remained firmly grounded in the classical Islamic tradition. He taught at al-Azhar's faculty of theology and subsequently served as Professor of Islamic Law at Cairo University. Between 1933 and 1942 he taught courses on the history of religions, denominations and sects at al-Azhar. He was a member of al-Azhar's Academy of Islamic Research. His works include The Four Imams: Their Lives, Works and their Schools of Thought.
About the editor
Abdalhaqq Bewley: Shaykh Abdalhaqq Bewley accepted Islam in 1968 and spent several years in Morocco studying Islam. Since that time he has worked with Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi on the establishment of Islam and Muslim communities, which has led to periods living and teaching in Nigeria, the United States, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Spain, the Caribbean and the United Kingdom. He is the author of Islam, Its Basic Practices and Beliefs, Zakat: Raising a Fallen Pillar, The Four Madhhabs of Islam, The Natural Form of Man, and The Islamic Will: A Practical Guide, among other works. In collaboration with his wife, the renowned Arabic translator Aisha Bewley, he has been responsible for The Noble Qur'an: A New Rendering of its Meaning in English, Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik, and Muhammad: the Messenger of Allah, being the ash-Shifa of Qadi Iyad. He has also contributed to the translation of Tafsir al-Qurtubi and edited works including The Four Imams by Muhammad Abu Zahra. Shaykh Abdalhaqq currently resides in Norwich where he serves as Rector of the Muslim Faculty of Advanced Studies.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9781870582414
Publisher
Dar al-Taqwa (English)
Author
Muhammad Abu Zahra
Pages
518
Editor
Abdalhaqq Bewley
Year Published
2000
Size
W-5.5 in | H-8.5 in | D-1.9 in
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