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Reliance of the Traveler : A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law

Reliance of the Traveler : A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law

Amana Publications
The new edition of the in-depth manual of Islamic law based on the Shafi'i school of thought, with a detailed index and commentary on specific rulings. 
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About The Book

The new edition of the in-depth manual of Islamic law based on the Shafi'i school of thought, with a detailed index and commentary on specific rulings. 1,200 pages in an exceptional binding with Arabic and facing English text in two column format with occasional diagrams. 'Umdat al-Salik wa 'Uddat al-Nasik (Reliance of the Traveler and tools of the Worshiper) is a classic manual of fiqh. It represents the fiqh rulings according to the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence.

The appendices form an integral part of the book and present original texts and translations from classic works by prominent scholars such as al-Ghazali, Ibn Qudamah, al-Nawawi, al-Qurturbi, al-Dhahabi, Ibn Hajar and other, on topics of Islamic law, faith, spirituality, Qur'anic exegesis and Hadith sciences.

It has also biographical notes about every person mentioned (391 biographies), bibliography of each work cited (136 works), and a detailed subject index (95 pages). Of the 136 works drawn upon in its commentary and appendices, 134 are in the original Arabic. The sections and paragraphs have been numbered to facilitate cross-reference.

About The Translator

Nuh Ha Mim Keller is an American convert to Islam. He is a translator of Islamic books and a specialist in Islamic law, as well as being authorized by Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri as a sheikh in sufism in the Shadhili Order.

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EAN 13 / ISBN 9789159577281
Author Ahmad ibn Naqib Al-Misri
Publisher Amana Publications
Translator Nuh Ha Mim Keller
Pages 1232
Manufacturer Amana Publications
Year Published 1997
Weight 3.0 lb
Width 6.5 in
Height 9.5 in
Depth 2.2 in

EAN 13 / ISBN 9789159577281
Author Ahmad ibn Naqib Al-Misri
Publisher Amana Publications
Translator Nuh Ha Mim Keller
Pages 1232
Manufacturer Amana Publications
Year Published 1997
Weight 3.0 lb
Width 6.5 in
Height 9.5 in
Depth 2.2 in

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