Al-Murshid al-Mu’een – the Concise Guide to the Basics of the Deen – is a widely recognised primary text for learning Islam in North Africa. In it the author, Abd al-Wahid ibn ‘Ashir, summarises in verse the three sciences of Islam, Iman and Ihsan.
Following on from Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir’s magisterial work Root Islamic Education, which made the case for the importance of the Madinah of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in the first three generations, the practice embodied there and the fatwas and new judgements reached in it, Diwan Press has been at the forefront in publishing works from this tradition, foremost among which is the Muwatta of Imam Malik, as well as numbers of works from the earliest years and comparatively recent times, such as those of Shaykh Uthman dan Fodio.
A classical approach to the study of fiqh begins with the Mukhtasar of al-Akhdari, proceeds to al-Murshid al-Mu’een, whose text in Arabic and English translation and a very substantial commentary – Islam in the School of Madinah – are in this section, and then concluding with the Risalah of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani, available here in English and in a bi-lingual edition.
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Al-Muwatta
The first formulation of Islamic Law based on the behaviour of the people of Madinah during the time of the great Companions, Al-Muwatta is the blueprint for a just and radiant society.
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Handbook on Islam 2nd edition
A manual on how to establish Islam, with understanding, by the famous West African Shaykh who led the jihad (struggle in the way of Allah) which established the Muslim Khalifate in Northern Nigeria in the 18th century.
£9.99 – £19.95
