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Hafiz Abdullah Yusuf Ali ( 14 April 1872 - 10 December 1953 ) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar who translated the Qur`an into English . His translation of the Qur`an ranks alongside the translation...
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Translator of The Noble Qur`an Dr. Al-Hilali was born in the year 1311 (A.H.) in a village called Al-Fidah in a valley near Sajalmasah in Morocco (N. Africa). His grandfather migrated to this place from Al-Qairawan (Tunis), a long...
Read more about : Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali
Dr. Muhammad Muhsin s/o Muhi-ud-Din bin AhmedAI-EssaAI-Khoashki Al-Jamandi Al-Afghani, was born in the year 1345 Al-Hijri, in Qasur, a city of the Punjab Province, in Pakistan. His grandfathers emigrated from Afghanistan escaping from the wars and ribal strifes. Dr. Muhammad Muhsin belongs...
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He was the Imaam, the Muhaddith, the Faqeeh, the Haafidh, the noble Scholar, Abu Ja`far Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Salaamah Ibn Salama `Abdil-Malik Ibn Salama Al-Azdee At-Tahaawee. Al-Azadee is an ascription to a well-known...
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From Imaam Al-Albaanee`s verification/checking of Abu Khaithamah`s treatise "Kitaab-ul-`Ilm":1 He was Abu Khaithama Zuhayr bin Harb bin Shadaad an-Nasaa`ee.2 He was a great Haafidh, reliable in narration and firm in memory. ...
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Zuhayr bin Harb An-Nasaa’ee
He was Abul-Qaasim Hibatullaah, Ibn al-Hasan bin Mansoor ar-Raazee, at- Tabaree, al-Laalikaa’ee. The author of the encyclopedia of the ‘aqeedah of the Salaf called Sharh Usool I’tiqaad Ahlis-Sunnah wal Jamaa’ah. He lived in a time of great confusion and political...
Read more about : Imaam Abul-Qaasim Hibatullaah Al-Laalikaa`ee
His full name is Abu Al-Fida, `Imad Ad-Din Isma`il bin `Umar bin Kathir Al-Qurashi Al-Busrawi. He was born in 1301 in Busra , Syria (hence...
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Sheikh-ul-Islam, Muhammad bin Abdul-Wahhab, was born in 1115 H. in the city of Uyainah, seventy kilometers northwest of Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He belonged to a highly respectable and scholarly family; his father Sheikh Abdul-Wahhab bin Sulaiman, characterized by...
Read more about : Imaam Muhammad Ibn `Abd-il-Wahhaab
Compiler of Bulugh Al- Maram The full name of the famous Imam Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar Al-`Asqalani is Abul-Fadl, Shihabuddin Ahmad bin `All bin Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Ahmad Ai-Kinani AshShafi`i. Ibn Hajar Al-`Asqalani was born on 10th Sha`ban, 773 H. in...
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Abu `Abdillah, Shamsuddin Muhammad, son of Abu Bakr, son of Ayyub, son of Sa`d, son of Hurayz, of Damascus. He is best known as Ibn ul-Qayyim (Son of the Custodian), named so after al-Jawziyyah school in Damascus which was under custody of his father....
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Imam Muhyi al-Din Abu Zakariya Yahya bin Sharaf al-Nawawi, for short Imam Nawawi, was born in the village of Nawa in ...
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Muhammad Amani Maulavi`s Tefsir in Malayalam language (spoken in Kerala, an Indian state ). This Tefsir is published in 4 volumes by Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen. ...
Read more about : Marhum Muhammad Amani Maulavi (Shaikh)
(Mohammed) Marmaduke Pickthall (1875–May 19, 1936) was a Western Islamic scholar, noted as a poetic translator of the Qur`an into English. A convert from Christianity to Islam, Pickthall was a novelist, esteemed by D. H. Lawrence, H. G. Wells, and E. M. Forster, as well...
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Shaikh Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen Al-Albaani was born in the Ashkodera, capital of Albania in 1914 C.E. While he was young his parents migrated with him to Damascus, Syria. From an early age he...
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Shaikh Sayyid Sabiq (may Allaah have mercy on him) was born in 1915 in the Egyptian village, Istanha. He received his education at Al-Azhar and after his graduation worked as the Director of Mosques and Islamic Education in the Egyptian Islamic Affairs Ministry. He also...
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Abu `Abdullaah Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez ibn `Abdullaah ibn `Abdur-Rahmaan Aal-Baaz was born in the city of Riyadh in Dhul-Hijjah 1330 A.H./1909 C.E. He memorized the Quraan in his early age and then he...
Read more about : Shaykh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Baz
All praise is for Allaah Lord of the worlds. Peace and blessings be upon Muhammad (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam), his pure family, his companions and all those who strive to follow in their footsteps till the last day. To preceed : Many...
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He is the noble Shaykh Dr. Saalih ibn Fowzaan ibn `Abdullaah from the family of Fowzaan from the people/tribe of ash-Shamaasiyyah. He was born in 1354 A.H./1933 C.E. His father died when...
Read more about : Shaykh Dr. Saalih Ibn Fowzaan Ibn `Abdullaah Ibn Fowzaan
He memorised the Qur.aan when he was 10 years old with his uncle, `Abdullaah Ibn Muhammad al-Mukhtaar Ibn Ibraaheem Ibn Ahmad Nooh al-Jaknee. He studied tajweed and the art of writing the `Uthmaanee mushaf with his cousin, Muhammad Ibn Ahmad...
Read more about : Shaykh Muhammad al-Ameen Ibn Muhammad al-Mukhtaar al-Jaknee
He was, Rahimahu Allah, Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Saleh ibn Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen at-Tamimi an-Najdi. Sh. Uthaymeen, as he was most known, was born in the city of Unayzah, Qaseem Region, Saudi Arabia, on...
Read more about : Sheik Muhammad bin Utheimin
Sheikh Jamaal al-Din M. Zarabozo, born 1960[citation needed] is a Spanish parented, French-born, and American based Islamic scholar, lecturer, and author of numerous books on Islam and speaker of many lectures on Islam. He was the Imam of...
Read more about : Sheikh Jamaal al-Din M. Zaraboz
He was born on 30/12/1381 AH. He completed his elementary, middle and secondary schooling in Riyaadh, and completed his university studies in al-Dahran, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He attended the classes of Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn ‘Abd-Allaah ibn...
Read more about : Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
Ustaadz Ayub A. Hamid is a scholar of note and one of the highly respected contemporary teachers of Islam. He has dedicated the last three decades doing Islamic work - writing, conducting numerous Islamic workshops, youth camps, Qur`aanic study sessions, discussion groups, halaqahs and tafseer...
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