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Building An Islamic Library in 5 Stages:
Preface:
Before buying any books, you should give deep thought as to whether you really need a personal library or not, and whether this should be a priority for you when considering your current situation.
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Building An Islamic Library in 5 Stages:
Preface:
Before buying any books, you should give deep thought as to whether you really need a personal library or not, and whether this should be a priority for you when considering your current situation.
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Books are very expensive and thus only a profitable investment if you are going to make real use from them in the long term.
If you're going to use them mainly 'for motivation' or for aesthetics, then there are much cheaper alternatives.
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If you're going to use them mainly 'for motivation' or for aesthetics, then there are much cheaper alternatives.
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If you don't know Arabic or are not consistently studying it with a time frame in which you want to reach proficiency in the language, then it's not logical to spend large amounts of money on Arabic books which you won't even be able to read in the foreseeable future.
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Most importantly, these books are for those who are serious about seeking Islamic knowledge to a high level. Which means decades to come of constant studying.
If that's not your long term goal, it's probably better for you to spend that money on Sadaqah Jāriyah instead
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If that's not your long term goal, it's probably better for you to spend that money on Sadaqah Jāriyah instead
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If it's just a hobby for you, or something you want to do part time, I wouldn't suggest going beyond Stage 1 of the books mentioned.
If you need to read or reference any other books, then you can just use online resources when the need arises.
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If you need to read or reference any other books, then you can just use online resources when the need arises.
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Also, the books I list here are mostly for reading or for references. I mostly won't be mentioning beginner and intermediate level books you'd study with a Sheikh.
Eg in Nahw you might study:
1) Al Aājurumiyyah
2) Mulhatul I'irāb
3) Qatr al Nadā
4) Alfiyyah ibn Malik
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Eg in Nahw you might study:
1) Al Aājurumiyyah
2) Mulhatul I'irāb
3) Qatr al Nadā
4) Alfiyyah ibn Malik
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I might only mention an explanation of the 4th level book, such as Alfiyyah ibn Malik in this case.
You'd need the other level books too of course, in order to study them. But they wouldn't be making up the bulk of your library.
Now starting with the stages:
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You'd need the other level books too of course, in order to study them. But they wouldn't be making up the bulk of your library.
Now starting with the stages:
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Stage 1:
These books are essential should be read from cover to cover at least once.
Tafsir & 'Ulum al Qur'an:
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir
- Tafsir al Baydhawi
- Tafsīr al Baghawy
- Al Burhan fī Ulum al Qur'an by Al Zarkashi
- Al Itqān fī 'Ulum al Qur'an by Al Suyūti
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These books are essential should be read from cover to cover at least once.
Tafsir & 'Ulum al Qur'an:
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir
- Tafsir al Baydhawi
- Tafsīr al Baghawy
- Al Burhan fī Ulum al Qur'an by Al Zarkashi
- Al Itqān fī 'Ulum al Qur'an by Al Suyūti
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Hadith:
- Al Muntaqā by Al Majd Ibn Taymiyyah
- Riyadh al Salihīn by Al Nawawī
Then the six books of Hadith (Al Bukhari to Ibn Majah)
Fiqh:
Try to purchase a relied upon advanced Matn in each madhab with its explanation. The following are examples.
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- Al Muntaqā by Al Majd Ibn Taymiyyah
- Riyadh al Salihīn by Al Nawawī
Then the six books of Hadith (Al Bukhari to Ibn Majah)
Fiqh:
Try to purchase a relied upon advanced Matn in each madhab with its explanation. The following are examples.
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- Bidayatul Mubtadī with Al Hidayah (Hanafi)
- Mukhtasar Al Khalīl with Al Sharh al Kabīr (Maliki)
- Minhāj al Tālibīn with Kanz al Rāghibīn or Mughni al Muhtāj (Shafi'ī)
- Muntahā al Irādāt with Sharh al Buhūtī (Hanbali)
- Bidāyatul Mujtahid
- Al Ijma' by Ibnul Mundhir
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- Mukhtasar Al Khalīl with Al Sharh al Kabīr (Maliki)
- Minhāj al Tālibīn with Kanz al Rāghibīn or Mughni al Muhtāj (Shafi'ī)
- Muntahā al Irādāt with Sharh al Buhūtī (Hanbali)
- Bidāyatul Mujtahid
- Al Ijma' by Ibnul Mundhir
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- Marātib al Ijma' by Ibn Hazm with Ibn Taymiyyah's Naqd
Usūl al Fiqh:
- Sharh Mukhtasar al Rawdhah by Al Tufi
- Jam' al Jawāmi' + Al Badr al Tāli' by Al Mahallī or Tashnīf al Masāmi' by Al Zarkashi
- Al Tahrīr by Ibn Al Humām
- Al Tawdhīh Sharh al Tanqīh by Al Hulūlī
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Usūl al Fiqh:
- Sharh Mukhtasar al Rawdhah by Al Tufi
- Jam' al Jawāmi' + Al Badr al Tāli' by Al Mahallī or Tashnīf al Masāmi' by Al Zarkashi
- Al Tahrīr by Ibn Al Humām
- Al Tawdhīh Sharh al Tanqīh by Al Hulūlī
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Ulum al Hadīth:
- Muqaddimah Ibn Salah with the Nukat of Al 'Iraqi, Al Zarkashi and Ibn Hajar
- Fath al Mughīth by Al Sakhāwī
- Sharh 'Ilal al Tirmidhī by Ibn Rajab
Nahw:
- Sharh Ibn 'Aqīl on Alfiyyah ibn Mālik
- Awdhah al Masālik by Ibn Hisham
- Mughnī al Labīb by him
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- Muqaddimah Ibn Salah with the Nukat of Al 'Iraqi, Al Zarkashi and Ibn Hajar
- Fath al Mughīth by Al Sakhāwī
- Sharh 'Ilal al Tirmidhī by Ibn Rajab
Nahw:
- Sharh Ibn 'Aqīl on Alfiyyah ibn Mālik
- Awdhah al Masālik by Ibn Hisham
- Mughnī al Labīb by him
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Al Kāfiyah by Ibn Hājib
Sarf:
- Al Turrah Sharh Lamiyyah al Af'āl
- Al Shafiyah by Ibn Hājib
- Al Mumti' by Ibn 'Usfūr
Balaghah:
- Dalā'il al I'ijāz by Al Jurjāni
- Asrār al Balaghah by him
- Talkhīs al Miftāh by Al Qazwīnī
- Al Īdhāh by him
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Sarf:
- Al Turrah Sharh Lamiyyah al Af'āl
- Al Shafiyah by Ibn Hājib
- Al Mumti' by Ibn 'Usfūr
Balaghah:
- Dalā'il al I'ijāz by Al Jurjāni
- Asrār al Balaghah by him
- Talkhīs al Miftāh by Al Qazwīnī
- Al Īdhāh by him
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Poetry & Adab:
- Sharh Al Hamāsah by al Marzūqī
- 'Uyūn al Akhbār by Ibn Qutaybah
- Al Bayān wa al Tabyīn by Al Jāhidh
Lugha:
- Al Mufradāt fī Gharib al Qur'an by Al Asfahani
- Muwatta'ah al Fasīh
- Mukhtār al Sihāh by Al Rāzī
- Al Qāmūs al Muhīt by Al Fayrūzābādī
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- Sharh Al Hamāsah by al Marzūqī
- 'Uyūn al Akhbār by Ibn Qutaybah
- Al Bayān wa al Tabyīn by Al Jāhidh
Lugha:
- Al Mufradāt fī Gharib al Qur'an by Al Asfahani
- Muwatta'ah al Fasīh
- Mukhtār al Sihāh by Al Rāzī
- Al Qāmūs al Muhīt by Al Fayrūzābādī
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- Al Misbāh al Munīr by Al Fayūmi
- Al Nihāyah by Ibn al Athīr
- Al Furūq al Lughawiyyah by Al 'Askarī
Shurūh al Hadith:
- Jāmi' al 'Ulum wal Hikam by Ibn Rajab
- Ihkām al Ahkām by Ibn Daqīq al 'īd
- Al Ifsāh by Ibn Hubayrah
Aqidah:
- Sharh Al Tahawiyyah by Ibn Abil 'Iz
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- Al Nihāyah by Ibn al Athīr
- Al Furūq al Lughawiyyah by Al 'Askarī
Shurūh al Hadith:
- Jāmi' al 'Ulum wal Hikam by Ibn Rajab
- Ihkām al Ahkām by Ibn Daqīq al 'īd
- Al Ifsāh by Ibn Hubayrah
Aqidah:
- Sharh Al Tahawiyyah by Ibn Abil 'Iz
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- Al 'Uluw by Al Dhahabi
- Nūniyyah Ibn al Qayyim
- Kitāb Al Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah
Tārīkh:
- Tārīkh al Khulafā by Al Suyūtī
Sīrah etc:
- Sīrah Ibn Hishām
- Zād al Ma'ād by Ibn al Qayyim
- Al Shifā' by Al Qadhi 'Iyādh
- Al Shamā'il Al Muhammadiyyah by Al Tirmidhī
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- Nūniyyah Ibn al Qayyim
- Kitāb Al Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah
Tārīkh:
- Tārīkh al Khulafā by Al Suyūtī
Sīrah etc:
- Sīrah Ibn Hishām
- Zād al Ma'ād by Ibn al Qayyim
- Al Shifā' by Al Qadhi 'Iyādh
- Al Shamā'il Al Muhammadiyyah by Al Tirmidhī
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Tasawwuf:
- Sifah al Safwah by Ibn al Jawzī
- Madārij Al Sālikīn by Ibn al Qayyim
Manners:
- Al Adab al Mufrad by Al Bukhāri
- Al ādāb al Shar'iyyah by Ibn Muflih
- Al Jāmi' li Akhlāq al Rāwī by Al Khatīb al Baghdādī
Urūdh & Qawāfī:
- Al Kāfī by Al Tibrīzī
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- Sifah al Safwah by Ibn al Jawzī
- Madārij Al Sālikīn by Ibn al Qayyim
Manners:
- Al Adab al Mufrad by Al Bukhāri
- Al ādāb al Shar'iyyah by Ibn Muflih
- Al Jāmi' li Akhlāq al Rāwī by Al Khatīb al Baghdādī
Urūdh & Qawāfī:
- Al Kāfī by Al Tibrīzī
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Sects and Religions:
- Maqālāt Al Islāmiyyīn by Al Ash'arī
- Al Milal wal Nihal by Al Shihristānī
Mantiq:
- Al Mutli' Sharh īzāghūjī by Zakariyyah al Ansārī with its hawāshī
- Ādāb al Bahth wal Munādharah by Al Shinqītī
Tawhīd:
Al Maslak Al Rashīd by Al 'Umayri
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- Maqālāt Al Islāmiyyīn by Al Ash'arī
- Al Milal wal Nihal by Al Shihristānī
Mantiq:
- Al Mutli' Sharh īzāghūjī by Zakariyyah al Ansārī with its hawāshī
- Ādāb al Bahth wal Munādharah by Al Shinqītī
Tawhīd:
Al Maslak Al Rashīd by Al 'Umayri
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Al Qawā'id Al Fiqhiyah:
- Qawā'id Ibn Rajab (Hanbali)
- Al Ashbāh wal Nadhā'ir by Al Suyūtī (Shafi'ī)
- Al Ashbāh wal Nadhā'ir by Ibn Nujaym (Hanafī)
- Al Furūq by Al Qarāfī (Mālikī)
Takhrīj Al Hadīth:
- Nasb Al Rāyah by Al Zayla'ī
With this, you have completed stage 1
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- Qawā'id Ibn Rajab (Hanbali)
- Al Ashbāh wal Nadhā'ir by Al Suyūtī (Shafi'ī)
- Al Ashbāh wal Nadhā'ir by Ibn Nujaym (Hanafī)
- Al Furūq by Al Qarāfī (Mālikī)
Takhrīj Al Hadīth:
- Nasb Al Rāyah by Al Zayla'ī
With this, you have completed stage 1
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Stage 2:
Here you'll be buying key encyclopedic books, which you should try to read cover to cover.
- Tafsīr Al Tabarī
- Tafsīr Al Qurtubī
- Al Tahrīr wal Tanwīr by Ibn Āshūr
- I'irāb Al Qur'ān by Al Nahhās
- Al Sunan al Kubrā by Al Bayhaqī
- Musannaf ibn Abi Shaybah
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Here you'll be buying key encyclopedic books, which you should try to read cover to cover.
- Tafsīr Al Tabarī
- Tafsīr Al Qurtubī
- Al Tahrīr wal Tanwīr by Ibn Āshūr
- I'irāb Al Qur'ān by Al Nahhās
- Al Sunan al Kubrā by Al Bayhaqī
- Musannaf ibn Abi Shaybah
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- Al Mughnī by Ibn Qudāmah
- Al Ishrāf by Ibn Al Mundhir
- Al Awsat by him
- Al Majmu' by Al Nawawī
- Fath Al Bārī by Ibn Rajab
- Fath Al Bārī by Ibn Hajar
- Al Tamhīd by Ibn 'Abd al Barr
- Sharh Sahīh Muslim by Al Nawawī
- Sharh Mushkil al Āthār by Al Tahāwī
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- Al Ishrāf by Ibn Al Mundhir
- Al Awsat by him
- Al Majmu' by Al Nawawī
- Fath Al Bārī by Ibn Rajab
- Fath Al Bārī by Ibn Hajar
- Al Tamhīd by Ibn 'Abd al Barr
- Sharh Sahīh Muslim by Al Nawawī
- Sharh Mushkil al Āthār by Al Tahāwī
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- Al Nashr by Ibn al Jazarī
- Al Bahr Al Muhīt by Al Zarkashī
- Al Ikhām by Al Āmidī
- Sharh Al Kāfiyah by Al Radhī
- Sharh Al Shafiyah by him
- Al Sihāh by Al Jawharī
- Al Mutawwal by Al Taftāzānī
- Siyar A'alām Al Nubalā by Al Dhahabī
- Mīzān al I'itidāl by Al Dhahabī
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- Al Bahr Al Muhīt by Al Zarkashī
- Al Ikhām by Al Āmidī
- Sharh Al Kāfiyah by Al Radhī
- Sharh Al Shafiyah by him
- Al Sihāh by Al Jawharī
- Al Mutawwal by Al Taftāzānī
- Siyar A'alām Al Nubalā by Al Dhahabī
- Mīzān al I'itidāl by Al Dhahabī
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- 'Ilal Al Daruqutnī
- Mawsū'ah Ibn Abī al Dunyā
- Sharh I'itiqād Ahl Al Sunnah by Al Lālikā'ī
- Al Ibānah Al Kubrā by Ibn Battah
- Bayān Talbīs Al Jahmiyyah by Ibn Taymiyyah
- Minhāj Al Sunnah by him
- Al Jawāb Al Sahīh by him
Here, stage 2 is complete
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- Mawsū'ah Ibn Abī al Dunyā
- Sharh I'itiqād Ahl Al Sunnah by Al Lālikā'ī
- Al Ibānah Al Kubrā by Ibn Battah
- Bayān Talbīs Al Jahmiyyah by Ibn Taymiyyah
- Minhāj Al Sunnah by him
- Al Jawāb Al Sahīh by him
Here, stage 2 is complete
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Stage 3:
At this stage, you will be looking to buy important books with lots of benefits which may not be as necessary as those in stage 1 and 2.
These include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Al Kashhāf by Al Zamakhshari
- Al Bahr Al Muhīt by Abu Hayyan
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At this stage, you will be looking to buy important books with lots of benefits which may not be as necessary as those in stage 1 and 2.
These include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Al Kashhāf by Al Zamakhshari
- Al Bahr Al Muhīt by Abu Hayyan
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- Tafsīr ibn Atiyyah
- Adhwā al Bayān by Al Shinqītī
- Muwatta' Malik
- Sunan al Dārimī
- Musannaf Abdil Razzāq
- Al Muhallā by Ibn Hazm
- Al Ishrāf by Al Qādhi Abdul Wahhāb
- Al Iqna' fī Masā'il al Ijma' by Ibn Qattān al Fāsī
- Ma'ālim al Sunan by Al Khattābī
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- Adhwā al Bayān by Al Shinqītī
- Muwatta' Malik
- Sunan al Dārimī
- Musannaf Abdil Razzāq
- Al Muhallā by Ibn Hazm
- Al Ishrāf by Al Qādhi Abdul Wahhāb
- Al Iqna' fī Masā'il al Ijma' by Ibn Qattān al Fāsī
- Ma'ālim al Sunan by Al Khattābī
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- Sharh Ma'ānī al Āthār by Al Tahāwī
- Tarh al Tathrīb by Al 'Irāqī
- Subul al Salām by Al San'ānī
- Al Kawkab al Munīr by Ibn Najjār
- Qawāti' al Adillah by Al Sam'ānī
- Al Mahsūl by Al Rāzī
- Al Muwāfaqāt by Al Shātibī
- Kashf al Asrār by al Bukhāri
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- Tarh al Tathrīb by Al 'Irāqī
- Subul al Salām by Al San'ānī
- Al Kawkab al Munīr by Ibn Najjār
- Qawāti' al Adillah by Al Sam'ānī
- Al Mahsūl by Al Rāzī
- Al Muwāfaqāt by Al Shātibī
- Kashf al Asrār by al Bukhāri
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- Al Manthūr by Al Zarkashī
- Sharh al Kāfiyah al Shāfiyah by Ibn Mālik
- Sharh Kitāb Sībawayh by Al Sayrāfī
- Al Munsif by Ibn Jinnī
- Al Khasa'is by him
- Maqāyīs al Lughah by Ibn Fāris
- Dīwan Al Mutanabbī
- Gharīb al Hadīth by Abu 'Ubayd
-Al Haywān by Al Jāhidh
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- Sharh al Kāfiyah al Shāfiyah by Ibn Mālik
- Sharh Kitāb Sībawayh by Al Sayrāfī
- Al Munsif by Ibn Jinnī
- Al Khasa'is by him
- Maqāyīs al Lughah by Ibn Fāris
- Dīwan Al Mutanabbī
- Gharīb al Hadīth by Abu 'Ubayd
-Al Haywān by Al Jāhidh
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- Hilyah al Awliyā' by Abu Nu'aym
- Ihyā 'Ulum al Dīn by Al Ghazālī
- Tanqīh al Tahqīq by Ibn Abd al Hādī
- Talkhīs al Habīr by Ibn Hajar
- Tahdhīb Al Tahdhīb by him
- 'Ilal Ibn Abī Hātim
- Raf' al Ishtibāh by Al Mu'allimī
- Al Rad 'alā al Jahmiyyah by Ahmad ibn Hanbal
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- Ihyā 'Ulum al Dīn by Al Ghazālī
- Tanqīh al Tahqīq by Ibn Abd al Hādī
- Talkhīs al Habīr by Ibn Hajar
- Tahdhīb Al Tahdhīb by him
- 'Ilal Ibn Abī Hātim
- Raf' al Ishtibāh by Al Mu'allimī
- Al Rad 'alā al Jahmiyyah by Ahmad ibn Hanbal
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- Naqdh Al Dārimī 'ala al Mirrīsi
- Sharh al 'Aqā'id by Al Taftāzānī
- Al Iqtisād fī al I'itiqād by Al Ghazālī
- Sharh al Usūl al Khamsah by Abdul Jabbār al Mu'tazili
- Al Fisal by Ibn Hazm
- All of the books of Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al Qayyim and Ibn Rajab
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- Sharh al 'Aqā'id by Al Taftāzānī
- Al Iqtisād fī al I'itiqād by Al Ghazālī
- Sharh al Usūl al Khamsah by Abdul Jabbār al Mu'tazili
- Al Fisal by Ibn Hazm
- All of the books of Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al Qayyim and Ibn Rajab
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Stage 4:
Now you'll try to buy the most important reference books in each field, such as the following:
- All major books of Hadith (Musnad Ahmad, Sahih Ibn Hibbān, Mustadrak Al Hākim, Mā'ājim al Tabarānī, Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah, Sunan Al Daruqutni, Musnad Al Bazzār etc)
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Now you'll try to buy the most important reference books in each field, such as the following:
- All major books of Hadith (Musnad Ahmad, Sahih Ibn Hibbān, Mustadrak Al Hākim, Mā'ājim al Tabarānī, Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah, Sunan Al Daruqutni, Musnad Al Bazzār etc)
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- Mawsū'ah al Tafsīr al Ma'thūr
- Al Mawsū'ah al Kuwaytiyyah
- Al Mabsūt by Al Sarakhsī
- Hashīyah Ibn Ābidīn
- Al Nawādir wa al Ziyādāt by Ibn Abi Zayd
- Mawāhib al Jalīl by Al Hattāb
- Al Umm by Al Shāfi'ī
- Mughnī al Muhtāj by Al Haytamī
- Jami' Ūlum Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
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- Al Mawsū'ah al Kuwaytiyyah
- Al Mabsūt by Al Sarakhsī
- Hashīyah Ibn Ābidīn
- Al Nawādir wa al Ziyādāt by Ibn Abi Zayd
- Mawāhib al Jalīl by Al Hattāb
- Al Umm by Al Shāfi'ī
- Mughnī al Muhtāj by Al Haytamī
- Jami' Ūlum Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
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- Kashhāf al Qinā' by Al Buhūtī
- Nafā's al Usūl by Al Qarāfī
- Al Tahbīr by Al Mardāwī
- Jāmi' Al Asrār by Al Kākī
- Mawsū'ah al Qawā'id al Fiqhiyyah
- Al Tadhyīl wa al Takmīl by Abu Hayyān
- Lisān al 'Arab by Ibn Mandhūr
- Kitāb al Aghānī by Abul Faraj al Asfahāni
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- Nafā's al Usūl by Al Qarāfī
- Al Tahbīr by Al Mardāwī
- Jāmi' Al Asrār by Al Kākī
- Mawsū'ah al Qawā'id al Fiqhiyyah
- Al Tadhyīl wa al Takmīl by Abu Hayyān
- Lisān al 'Arab by Ibn Mandhūr
- Kitāb al Aghānī by Abul Faraj al Asfahāni
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- Al Jarh wa al Ta'dīl by Ibn Abī Hātim
- Al Tarīkh al Kabīr by Al Bukhārī
- Tahdhīb al Kamāl by Al Mizzī
- Tuhfah al Atrāf by Him
- Ithāf al Mahrah by Ibn Hajar
- Tarīkh Baghdād by Al Khatīb
- Tārīkh Dimishq by Ibn Āsākir
- Tarīkh Al Islām by Al Dhahabī
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- Al Tarīkh al Kabīr by Al Bukhārī
- Tahdhīb al Kamāl by Al Mizzī
- Tuhfah al Atrāf by Him
- Ithāf al Mahrah by Ibn Hajar
- Tarīkh Baghdād by Al Khatīb
- Tārīkh Dimishq by Ibn Āsākir
- Tarīkh Al Islām by Al Dhahabī
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- Tārīkh Al Tabarī
- Al Bidāyah wa al Nihāyah by Ibn Kathīr
- Books of Tabaqāt of the various madhāhib and sciences.
You should read the Tabaqāt of your madhab at least once. Eg a Hanbali would read Tabaqāt Al Hanābilah by Ibn Abī Ya'lā and the Dhayl of Ibn Rajab
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- Al Bidāyah wa al Nihāyah by Ibn Kathīr
- Books of Tabaqāt of the various madhāhib and sciences.
You should read the Tabaqāt of your madhab at least once. Eg a Hanbali would read Tabaqāt Al Hanābilah by Ibn Abī Ya'lā and the Dhayl of Ibn Rajab
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Stage 5:
Here you will focus on being all of the most important books in your specialisation.
As an example, if your specialisation was in Hanbali fiqh, you would buy the following books:
- Tahdhīb al Ajwibah by Ibn Hāmid
- Al riyāwatayn wa al Wajhayn by Abu Ya'la
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Here you will focus on being all of the most important books in your specialisation.
As an example, if your specialisation was in Hanbali fiqh, you would buy the following books:
- Tahdhīb al Ajwibah by Ibn Hāmid
- Al riyāwatayn wa al Wajhayn by Abu Ya'la
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- Al Ta'līq al Kabīr by him
- Al Hidāyah by Abul Khattāb
- Sharh al Khiraqī by Al Zarkashī
- Al Kāfī by Ibn Qudāmah
- Al Sharh al Kabīr by Ibn Abī 'Umar
- Al Mumti' by Ibn Munajjā
- Sharh al 'Umdah by Ibn Taymiyyah
- Al Furu' by Ibn Muflih with Tashīh al Furu'
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- Al Hidāyah by Abul Khattāb
- Sharh al Khiraqī by Al Zarkashī
- Al Kāfī by Ibn Qudāmah
- Al Sharh al Kabīr by Ibn Abī 'Umar
- Al Mumti' by Ibn Munajjā
- Sharh al 'Umdah by Ibn Taymiyyah
- Al Furu' by Ibn Muflih with Tashīh al Furu'
(36/38)
- Al Mubdi' by Burhān Ibn Muflih
- Al Insāf by Al Mardāwī
- Al Tanqīh by him
- Al Iqna' by Al Hajjāwī
- Hāshiyah of Al Buhūtī
- Kashhāf al Qinā'
- Al Muntahā by Ibn Najjar
- Ibn Najjār's Sharh
- Buhūtī's Sharh
- Hāwāshī of Al Buhūtī, Al Khalwātī and Ibn Qā'īd
(37/38)
- Al Insāf by Al Mardāwī
- Al Tanqīh by him
- Al Iqna' by Al Hajjāwī
- Hāshiyah of Al Buhūtī
- Kashhāf al Qinā'
- Al Muntahā by Ibn Najjar
- Ibn Najjār's Sharh
- Buhūtī's Sharh
- Hāwāshī of Al Buhūtī, Al Khalwātī and Ibn Qā'īd
(37/38)
- Al Ghāyah by Mar'ī al Karmī
- Sharh Ibn 'Awdh
- Sharh Al Ruhaybānī
As well as many other books in the madhab which I won't mention now to keep it brief.
Likewise you'd need to buy books in Usūl al Fiqh in the madhab such as Al 'Uddah, Al Tamhīd, Al Musawwadah etc.
والله أعلم
- Sharh Ibn 'Awdh
- Sharh Al Ruhaybānī
As well as many other books in the madhab which I won't mention now to keep it brief.
Likewise you'd need to buy books in Usūl al Fiqh in the madhab such as Al 'Uddah, Al Tamhīd, Al Musawwadah etc.
والله أعلم
I meant to write Tuhfah al Muhtaj*
Not Mughni al Muhtaj
Not Mughni al Muhtaj
@IIbnHanbal وعليكم السلام ورحمة اللّه وبركاته
If you have a serious plan as how you're going to seek knowledge for the next 5 years and you have a decent grasp of the Arabic language, then you can start collecting such books والله أعلم
If you have a serious plan as how you're going to seek knowledge for the next 5 years and you have a decent grasp of the Arabic language, then you can start collecting such books والله أعلم
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