Al-Kutub Al-Sittah[edit]
Primary sources[edit]
Secondary sources[edit]
Hadith studies[edit]
Faiz Ul Bari- Tarjuma Fathul Bari by Maualan Muhhmad Abul Hasn Siyalkoti
Fatah Ul Mulhim - Sharh Sahih Muslim by Maulana shabbir Ahmed Usmani Sahab
Bazlul Majhood Fi Halli Abi Dawood by Hazrat Maulana Khalil Ahmed Saharanpuri
Tafsir[edit]
See also: List of translations of the Quran
Al-Kashshaf by al-Zamakhshari
The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali.
Tafsir al-Karimir Rahman fii Tafsir Kalam al-Mannan by Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir asSa'di
Ahsan Ul Qasas Comentry & Tafseer surah Yusuf' by Sheikh Abdur Rahim Limbada
Quranic Studies[edit]
Vocablury Of the Holy Quran Arabic - English by Shaykh abdullah Abbas NAdvi
Quran ki Char Bunyadi Istilahain (Four Basic Quranic Terms) by Syed Abul Ala Maududi
Aqeedah[edit]
Sunni[edit]
Seerah[edit]
See also List of biographies of Muhammad.
Islamic jurisprudence[edit]
Hanafi[edit]
Radd al-Muhtar ala al-Dur al-Mukhtar by Allama Sayyid Muhammad Ameen ibn
`Aabideen ash-Shaami.
Famous mufassir, faqih and mutakallim 'Allamah Abd al- Haq Haqqani Dahlawi has listed
some reliable and unreliable Hanafi fiqh and fatawa books in Aqaid Islam p 114-116. This
book of his has the approval of Qasim al-'UlumMawlana Nanautwi, Imam Sayyid Anwar
Shah Kashmiri, Mufti Kifayat Allah Dahlawi and Mawlana Habib al-Rahman 'Uthmani
(may Allah have mercy on them).
He explains,
There are three ranks of Masa'il Hanafiyyah:
[1] In first rank are those masail that are established from Dahir al-Riwayah (manifest
narrations), and Dahir al-Riwayah is a reference to these six books of Imam Muhammad:
1. Mabsut [also called the Al-Asl].
2. Ziyadat.
3. Jami' al-Saghir.
4. Jami' al-Kabir.
5. Siyar al-Saghir.
6. Siyar al-Kabir.
In these six books Imam Muhammad has written all agreed and differed
upon masail from Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam Abu Yusuf and himself. These books are
called Dahir al-Riwayah because these are mass-transmitted (tawatur) from the author
or with well-known chains (mashur)..
[2] In second rank are those masail that are narrated from mujtahid imams from books
beside Dahir al-Riwayah, like Muhit and Raqqiyyat meaning those masail that Imam
Muhammad gathered while in the city of Raqiyyah. AndKaysaniyyat Ani that Imam
Muhammad had Ibn Umru Sulayman bin Shuayb Kaysani write down.
And Haruniyyat that were gathered during the reign of Harun Rashid and Kitab
Amali that is copied from Imam Abu Yusuf, and other such books. And these are also
known as Nawadir.
[3] In third rank are those masail that the later-day scholars (muta'akhkhirin) deduced
according to the Hanafi principles as needed. These are also known
as Fatawa and Waqiat. And the first book in this rank, Al-Nawazil, was authored by
Faqih Abu Layth al-Samarqandi who was a great muhaqqiq. After him many such books
were authored in this rank, such as Majmu al-Nawazil wa al-Waqiat al-Natifi by Sadr alShahid. Then the later-day scholars (muta'akhkhirin) mixed these masail from the first,
second and third ranks, and compiled them in one place like Fatawa Qadi Khan.
Reliable Books
Following books are very reliable according to muta'akhkhirin:
1. Wiqayah. 2. Mukhtasar al-Quduri. 3. Kanz al-Daqaiq. 4. Mukhtaar. 5. Majma alBahrayn. So, when masail in these books differ from other books then these should be
relied upon; even though authors of these [above mentioned] books were [faqihs] of
high rank, they only wrote masail from Dahir al-Riwayah in these books. And beside
these books there are many other Fiqh books mutawan, commentaries and fatawa that
are reliable but there is no room for their names here, e.g. 1 Sharh Wiqayah.
2. Hidayah. 3. Fath al-Qadir. 4 Bahr [al-Raiq]. 5 Fatawa Qadi Khan. 6 Fatawa
Zahiriyyah. 7 Tanwir al-Absar. 8 Sharh Durr al-Mukhtar, etc. and other books
by mutaqaddimin andmuta'akhkhirin. But a general principle regarding the books of Fiqh
is that any book which has masail of Dahir al-Riwayah and its author is well-known and
accepted, that book is among the high rank in Fiqh. And that which doesnt have this
attribute is among the lower rank and there are many ranks among these. And according
to these principles the following books are unreliable:
Unreliable Books
1. Quniyah. 2. Muhit Burhani. 3. Siraj Wahhaj. 4. Sharah Mukhtasar al-Quduri .
5. Mushtamil al-Akham by Fakhr al-Din Rumi. 6. Kanz al-Ibad authored by Ali bin
Ahmad Ghori. Mulla Ali Qari has mentioned in Tabaqat al-Hanafiyyahthat he has a
book Mufid al-Mustafid which he has filled with makruhat of Madhhab and one Kanz
al-Ibad which he has filled with many absurd hadiths that have no chains of narration
anywhere. 7. Matalib al-Muminin, authored by Shaykh Badr al-Din Taj bin Abd al-Rahim
Lahori. 8. Khazanah al-Riwayat, authored by Qadi Juggan Hanafi Hindi of village Kun
which is located in Gujarat. 9. Sharat al-Islam, authored by Muhammad bin Abi Bakr
Choghi. Chogh is a village located near Samarqand. 10. Fatawa al Sufiya, authored by
Fadhlullah Muhammad bin Ayyub. 11. Fatwa al-Tura. 12. Fatawa Ibn Nujaym.
13. Fatawa Barhanah, as mentioned in the books of Tabaqat. Beside these there are
many other books that are unreliable so be careful when giving a fatwa. Whoever wishes
to know more should look into the bigger books of this field.
Shafi'i[edit]
Maliki[edit]
Hanbali[edit]
General[edit]
History books[edit]
Raud al-Unuf by Al Suhayli, a commentary of Ibn Hisham's The Life of the Prophet
The Comprehensive Compilation of the Names of the Prophet's Companions by Ibn Abdal-Barr
Kitab Fuh Ul Buldan by Imam Abul Abbas Ahmed Ibn jabir Al Baladhuri
Travelogue[edit]
Dariya E Kabul Se Darya E yarmuk Taq by Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi RA
Biographical evaluation[edit]
Critique[edit]
Shi'a[edit]
Ikhtilaf[edit]
Avicenna[edit]
Refutation of Qadiyaniyat[edit]
Tazkiah[edit]
Dhikr[edit]
General[edit]
Adab[edit]
Tambeeh Ul Mugtareen by
Political Islam[edit]
Miscellaneous books[edit]