Idaratul Ma'arif

Describes religious importance of all Islamic dates, with a chapter devoted to each month. Also separates bid'ah from sunnah regarding calendar based religious observances.

* Muharram
* Safar
* Rabi'ul- Awwal
* Rabi'ul Thani
* Jumada Ula
* Jumada-ul-ukhra
* Rajab
* Sha'ban
* Ramadan
* Shawwal
* ZulQ'adah
* ZulHijjah

Mufti Taqi Usmani is one of the leading Islamic scholars living today. Author of more than 40 books, he is an expert in the fields of Islamic law, Economics and Hadith. For the past 35 years, he has been teaching at the Darul-Uloom in Karachi that was established by his father Mufti Muhammad Shafi, the late Grand Mufti of Pakistan. He also holds a degree in law and has sat as Judge at the Shari'ah Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He is a consultant to several international Islamic financial institutions and has played a key part in the move toward interest free banking and the establishment of Islamic financial institutions. He is the deputy chairman of the Jeddah based Islamic Fiqh Council of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).


# Cover: Hardback
# Author: Mufti Taqi Usmani
# Publisher: Idaratul Ma'arif
# Pages: 151

Another fine book from the pen of Maulana Ashiq Ilahi. Explains the method of performing Umrah and also gives in detail the related Fiqh rules.

• Author: Muhammad Shameem
• Publisher: Idaratul Ma'arif
• Pages: 120

Primarily a collection of easy prayers from the Qur'an, Sunnah, Sahaba and Tabi'in. Prayers for many specific situations that a person goes through in his everyday life. Also includes a collection of general comprehensive prayers for different times of the day. Easy to follow and well set out.

• Cover: Hardback
• Author: Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
• Publisher: Idaratul Ma'arif
• Pages: 160

On 23rd December 1999 the Shari'at Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan announced its historic judgment declaring interest as unlawful according to Islamic Law. This book is the work of Justice Taqi Uthmani that was influential in that decision.

• Cover: Hardback
• Author: Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
• Publisher: Idaratul-Ma'rif
• Pages: 247