New Book: 12 Countries in the Company of Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم
Title: 12 Countries in the Company of Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Author: Yusuf Shabbir
Pages: 360
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Qurtuba Books
ISBN: 9781916023277
Stockists: (1) Qurtuba Books (2) Kitaabun (3) eBay (4) Darul Kutub
Al-Ḥamdulillāh, the Leicester based Qurtuba Books founded and managed by Mawlānā Muḥammad Ṭalḥah ibn Mawlānā Ibrāhīm Iqbāl Ṣāḥib has recently published 12 Countries in the Company of Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani.
This brief article provides an overview of the book, first by sharing what is published on the back page and thereafter outlining the contents of the book.
Back Page
The content published on the back page is as follows:
12 Countries in the company of Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani features a captivating collection of travelogues and articles, providing a first-hand insight into the journeys of one of the world’s most influential scholars to Albania, Bosnia, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom and Uzbekistan, and shedding light on various historical events, the failed assassination attempt, the responsibilities of scholars in the west, and a range of jurisprudential and spiritual discourses. These journeys were undertaken between 2018 and 2021 and form part of the 84 countries Shaykh al-Islam Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani has visited to date.
Dr Mufti Yusuf Shabbir is a British scholar who memorised the Quran at a young age and graduated from Darul Uloom Bury in 2005. He also graduated in Law from the University of Manchester and has a master’s degree in Management as well as a PgDip in Islamic Finance. He is a chartered member of the CIPD and recently completed his PhD in Hadith studies. He has extensive experience of the third and education sectors and has travelled to 50 countries. He teaches the Islamic sciences at Jamiatul Ilm Wal Huda, Blackburn and has authored many books in Arabic and English. His articles and Fatwas are available on www.islamicportal.co.uk.
“Allah Almighty has given him great ability to work with extraordinary speed and diligence. MashaAllah, he has a passion for knowledge and he reaches for books at once and writes quickly. In Bosnia and Uzbekistan, he would write a daily account at night, whilst we would be extremely tired, and he would do so with the references.” – Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
“He is now doing an additional favour on the people of knowledge by publishing these articles in the form of a book. Hadrat Shaykh al-Islam treats him with special affection and love, which made it easier for him to benefit from Shaykh al-Islam by posing questions.” – Mufti Ahmad Khanpuri
Contents
The book begins with a preface written by Mawlānā Muḥāmmad Ṭalḥah of Qurtuba Books, who also deserves credit for meticulously editing the entire collection, providing invaluable suggestions and also typesetting the book. This is followed by several forewords written by Mufti Aḥmad Khānpūrī, Mufti Muḥammad Ṭāhir Wādī, Mufti Maḥmūd Bārdolī, Mawlānā Rafīq Ṣūfī, Mufti Muḥammad ibn Adam and Mawlānā Ḥanīf Dūdhwālā. With the exception of Mufti Muḥammad Ṭāhir, these scholars were part of some of the journeys mentioned in the book. Brief profiles of these scholars are also included in the footnotes.
These forewords are then followed by the collection of articles and travelogues in this order:
- Introduction (This detailed introduction sets out the author’s interaction with Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani over the past two decades and is not published online).
- Timeline of visits to Blackburn (This is also not published online)
- Brief Profile of Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (Arabic and English)
- 84 countries visited by Shaykh al-Islam Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
- UK Tour 2018: Discourses of Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
- 12-day tour of the Balkan States in the company of Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Mufti Ahmad Khanpuri, Mufti Shabbir Ahmad and other scholars
- Visit to Bosnia, the Paradise of Europe
- In the company of Shaykh al-Islam Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani in al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah
- Adhkār and the protection of Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani from assassins
- Seven Days in Bukhara and Samarqand with Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (b. 1362/1943) and Mufti Shabbir Ahmad (b. 1376/1957)
- Six days in Pakistan
- Visit to Malta with Mufti Ahmad Khanpuri and Colleagues – At the end of this article, Mawlānā Ismail Nakhuda’s article entitled ‘Where were Indian Muslim scholars interned in Malta?’ has also been included.
- Gems of Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (2019)
- Responsibilities of scholars in the West – Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani’s speech (The English translation of this speech is not published online)
- Visit to Malta and Cyprus with Shaykh al-Islam Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
- Visit to Greece and Hungary with Shaykh al-Islam Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
- Pearls of Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (2019)
- UK visit by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (Jan 2020) – (This article is not published online)
- Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani on the unlawfulness of wealth unless it is given wholeheartedly
- Five forewords written by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani – (This collection of Arabic and English articles is not published online)
- Visit to Pakistan, UAE and India (2021)
Although most of the articles are available on our website www.islamicportal.co.uk, the book features the up-to-date articles with updates and corrections.
In addition, five of the aforementioned articles (1, 2, 14, 18, 20) are not available online and have been published in the book for the first time.
Finally, there is a 16-page insert in the middle of the book with 42 pictures printed in colour. This does not however include all the pictures available online.
May Allah Almighty accept this publication and make it beneficial.
Yusuf Shabbir
28 Shawwāl 1445 / 7 May 2024
