On December 27, in Imam Bukhari International Scientific Research Center hosted an event dedicated to the end of the year. All employees of the Center took part in the event. Sh. Umarov, the deputy director for scientific-research, led the event. Sh. Umarov provided detailed information about the achievements of the …

Abu-l-Hasan al-Balkhi. His full name was Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Ja’far Abu-l-Hasan al-Balkhi al-Ja’fari and was famous with the name of al-Burhan al-Balkhi. He was faithful and devoted person. As most of the historical sources inform us, he was one of those scholars who made a substantial …

Abu-I-Muin an-Nasafi’s followers and students Najmiddin Umar an-Nasafi. He was known as a great Imam of his time, an expert in Hadiths, wisest stylist, a devoted student, a lawyer, a master in reading the Qur’an and a grammarian. He studied the sciences under the control of well-known scholars of his …

The life of Abu-l-Muin an-Nasafi Most of the authors who wrote about the life and career of Abu-l-Muin an-Nasafi give the full name of the scholar as Abu-l-Muin Maymun ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Mu’tamid ibn Muhammad Makhul an-Nasafi. There are some other versions of his full name in some …

Abu-l-Muin an-Nasafi was one of the greatest representatives of the Maturidiya School of kalam founded by a great genius, master of the science of kalam in the Islamic world Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (870-944). He made a substantial contribution to the development and spread of the Hanafian order in Maveraunnahr. He …

Imam Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad ash-Shashi commented on the peculiarities of al-Faqih ash-Shafi’is book “Al-Umdatu fi furu’i ash-Shaf’iya” (Foundations of Shafi’iya Furus). This book, which describes the principles of religion in a short and laconic manner, was written in accord with the orders of Caliph al-Mustaz-hir’s son. This book …

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad ash-Shashi won great fame and respect in the opinion of his teachers. Perhaps it is because of his scientific potential that after graduating Nizamiya Madrasah in Baghdad, he was appointed as Head Master of the same madrasah. In Baghdad sheikh, imam, senior lawyer and qazi …

On 5th December, the meeting continued, between the Imam Bukhari International Scientific Research Center and the US Peace Institute. Pamela Aol, Barmak Pazhvak, Melissa Notcell, Matthew Parks and Derya Zameseva took part in the talks. At the beginning of the meeting a short film about the Imam Bukhari International Research …

Thanks to the precious books written by the famous represen­tatives of the school of Islamic law on legal matters, law schools of Maveraunnahr have been highly appreciated for centuries. As a component part of the legacy left by our great ancestors several centuries ago, they serve as one of the …

Kasani occupied the position of the Head Master in Halaviya Madrasah up to the end of his life. A historian al-Qurashi writes that Kasani began to deliver lessons in Halaviya after Iftikhar ad-din al-Hashimi. During his career as a lecturer at the madrasah, lots of students and disciples of the …