A Curriculum of Study for the Regular Muslim by Mufti Taqi Usmani

Section 1: Necessary Beginners Knowledge

“…without which living a life like a true Muslim is not possible.”

  • Hayat al-Muslimin (Mawlana Ashraf `Ali Thanvi rahimahullah)
    [Website: English PDF English | Urdu]
  • Furu` al-Iman (Mawlana Ashraf `Ali Thanvi rahimahullah)
    [ PDF English | Urdu ]
  • Ta`lim al-Din (Mawlana Ashraf `Ali Thanvi rahimahullah)
    [PDF English | Urdu]
  • Behishti Gohar [for men] (Mawlana Ashraf `Ali Thanvi rahimahullah)
    [PDF English | Urdu]
  • Behishti Zewar [for women] (Mawlana Ashraf `Ali Thanvi rahimahullah)
    [Website English | PDF English | Urdu ]
  • Jaza’ al-A`maal (Mawlana Ashraf `Ali Thanvi rahimahullah)
    [PDF English | Urdu]
  • Sirat Khatim al-Anbiya’ (Mufti Shafi`Uthmani Rahimahullah)
    [PDF English | Urdu]
  • Hakayat Sahaba (Mawlana Zakariyya Kandihlawi rahimahullah)
    [PDF English | Urdu]
  • Tarikh Islam (Mawlana Muhammad Mian rahimahullah)
    [PDF English | Urdu]
  • Usway Rasule Akram (Mawlana `Abd al-Hayy Lakhnawi rahimahullah)
    [PDF English | Urdu]

Section 2: Broadening the Core

“…by which such vastness and firmness is produced in religious aspects that a person will not be misguided by those who misguide.”

  • Ma`arif al-Quran (Mufti Shafi`) [Website English PDF English | Urdu]
  • or Tafsir Usmani (Mawlana Shabbir Ahmed) [PDF English | Urdu]
  • Ma`arif al-Hadith (Mawlana Manzur Nu`mani) [PDF English V1V2V3V4 | Urdu V1V2V3-4V5-6-7V8]
  • Behishti Zewar ke Masa’il (Mawlana Ashraf `Ali) [PDF English | Urdu]
  • `Ilm al-Fiqah (Mawlana `Abd al-Shakkur Lakhnawi) [PDF English | Urdu]
  • Aqa’id al-Islam (Mawlana Idris Kandihlawi) [PDF English | Urdu]
  • Shari`at wa Tariqat (Mawlana Ashraf `Ali) [PDF English | Urdu]

(Fatawa Usmani, pg. 181-182 ed. Maktaba Ma`arif al-Quran: 2005) Originally posted by Mufti Bilal Ali Ansari Saheb on his blog. Links to the books have been added thereafter including minor editing.

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