Question:
As salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh
Shaykh Gibril,
What are the main/recommended classical texts a student of Arabic should cover during the course of their studies in Arabic (in nahu, balagha, sarf etc)?
JazakAllah khayr
Answer:
Waalaykumussalam warahmatullah wabarakatuh,
1- Nahw:
a. Awamil al-Jurjani
b. al-Fusul al-Fikriyya
c. al-Ajurrumiya
d. al-Kharidat al-Bahiyya
e. al-Durrat al-Yatima
f. al-Imrithi
g. Qawa’id al-I’rab
h. Khulasat Alfiyyat Ibn Malik
i. al-Jawharu al-Maknun1
2- Sarf:
a. al-Qawa’id al-Sarfiyya al-Istilahiyya
b. al-Qawa’id al-Sarfiyya al-Lughawiyya
c. Qawa’id al-I’lal
d. al-Risalat al-Sarfiyya
e. al-Amthilat al-Tasrifiyya
f. al-Maqsud
3-Tajwid etc.:
a. Tuhfat al-Atfal (tajwid)
b. al-Jazariyya (tajwid)
c. Nazm Muhammad ibn Ali al-Shabban (arud)
d. al-Baiquniyya (mustalah al-Hadith)
e. Nazm al-Waraqat (usul al-fiqh)
f. al-Sullam al-Munawraq (mantiq)
g. al-Fara’id al-Bahiyya (qawa’id al-Fiqh)
4- Ulum:
a. Tawhid:
1) Aqidat al-Awamm
2) Bad’ al-Amali
3) al-Jawahir al-Kalamiyya
4) Jawharat al-Tawhid
5) Kifayat al-Awamm
b. Fiqh/Falak:
1) Tanwirul Hija Nazm Safinat al-Naja
2) al-Riyad al-Badi`a fi Usul al-Din wa-ba`d Furu` al-Shari`a
3) Sullam al-Tawfiq
4) Fath al-Qarib
5) Risalat al-Mahid (ilmu al-hayd)
6) al-Rahabiya (ilmu al-mawarith)
7) al-Durus al-Falakiyya (ilmu al-falak)
8) Sullam al-Nayyirayn (ilmu al-hilal)
c. Adab & Tasawwuf:
1) Tanbih al-Muta’allim
2) al-Wasaya
3) Kifayat al-Atqiya’
d. Tarikh:
Khulashat Nur al-Yaqin
The above list is one perspective. There are others.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
