Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo ((School of Islamic and Social Sciences)

Submitted: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:59:45 -0500
 
Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo
Director, Master’s Program for Imams
School of Islamic and Social Sciences
750-A Miller Drive
Leesburg, VA 20176
USA

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Email:   ydelorenzo@siss.edu

Academic Interests:

Qur’anic Studies: Unpublished critical edition and annotation, in
Arabic, of Abu Bakr al Jassas’ Ahkam al Qur’an. I have also written an
introduction to this work in Arabic, and have begun translating it into
English. Also translated Rashid Rida’s, al Wahy al Muhammadi as The
Muhammadan Revelation, (Virginia: Al-Sadawi Publications, 1996).
Hadith Studies: Recently published Imam Bukhari’s Book of Muslim Morals
and Manners, English translation with Arabic text and commentary on Imam
Bukhari’s al Adab al Mufrad, (Beirut: Al-Sadawi Publications, 1997).
Also published, in Arabic, a Study of Weak and Spurious Hadiths in the
Mu`jam al Safar by al Hafiz Abu Tahir al Silafi in the Arabic Journal of
the Islamic Research Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan, Fall, 1997.
Unpublished work includes a translation, from the original Urdu, on
tasawwuf-based Hadith commentary by Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi entitled,
A Sufi Study of Hadith.
Islamic Banking: Produced the first systematic academic translation in
English of fatawa issued by Shari`ah advisory boards on the operations
of Islamic Banks. This work is entitled A Compendium of Legal Rulings on
the Operations of Islamic Banks (London: Institute of Islamic Banking
and Insurance, 1996), and includes a scholarly introduction, original
Arabic texts, annotation, and a comprehensive subject index.
Fiqh and Usul: Source Methodology in Islamic Law: Usul al Fiqh al
Islami, English translation from the Arabic of Dr. Taha Jabir al Alwani,
(Herndon: The International Institute of Islamic Thought, 1991; revised
edition published in 1994).   The Essential Hanafi Handbook of Fiqh,
English translation from the Persian of Qadi Thana Allah of Paniput (d.
1810) on the basics of Islamic law. (Karachi: Majlis al Da`wah, 1978);
reprinted by Kazi Publications, Chicago, 1986). 3rd ed., revised,
(Leicester, UK: Islamic Academy, upcoming in 1997). Book Chapter: “The
Role of the Fiqh Councilor in North America,” to be published in Muslims
on the Americanization Path, eds. Yvonne Haddad and John Esposito (New
York: Oxford University Press, Jan. 1998).
Translation: Published over twenty five translations of books and
articles on Islamic Studies from Arabic, Urdu and Persian.Also
translated a historical novel from Urdu entitled, The Forbidden Caste,
by Nasim Hijazi, which remains in search of a publisher.