Islamic Jurisprudence

Abstract
This article presents two Urdu rare essays of Abdul Rehman Bijnori, titled, Soroya mein Islam (Islam in Serbia) and Balgharia mein Islam (Islam in Bulgaria). Bijnori completed his law education from the Lincolns’ in and earned PhD from Germany on Islamic Jurisprudence. Both the essays were published in Hamdard ably edited by Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar on 11 June 1913 and 22 June 1913 respectively. The writer of this article claims that the essays presented here have neither been included in Baqiat-e Bijnori (1940) nor in Yadgar-e Bijnori. The aforesaid compilations comprising the writings of Bijnor edited shortly after he died. Muhammad Zahid who wrote his dissertation Dr Abdul Rehman Bijnori: hayat aur karname (Dr Abdul Rehman Bijnori: Life and works) has not consulted both the articles. Read More →