Muʼassasat al-Risālah

Muʼassasat al-Risālah (مؤسسة الرسالة) is an Arabic publishing house founded in Beirut in 1970 by the Damascus-born publisher Radwan Daboul. It is best known for issuing hundreds of volumes of classical Arabic and Islamic heritage, particularly rigorously edited editions of works of Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jamāʿah. The house became famous for its editing bureau (maktab al-taḥqīq) in Damascus and Amman, supervised by the hadith scholar Sheikh Shuʿayb al-Arnaʾūṭ, which trained a generation of prominent textual editors such as Muḥammad Nuʿaym al-ʿArqasūsī, Ibrāhīm al-Zaybaq, and ʿĀdil Murshid. From the parent foundation two publishing houses branched out: Muʼassasat al-Risālah Nāshirūn, managed by Marwan ibn Radwan Daboul, and Muʼassasat al-Risālah al-ʿĀlamiyyah, managed by Muʿādh ibn Radwan Daboul and Iqbāl ibn Radwan Daboul. The official online store presents itself as the official shop of Risālah Nāshirūn, offering scholarly books with secure packaging, fast shipping worldwide, and customer support before, during, and after sale. Its catalogue spans creed, hadith, jurisprudence, and Arabic language, including major multi-volume editions. Among its most celebrated publications are Zād al-Maʿād fī Hady Khayr al-ʿIbād by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (5 vols), Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ by al-Dhahabī (25 vols), Tahdhīb al-Kamāl fī Asmāʾ al-Rijāl by al-Mizzī (35 vols), al-Kāmil fī al-Lughah wa'l-Adab by al-Mubarrad (4 vols), Tawḍīḥ al-Mushtabih by Ibn Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Dimashqī (10 vols), al-Mufaṣṣal fī Aḥkām al-Marʾah wa'l-Bayt al-Muslim by ʿAbd al-Karīm Zaydān (11 vols), Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān (18 vols), Sharḥ Mushkil al-Āthār by al-Ṭaḥāwī (16 vols), Musnad al-Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (50 vols), al-Rawḍatayn fī Akhbār al-Dawlatayn by Abū Shāmah al-Maqdisī (4 vols), and Mawsūʿat al-Qawāʿid al-Fiqhiyyah by Muḥammad Ṣidqī al-Būrnū (13 vols), among dozens of others in Hanbali jurisprudence and tafsīr. The house has been praised by scholars such as Maḥmūd al-Ṭanāḥī for the quality of its editions, especially Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ. Today it continues to operate as a private family publishing enterprise with a strong online retail presence, shipping to customers around the world.

Muʼassasat al-Risālah was founded in Beirut in 1970 (1389 AH) by the Damascus-born publisher Radwan Daboul. It quickly established itself as a major publisher of classical Arabic and Islamic heritage, focusing on rigorously edited (muḥaqqaq) editions of works belonging to the Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jamāʿah tradition. The house became particularly known for its editing bureau (maktab al-taḥqīq) in Damascus and Amman, which was supervised by the hadith scholar Sheikh Shuʿayb al-Arnaʾūṭ. Under his direction, the bureau trained a generation of researchers who became leading editors, including Muḥammad Nuʿaym al-ʿArqasūsī, Ibrāhīm al-Zaybaq, and ʿĀdil Murshid. From the parent foundation, two publishing houses branched out: Muʼassasat al-Risālah Nāshirūn, managed by Marwan ibn Radwan Daboul, and Muʼassasat al-Risālah al-ʿĀlamiyyah, managed by Muʿādh ibn Radwan Daboul and Iqbāl ibn Radwan Daboul. The official online store presents itself as the official shop of Risālah Nāshirūn, offering scholarly books with secure packaging, fast shipping worldwide, and customer support before, during, and after sale. The house is celebrated for publishing hundreds of volumes of edited texts. Among its most famous publications are Zād al-Maʿād fī Hady Khayr al-ʿIbād by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (5 vols), Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ by al-Dhahabī (25 vols), Tahdhīb al-Kamāl fī Asmāʾ al-Rijāl by al-Mizzī (35 vols), al-Kāmil fī al-Lughah wa'l-Adab by al-Mubarrad (4 vols), Tawḍīḥ al-Mushtabih by Ibn Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Dimashqī (10 vols), al-Mufaṣṣal fī Aḥkām al-Marʾah wa'l-Bayt al-Muslim by ʿAbd al-Karīm Zaydān (11 vols), Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān (18 vols), Sharḥ Mushkil al-Āthār by al-Ṭaḥāwī (16 vols), Musnad al-Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (50 vols), al-Rawḍatayn fī Akhbār al-Dawlatayn by Abū Shāmah al-Maqdisī (4 vols), and Mawsūʿat al-Qawāʿid al-Fiqhiyyah by Muḥammad Ṣidqī al-Būrnū (13 vols), in addition to dozens of volumes in Hanbali jurisprudence and tafsīr edited by the foundation's editing team under the supervision of ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muḥsin al-Turkī. The house has received praise from scholars such as Maḥmūd al-Ṭanāḥī, who commended its publication of Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, noting the quality of the edition and the valuable introduction by Bashshār ʿAwwād Maʿrūf. Today, Muʼassasat al-Risālah continues to operate as a private family publishing enterprise with a strong online retail presence, shipping to customers around the world.

• 1970

  Founded in Beirut by Radwan Daboul.

• Editing bureau (maktab al-taḥqīq) established in Damascus and Amman under Sheikh Shuʿayb al-Arnaʾūṭ.

• Publication of Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (25 vols), praised by Maḥmūd al-Ṭanāḥī.

• Publication of Musnad al-Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (50 vols).

• Two branches established: Muʼassasat al-Risālah Nāshirūn and Muʼassasat al-Risālah al-ʿĀlamiyyah.

A leading publisher of rigorously edited classical Islamic and Arabic heritage texts, serving scholars, students, and general readers worldwide.

• Zād al-Maʿād fī Hady Khayr al-ʿIbād

  By Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, edited by Shuʿayb al-Arnaʾūṭ and ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Arnāʾūṭ, indexed by Muḥammad Adīb al-Jādir, 5 vols.

• Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ

  By al-Dhahabī, supervised by Shuʿayb al-Arnaʾūṭ, 25 vols.

• Tahdhīb al-Kamāl fī Asmāʾ al-Rijāl

  By al-Mizzī, edited by Bashshār ʿAwwād Maʿrūf, 35 vols.

• al-Kāmil fī al-Lughah wa'l-Adab

  By al-Mubarrad, edited by Muḥammad Aḥmad al-Dālī, 4 vols.

• Tawḍīḥ al-Mushtabih fī Ḍabṭ Asmāʾ al-Ruwāt

  By Ibn Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Dimashqī, edited by Muḥammad Nuʿaym al-ʿArqasūsī, 10 vols.

• al-Mufaṣṣal fī Aḥkām al-Marʾah wa'l-Bayt al-Muslim

  By ʿAbd al-Karīm Zaydān, 11 vols.

• Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān

  Arranged by Ibn Balbān, edited by Shuʿayb al-Arnaʾūṭ, 18 vols.

• Sharḥ Mushkil al-Āthār

  By al-Ṭaḥāwī, edited by Shuʿayb al-Arnaʾūṭ, 16 vols.

• Musnad al-Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal

  Edited by a team of researchers under the supervision of Shuʿayb al-Arnaʾūṭ and his senior students, 50 vols.

• al-Rawḍatayn fī Akhbār al-Dawlatayn

  By Abū Shāmah al-Maqdisī, edited by Ibrāhīm al-Zaybaq, 4 vols.

• Mawsūʿat al-Qawāʿid al-Fiqhiyyah

  By Dr. Muḥammad Ṣidqī al-Būrnū, 13 vols.

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