Translated from the Arabic with Introduction and notes by Tahir Mahmood Kiani, (Taha Publishers LTD. 2010). Pages 761. ISBN 9781897940709 Reviewed by Dr Mansur Ali, Cardiff University This is the translation of small opuscule, al-Mukhtasar, written by the head of the Baghdadi Hanafi guild Abu ‘l-Husayn al-Quduri (d. 428/1037); and is one of the first worksContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Mukhtasar al-Quduri: A Manual of Islamic Law According to the Hanafi School”
Author Archives: Bilal Ali
Sharh al-Manzumah al-Bayquniyyah by Imam ‘Abdullah Siraj al-Din
From a dear brother: Sh Jawad found a scanned pdf version of Imam Abdullah Sirajuddin’s sharh on the Bayquniyya, which is very hard to find outside of Syria, especially in light of the strife there. I was fortunate enough to get a copy in Amman a couple years ago, but it is a rare find. As you mayContinueContinue reading “Sharh al-Manzumah al-Bayquniyyah by Imam ‘Abdullah Siraj al-Din”
On the Impermissibility of Combining between two Salahs with a Literal Combination from I’la al-Sunan
By ‘Allamah Zafar Ahmad al-‘Uthmani Translated by Zameelur Rahman Hadiths 1. Narrated from ‘Abd Allah [ibn Mas‘ud] (Allah be pleased with him), he said:كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلى الصلوة لوقتها إلا بجمع وعرفات“The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) would offer Salah at its [set] time except atContinueContinue reading “On the Impermissibility of Combining between two Salahs with a Literal Combination from I’la al-Sunan”
Placing the Hands Below the Navel and the Manner of Placing
By ‘Allamah Zafar Ahmad al-‘Uthmani Translated by Zameelur Rahman 1. Narrated from Abu Hazim from Sahl bin Sa‘d (Allah be pleased with him), he said: “The people were ordered to place one’s right hand on his left forearm in Salah.” Abu Hazim said “I do not know it [i.e. this order] but that it isContinueContinue reading “Placing the Hands Below the Navel and the Manner of Placing”
Shaykh Sa’id Bakdash Working on a New Print of Usul al-Bazdawi with Qasim ibn Qutlubugha’s Takhrij
Mawlana Abu Asim Badrul Islam shared:”You will be delighted to learn that after his recently-published excellent works of the great Hanafi imams, Shaykh Sa’id Bakdash is currently working on the matn of the usul of Imam Fakhr al-Islam Bazdawi (rahimahullah) with the takhrij al-ahadith of Imam Qasim ibn Qutlubugha. As with his other works, heContinueContinue reading “Shaykh Sa’id Bakdash Working on a New Print of Usul al-Bazdawi with Qasim ibn Qutlubugha’s Takhrij”
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