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”
Category Archives: Fiqh
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”
New Books by Dr. Sa’id Bakdash
Mawlana Badrul Islam shared this information recently: For those who are not already aware, you will be pleased to know that as part of his on-going remarkable efforts to publish the famous works of the Hanafi imams (rahimahumullah) in very high quality tahqiq and ta’liq, Shaykh Dr. Sa’id Bakdash of Madinah Munawwarah (son-in-law of ShaykhContinueContinue reading “New Books by Dr. Sa’id Bakdash”
Lectures on the development of the Shafi’i Madhab – Shaykh Taha Karaan
The following short lecture series by Shaykh Taha Karaan methodologically covers the historical development of the Shafi’i school of Islamic Law (Madhab): http://www.shafiifiqh.com/audio-video/audio/ [See update below]. This includes the Usuli development in the school, major figures that propagated the madhab, evolution of the madhab in different geographical locations including the impact they had on the outlook of the school, and the personalities that undertook the task of synthesizing or refining the variant opinions within theContinueContinue reading “Lectures on the development of the Shafi’i Madhab – Shaykh Taha Karaan”
Review: Al-Maharah al-Usuliyyah wa Atharuha fi Indaj al-Fiqh wa Tajdidihi
Reviewed by Shaykh Musa Furber I highly recommend this to those interested in the renewal, expansion, and application of fiqh. The first part gives a summary introduction to legal sources (Quran, sunnah, legal analogy, scholarly consensus, presumption of continuation, blocking & opening the means, juristic preference, etc…); the development and use of maxims; and theContinueContinue reading “Review: Al-Maharah al-Usuliyyah wa Atharuha fi Indaj al-Fiqh wa Tajdidihi”
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