Hanbali Fiqh

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The Mainstay Concerning Jurisprudence: Al-Umda fi l-Fiqh
The Summary of Religious Knowledge : Mukhtasar fi 'Ilm ad-Din
The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom : Jami' al-'Ulum wa'l-Hikam
The Description of the Strangers : by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali

Page Last Updated : 11th October 2011

The Mainstay Concerning Jurisprudence - Al-Umda fi l-Fiqh

Paperback - 347 pages by Imåm al-Muwaffaq ibn Qudåma

Translated into English by: Muhter Holland

The Mainstay Concerning Jurisprudence (Al-Umda fi l-Fiqh - Hanbali School of Law)

Hanbali fiqh : covering the Five Pillars; Testimony, Salaah, Fasting, Hajj and Zakaah. Also details financial transactions, marriage, food related, acts of crime, Jihad, Judgeship (Kitab al Qada), Testimonies and much more.

The Author : Shaikh al-Islam Imam al-Muwaffaq ibn Qudama May Allah be pleased with him (A.H. 541-620), was one of the luminaries of his day and age. Born in the town of Jamma'il in Nablus in Palestine, he emigrated to Damascus with his family at the age of eight, after the Crusaders had seized control of his country.

Studying at first under the tutelage of his father, Shaikh Abu ’l-'Abbås Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Qudama, he learned the rudiments of the religious sciences, and the texts of the Hanbali school of jurisprudence, including the Mukhtasar [Compendium] of al-Kharaqi. At the next stage he studied under various of the Shaikhs of Damascus and continued to make progress in learning, until he reached the age of twenty.

Then, between the years A.H.560 and 561 he embarked on an educational expedition to Baghdad. At the outset of his career, al-Muwaffaq spent a brief period in the presence of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qådir al-Jilani May Allah be pleased with him. Under the Shaikh, then in the ninetieth year his life, he studied the Mukhtasar [Compendium] of al-Kharaqi at the level of understanding and meticulous scrutiny.

Shaikh 'Abd al-Qådir completed his earthly life shortly after that, so al-Muwaffaq turned to the Shaikh of the Hanbalis and the leading jurist of 'Iråq, Nasih al-Islam Abu ’l-Fath Nasr ibn Fityan ibn Matar an-Nahrawani, well-known as Ibn al-Muna (A.H. 477–564). Under him he studied the jurisprudence of the school of Imam Ahmad [ibn Hanbal]. After four years in Baghdad he returned to Damascus and there he preoccupied himself with the composition of his great commentary (al-Mughni) on al-Kharaqi’s Mukhtasar.

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The Summary of Religious Knowledge : [Mukhtasar fi 'Ilm ad-Din]

Paperback -179 pages by Shaykh 'Abd 'al-Qadir al-Jilani

The Summary of Religious Knowledge [Mukhtasar fi 'Ilm ad-Din] is a Basic essential Hanbali Fiqh & knowledge of the Spiritual Path [tariqa]

Pearls of the Heart [Eighteen Sermons] by Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir Jillani May Allah be pleased with him.

This rare manuscript was obtained from the collection of manuscripts of the Vatican Library. So far as is known, it is the only copy of this work remaining in existence. The introduction reads as follows: Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani (may Allah, the Independent Sovereign, ennoble him) wrote this Summary of Religious Knowledge [Mukhtasar fi 'Ilm ad-Din] for the benefit of worshipful servants ['abidin] and followers of the spiritual path [salikin].

He designed it to include two aspects, so that anyone who put it into practise would be equipped with a pair of wings. Allah is the Guide to the path of correctness, and to Him is the return and the journey home.

Section 1: The science of the Sacred Law [Shari'a] deals with general principles and specific details concerning religious duty, under seven chapter headings.

Section 2: The second section is concerned with knowledge of the Spiritual Path [tariqa], which is like a sheltered kernel, while the Sacred Law [Shari'a] is like a shell that keeps it safe and sound.

That is why 'Ali (may Allah be well pleased with him) once said: "All the spiritual paths [Turuq] are closed to people, apart from those who follow the command of Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace).' Translated by Muhtar Holland.

The Second Book which is attached (Pearls of the Heart) is a list Eighteen Sermons by Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir Jillani Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu.

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The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom - Jami' al-'Ulum wa'l-Hikam

Hardback - 870 pages by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali Translated by Abdassamad Clarke

The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom is the translation by Abdassamad Clarke of the masterwork of Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali May Allah be pleased with him, the Jami' al-'ulum wa;l-hikam, which is his commentary on fifty hadith including the Forty of Imam an-Nawawi May Allah be pleased with him.

Every hadith is one of those considered by the 'ulama essential for knowledge of the deen. The topics range from the most exacting treatments of the affairs of the shari'ah to luminous expositions of the spiritual sciences of Islam.

Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali May Allah be pleased with him : Zayn an-Din ‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman (known as Rajab) ibn al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Abi’l-Barakat Mas’ud al-Baghdadi ad-Dimashqi al-Hanbali (736-795 AH). Rajab was the nickname of his grandfather ‘Abd ar-Rahman, perhaps because he was born in that month. Born in Baghdad, Ibn Rajab learned much from his father, who himself was a great scholar, and then studied in Egypt and Damascus where he settled down until he died. Among his eminent teachers were Abu’l-Fath Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Mayduni, Muhammad ibn Isma’il al-Khabbaz, Ibrahim ibn Dawud al-Attar, Abu’l-Haram al-Qalanisi, and Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah. He was a colleague of the famous hadith expert Al-Hafiz Abu’l-Fadhl al-Iraqi. He devoted himself to the subject until he became an expert in all the sciences related to hadith. He then taught hadith and fiqh according the Hanbali school in the Jami’ Bani Umayyah and other seats of learning in Damascus.His famous students include scholars like Abu’l-Fadhl Ahmad ibn Nasr ibn Ahmad, the Mufti of Egypt (d. 844 AH), Dawud ibn Sulayman al-Mawsili May Allah be pleased with them (d. 844 AH). He was a leading scholar of the Hanbali school. His work al-Qawa’id al-Kubra fi al-Furu’ is clear evidence of his expertise in fiqh, demonstrating an extreme, even exhaustiveknowledge of the intricacies of detailed fiqh issues. He was known for piety and righteousness. His sermons were considered most effective, full of blessing and beneficial. People of all schools were unanimous as to his quality, and hearts of the people were full of love for him. He was not involved in any worldly business, nor did he visit people of material position. He wrote a detailed 20-Volume scholarly commentary on the Sunan at-Tirmidhi, a commentary on part of Sahih al-Bukhar, a Dhayl (supplement) to Tabaqat al-Hanabilah, al-Lata’if fi wasa’if al-ayyam, Bayan fadl ‘ilm as-Salaf ‘ala al-Khalaf.

Among his best known most referenced works is Jami’ al-‘Ulum wa al-Hikam, the commentary on al-Arba’un (the forty hadith) of Imam Nawawi. He added eight hadith to the original 42 and commented in detail on all of these fifty hadith. This commentary discusses all aspects of the hadith, the chain of narrations, the narrator and the text.

Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani May Allah be pleased with him said of him, ‘’He was a great expert in the sciences of hadith – the historical accounts of narrators, the chains of narrations, and meaning of the text.

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The Description of the Strangers - By Imam Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali

Glossy Paperback - 68 pages

English Translation by: Sayyad Arfan Shah (UK)

This is a translation of ''Kashf al-Kurbah fi Wasfi ‘ala Ahl al-Ghurabah'' which is a commentary on the hadith about the Strangers/Al-Ghurabah.

Who are they?

What are their signs?

This treatise describes a people known as the Strangers. They will emerge in a time of corruption but to many their appearance shall be unnoticed. They shall be steadfast in a time when being steadfast is seen as something peculiar or even alien.

This text will answer your questions why practicing Islam is something that many people cannot understand. Included is one of the most extensive biographies in the English language on Ibn Rajab as well as a short appendix piece.

This text is another in the growing number that has been translated by Arfan Shah (Sheikhy Notes)

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