The poem (al-Adab al-Shar’iyyah) was written by the Palestinian Hanbali scholar Ibn ‘Abdi-l Qawi (r) [d. 699 AH]. This is not the book by Ibn Muflih (r) which also has the same title. He was a student of Shams al-Din al-Maqdisi (r). From his own students who studied the Arabic language under him was Shaykhu-l […]
Umdat al-Ahkam ‘Umdat al-Ahkam by Imam Hafidh Abdul Ghani al-Maqdisi al-Hanbali (r) is one of the great books of ‘Ahadith al-Ahkam’. It contains just under 500 Prophetic narrations all of them in either al-Bukhari or Muslim, and most narrations are Agreed Upon (ie. Both in al-Bukhari and Muslim). The author went according to the chapters […]
Hidayah al-Raghib Li Sharh ‘Umdah al-Talib by al-Imam al-‘Allamah al-Muhaqqiq, ‘Uthman b. Ahmad al-Najdi [Ibn Qa-id] (d. 1097 AH) Who is Ibn Qa-id al-(r)? He is the erudite Hanbali jurist, the Imam, the ‘Allamah, the author of many precious works. He is the author of the unequalled Hashiyah (marginalia) of Muntaha-l Iradat; a work which […]
Author: Abu-l Qasim al-Khiraqi ‘Umar b. al-Husain al-Baghdadi al-Dimashqi (d. 334 AH) His name “al-Khiraqi”: They would sell clothes and rags (Khiraq), thus, the name. No one else from the scholars of the Hanabaliah have this ascription besides him and his father (d. 299 AH) who was famously known as “The Successor of al-Marrudhi” as […]
More commonly known as “al-‘Iqna”. Author: Sharaf al-Din Abu-n Naja Musa b. Ahmad al-Hajjawi al-Maqdisi al-Dimashqi al-Salihi (d. 968 AH) al-Buhuti said in the introduction of his commentary on the book: “No one came after him who was like him nor was there anyone after him was able to walk in his footsteps.” Ibn al-‘Imad […]
One of the most suitable book for beginners in our Madhhab: This is the shortest Fiqh manual in the Hanbali Madhhab that we know of to date. This is (Furu’ al-Fiqh) by Ibn ‘Abdi-l Hadi [d. 909 AH], also known as Ibnu-l Mibrad (r). The book is around 60 pages and laid out very well. […]
(More commonly known as “al-Muntaha”) Author: Taqiy al-Din Muhammad b. Ahmad b. ‘Abdil ‘Aziz al-Futuhi al-Misri (famously known as Ibn al-Najjar) (d. 972 AH) “Al-Futuhi” is taken from “Bab al-Futuh (Conquest Gate)” located in Old Cairo. Al-Futuhi authored the al-Muntaha after he had traveled to Syria. He returned to Egypt after he had thoroughly revised […]
Author: al-‘Allamah Mansur al-Buhuti (r) Description of the book and the authors style of explanation: This book has been written on the Fiqh of the Madhhab of al-Imam Ahmad (r) and it is a commentary on the primer in Fiqh called Zadu-l Mustaqni’ by al-‘Allamah al-Hajjawi (r). Al-Hajjawi (r) abridged it from al-Muwaffaq Ibn Qudama’s […]
If a person isn’t fasting due to a legitimate reason but this reason is not apparent, like menstruation or one travelling but it isn’t obvious that s/he is a traveler or a person who is ill but it isn’t apparent, then these individuals should be prevented or rebuked, in the words of Abu Ya’la, from […]
Hamza b. ‘Amr al-Aslami (r) said: “Oh Messenger of Allah, I find myself strong enough to fast when travelling; am I blameworthy?” The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) replied: “It is a concession from Allah; if one takes it (the concession) then that is good, and if he fasts then there is no […]