Fiqh al-Imam - Key Proofs in Hanafi Fiqh
On Taqlid and the Hanafi Interpretation of the prophetic Statement
"Pray as you have observed me in prayer" (Sahih al-Bukhari)
by Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf
Paperback 236 Pages
Published by White Thread Press In recent decades many attacks have been launched against the concept of taqlid [following a school of Islamic law]. Opposition has ranged from being mild with degrees of acceptance to malicious attacks. Certain extreme elements have gone so far as to brand those who follow a madhhab [school] as mushrik [polytheist]. Much of the opposition has been a result of misunderstanding the realities of this concept.
The first part of this book seeks to clarify certain aspects of taqlid that have been misunderstood and gravely distorted. It sheds light on the necessity of taqlid, its history, and its role in todays world. The second part includes several chapters devoted to issues regarding salat [ritual prayer] according to the Hanafi school of law. Through illustrative examples and detailed discussions, the chapters on prayer sufficiently demonstrate the sophisticated legal philosophy employed by the Hanafi school (indeed all the madhhabs) in their derivation of legal rulings from the source texts of Islam.
All rulings have been supported with evidentiary proofs from the Quran and Hadith. The author delivers an even-handed presentation of arguments throughout the book. He intends neither to offend nor to perpetuate polemic disputes, but rather to state the facts in a lucid and rational style, with a view to appeal to the reader's sense of reason.
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Table of Contents : http://www.whitethreadpress.com/fiqh_contents.pdf About Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf
Mufti Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera, has been studying the traditional Islamic sciences and writing scholarly works for most of his life. He completed the bulk of his studies at Darul Uloom in England. South Africa (where he attended Madrasah Zakariyyah part-time to gain specialized training in answering legal questions [ifta] under Mufti Rada al-Haq, he also completed a B.A. with honors in Islamic studies at Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, under Professor Abdur-Rahman Doi, Ph.D.)
He then traveled to Syria, where he received a second certification in Quranic recitation and memorization, this time from Shaykh Abd al-Razzaq al-Halabi, who possessed a short, unbroken chain of transmission [sanad] to the Messenger of Allah in this subject. He also received a certification from Shaykh Adib Kallas after reading Mulla Ali al-Qaris Sharh al-Fiqh al-Akbar and attending lectures on other classical texts of Islamic creed [aqida].
He spent the following year in Saharanpur, India, where he received formal authorization to issue legal rulings [fatawa], which required a close study of part or all of a number of classical jurisprudential texts, including, among others, Ibn Nujayms Al-Ashbah wa l-nazair and Allama Haskafis Al-Durr al-mukhtar (along with its commentary, Radd al-muhtar, by Allama Ibn Abidin al-Shami). During this time, Mufti Abdur-Rahman also attended classes on the principles of hadith [usul al-hadith], studying Allama Lakhnawis Al-Raf wa l-takmil fi l-jarh wa l-tadil and parts of Imam Suyutis Tadrib al-rawi.
He presently serves as Imam of a southern California masjid and continues to work on scholarly publications through White Thread Press. Some of his fatawa can be found at www.whitethreadpress.com/qa.htm and www.sunnipath.com and some of his lectures at www.zamzamacademy.com and www.al-rashad.com.
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