{"title":"Fiqh \u0026 Islamic Law","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-mainstay-concerning-jurisprudence-a-handbook-of-hanbali-fiqh-al-umda-fi-lfiqh","title":"The Mainstay Concerning Jurisprudence (Al 'Umda fi 'l Fiqh: A Handbook of Hanbali Fiqh)","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis Book is Concerning the Jurisprudence (Fiqh) of Imam of the Sunna, Ahmad ibn Hanbal ash-Shaibani (may Allah be well pleased with him) by Shaikh al-Islam Imam al-Muwaffaq ibn Qudama (A.H. 541-620) was one of the luminaries of his day and age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Esteem Scholar has made this book concise as possible and confined to a single doctrine so that it may be a Mainstay (Umda) for its reader. The Correct Handbali view is thus clear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIt is condensed so convenient for the scholars and easy for the students.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIt Covers the Five Pillars, Transactions, Marriage, Foodstuff, Crimes, Jihad, Judgeship (Kitab al Qada), Testimonies and much more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eShaikh al-Islam Imam al-Muwaffaq ibn Qudama (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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eStudying at first under the tutelage of his father, Shaikh Abu 'l-'Abbas 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-Qadir al-Jilani. 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eShaikh 'Abd al-Qadir completed his earthly life shortly after that, so al-Muwaffaq turned to the Shaikh of the Hanbalis and the leading jurist of 'Iraq, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMuhtar Holland was born in 1935, in the ancient city of Durham in the North East of England. This statement may be considered anachronistic, however, since he did not bear the name Muhtar until 1969, when he was moved-by powerful experiences in the latihan kejiwaan of Subud-to embrace the religion of Islam. His freelance activities have mostly been devoted to writing and translating in various parts of the world, including Scotland and California. He made his Pilgrimage [Hajj] to Mecca in 1980.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Al-Baz Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673479594292,"sku":"AB014","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Mainstay-Concerning-Jurisprudence-_Al-_Umda-fi-_l-Fiqh_-A-Handbook-of-Hanbali-Fiqh_-Al-Baz-Publishing-40065268.jpg?v=1780405962"},{"product_id":"birgivi-s-manual-interpretted-complete-fiqh-of-menstruation-related-issues","title":"Birgivi's Manual Interpreted: Complete Fiqh of Menstruation \u0026 Related Issues","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBirgivi's Manual Interpreted is the explanative translation of a major Islamic legal work on menstruation, lochia, and related issues. Answering hundreds of questions needed by the Muslim woman practicing her din, this book provides accurate information and practical arrangement of charts and texts making it an important reference for every Muslim family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe primary text, Dhukhr al-Muta'ahhilin [Treasure for Those with Families] by Imam Muhammad al-Birgivi (d. 981\/1573) is the most authoritative work on menstruation in the Hanafi school, which the majority of Muslims follow. The work has been commentated upon by a number of traditional scholars, the best of whom is Imam Ibn 'Abidin, the central scholar of the late Hanafi school.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe text and its commentaries have been studied by Hedaya Hartford and Ashraf Muneeb under various \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_39 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"39\" id=\"39\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003esheikhs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e from Syria and Turkey, among them Sheikh Muhammad Amin Siraj of Turkey, a traditional Hanafi scholar who has an unbroken chain to Imam al-Birgivi himself. Sheikh Siraj gave Hartford and Muneeb his authorization to teach this volume in a written ijaza that attests, in his words, to their \"full comprehension and meticulous understanding\" of the work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBorn Muhammad ibn Pir Ali, in \u003ca data-mce-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balikesir\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Balikesir\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eBalikesir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca data-mce-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkey\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Turkey\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eTurkey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, in 1522, Muhammad was sent to \u003ca data-mce-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Istanbul\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Istanbul\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eIstanbul\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e to study \u003ca data-mce-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theology\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Theology\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003etheology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e as a young man. Later, he studied law under the Chief Military Judge of the Ottoman Empire. He became a \u003ca data-mce-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dervish\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Dervish\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003edervish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and attached himself to a \u003ca data-mce-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sufi\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Sufi\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eSufi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e master of the order of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_29 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"29\" id=\"29\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBayramiyyah\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAfter working as a judge for a short period, Birgivi became an \u003ca data-mce-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ascetic\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Ascetic\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eascetic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e; resigning from his government post and returning his salary. However, his master instructed him to become a teacher of religion and morals (and to write) instead. Through the gift of a \u003ca data-mce-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patron\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Patron\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003epatron\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, a school was built in the city of Birgiv and Muhammad ran it. Now known as Imam Birgivi, his fame quickly spread as a result of his school and the twenty-seven books he published.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBirgivi and his disciples were vocal critics of corruption within the Empire and without, particularly decrying the twisting of Islamic teachings for the benefit of the rich. At one point Birgivi traveled to the capital of the Empire and personally took the Prime Minister to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_32 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep\" data-gr-id=\"32\" id=\"32\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003etask\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e. This reprimand was taken well by the Minister, who consulted him on how to cure the degeneration of the Islamic virtues.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam Birgivi lived in the small town of Birgiv until his death from the plague at the age of fifty-one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eUstadha Hedaya Hartford is known for her Sharia expertise on women’s issues regarding the fiqh of menstruation, lochia, marriage, divorce, and modern social issues. Born and raised in California, she holds a Bachelors of Arts in Arabic and Islamic History \u0026amp; Culture from the University of California, Berkeley. She converted to Islam in 1981.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amana Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673481363764,"sku":"AMP001","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Birgivi_s-Manual-Interpreted_-Complete-Fiqh-of-Menstruation-_-Related-Issues-Amana-Publications-40071178.jpg?v=1780385886"},{"product_id":"al-maqasid-imam-nawawi-s-manual-of-islam","title":"Al-Maqasid: Imam Nawawi's Manual of Islam - Revised and Expanded Edition","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eLong sold out in North America, al-Maqasid: Nawawi’s Manual of Islam is widely considered the best medium-size handbook available in English for teaching the basics of Islam from a traditional perspective.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis new edition has been revised and updated with a full complement of notes on a number of contemporary Muslim issues, and three major essays have been appended.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe prayers and invocations given in the text have been fully transliterated and their Arabic texts printed in the back. With its almost one hundred new pages, this second edition includes an extensive subject index that lets readers easily locate the answers they are looking for about Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbu Zakaria Mohiuddin Yahya Ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1233–1277), popularly known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eal-Nawawi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ean-Nawawi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImam Nawawi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (631–676 A.H. \/ 1234–1277 CE), was a Sunni Muslim author on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFiqh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHadith.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e His position on legal matters is considered the authoritative one in the Shafi'i Madhab. 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He died at Nawa at a relatively young age, having never married.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eNuh Ha Mim Keller is an American convert to Islam. He is a translator of Islamic books and a specialist in Islamic law, as well as being authorized by Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri as a sheikh in Sufism in the Shadhili Order.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amana Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673481625908,"sku":"AMP002","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Maqasid_-Imam-Nawawi_s-Manual-of-Islam-Revised-and-Expanded-Edition-Amana-Publications-40072280.jpg?v=1780390640"},{"product_id":"port-in-a-storm-a-fiqh-solution-to-the-qibla-of-north-america","title":"Port In A Storm: A Fiqh Solution To The Qibla Of North America","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe qibla is the noblest of directions. 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Combining traditional Islamic law, a clear exposition of the complex geographical issues, and the author's own meetings and correspondence with twenty-three contemporary scholars from seven Muslim lands, the book is a journey of discovery not only for Western \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_30 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" data-gr-id=\"30\" id=\"30\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMuslims,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e but everyone interested in Sacred Law in a modern world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePort In A Storm is an essential component of any collection of modern scholarly texts on Islamic legal issues. The book addresses issues such as the direction of prayer for Muslims in North America, the grounds for consensus building in the Muslim community with regards to legal rulings and the relationship between Islamic law and technological advancement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis book was a finalist in the prestigious British Book Design and Production Awards 2002 and has received wide critical acclaim.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eNuh Ha Mim Keller is an American convert to Islam. He is a translator of Islamic books and a specialist in Islamic law, as well as being \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_25 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"25\" id=\"25\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eauthorized\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e by Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri as a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_26 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"26\" id=\"26\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003esheikh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_28 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"28\" id=\"28\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003esufism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e in the Shadhili Order.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe studied philosophy and Arabic at the University of Chicago, located in Chicago, Illinois, and the University of California, Los Angeles, located in Los Angeles, California. 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This translation has led to this work becoming influential among Western Muslims.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amana Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673482117428,"sku":"AMP004","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Port-In-A-Storm_-A-Fiqh-Solution-To-The-Qibla-Of-North-America-Amana-Publications-40073053.jpg?v=1780395137"},{"product_id":"reliance-of-the-traveler-a-classic-manual-of-islamic-sacred-law","title":"Reliance of the Traveler : A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe new edition of the in-depth manual of Islamic law based on the Shafi'i school of thought, with a detailed index and commentary on specific rulings. 1,200 pages in an exceptional binding with Arabic and facing English text in two column format with occasional diagrams. 'Umdat al-Salik wa 'Uddat al-Nasik (Reliance of the Traveler and tools of the Worshiper) is a classic manual of fiqh. It represents the fiqh rulings according to the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe appendices form an integral part of the book and present original texts and translations from classic works by prominent scholars such as al-Ghazali, Ibn Qudamah, al-Nawawi, al-Qurturbi, al-Dhahabi, Ibn Hajar and other, on topics of Islamic law, faith, spirituality, Qur'anic exegesis and Hadith sciences. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIt has also biographical notes about every person mentioned (391 biographies), bibliography of each work cited (136 works), and a detailed subject index (95 pages). 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The sections and paragraphs have been numbered to facilitate cross-reference.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e​\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eNuh Ha Mim Keller is an American convert to Islam. He is a translator of Islamic books and a specialist in Islamic law, as well as being authorized by Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri as a sheikh in sufism in the Shadhili Order.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amana Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673485656372,"sku":"AMP013","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Reliance.png?v=1780397635"},{"product_id":"the-islamic-will","title":"The Islamic Will: A Practical Guide","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIf you want your wealth to be distributed in accordance with the Shari'a of Islam after your death, it is essential for you to leave a will which is valid under English law and which express that wish. Malik relate to me from Nafi' from 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar that the \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/113-prophet-muhammad-pbuh\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eMessenger of Allah\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: \"It is the duty of a Muslim who has anything to bequeath not to let two nights pass without writing a will about it.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Authors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAisha Abdurrahman Bewley\u003c\/strong\u003e, born 1948 in the United States. She holds a BA in French and MA in Near Eastern Languages from the University of California, Berkeley. She spent a year with a fellowship at the American University in Cairo and at the same time attended a seminar on Sufism and Islamic \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/104-philosophy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003ephilosophy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eat Dar al-’Ulum. She is a student of Shaykh Abdalqadir al-Murabit, and also studied Ibn ‘Arabi with the late Sidi Fudul al-Hurawi in Fes, Morocco.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAisha Bewley converted to Islam in 1968. She is the author and translator of many published and unpublished works, some available on her website. 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He is the author of several books, including The Difficult Journey and The Way Back (1994); The Next World Order (1994); the revised editions of Jesus, Prophet of Islam and Blood on the Cross (in two volumes, For Christ's Sake and Islam in Andalus) with Muhammad Ata Ur-Rahim (1996); the revised edition of Dajjal: the AntiChrist (1997); Making History (1997); The Last Prophet (2000) and Golden Days on the Open Road (2005) and is co-author of The Islamic Will with Hajj Abdalhaqq and Aisha Bewley (1995). He has been described by some in the press as having acted as an informal advisor to 10 Downing Street on matters related to Muslims,although he has never set foot inside No. 10 or met any Prime Minister except Kenneth Kaunda, in Zambia, in 1965.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe made both written and oral representations to the House of Lords Select Committee on Religious Offences in 2002, arguing that different religious groups including Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs should have equal rights and equal protection under English law. He has given regular talks about Islam throughout the United Kingdom, including the annual Gateway to Divine Mercy event. He has been a regular contributor to the annual interfaith conferences held at the Regents Park Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre and also contributed to the College of Law LNTV Programme 1378 which is concerned with Islamic Family Law and its interaction with English Family Law.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dar Al Taqwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673579962676,"sku":"DT019","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Islamic-Will_-A-Practical-Guide-Dar-Al-Taqwa-40099541.jpg?v=1780405269"},{"product_id":"the-water-of-zam-zam","title":"The Water of Zamzam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"\u003eThe wonderful Well of Zamzam in the Holy Sanctuary of \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_33 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"33\" data-gr-id=\"33\"\u003eMakka,\u003c\/g\u003e and the water which springs from it are dear to the heart of every Muslim believer. 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The author also reveals details of the importance of Zamzam water to the Prophet himself (Allah's peace and blessings upon him) and the early Muslims and describes the amazing and proven properties of blessing and healing which Allah has bestowed on this water.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"\u003eReading this book should make the drinking of Zamzam water an even sweeter and more enriching experience!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dar Al Taqwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673591791924,"sku":"DT022","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Water-of-Zamzam-Dar-Al-Taqwa-40101486.jpg?v=1780409654"},{"product_id":"the-mercy-in-the-difference-of-the-four-schools","title":"The Mercy in the Difference of the Four Sunni Schools of Islamic Law","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis book is the first translation into English of a well known and widely used, six hundred year old classical Arabic text, its author, Qadi Safadi of Damascus, designed it for his contemporaries as a reference book to acquaint the followers of the four \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/15-fiqh-jurisprudence\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eschools of fiqh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e with the ruling of the other schools, so that needless antagonism and misunderstandings did not spring up out of ignorance and prejudice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe need for such a book is even more pressing in the present circumstances, and this excellent and succint book which covers the whole spectrum of the Deen is a timely and much needed addition to the Islamic source material available in the English language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAisha Abdurrahman Bewley, born 1948 in the United States. 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She is married to Hajj Abdalhaqq Bewley with whom she often translates and mother of three children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dar Al Taqwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673627017524,"sku":"DT037","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Mercy-in-the-Difference-of-the-Four-Sunni-Schools-of-Islamic-Law-Dar-Al-Taqwa-40106483.jpg?v=1780406268"},{"product_id":"caesarean-moon-births","title":"Caesarean Moon Births: Calculations, Moon Sighting and The Prophetic Way","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePrior to the advent of electricity, every night held the possibility of a celestial light show. 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In addition, he serves as vice-president for the Global Centre for Guidance and Renewal, which was founded and is currently presided over by Abdallah bin Bayyah.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe is one of the signatories of A Common Word Between Us and You, an open letter by Islamic scholars to Christian leaders, calling for peace and understanding. \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e newspaper in the United Kingdom reported that \"Hamza Yusuf is arguably the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e most influential Islamic scholar. \"Similarly, The New Yorker magazine reported that Yusuf is \"perhaps the most influential Islamic scholar in the Western world\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673720275252,"sku":"SD053","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Caesarean-Moon-Births_-Calculations_-Moon-Sighting-and-The-Prophetic-Way-Fons-Vitae-40118599.jpg?v=1780380965"},{"product_id":"al-shafiis-risala","title":"Al-Shafi’i’s Risala: Treatise on the Foundations of Islamic Jurisprudence","description":"\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003eWritten in the second Islamic century by Al-Imam al-Shafi’i (d. 204AH\/820AD), the founder of one of the four Sunni schools of law, this important work gives the fundamental principles of Islamic jurisprudence and its influence continues to the present day. During the early years of the spread of Islam, the exponents of Islamic legal doctrine were faced with the problems raised by ruling and administering a diverse and rapidly growing empire. In Medina and Kufa, as well as other cities of early Muslim rule, schools of law had to be developed, but it took the genius of Muhammad b. Idris al-Shafi’i, born in the year 150AH\/767AD, to establish the principles by which the various legal doctrines could be synthesized into a coherent system. In the\u003cem\u003eRisala\u003c\/em\u003e, which laid down the basis for such a synthesis, al-Shafi’i established the overriding authority, next only to the Qur’an, of the Sunna (example) of the Prophet Muhammad as transmitted in the traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003eProfessor Majid Khadduri has done an admirable service in making this valuable work available in English, His excellent translation uses not only the original manuscripts of Ibn Jama’a and al-Rabi, found at Dar al-Kutub, the National Library in Cairo, but also authoritative editions published earlier in this century, namely the Bulaq and Shakir editions. In his introduction, Professor Khadduri outlines the historical background of the\u003cem\u003eRisala\u003c\/em\u003eand gives a biography of al-Imam al-Shafi’i as well as annotated, detailed summaries of the composition, structure, substance, and argument of the text. He also includes a list of transmitters of traditions, a glossary of the most important Islamic legal terms and a select bibliography. For this new edition, the index has been expanded and small corrigenda added.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘One of the leading texts on Islamic Fiqh. A must for the bookshelf of all conscientious Muslims.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003eDr. Darsh (Q News)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"booktitle\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14.5px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; line-height: 20px;\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 1px; width: 519px; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\" height=\"25\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e1.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\" height=\"25\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eThe Historical Background of the \u003cem\u003eRisala\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\" height=\"25\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\" height=\"25\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eThe Composition and Structure of the \u003cem\u003eRisala\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\" height=\"25\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e3.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\" height=\"25\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eSubstance and Argument of the \u003cem\u003eRisala\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\" height=\"25\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e4.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\" height=\"25\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eSignificance of the\u003cem\u003eRisala\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\" height=\"25\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e5.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\" height=\"25\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eThe Text of the \u003cem\u003eRisala\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\" height=\"25\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e6.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\" height=\"25\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eTranslation of Shafi’i’s\u003cem\u003eRisala\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\" height=\"25\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e7.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\" height=\"25\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eTransmitters of Traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Author:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbu \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eʿ\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbdillah Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi‘i\u003c\/strong\u003e was a Muslim jurist, who lived from (767 — 820 CE \/ 150 — 204 AH). Often referred to as 'Shaykh al-Islam' he was one of the four great Imams of which a legacy on juridical matters and teaching eventually led to the Shafi'i school of \u003cem\u003eFiqh\u003c\/em\u003e (or Madhhab) named after him. Hence he is often called Imam al-Shafi‘i.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAl-Shafi’i developed the science of Fiqh unifying 'revealed sources' - the Quran and Hadith - with human reasoning to provide a basis in law. With this systematization of he provided a legacy of unity for all Muslims and forestalled the development of independent, regionally based legal systems. The four Sunni legal’s schools or Madhhab- keep their traditions within the framework that Shafi'i established.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAl-Shafi’i gives his name to one of these legal schools of Fiqh - the Shafi'i school - which is followed in many different places in the Islamic world: Indonesia, Malaysia, Egypt, Somalia, Yemen as well as Sri Lanka and southern parts of India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaladin built a madrassa and a shrine on the site of his tomb. Saladin's brother Afdal built a mausoleum for him in 1211 after the defeat of the Fatimids. It remains a site where people petition for justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Translator:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMajid Khadduri\u003c\/strong\u003e (September 27, 1909 – January 25, 2007) was an Iraqi–born academic. He was the founder of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Middle East Studies program. Internationally, he was recognized as a leading authority on a wide variety of Islamic subjects, modern history and the politics of the Middle East. He was the author of more than 35 books in English and Arabic and hundreds of articles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBook Extract\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"booktitle\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14.5px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; line-height: 20px;\"\u003eOn Legal Knowledge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"\u003e29. Someone asked me: What is [legal] knowledge and how much should men know of it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"\u003e30. Shafi’i replied: Legal knowledge is of two kinds: one is for the general public, and no sober and mature person should be ignorant of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"\u003e31. : For example?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"\u003e32. [Shafi’i] replied: For example, that the daily prayers are five, that men owe it to God to fast the month of Ramadan, to make the pilgrimage to the [Sacred] House whenever they are able, and to [pay] the legal alms in their estate; that He [God] has prohibited usury, adultery, homicide, theft, [the drinking of] wine, and [everything] of that sort which He has obligated men to comprehend, to perform, to pay in their property, and to abstain from [because] He has forbidden it to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis kind of knowledge may be found textually in the Book of God or may be found generally among the people of Islam. The public relates it the preceding public and ascribes it to the Apostle of God, nobody ever questioning its ascription or its binding force upon them. It is the kind of knowledge which admits of error neither in its narrative nor in its interpretation; it is not permissible to question it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"\u003e33. He asked: What is the second kind?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"\u003e34. Shafi’i replied: It consists of the detailed duties and rules obligatory on men, concerning which there exists neither a text in the Book of God nor regarding most of them, a . Whenever a exists [in this case], it is of the kind related by few authorities, not by the public, and is subject to different interpretations arrived at by analogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"\u003e35. He asked: Is [legal knowledge on this kind as obligatory as the other, or is it not obligatory so that he who acquires such knowledge performs a supererogatory act, and he who neglects it falls not into error? Or, is there a third kind, derived from a narrative () or analogy?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"\u003e36. [Shafi’i] replied: There is a third kind [of knowledge].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"\u003e37. He asked: Will you explain it, give its source, and state what [portion] of it is obligatory, and on whom it is binding and on whom it is not binding?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"\u003e38. [Shafi’i] replied: The public is incapable of knowing this kind of knowledge, nor can all specialists obtain it. But those who do obtain it should not all neglect it. If some can obtain it, the others are relieved of the duty [of obtaining it]; but those who do obtain it will be rewarded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bookformat2\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 10px; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .2em; text-align: left;\"\u003eON THE OBLIGATION OF MAN TO ACCEPT\u003cbr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"\u003eTHE AUTHORITY OF THE PROPHET\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Declaration Concerning the Duty Imposed by God, as Laid Down in His Book, [Ordering Men] To Follow the Prophet’s Sunna\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"\u003e86. Shafi’i said: God has placed His Apostle—[in relation to] His religion, His commands His Book—in the position made clear by Him as a distinguishing standard of His religion by imposing the duty of obedience to Him as well as prohibiting disobedience to Him. He has made His merits evident by associating belief in His Apostle with the belief in Him. For God, Blessed and Most High, said:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eSo believe in God and His Apostles, and do not say: “Three.” Refrain; [it will be] better for you. God is only one God. Glory be to Him. His having a son is something alien to him [Q. IV, 169].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eAnd He said:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eThe believers are only those who have believed in God and His Apostle, and who when they are with him on some common affair do not go away until they ask his permission [Q. XXIV, 62].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eThus [God] prescribed that the perfect beginning of the faith, to which all other things are subordinate, shall be the belief in Him and then in His Apostle. For if a person believes only in Him, not in His Apostle, the name of the perfect faith will never apply to him until he believes in His Apostle together with Him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eSo the Apostle laid down the [of reciting the Prophet’s name together with that of God] for testing the faith of every man [as the following tradition indicates]:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"\u003eMalik b. Anas told us from Hilal b. Usama from Ata’ b. Yasar from Umar b. al-, who said:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eI went to the Apostle of God with a slave-girl and I asked him: ‘I have taken an oath [to free a slave]; may I free her?’ ‘Where is God?’ the Apostle asked her. ‘In heaven,’ she answered. ‘And who am I?’ asked he. ‘You are the Apostle of God,’ she answered. ‘You may free her,’ [the Prophet] said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e[The transmitter’s name, Umar b. al-Hakam — Shafi’i says—should read Mu’awiya b. al-Hakam, for Malik, I believe, has not correctly reported the name, as others did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"\u003e87. Shafi’i said: God has imposed the duty on men to obey His divine communications as well as the of His Apostle. For He said in His Book:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eO our Lord, raise up amongst them an Apostle, one of selves, to recite to them Thy signs and to teach them the Book and Wisdom and to purify them. Verily Thou art All-mighty, All-wise [Q. II, 123].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eAnd He, glorious be His praise, said:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eAnd also we have sent among you an Apostle, one of yourselves, to recite to you our signs, and purify you, to teach you the Book and the Wisdom, and to teach you what you did not know [Q. II, 146].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eAnd He said:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eGod bestowed a favor upon the believers when He raised up amongst them an Apostle, one of themselves, to recite His signs to them, to purify them and to teach them the Book, although they had formerly been in manifest error [Q. III, 158].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eAnd He, glorious be His praise, said:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eIt is He who has raised up an Apostle among the untutored people, one of their number to recite to them His signs, to purify them, and to teach them the Book and the Wisdom, though formerly they had been in manifest error [Q. LXII, 2].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eAnd He said:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eBut remember the goodness which God has shown you and how much of the Book and the Wisdom He has sent down to you to admonish you thereby [Q. II, 231].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eAnd He said:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eGod has sent down to thee the Book and the Wisdom, and has taught thee what thou did not know before; the bounty of God towards thee is ever great [Q. IV, 113].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eAnd He said:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003eAnd call to mind the signs of God and the Wisdom which are recited in your houses; verily God is gentle, well-informed [Q. XXXIII, 34].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Section1\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"\u003eSo God mentioned His Book—which is the Qur’an—and Wisdom, and I have heard that those who are learned in the Quran—whom I approve—hold that Wisdom is the of the Apostle of God. This is like what [God Himself] said, \"but God knows best!\" For the Quran is mentioned [first], followed by Wisdom; [then] God mentioned His favor to mankind by teaching them the Qur’an and Wisdom. So it is not permissible for Wisdom to be called here [anything] save the of the Apostle of God. For [Wisdom] is closely linked to the Book of God, and God has imposed the duty of obedience to His Apostle, and imposed on men the obligation to obey his orders. So it is not permissible to regard anything as a duty save that set forth in the Quran and the of His Apostle. For [God], as we have [just] stated, prescribed that the belief in His Apostle shall be associated with the belief in Him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe of the Apostle makes evident what God meant [in the text of His Book], indicating His general and particular [commands]. He associated the Wisdom [embodied] in the with his Book but made it subordinate [to the Book]. 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Dealing with the forms of worship (\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_93 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"93\" data-gr-id=\"93\"\u003eibadat\u003c\/g\u003e), this work offers an in-depth discussion of ritual purity (\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_94 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"94\" data-gr-id=\"94\"\u003etaharah\u003c\/g\u003e), ritual prayers (salat), including funeral prayers and the practice of visiting the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad, fasting (\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_95 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"95\" data-gr-id=\"95\"\u003esiyam\u003c\/g\u003e), spiritual retreats (i ‘\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_96 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"96\" data-gr-id=\"96\"\u003etikaf\u003c\/g\u003e), charity (zakat), the pilgrimage to Mecca (both al-hajj and al ‘umrah), and the offering of animal sacrifices. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnlike previous works on Islamic law, which offer a medieval perspective, Islamic Jurisprudence According to the Four Sunni Schools is unique in providing the four legal views of \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_65 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"65\" data-gr-id=\"65\"\u003eibadat\u003c\/g\u003e or acts of worship, according to the interpretations of more recent traditionalists trained at al-Azhar University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a valuable and detailed reference work for those interested in Islam, Islamic law or comparative law and contains a glossary of Islamic terminology. This is a must for academic libraries as well as for individuals who want to learn more about the performance of religious duties. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo date, this is the only book on the market which brings together the teachings of all four Sunni schools of jurisprudence on a single topic. As such, it provides a unique service by enabling students of Islam, both Muslim and non-Muslim alike, to compare the teachings of the various schools without having to go in search of the relevant source material for each school.  It demonstrates the breadth and mercy of interpretation of each law and provides the Muslim practitioner with various ways in which he or she may fulfill the tenets of the faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is one of the clearest and most precise books of contemporary Islamic jurisprudence. It teaches all of the aspects and categories of Islamic jurisprudence according to the four Sunni schools that are followed by the majority of Muslims: The Hanafi, the Maliki, the Shafi'i and the Hanbali.\"   \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e- Dr. Shaykh Ali Jum'\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_89 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"89\" data-gr-id=\"89\"\u003ea,\u003c\/g\u003e Grand Mufti of Egypt\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePrev. Professor of Islamic Jurisprudence, University of Al Azhar, Cairo, Director of the Azhar Mosque and Imaam at the Sultan Hasan Mosque, Advisor to the Minister of Islamic Endowments, Cairo\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbd al-Rahman Ibn Muhammad Awad al-Jaziri\u003c\/strong\u003e was born on the Egyptian island of Shandawīl in 1882 (1299 AH) and was educated at al-Azhar from 1896-1909; he later became a teacher at al-Azhar. In 1912, al- Jaziri was appointed \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_83 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"83\" data-gr-id=\"83\"\u003einspector\u003c\/g\u003e for the Ministry of Religious Endowment's Department of Mosques, after which he was promoted to the Ministry's chief inspector. He was subsequently appointed as a professor in al-Azhar's College of the Principles of Religion, and before his death in Ĥulwān in 1941 (1360 AH), al- Jaziri became a member of \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_71 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"71\" data-gr-id=\"71\"\u003eal-Azhar's\u003c\/g\u003e Committee of Senior Scholars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAl- Jaziri writings include:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e- Al-Fiqh cAlā al-Madhāhib al-Arbacah (\"Islamic Jurisprudence According to the Four Sunni Schools\") in four volumes (Volume I was composed jointly by al- Jaziri and a committee of scholars, while the remaining volumes were composed by al- Jaziri alone)\u003cbr\u003e- Tawđīĥ al-Aqā'id (\"Clarification of Doctrines\") on the science of monotheism\u003cbr\u003e- Al-Akhlāq al-Dīniyah \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_90 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"90\" data-gr-id=\"90\"\u003ewal\u003c\/g\u003e-Ĥikam al-\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_91 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"91\" data-gr-id=\"91\"\u003eSharciyah\u003c\/g\u003e (\"Religious Ethics and the Manifestations of Wisdom in the Islamic Law\")\u003cbr\u003e- Adillat al-Yaqīn (\"Proofs of Certainty\") in response to certain Christian evangelists; and Dīwān Khuţab (\"Collected Sermons\")\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNancy N. Roberts\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning translator of Arabic literature. She won the Arkansas Arabic Translation Award for her translation of Ghada Samman's \u003cem\u003eBeirut '75\u003c\/em\u003e. She also received a commendation from the judges of the 2008 Banipal Prize for her translation of Salwa Bakr's \u003cem\u003eThe Man from Bashmour\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRoberts has also translated works on Islamic history, \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_80 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"80\" data-gr-id=\"80\"\u003ejurisprudence\u003c\/g\u003e and Sufism. These include:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eIslamic Jurisprudence According to the Four Sunni Schools, Volume I: Modes of Islamic Worship\u003c\/em\u003e by Abd al-Rahman al-Jaziri\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Jurisprudence of the Prophetic Biography\u003c\/em\u003e, a translation of Fiqh al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah by Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Buti\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eApostasy in Islam\u003c\/em\u003e by Taha Jabir Alalwani\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslator's Preface:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiven the specialized nature of the material contained in the present work, I encountered inevitable translation-related difficulties at times, but as Providence would have it, I was given an invaluable consultant in my husband Amin Odeh, who holds a Ph.D. in Arabic Language and Literature and who took an active interest in the work I was undertaking. He purchased me a veritable library of reference materials, including a variety of dictionaries dealing with terms relating to jurisprudence and the like, as well as placing at my disposal his already-existing collection of references. When I came to passages whose meaning was less than apparent, we would sit down with my questions and he would suggest possible ways of interpreting them. When even then the text remained elusive, he would help me obtain further assistance by presenting our questions to a colleague of his at AL al-Bayt University in Mafraq, Jordan with a specialty in Islamic law. In this connection, I would like to extend special thanks to Dr. Fathallah Akthem Tuffahah of the College of Fiqh and Law, AL al-Bayt University for giving so generously of his time toward a proper understanding of the points in question.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition, Amin went to the Jordanian University library and made photocopies of other editions of Al-Fiqh \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_73 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"73\" data-gr-id=\"73\"\u003ecAla\u003c\/g\u003e al-Madhahib al-Arbacah, and on more than one occasion, it turned out that ambiguities in the text were due to either typographical errors or omission of words or phrases, and which we found to be corrected in one or more of the other editions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen I encountered terms or phrases that I felt would require additional clarification for Western readers, I also included translator’s notes, either in the form of separate footnotes or, given the fact that 90 percent of the text is already in footnote form, simply between square brackets [ … ] followed by the abbreviation “t.n.” to identify them as my own interpolations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to the persons already mentioned, I would like to extend my special thanks to Aisha Governeur and Dr. Mary Ann Fadae for affirming their confidence in me by entrusting me with the task of rendering this demanding work into English; to my parents, A.Verne Roberts and Elisabeth Euwer Roberts for the freedom they so generously gave me to pursue what mattered most to me in life; to my siblings, Bob, Jim, Elisabeth and Margaret, for their love, support and encouragement over the years; and to my beautiful, vivacious, bright little girls, Batoul and Salaam, whose arrival in the world gave me the excuse I needed to withdraw sufficiently from other professional commitments to devote myself to the vocation I love most (namely, translation); and last, but not least, to other, unnamed, but precious traveling companions whose steady presence, affection and inspiration has replenished my energy and stamina on occasions too abundant to enumerate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - All \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_63 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del\" id=\"63\" data-gr-id=\"63\"\u003eQur'anic\u003c\/g\u003e quotations are taken from Muhammad Asad's, The Message of the Qur'an (Gibraltar: Dar al-Andalus, 1984).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  - Nancy Roberts Amman, Jordan December, 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673849250100,"sku":"FV052","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Islamic-Jurisprudence-According-to-the-Four-Sunni-Schools-Fons-Vitae-40136717.jpg?v=1780385698"},{"product_id":"responding-from-the-tradition-one-hundred-contemporary-fatwas-by-the-grand-mufti-of-egypt","title":"Responding from the Tradition (One Hundred Contemporary Fatwas by the Grand Mufti of Egypt)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Ali Gomaa has emerged as one of the most influential Muslim scholars in the world today.  This work provides a substantial representation of how he interprets Islam in the face of old and new challenges.  It will be an indispensable resource for any student of modern Islamic piety, theology and law.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e- John Esposito, University Professor, Georgetown University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The translators have offered an important service in Responding from the Tradition by introducing the contemporary insights of one of the world’s most eminent Muslim jurists to an English-speaking audience.  A distinguished scholar of Islamic law and spirituality, Sheikh ‘Ali Gomaa draws on his extensive traditional training, experience, and expertise to respond to wide-ranging questions about Islamic beliefs and practices in the modern world.\"\u003cbr\u003e Mona Hassan, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies \u0026amp; History, Department of Religion, Duke University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “During his years as Grand Mufti, Sheikh Ali has overseen the issuance of many important fatwas that strive to show Islam’s ongoing relevance to people of the 21st century. The corresponding methodology is characterized by profound respect for tradition that is balanced by the recognition of its shortcomings and illuminated by an understanding of the specific needs of the times in which we live.\u003cbr\u003e Both the official and the non-official positions that Sheikh Ali has held have helped to cultivate the unique vantage point from which he perceives and assesses the concerns of the Muslim community. The fatwas gathered in this collection are the result of his exceptional experience. Certain fatwas may seem more immediately relevant than others; however, all have been of contemporary concern to some part of the Muslim community, and all pertain to issues that have fractured the community at one point or another.\u003cbr\u003e Thus, the fatwas gathered here cover a vast range of topics while sharing a traditionally grounded methodology and an expansive and contemporary vision of the world. With this collection, the author intends to end debates and animosity among Muslims not by merely asserting one position’s legitimacy over another’s, but by showing that the richness of the Islamic tradition provides a framework within which Muslims may disagree on details while uniting on overarching values.”        \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e- From the Translators’ Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book is a collection of 100 fatwas (Islamic legal opinions) authored by the Grand Mufti of Egypt Sheikh Ali Gomaa with the express purpose of addressing issues that have been controversial amongst Muslims and have been the cause of discord.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Sheikh Gomaa has selected these questions from the many thousands that have been submitted to him over the years in his capacity as Grand Mufti as well as a respected expert in Islamic law previous to his appointment to that position. 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While there are many books in English about Islamic law, and while there are many translations of works of Islamic law, there are very few translations of the fatwa genre of Islamic legal literature. In light of this situation English language readers are only seeing one aspect of Islamic law for it is in the fatwa literature that Islamic law comes face to face with real life as lived by contemporary Muslims. Most Muslims will never actually read a book of Islamic law since those works are of a highly specialized nature they will likely, however, come into contact with the opinions of a Mufti either by going directly to him to ask their questions, by reading them in the newspaper, or by seeing the Mufti issue them on television. \u003cbr\u003e The author of this book regularly issues fatwas in Egyptian newspapers and on Egyptian television that are read and viewed by millions of Muslims. In addition, he heads an institution that issues 4,000 fatwas a day Muslims who either come in person or submit questions by telephone or over the Internet. The author is thus in a unique position to have insight into the issues that are important to and pose difficulty for Muslims. His being the Grand Mufti of Egypt means that the answers that he provides carry a great deal of weight for millions of Muslims. \u003cbr\u003e This book is further set apart by being a compilation of questions that the author considers to be causes for division amongst Muslims. In a time when the media constantly bombards us with tales of “sectarian strife” among Muslims, this book is presented as a solution to the problem. By reaching into the Islamic tradition Sheikh Ali Gomaa is able to provide answers, which, if taken seriously, can put an end to much of the division between Muslims today.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheikh Ali Gomaa\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Grand Mufti of the Arab Republic of Egypt --- the second highest Muslim religious position in the country, after the position of Sheikh al-Azhar, one of the most respected religious authorities in the entire Muslim world. As Grand Mufti, he oversees the premier institution in the Muslim world for religious legal direction, Dar al-Ifta. Since his appointment as Grand Mufti in 2003, he has become a leading advocate for moderation, and an outspoken critic of extremist ideologies, which he says are antithetical to Islam. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Born in Bani Suwayf, Egypt in 1952, he received a Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Commerce at Ayn Shems University before transferring to the College of Islamic and Arabic Studies of al-Azhar University, the world’s leading Islamic institution of higher learning. He went on to receive a Master’s Degree and a Doctorate in Islamic Jurisprudence from the same institution. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prior to his posting as Grand Mufti in 2003, Dr. Gomaa served as Professor of Jurisprudence at al-Azhar and served as a member of that institution’s Legal Ruling Council from 1995 to 1997. 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In this work, Prof Kamali offers us the first detailed presentation available in English of the theory of Muslim law \u003cem\u003e(\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_101 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"101\" data-gr-id=\"101\"\u003eusul\u003c\/g\u003e al-fiqh)\u003c\/em\u003e. Often regarded as the most sophisticated of the traditional Islamic disciplines, Islamic Jurisprudence is concerned with the way in which the rituals and laws of religion are derived from the Qur’an and the \u003cem\u003eSunnah\u003c\/em\u003e—the precedent of the Prophet. Written as a university textbook, \u003cem\u003ePrinciples of Islamic Jurisprudence \u003c\/em\u003eis distinguished by its clarity and readability; it is an essential reference work not only for students of Islamic \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_123 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"123\" data-gr-id=\"123\"\u003elaw,\u003c\/g\u003e but also for anyone with an interest in Muslim society or in issues of comparative Jurisprudence.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘The best thing of its kind I have ever seen. Exactly the kind of thing I have wanted for years to put into the hands of students.’\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e- Professor Charles Adams (McGill University)’\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This book is a valuable addition to existing Islamic jurisprudential literature in English ... remarkably successful.’\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e- The Muslim World Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMohammad Hashim Kamali\u003c\/strong\u003e (born February 7, 1944, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan) is an Afghan Islamic scholar and former professor of law at the International Islamic University of Malaysia. He taught Islamic law and jurisprudence between 1985 and 2004. Born in Afghanistan in 1944, he graduated from the University of Kabul and the University of London.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eKamali is the author of Islamic Commercial Law (2000), a study of the application of Shariah principles to some crucial financial instruments, options and futures contracts. He takes a much more permissive view of these instruments than do most Islamists.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn his book, Islamic Commercial Law (2000), Kamali wrote, for example, that many have \"passed prohibitive judgments on futures and options\" who have \"not only failed to produce decisive evidence in support of their positions but have done so on the assumption that futures trading has no social utility and has no bearing on the welfare... of the people.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the scholars who pass the \"prohibitive judgments\" with which Kamali disagrees are Muhammad Akram Khan and Umar Chapra.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMohammad Hashim Kamali served as Professor of Islamic law and jurisprudence at the International Islamic University Malaysia, and also as Dean of the International Institute of Islamic Thought \u0026amp; Civilisation (ISTAC) from 1985-2007. He is currently the CEO of the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia under the newly appointed Chairman of the Institute, Former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi. He studied law at Kabul University and then served as Assistant Professor, and subsequently as Public Prosecutor with the Ministry of Justice, Afghanistan, 1965-1968. He completed his LL.M. in comparative law and a \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_118 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation multiReplace\" id=\"118\" data-gr-id=\"118\"\u003ePhD\u003c\/g\u003e in Islamic and Middle Eastern law at the University of London, 1969–1976.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ctable\u003e\r\n\u003ctbody\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction to \u003cem\u003eUsul al-Fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe First Source of \u003cem\u003eShari’ah\u003c\/em\u003e: The Qur’an\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eSunnah\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRules of Interpretation I: Deducing the Law from its Sources\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRules of Interpretation II: \u003cem\u003eal-Dalalat\u003c\/em\u003e (Textual Implications)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCommands and Prohibitions\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNaskh\u003c\/em\u003e (Abrogation)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIjma’\u003c\/em\u003e (Consensus of Opinion)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQiyas\u003c\/em\u003e (Analogical Deduction)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRevealed Laws Preceding the \u003cem\u003eShari’ah\u003c\/em\u003e of Islam\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eFatwa\u003c\/em\u003e of a Companion\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIstihsan\u003c\/em\u003e (Equity in Islamic Law)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaslahah Mursalah\u003c\/em\u003e (Considerations of Public Interest)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUrf\u003c\/em\u003e (Custom)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIstishab\u003c\/em\u003e (Presumption of Continuity)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSadd al-\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_119 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"119\" data-gr-id=\"119\"\u003eDhara’i\u003c\/g\u003e’\u003c\/em\u003e (Blocking the Means)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHukm \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_130 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"130\" data-gr-id=\"130\"\u003eShar’i\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (Law or Value of Shari’ah)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eConflict of \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_159 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"159\" data-gr-id=\"159\"\u003eEvidences\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIjtihad\u003c\/em\u003e (Personal Reasoning)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA New Scheme for \u003cem\u003eUsul al-Fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\r\n\u003c\/table\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction to \u003cem\u003eUsul al-Fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI. Definition and Scope\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eUsul al-fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e is concerned with the sources of Islamic law, their order of priority, and the methods by which legal rules may be deduced from the source materials of the \u003cem\u003eShari’ah\u003c\/em\u003e. It is also concerned with regulating the exercise of \u003cem\u003eijtihad\u003c\/em\u003e. The sources of the \u003cem\u003eShari’ah\u003c\/em\u003e are of two kinds: revealed and non-revealed. Whereas the former provide the basic evidence and indications from which detailed rules may be derived, the latter provides the methodology and procedural guidelines to ensure correct \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_141 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" id=\"141\" data-gr-id=\"141\"\u003eutilisation\u003c\/g\u003e of the source evidence. \u003cem\u003eUsul al-fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e, or the roots of Islamic law, thus expound the indications and methodology by which the rules of \u003cem\u003efiqh\u003c\/em\u003e are deduced from their source evidence. The rules of \u003cem\u003efiqh\u003c\/em\u003e are thereby derived from the Qur’an and \u003cem\u003eSunnah\u003c\/em\u003e in conformity with a body of principles and methods which are collectively known as \u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_103 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"103\" data-gr-id=\"103\"\u003eusul\u003c\/g\u003e al-fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSome writers have described \u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_148 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"148\" data-gr-id=\"148\"\u003eusul\u003c\/g\u003e al-fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e as the methodology of law, a description which is accurate but incomplete. Although methods of interpretation and deduction are of primary concern to \u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_149 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"149\" data-gr-id=\"149\"\u003eusul\u003c\/g\u003e al-fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e, the latter is not exclusively devoted to methodology. To say that \u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_151 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"151\" data-gr-id=\"151\"\u003eusul\u003c\/g\u003e al-fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e is the science of the sources and methodology of the law is accurate in the sense that the Qur’an and \u003cem\u003eSunnah\u003c\/em\u003e constitute the sources as well as the subject-matter to which the methodology of \u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_150 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"150\" data-gr-id=\"150\"\u003eusul\u003c\/g\u003e al-fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e is applied. The Qur’an and \u003cem\u003eSunnah\u003c\/em\u003e contain both specific injunctions and general guidelines on law and religion, but it is the broad and general directives which occupy the larger part of the legal content of these sources. The general directives that are found in the Qur’an and \u003cem\u003eSunnah\u003c\/em\u003e are concerned not so much with methodology as with substantive law, and they provide indications which can be used as raw material in the development of law. The methodology of \u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_152 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"152\" data-gr-id=\"152\"\u003eusul\u003c\/g\u003e al-fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e refers mainly to methods of reasoning such as analogy (\u003cem\u003eqiyas\u003c\/em\u003e), juristic preference (\u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_153 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"153\" data-gr-id=\"153\"\u003eistihsan\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_169 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"169\" data-gr-id=\"169\"\u003epresumption\u003c\/g\u003e of continuity (\u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_154 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"154\" data-gr-id=\"154\"\u003eistishab\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e) and the rules of interpretation and deduction. These are all designed to serve as an aid to the correct understanding of the sources of \u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_155 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"155\" data-gr-id=\"155\"\u003eShari’ah\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_155 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"155\" data-gr-id=\"155\"\u003eand\u003c\/g\u003e \u003cem\u003eijtihad\u003c\/em\u003e. While the clear directives of the Qur’an and the \u003cem\u003eSunnah\u003c\/em\u003e command permanent validity, the methodology of \u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_156 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"156\" data-gr-id=\"156\"\u003eusul\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_156 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"156\" data-gr-id=\"156\"\u003edoes\u003c\/g\u003e not, for it was developed after the revelation of the Qur’an and \u003cem\u003eSunnah\u003c\/em\u003e came to an end, and most of it consists of juristic propositions and \u003cem\u003eijtihad\u003c\/em\u003e advanced by scholars and \u003cem\u003e‘ulama’\u003c\/em\u003e of different periods. As an instrument of legal construction and \u003cem\u003eijtihad\u003c\/em\u003e, the methodology of \u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_157 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"157\" data-gr-id=\"157\"\u003eusul\u003c\/g\u003e al-fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_173 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"173\" data-gr-id=\"173\"\u003emust therefore\u003c\/g\u003e remain open to further adaptation and refinement in order to respond to the changing needs of society and \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_174 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" id=\"174\" data-gr-id=\"174\"\u003ecivilisation\u003c\/g\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eTo deduce the rules of \u003cem\u003efiqh\u003c\/em\u003e from the indications that are provided in the sources is the expressed purpose of \u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_176 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"176\" data-gr-id=\"176\"\u003eusul\u003c\/g\u003e al-fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eFiqh \u003c\/em\u003eas such is the end product of \u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_236 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"236\" data-gr-id=\"236\"\u003eusul\u003c\/g\u003e al-fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e, and yet the two are separate disciplines. The main difference between \u003cem\u003efiqh\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_179 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"179\" data-gr-id=\"179\"\u003eusul\u003c\/g\u003e al-fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e is that the former is concerned with the knowledge of the detailed rules of Islamic law in its various branches, and the latter with the methods that are applied in the deduction of such rules from their sources. \u003cem\u003eFiqh\u003c\/em\u003e, in other words, is the law itself, whereas \u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_180 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"180\" data-gr-id=\"180\"\u003eusul\u003c\/g\u003e al-fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e is the methodology of the law. The relationship between the two disciplines resembles that of the rules of grammar to the language. \u003cem\u003eUsul al-fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e in this sense provides standard criteria for the correct deduction of the rules of fiqh\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e from the sources of \u003cem\u003eShari’ah\u003c\/em\u003e. An adequate knowledge of \u003cem\u003efiqh\u003c\/em\u003e necessitates close familiarity with its sources. This is borne out in the definition of \u003cem\u003efiqh\u003c\/em\u003e, which is ‘knowledge of the practical rules of \u003cem\u003eShari’ah\u003c\/em\u003e acquired from the detailed evidence in the sources’. The knowledge of the rules of \u003cem\u003efiqh\u003c\/em\u003e, in other words, must be acquired directly from the sources, a requirement which implies that the \u003cem\u003efaqih\u003c\/em\u003e must be in contact with the sources of \u003cem\u003efiqh\u003c\/em\u003e. Consequently, a person who learns \u003cem\u003efiqh\u003c\/em\u003e in isolation from its sources is not a \u003cem\u003efaqih\u003c\/em\u003e. The \u003cem\u003efaqih\u003c\/em\u003e must know not only the rule that misappropriating the property of others is forbidden but also the detailed evidence for it in the source, that is, the \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_182 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del\" id=\"182\" data-gr-id=\"182\"\u003eQur’anic\u003c\/g\u003e \u003cem\u003eayah\u003c\/em\u003e (2:188) which states: ‘Devour not each other’s property in defiance of the law.’ This is the detailed evidence, as opposed to saying merely that ‘theft is forbidden in the Qur’an’. \u003cem\u003eFiqh\u003c\/em\u003e is acquired knowledge which is obtained by study and self-application and is therefore different from inherent knowledge, for example, that of God, who is All-Knowing; it is also different from the knowledge of the Prophet, and that of the angel Gabriel, as theirs was given or transmitted to them essentially through revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe word \u003cem\u003easl\u003c\/em\u003e has several meanings, including proof, root, origin, and source, such as in saying that the \u003cem\u003easl\u003c\/em\u003e (proof) of this or that rule is \u003cem\u003eijma’\u003c\/em\u003e; or in the expression \u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_106 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"106\" data-gr-id=\"106\"\u003eusul\u003c\/g\u003e al-fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e, which means the roots of \u003cem\u003efiqh\u003c\/em\u003e or its underlying evidence. It is also used in the sense of the original rule or norm as in the legal maxim that ‘the \u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_107 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del\" id=\"107\" data-gr-id=\"107\"\u003easl\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e in all things is permissibility’, or when it is said \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_108 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"108\" data-gr-id=\"108\"\u003ethat\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_108 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"108\" data-gr-id=\"108\"\u003eal\u003c\/g\u003e-asl \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_109 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"109\" data-gr-id=\"109\"\u003ebara’ah\u003c\/g\u003e al-\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_110 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"110\" data-gr-id=\"110\"\u003edhimmah\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, the norm is the absence of liability. \u003cem\u003eAsl\u003c\/em\u003e also means the foundation on which something is constructed. 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They serve as a means of providing the believer with indispensable knowledge of this pillar so that he may maximize in reaping the reward and the benefit from the blessed month of Ramadhan; in words of the author, Shaykh Hisham Burhani, Allah has not legislated for us this compulsory hunger every year for an entire month except that every individual should achieve the spiritual, health and social benefits which the legislation of fasting contains.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents  :\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ---Translators Introduction,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Biographies,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ---Shaykh 'Abd-Allah Siraj al-Din al-Husayni,\u003cbr\u003e ---Shaykh Hisham Burhani,\u003cbr\u003e ---Shaykh Muhammad Said Burhani,\u003cbr\u003e ---Shaykh 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Hafiz 'Dibs wa Zayt.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTreatise [One]: Al-Siyam by Shaykh 'Abd-Allah Siraj al-Din al-Husayni,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ---Authors Request,\u003cbr\u003e ---Authors Introduction,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ---Chapter [1] The Legislation of Fasting,\u003cbr\u003e ---The Universal Legislation of Fasting for all Nations,\u003cbr\u003e ---The Obligation to Fast the Month of Ramadan,\u003cbr\u003e ---Warning against neglecting the Fast of Ramadan without a valid excuse,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ---Chapter [2] The Etiquettes of Fasting,\u003cbr\u003e ---Introduction,\u003cbr\u003e ---The requirement and Etiquette of Fasting,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ---Chapter [3] The Benefit of Fasting,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ---Chapter [4] The Virtues of Fasting,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ---Chapter [5] The Virtues of Ramadan,\u003cbr\u003e ---Introduction,\u003cbr\u003e ---The Night of Divine Decree,\u003cbr\u003e ---The Prayer of Tarawih,\u003cbr\u003e ---Sadaqah al-Fitr,\u003cbr\u003e ---The Prayer of Eid al-Fitr,\u003cbr\u003e ---Fasting Six Days of Shawwal.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTreatise [Two] : Al-Sawm by Shaykh Hisham Burhani,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ---Authors Introduction,\u003cbr\u003e ---Noble Verses from the Qur'an,\u003cbr\u003e ---Noble Hadiths.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ---Chapter [1] \u003cbr\u003e ---Receiving Ramadan,\u003cbr\u003e ---Seeking the New Moon of Ramadan.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ---Chapter [2]\u003cbr\u003e ---It's Significance in Islam,\u003cbr\u003e ---It's Definition,\u003cbr\u003e ---The Conditions for it's Obligations,\u003cbr\u003e ---It's Ruling,\u003cbr\u003e ---It's Categories,\u003cbr\u003e ---The Intention.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ---Chapter [3]\u003cbr\u003e ---Acts that do not invalidate the Fast,\u003cbr\u003e ---Acts that invalidate the Fast, and necessitate making it up without requiring atonement,\u003cbr\u003e ---Acts that invalidate the Fast, and require atonement in addition to making it up,\u003cbr\u003e ---Acts that are severely offensive for someone Fasting,\u003cbr\u003e ---Acts that are not offensive for someone Fasting.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ---Chapter [4] \u003cbr\u003e ---Extenuating Circumstances,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ---Chapter [5] \u003cbr\u003e ---That which is required of someone Fasting,\u003cbr\u003e ---The Retreat (I'tikaf),\u003cbr\u003e ---The Etiquettes of the Retreat,\u003cbr\u003e ---Sadaqat al-Fitr,\u003cbr\u003e ---Important Points,\u003cbr\u003e ---The Time for it's Obligation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ---Chapter [6]\u003cbr\u003e ---The Secrets and Wisdom of Fasting.\u003cbr\u003e ---Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674361610548,"sku":"HP004","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/A-Believer_s-Guide-to-Fasting-Heritage-Press-40379514.jpg?v=1780373901"},{"product_id":"the-initiation","title":"The Initiation","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbout The Book\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis book is a primer text for the sacred school of Hanafi Islamic jurisprudence, written by the erudite scholar, Abu Laith As-Samarqandi (d.375AH). 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It is based on the methodology of traditional Sunni Islam, according to the Shafi’i school of Islamic law, and its purpose is to make one’s worship valid, sound, and proper in a short amount of time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Imam Shafi'i\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbu 'Abdillah Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi‘i was a Muslim jurist, who lived from (767 — 820 CE \/ 150 — 204 AH). Often referred to as 'Shaykh al-Islam' he was one of the four great Imams of which a legacy on juridical matters and teaching eventually led to the Shafi'i school of Fiqh (or Madhhab) named after him. 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This enduring classic covers the full range of basic topics within the Shafi'i school of law. 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All such characteristics have been attributed to him by his contemporaries and biographers throughout the ages, such as in the Tabaqat Ash-Shafi’yyah of Qadi ibn Shuhbah, the Tabaqat of As-Subki, and within the many works of the scholars that are commentaries and supra-commentaries upon his famous”Ghayat At-Taqrib”.\u003cbr\u003eHis agnomen (kunya) is Abu Shuja’ as well as Abu Tayyib. His full name is Shihabud-Din Ahmad ibn al-\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_63 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"63\" data-gr-id=\"63\"\u003ehusayn\u003c\/g\u003e [and it reads Al-Hasan in some works] ibn Ahmad \u003cbr\u003eal-Asfahani.\u003cbr\u003eAl-Hafith Abu Tahir As-\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_77 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"77\" data-gr-id=\"77\"\u003eSilafi\u003c\/g\u003e once reported a hadith from him in his Mu’jam As-\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_78 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"78\" data-gr-id=\"78\"\u003eSafr\u003c\/g\u003e up to Uthman ibn ‘Affan (\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_79 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"79\" data-gr-id=\"79\"\u003eradiya\u003c\/g\u003e Allahu Anhu) that the Prophet Muhammad said, “\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_65 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"65\" data-gr-id=\"65\"\u003eWhomever\u003c\/g\u003e builds a \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_76 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"76\" data-gr-id=\"76\"\u003emasjid\u003c\/g\u003e for Allah the mighty and majestic…Allah will build something like it for him in Jannah!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbu Tahir As-\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_70 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"70\" data-gr-id=\"70\"\u003eSilafi\u003c\/g\u003e [died 576 A.H] said after reporting this narration,\u003cbr\u003e“This Qadi Abi Shuja’ is from the most impeccable men of his time! He studied and taught the school of Imam Ash-Shafi’i for 40 years in Basrah. He mentioned this [hadith] to me around 500 A..H. and he lived for an extremely long time after that. I asked him about when he was born and he told me 434 A.H. in Basrah, and that his father was born in ‘Abadaan and his grandfather was from Asbahan.”\u003cbr\u003eHis biographers mention that when he was the Wazir (vizier), he was just and cared for justice for all. While being a wazir, he would not leave his house until he prayed and recited much of the Qur’an. After retiring from his position of wazir, he traveled to Medinah and became an ascetic, divorcing the needs of this world. He became the custodian, cleaning and arranging the Masjid of the Prophet Muhammad until he died! Imam Al-Bayjuri in his Hashiyah states that Imam Abi Shuja’ died in 488 A.H. and that his grave is near the grave of the Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet Muhammad at Al-Baqi’. This date was also professed by Ibn Al-Athir as well. However, 488 is disputed by the witnessing of Abu Tahir As-\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_72 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"72\" data-gr-id=\"72\"\u003eSilafi\u003c\/g\u003e of \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_84 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"84\" data-gr-id=\"84\"\u003ethe the\u003c\/g\u003e Qadi at 500 A.H.!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMufti Musa Furber\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Massachusetts and raised in Portland, Oregon. He majored in linguistics at Portland State University, with an emphasis on computational linguistics and cognitive science, a major that required him to study a non-Indo-European language. As good fortune would have it, Arabic was the only class that fit in his schedule at the time, thus starting him off on what eventually would become a serious and personal study of the Qur’an and Islam.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMufti Musa embraced Islam and shortly thereafter embarked on a path of study. While still a student in Portland, he studied Shafi’i Islamic ethics and law (\u003cem\u003efiqh\u003c\/em\u003e) with a Muslim religious scholar who was in Portland at the time. After graduating from college, Musa went to Damascus to further his Arabic studies. After a one-year return to the U.S., he returned to Damascus where he completed an intensive four-year study of the traditional Islamic disciplines–including \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_66 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del\" id=\"66\" data-gr-id=\"66\"\u003eQur’anic\u003c\/g\u003e studies, Prophetic traditions (\u003cem\u003ehadith\u003c\/em\u003e), ethics and law (\u003cem\u003efiqh\u003c\/em\u003e), advanced Arabic grammar and the Prophetic biography (\u003cem\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_67 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"67\" data-gr-id=\"67\"\u003esira\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAfter graduation, he continued his studies with scholars in and around Damascus, who reviewed with him several important texts and qualified him to translate and teach them.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHe then left the small village outside of Damascus where he lived with his wife and three children during this period, relocating to Cairo, Egypt, where he entered and completed a prestigious training program in the issuance of legal \u003cem\u003eresponsa\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003efatawa\u003c\/em\u003e) at Dar al-Ifta’ al-Misriyya, under the direct supervision of Shaykh Dr. Ali Jumu`a, the Mufti of Egypt.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAfter successfully completing the program and acting as an official researcher and English translator for Dar al-Ifta’, he was recruited by Shaykh Habib Ali al-Jifri to serve as a lead researcher at the Taba Insitute in UAE, where he currently resides.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islamosaic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674376519988,"sku":"ISC001","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Ultimate-Conspectus_-Matn-al-Ghayat-wa-al-Taqrib-Islamosaic-40397677.jpg?v=1780409115"},{"product_id":"a-believer-s-guide-to-prayer","title":"A Believer's Guide to Prayer","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe prayer, or \u003cem\u003eṣalah\u003c\/em\u003e, has been described by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as one of the five foundations of Islam, the first duty to be judged by Allah Most High on the Day of Judgment and as the divider between faith and disbelief. 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