About The Book

In the 9th century during the Golden Age of Hadith specialisation, the renowned Imām of Hadith Abū ʿĪsā Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā al-Tirmidhī (209–279/824–892) compiled what has since been considered one of the foremost canonical collections of hadiths, a work studied throughout the Muslim world, popularly known as Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī. The Book on Judicial Judgements, but one of 46 chapters found in his Jāmiʿ, particularly addresses rulings pertaining to judgeship and judgements issued in a court of law.

Having served as a judge on the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 1982 to 2002, Muftī Muhammad Taqi Usmani’s commentary on the Book of Judicial Judgements is an invaluable resource for students and scholars alike. Originally a series of class lectures delivered in the traditional seminary Jāmiʿah Dār al-ʿUlūm Karachi, the commentary details how the legal opinions of the various schools of law (madhāhib) are informed by the hadiths in this chapter.