Book Review: Ḥukm al-ʿAmal bi al-Ḥadīth ʿinda ‘l-Muḥaddithīn wa ‘l-Fuqahāʾ

Ḥukm al-ʿAmal bi al-Ḥadīth ʿinda ‘l-Muḥaddithīn wa ‘l-Fuqahāʾ by Shaykh ʿAbdul Fattāḥ al-Yāfiʿī is an excellent contemporary work on the ruling of using ḍaʿīf aḥādīth (weak narrations). It summarises the multifaceted discussions on the topic in only 60 pages, making it easy for the reader to become acquainted with the main points on the topic.

Excerpts From: Adab al-Ikhtilāf fī Masāʾil al-ʿIlm wa ad-Dīn

Division of differences: The author of this book, Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAwwāmah explains that differences of opinion can be divided into three categories:

Differences in religion (the core principles of ʿaqīdah which are decisive and clear-cut

Differences in secondary matters of ʿaqīdah

Differences in matters of fiqh…