Of these five works, one—Risāla ilā ʿUthmān al-Battī—is generally accepted as being correctly attributed to Imām Abū Ḥanīfa. Two of the remaining works are reliably traced back to his students, though it remains a matter of debate whether they reflect Imām Abū Ḥanīfa’s own words or those of his disciples.
Category: Book Reviews
Book Review: The Contentions Between Imām Ibn Ḥajar and Imām al-ʿAynī and the Khuṭbah of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī
This is regarding the academic rivalry between Imām Ibn Ḥajar and Imām al-ʿAynī, two 9th-century scholars who wrote their own their individual commentaries on Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī…
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…
Excerpts From: Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ: The Teacher and His Teaching Methodologies
This book is an excellent book for shuyūkh, asātidhā, muʿallimāt and educators in general, to read…
Book Review: The Error of Equalising Weak Narrations with Fabricated Narrations
Equalising a weak ḥadīth with a fabricated ḥadīth is one of the widespread errors of time…
Excerpts from: Portraits from the Lives of the Tābiʿīn by ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān Al-Bāshā
Ṣuwar min Ḥayāt at-Tābiʿīn, authored by Shaykh ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Bāshā includes varied anecdotes from the life of 30 tabiʿūn…