Abu Hanifa; Hanifah; Haneefa; Haneefah; Faqih; Mujtahid; Imam; Hanafi; Hanafee; Ahnaf; Ahnaaf; Madhhab; Sunni
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Fiqh
Why Muslims Follow Madhhabs?
This essay developed from a lecture given in the United States, Canada, and England in 1994 and 1995. On each…
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Fiqh
Answering Objections Against The Hanafi School
The following lecture is from part of the day conference on Imam Abu Hanifa & The Hanafi Madhab: Answering Objections…
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Fiqh
On the Study of Comparative Fiqh (al-Fiqh al-Muqāran)
On the Study of Comparative Fiqh (al-Fiqh al-Muqāran) By Dr. Salāh Abū al-Hājj Translated by Muntasir Zaman [The following is…
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Sunna
The Ruling of the Jumu‘ah Prayer on the Day of ‘Īd in Light of Textual Evidence
The following article entitled The Ruling of the Jumu‘ah Prayer on the Day of ‘Īd in Light of Textual Evidence…
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Refutations
A question on Muqbil ibn Hadi’s work against Imam Abu Hanifa
The following question was posted – HERE – Shaykh Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi’i’ has written a 400 page book entitled…
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Refutations
Did as-Samarqandi say rafa yadain nullifies salah? (Irshad ul Haq Athari’s tahreef)
In his work Irshad al Haqq Athari in asserting that scholars of the four established schools of Islamic fiqh have…
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Refutations
Ibn Hajr: Criticism on the likes of Imam Abu Hanifa has no significance
Shams ad-Deen as-Sakhawi (d. 902 AH) wrote the biography of his teacher Hafiz Ibn Hajr al-‘Asqalani (d. 852 AH). In…
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Fiqh
The Beginner’s Gift – Free Download of a Classical Fiqh Manual
Visitors to this website maybe aware of the classical Hanafi fiqh primer entitled The Beginner’s Gift which we published back…
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Fiqh
What is a Madhhab? Why is it necessary to follow one?
The word madhhab is derived from an Arabic word meaning “to go” or “to take as a way”, and refers…
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Fiqh
Chronological List of Prominent Hanafi Jurists – English
Chronological List of Prominent Hanafi Jurists The importance of knowing the dates of birth/death of the scholars cannot be stressed…
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