shaykh dr. abul hasan hussain ahmed
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Aqeeda
Imam Al-Dhahabī on Delegation [Tafwīḍ al-Ma’nā] and Ibn Khuzayma’s Interpretation [Ta’wīl] of the Hadith of the Image [Ṣūrah]
The discourse on understanding divine attributes [ṣifāt] in Islamic theology represents one of the most intricate and sensitive areas of…
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Aqeeda
Imam ‘Alī al-Qārī (d. 1014 AH) on Tafwīḍ al-Ma’nā (delegation of the meaning) Regarding the Divine Attributes [Ṣifāt]: The Way of the Salaf
In Islamic theological discourse, few topics have generated as much scholarly debate as the proper approach to understanding the divine…
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Aqeeda
Imām al-Nawawī (d. 676 AH) on Tafwīḍ and Ta’wīl of the Salaf and Khalaf
Imām Muḥyī al-Dīn Yaḥyā ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī (d. 676 AH/1277 CE), the renowned Shāfi’ī jurist and ḥadīth scholar, addressed one…
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Refutations
The figurative Interpretations [Ta’wīlāt] of Imam Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (d. 241 AH) as Reported by Imam al-Ghazālī (d. 505 AH)
Imam Badr al-Dīn al-Zarkashī (d. 794 AH) said in his Al-Baḥr al-Muḥīṭ fī Uṣūl al-Fiqh (The Encompassing Sea in the…
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Fiqh
Bibliographical Compilations of the Ḥanafī Legal School
The Ḥanafī juridical tradition has produced an extensive corpus of biographical literature documenting its scholarly lineage. Dr. Muḥyī al-Dīn Hilāl…
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Aqeeda
Mar’ī al-Karmī al-Ḥanbalī (d. 1033 AH) on the Ottoman Rulers, Their Authentic ‘Aqīda (creed) and Madhhab
The text presented here is a translation from the Arabic work “Necklaces of Pure Gold Regarding the Virtues of the…
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Sunna
Proofs for the Hanafi Procedure of Salat al-‘Id
Proofs for the Hanafi Procedure of Salat al-‘Id Hadith One: A Sahih Marfoo‘ Hadith Near the end of his Sharh…
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Sunna
The Fiqh of Eid al Fitr
The Fiqh of Eid al-Fitr Praise be to Allah that is due from all grateful believers, a fullness of…
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Fiqh
Imam Mālik’s Defence of the Traditional Tarāwīḥ Practice in Madina: 20 Rakʿahs with Interspersed Nafl
In al-Mudawwana al-Kubrā (1/287) of al-Qāḍī Saḥnūn (d. 240 AH), the following was documented: قَالَ مَالِكٌ: بَعَثَ إلَيَّ الْأَمِيرُ وَأَرَادَ…
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Fiqh
Perfecting the Proofs that the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) Performed 20 Rak’ats of Tarāwīh Prayer
In this special treatise by Dr. Abul Hasan Hussain Ahmed, a Hadith from the well known Sahabi, Jabir ibn Abdullah (ra)…
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