A week or two ago, I was asked by someone reaching out to me through this blog about the Hanbali position on istighatha (استغاثة), directly requesting aid from the dead, and tawassul (التوسل), to make a request to Allah through some sort of means. This is a controversial issue in the Muslim world and often …
Istighatha and Tawassul in the Hanbali School: A Discussion With Sh. Kareem Helmy Read More »
By Muhammad al-Khalafi Imam Ahmad never authored a complete work on Fiqh, and this was because of his extreme wara’. Some of his students wrote his Fiqh opinions and compiled it in the small books of “Masa’il”. The most famous of those who did this are: his two sons Abdullah & Sālih, his nephew Hanbal …
I just completed the Book of Transactions from the Hanbali text Akhsar al-Mukhtasarat with Sh. Muhammad Gamal Aly. It took us over a year but it was definitely worth it. In my past studies, I always found business law difficult to grasp so I am glad that I got over a year to think about it. …
Hanbali Law of Transactions: Notes on Akhsar al-Mukhtasarat Read More »
Ramadan Mubarak! I studied privately the Book of Prayer, Book of Fasting, and the Book of Zakkah from the Hanbali text Akhsar al-Mukhtasarat with Sh. Yusuf ibn Sadiq al-Hanbali. I am providing my complete notes for free from those sessions below. Let us be prepared for this blessed month as much as possible. Since it …
These are my complete notes on the book as taught to us by Ust. Ahmad Zayn al-‘Abidin in Arabic, which is now available on YouTube. Sh. Ibn ‘Uthyameen’s work is a very useful book to get an introduction to Hanbali usool. There are not enough good books in the English language on Hanbali fiqh and …
The following are my notes from the chapter on al-Ribaa (interest) from the Hanbali text Akhsar al-Mukhtasarat. The source of the notes are my teacher Sh. Muhammad Gamal Aly with whom I am studying the text and Sh. Bajabir’s commentary on the book. Definition Ribaa means an increase in a particular item. The word is …
There is a difference of opinion among Muslim scholars as to what constitutes a valid contract. The evidences behind their conclusions are discussed in more advanced classes. In the Hanbali school, the following seven conditions must be met for a contract to be considered valid: Both parties willingly agree to the contract If forced, then it …