Course description:
Introduction To Al-Hidāyah
(A classical manual of Ḥanafi Law)
Instructor: Ustadh Maḥfūẓ Aḥmad
Date: Sunday, 22nd August 2021
Time: 5 PM – 6:30 PM (BST)
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Topics to be discussed:
- Who is Al-Marghinani (the author of Al-Hidāyah)?
– His Biography
– His academic status (Fiqh & Hadith)
- The book ‘Al-Hidāyah’
– The significance of Al-Hidāyah in Islamic Fiqh (jurisprudence) as well as the secular laws.
– Marghinani’s method
– His resources/his chain of narrations to Imam Abu Hanifa
– the status of Hadith mentioned as evidence in Al-Hidāyah
– Literary works related to Al-Hidāyah
– How to study Al-Hidāyah effectively - Al-Madhkal Ilā Kitāb Al-Hidāyah
– The idea behind compiling the Al-Mdhkhal
– A brief description of the topics covered in Al-Madkhal
About the instructor:
Maḥfūẓ Aḥmad completed his ‘Alimiyah in Jāmiʿah Madaniya Angūra Muḥammad Pūr, Biyani Bazar, Sylhet, Bangladesh in 1433/2012, where then he taught different subjects for three years. He then moved to London, where he teaches advanced Ḥadīth and Fiqh at Madanī Madrasah and serves as an Imām at Jāmiʿah Dārus Sunnah Mosque.
Additionally, he has authored several books in Bengali and Arabic and edited some Arabic manuscripts which have been published from Jordan and Beirut.
His Arabic works include:
- Maḥāsin Al-Balāghah Fī Al-Maqāmāt Al-Ḥaririyyah (Rhetorical beauties in Al-Maqāmāt), printed by New Madaniyah Library, Sylhet, Bangladesh, in 2015.
- Al-Fawāʾid Al-Muntaqah Min ʿAmali Imām Al-ʿAṣr Muḥammad Anwār Shāh Al-Kashmīrī (A selection of gems of knowledge from ʿAllāmah Muḥammad Anwār Shāh Kashmīrī’s lessons), collected by Maḥfūẓ Aḥmad, printed by Dār Al-Fatḥ, Jordan, in 2019.
- Risālah Fī taḥqīq Maʿna Al-Hidāyah (A small book on the meaning of the word ‘Guidance’ in Islamic texts), authored by Muḥammad ʿAbdul ʿAlīm Sylheti, edited and annotated by Maḥfūẓ Aḥmad, printed by Dār Al-Fatḥ, Jordan, in 2019.
- Fihrist Muṣannafāt Ibn Hajar (A catalogue of Ibn Ḥajar’s books), prepared by Ibrāhīm Al-Biqāʿī, edited and annotated by Maḥfūẓ Aḥmad, printed by Dār Al-Rayyaḥīn, Beirut, in 2020.
- Al-Madhkal Ilā Kitāb Al-Hidāyah (Introduction to the Well known Ḥanafī textbook ‘Al-Hidāyah’), collected, edited and annotated by Maḥfūẓ Aḥmad, printed by Dār Al-Fatḥ, Jordan, in 2021.
- Manār Al-Iṣṭifā Fī Asmāʿi Ḥullāq Al-Muṣṭafā (the names of the companions who cut the hair of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, authored by Muḥammad Tāfillātī, edited and annotated by Maḥfūẓ Aḥmad, printed by Dār Al-Fatḥ, Jordan, in 2021.
