Schools of Islamic Jurisprudence

A book in English in which renowned scholar of comparative fiqh, Dr. Saleh as-Sadlan of Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University discusses the most important issues of fiqh. He has done an excellent job of concisely mentioning the most important aspects of the different fiqh topics he discussed. Furthermore, he has....

A book translated into English shows the jurisprudential rules in Islam with their proofs. It contains topics e.g. purification, prayer, zakah, fasting, pilgrimage, and jihad. Afterwards, it begins to show the other rules e.g. trade transactions, partnership, sharecropping, renting, reclamation of wastelands, possession of allowable objects, inheritance, marriage, divorce, breastfeeding,....

An English translation of the chapter on fasting from the book “Summarized Islamic Fiqh” authored Sh. Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al-Tuwaijri (may Allah preserve him) that includes the following points about fasting: (1) Meaning and virtues, (2) Rules, (3) Recommended acts, (4) Disliked, obligatory, and permissible acts to do, (5) voluntary....

A lecture in English in which Dr. Hatem Al-Haj shows the position we should take towards the disagreement between the scholars.

A lecture in English in which Dr. Hatem Al-Haj shows the reasons of disagreement between the scholars, which may be due to the authenticity or the meaning of the reports.

A lecture in English in which Dr. Hatem Al-Haj talks about fatwa issuing and shows that we should be very careful about this, for the companions, even the most knowledgeable ones, were afraid to give fatwa.

A lecture in English in which Dr. Hatem Al-Haj mentions the direct and indirect students of the four Imams. As for Imam Abu Haneefah, his direct students are such as: (1) Zufar, (2) Abu Yusuf, and (3) Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan and his indirect students are such as (1) Al-Karkhi, (2)....

A lecture in English in which Dr. Hatem Al-Haj gives short biographies of the four imams: (1) Abu Haneefah, (2) Malek ibn Anas, (3) Ash-Shafi’i, and (4) Ahmad ibn Hanbal and mentions their teachers.

A book in English in which Dr. Hatem Al-Hajj Ali explains the book Umdat al-Fiqh (The Reliable Source of Fiqh) in a brief way from the chapter on Purification to the chapter on Funerals. The book was written by Imam Muwaffaq al-Din ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisy (may Allah have mercy on....

This is one of the important summarized books which handle, discuss and explain the issues of monotheism, morals, Islamic manners and supplications along with the Islamic jurisprudence.

A series of lectures in English delivered by Sh. Asem Al-Hakim through Huda TV Channel in which he explains the basis of jurisprudence science in a simplified manner. During this series, he followed the method of the first scholars' order so he started with the book of purity and continued....

A series of lectures in English delivered by Sh. Asem Al-Hakim through Huda TV Channel in which he explains the basis of jurisprudence science in a simplified manner. During this series, he followed the method of the first scholars' order so he started with the book of purity and continued....