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 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....

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 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 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 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 shows the position we should take towards the disagreement between the scholars.

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 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,....

A lecture in English delivered by Sh. Bilal Philips in which he briefly explains the four Islamic schools of jurisprudence and the difference between them.

A lecture in English delivered by Sh. Jamal al-Din Zarabozo in which he explains the idea of jurisprudence schools in Islam.

History of Islamic Legislation Course - 1: In these three sessions Dr. Hatem Al-Haj shows the history of the Islamic Legislation and the different schools of Fiqh over the Islamic History.