Lessons & readings

This episode covers the recommended actions of ablution. This page includes embedded audio for playing this episode, the corresponding Arabic material as text. Please leave a comment if you notice …

Read moreReading through Fatḥ al-qarīb al-mujīb – Episode 05

This episode covers the obligatory actions of ablution. This page includes embedded audio for playing this episode, the corresponding Arabic material as text. Please leave a comment if you notice …

Read moreReading through Fatḥ al-qarīb al-mujīb – Episode 04

Since Ramadan is coming, I’m going to skip forward to an episode on fasting. It covers from the beginning of the chapter to the beginning of iʿtikāf. This page includes …

Read moreReading through Fatḥ al-qarīb al-mujīb – Episode 03

This episode covers the sections on tanning hides, using containers and other instruments, and using the toothstick (miswāk). This page includes embedded audio for playing this episode, the corresponding Arabic …

Read moreReading through Fatḥ al-qarīb al-mujīb – Episode 02

This episode begins the chapter of purification. It covers the sections on water: the primary means for ritual purification. This page includes embedded audio for playing this episode, the corresponding …

Read moreReading through Fatḥ al-qarīb al-mujīb – Episode 01

Somewhere around 2007, I started recording a quick translation of Ibn Qāsim al-Ghazzī’s Fatḥ al-qarīb al-mujīb – which many curricula have as their first Shafiʿi fiqh book. I recorded up …

Read moreReading through Fatḥ al-qarīb al-mujīb – Episode 00