Rulings related to following the Imām’s commands
The following passages concern the rulings related to following the commands of the Imām according to the late Shafii school. Many thanks to an Ustaz who supplied several of these …
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Reading through Fatḥ al-qarīb al-mujīb – Episode 05
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 …
Reading through Fatḥ al-qarīb al-mujīb – Episode 04
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 …
Expiation [fidyah] for missed prayers
Q. Is a fidyah [expiation] owed for someone who passed away while owing missed prayers? A. The official [muʿtamad] position and the one used for fatwa is that no expiation …
Reading through Fatḥ al-qarīb al-mujīb – Episode 03
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 …
Reading through Fatḥ al-qarīb al-mujīb – Episode 02
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 …
Reading through Fatḥ al-qarīb al-mujīb – Episode 01
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 …
Reading through Fatḥ al-qarīb al-mujīb – Episode 00
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 …
Shafiʿis consider entering enemy lands is a cause for disbelief – fact or fiqhtion?
I was asked about a Facebook post claiming that Imam al-Nawawi considered entering enemy lands (“Dar al-ḥarb”) to be a cause for disbelief. Instead of linking to the message, I …
The edibility of hyena and fox: fact or fiqhtion?
In the earlier article on lawful and prohibited foods according to the Shāfiʿī school, hyenas and foxes were mentioned as examples of edible animals. Several readers have asked whether this …