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Islamic Jurisprudence
According to the Four Sunni Schools
Al-Fiqh ‘ala al-Madhahib al-Arba‘ah
Volume 1: Acts of Worship
Abd al-Rahman al-Jaziri
Translator: Nancy Roberts
Foreword: Frank E. Vogel
Introduction:: Dr. Sherman Jackson
1003 Pages Paperback, ISBN: 9781887752978
Fons Vitae
Also available in Arabic -
Fiqh Ala al-Madhahib al-Arba'ah`: Shaykh al-Jaziri- Arabic Only
The well
known Book on Khilaf, a discipline that records and analyses the differences
among Muslim Jurists.
Islamic Jurisprudence According
to the Four Sunni Schools is a translation of Volume I of al-Fiqh ‘ala al-Madhahib
al-Arba 'ah, by the Azhari scholar Sheikh ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Jaziri (1882-1941).
Dealing with the forms of worship (ibadat), this work offers an in-depth
discussion of ritual purity (taharah), ritual prayers (salat), including funeral
prayers and the practice of visiting the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad, fasting (siyam),
spiritual retreats (i ‘tikaf), charity (zakat), the pilgrimage to Mecca (both
al-hajj and al ‘umrah), and the offering of animal sacrifices.
Unlike previous works on Islamic law, which offer a medieval perspective,
Islamic Jurisprudence According to the Four Sunni Schools is unique in providing
the four legal views of ibadat or acts of worship, according to the
interpretations of more recent traditionalists trained at al-Azhar University.
It is a valuable and detailed reference work for those interested in Islam,
Islamic law or comparative law and contains a glossary of Islamic terminology.
This is a must for academic libraries as well as for individuals who want to
learn more about the performance of religious duties.
To date this is the only book on the market which brings together the teachings
of all four Sunni schools of jurisprudence on a single topic. As such, it
provides a unique service by enabling students of Islam, both Muslim and
non-Muslim alike, to compare the teachings of the various schools without having
to go in search of the relevant source material for each school. It demonstrates
the breadth and mercy of interpretation of each law and provides the Muslim
practitioner with various ways in which he or she may fulfill the tenets of the
faith.
Endorsements:
"This is one of the most clear and precise books of contemporary Islamic
jurisprudence. It teaches all of the aspects and categories of Islamic
jurisprudence according to the four Sunni schools that are followed by the
majority of Muslims: The Hanafi, the Maliki, the Shafi'i and the Hanbali.
- Dr. Shaykh Ali Jum'a, Grand Mufti of Egypt, (Prev. Professor of Islamic
Jurisprudence, University of Al Azhar, Cairo; Director of the Azhar Mosque and
Imaam at the Sultan Hasan Mosque; advisor to the Minister of Islamic
Endowments, Cairo)
On the Author
Abd al-Raĥmān Ibn Muĥammad Awađ al-Jazīrī
was born on the Egyptian island of Shandawīl in 1882 (1299 AH) and was
educated at al-Azhar from 1896-1909; he later became a teacher at al-Azhar. In
1912, al-Jazīrī was appointed inspector for the Ministry of Religious
Endowment's Department of Mosques, after which he was promoted to the Ministry's
chief inspector. He was subsequently appointed as a professor in al-Azhar's
College of the Principles of Religion, and before his death in Ĥulwān in 1941
(1360 AH), al-Jazīrī became a member of al-Azhar's Committee of Senior Scholars.
Al-Jazīrī's writings include: Al-Fiqh cAlā al-Madhāhib al-Arbacah ("Islamic
Jurisprudence According to the Four Sunni Schools") in four volumes (Volume I
was composed jointly by al-Jazīrī and a committee of scholars, while the
remaining volumes were composed by al-Jazīrī alone); Tawđīĥ al-cAqā'id
("Clarification of Doctrines") on the science of monotheism; Al-Akhlāq al-Dīniyah
wal-Ĥikam al-Sharciyah ("Religious Ethics and the Manifestations of Wisdom in
the Islamic Law"); Adillat al-Yaqīn ("Proofs of Certainty") in response to
certain Christian evangelists; and Dīwān Khuţab ("Collected Sermons").*
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