Indexed OCR Text

FIQH AL-IMAM
verse of prostration (ayal al-sajda) 79
Qurbani (animal sacrifice) 60
Rak'ats (units of prayer) 79. 82
Ramadan 182, 184-188, 190, 191,
193-195, 197
Recitation, in prayer
audible prayers 65-68, 75, 86
Companions' practice 69, 71-72,
75-78, 82
fard prayers 66
al-Fatiha 65-67, 70, 71, 72, 75, 78-79,
80-85
follower of the Dam (muğladi) 65-69.
71-75. 76. 78-79. 80-85, 86
Hanafi opinion 66-67, 70-71, 78,
80-81, 85. 86
Hanbali opinion 66, 69
in one's mind 84, 85
leader of the prayer (imam) 65, 67,
71-73. 76. 78-79. 80-85. 86
lone worshipper (minfarid) 65, 66, 71,
81, 82, 85
Maliki opinion 66
minimum recitation 66, 70, 80-82
non-fard prayers 66
Shafi'i opinion 66
silent prayers 65-68. 79. 86
Red camels 139
Rulings (masa'il) 10, 26, 27
Sacred sciences xVII
Sacred texts XVII, 10, 12, 21. See
also under specific titles
Sadaqa (charity) 173
Safa 106, 108
Sabih al-Bukhari 50-51, 161, 169, 194
Sahib Muslim XIX, 104: 156, 157
Salaf salibin (pious predecessors) 199
Salat (prayer)
audible prayers (jabri) 65-68, 88-89, 93
barrier (sutra) 79
changes xiv, 112
components
"amin" xin1, 72-73, 79. 87-96
bismillah 93
qu'da (sitting). See sitting (ga'da)
qiyam (standing) 45, 50, 79
rak'ats (units) 79, 82
ruku (bowing) XIII, 11, 65, 79, 120
sajda (prostration) xIV
satlams 106-108, 130. 133-136,
139-140,190
takbir 72. 79. 91. 97-99, 139
tasbabbud 119, 120
tasmi' 112, 15
thana 91, 93, 95
congregational 46, 49. 52-53, 67. 78
79, 125, 134, 166-169, 180-187.
192, 195-196, 198-199
criticizing others' XIII, 49. 87, 97
hardship rewarded in 121
integrals (rukn) 112
joining late 125-126
musalli (worshipper) 125, 141, 169
Naff (supererogatory) 127, 137, 146-147,
153-154, 161, 167, 192
obligation of 10, 203
prostration of forgerfulness (sajdat
al-sabwy 71.79
prostration of Qur'an recital (sajdat
al-tilawa) 79
qada 153-154, 1$8, 203
giyam al-layl 135, 149
recitation. See recitation, in prayer
shortening (gasr) 16
shuf a (dual sets) 143
silence during 166-167
silent prayers (sirri) 65-68, 79, 88-80
straightening rows 48-54
storina prayers 192
tahajjud 135-137, 145-152, 193-194
tabiyyat al-masjid. See tahiyyat al-masjid
tahiyyat al-unidu' 154
tranquillity in 111-112
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Subject Index
Satan
pillars representing, at Mina 108
protection from 36
Scholars
early
latter-day xvi
reliable 9, 10, 12
Schools of jurisprudence. See madhhabs
Seven great jurists, See fugaha':
Jugaba' sab'a
Shafaq abyad (white twilight) 207
Shafaq ahmar (red twilight) 205,
207-208
Shafi'i, Imam
basis of figh 99. 187
interpretation of the word "qurw" 1
on Abu Hanifa 25
on nullification of wudu' 15
Shaf'i school
on "amin" after al-Fatiha 88
on distance between feer in prayer 48
on hand position in prayer 56
on raising hands (raf al-yadaya) 99
on recitation in prayer 66
on wier prayer 134-135
Shari'a
derived from Qur'an and Sunna 30
followers of 10, 13
knowledge of 6, 9
principles of 12, 191
scholars of 9, 10
sources xv. XVII, G. 8
Shirk 8, 9, 13, 14
Shoulders, joining in prayer 48-51, 53
Sitting (qa'da)
iftirash. See iftirash
tarabba' (cross legged). See tarabby"
(sitting cross legged)
titwarrak. See tawarruk
various opinions 117-118
Siwak (toothstick) 137, 144
Sunan al-Tirmidhi XIX, 100
Sunna mu'akkada 190
Sunna prayer
of Fajr. See Fajr, sunna prayer of
of other prayers 126, 127
tarawil). See tarawih prayer, rak'ats of
Sunnis. See Ahl al-Sunna wa I-Jama'a
Surat al-Fatiha. See al-Fatiha
Sutra (barrict) 79
Tabuk 208
Tadbkirat al-buffaz (Dhahabi) 27, 30
Tafsir
Abu Hatim 6g
Ibn Jarir 69
Mujahid 69
Tahajjud prayer 135-137, 145-152,
193-194
Tahiyyat al-masjid
forbidden after 'Asr prayer 153
forbidden during Friday sermon
165-167. 175-177
times when it is makruh 165
Tahiyyat al-wudu' 157
Taglid
human nature 4
legality of XVII, 8, 14
literal definition 3
necessity (wujub) xv1, 4-19, 16
shakhsi 6, 7
technical definition xVII, 3
Tarabbu' (sitting cross-legged)
due to weakness 122
Tamwih prayer
emphasized (mi'akkada) sunna 186,
190, 190-191
number of rak ats
cight rak ats 179, 181-183, 192-196,
199
eleven rak'ats 189, 197-199
forty-one rak ats 180, 189
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Hanafi opinion 180-181. 189-191
Hanbali opinion 180-181, 189
lack of authentic narrations 182-183
Maliki opinion 180, 187, 189, 194, 197
Shafi i opinion 180-181, 187, 189, 190
thirty-six rak ats 180-181, 189
twenty rak'ats 179-181, 183-190.
198-200
practice of Companions 179-180,
183-187, 189-191, 198-199
practice of the Messenger # 182-184,
186. 195
Tawaf (circumambulation) 180
Tawarruk
definition 117
due to weakness 121-124
in all sittings 118
in final sitting 118, 122
in second sitting 118-119
permissibility 118. 123-124
Tawhid 8
Thana 91, 93. 95
Travellers, prayer of 15-16, 201-202,
204-209
Truch (hag) 41-42
Uhud (mount) 38
'Umar ibn al-Khattab
combining prayers a major sin 204
forbade recitation behind imam 77, 78
on Friday prayer 166
on Ibn Mas'ud 37
on prayer after 'Asr 162
on prayer during Friday sermon 169,
171, 172-173
prayer of 93, 95, 105, 109-111, 136
rak ats in tarawih prayer 179, 183-192,
196-198, 199
witt prayer 139, 141
Umma
best of 34
Witr prayer
Hanafi opinion 135. 141, 147, 151-152
Hanbali opinion 134-135
in Ramadan 134, 135. 181. 187-189.
191-195, 198
Maliki opinion 134-135
number of rak'an
eleven ral'ars 135, 144
five rak ats 146
one rak'a 133-135, 139, 142, 148-111
seven rak'ats 144
three rak ats 134-136, 138-146.
149-151
number of salams 133.
in congregation 134
one set 134-135. 139-147
two sets 134, 141-142
Shafi'i opinion 134-135
tahajud described as 136, 144-148, 150
Women, touching Is
Worship ( 'ibadat)
changes xiv, See also specific acts of
worship
Wudu' 7, 15, 137, 144
Wujub
bi '1-dhat 4.5
bi 1-ghayr 4.5
Wuguf (standing in 'Arafat) 149
Yemen 6, 35, 96
Zakariyya, du'a'of 90
Zakat 10
Zuhur, sunna prayer after 155, 158,
160,163
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About the Author
THE AUTHOR, MUFTI ABDUR-RAHMAN IBN YUSUF MANGERA, has been
studying the traditional Islamic sciences and writing scholarly works for
most of his life. He completed the bulk of his studies at Darul Uloom
Bury, North England, where he memorized the Qur'an by age fifteen
and thereafter went on to complete a rigorous, six-year Shari'a program.
He graduated from this program with authentic certifications [ijaza] in
numerous Islamic disciplines, including Arabic, Islamic jurisprudence,
and hadith (with particular emphasis on the six authentic books of hadith
[Sihah Sitta] and the Muwattas of Imam Malik and Imam Muhammad).
His teachers at Darul Uloom Bury included Shaykh Yusuf Motala and
other students of Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya
Kandhlawi.
After graduating, the author traveled to South Africa, where he
attended Madrasah Zakariyyah part-time to gain specialized training
in answering legal questions [ifta] under Mufti Rada al-Haq. While in
South Africa, he also completed a B.A. with honors in Islamic studies
at Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, under Professor Abdur-
Rahman Doi, Ph.D.
He then traveled to Syria, where he received a second certification in
Qur'anic recitation and memorization, this time from Shaykh 'Abd al-
Razzaq al-Halabi, who possessed a short, unbroken chain of transmission
[sanad] to the Messenger of Allah @ in this subject. He also received a
certification from Shaykh Adib Kallas after reading Mulla 'Ali al-Qari's
Sharh al-Figh al-Akbar and attending lectures on other classical texts of
Islamic creed ['aqida].
He spent the following year in Saharanpur, India, where he received
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formal authorization to issue legal rulings (fatawa], which required a
close study of part or all of a number of classical jurisprudential texts,
including, among others, Ibn Nujaym's Al-Ashbah wa 'I-nazd'ir and
Allama Haskafi's Al-Durr al-mukhtar (along with its commentary, Radd
al-muhtar, by 'Allama Ibn 'Abidin al-Shami). During this time, Mufti
Abdur-Rahman also attended classes on the principles of hadith [usul
al-hadith], studying 'Allama Lakhnawi's Al-Raf' wa 'I-takmil fi I-jarh
wa 'I-ta'dil and parts of Imam Suyuti's Tadrib al-rawi.
The author acquired additional certifications in hadith from such great
scholars as Shaykh Muhaddith Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami (through
his student Shaykh Mufti Zayn al-'Abidin), Shaykh Abu 'I-Hasan 'Ali
Nadwi, and Shaykh Muhammad al-'Awwama. May Allah continue to
bless those of his teachers who are still alive and have mercy on those
who have passed on to the next life.
To dare, Mufti Abdur-Rahman has written (1) Figh al-Imam: Key
Proofs in Hanafi Figh (1996), (2) Provisions for the Seekers (2005), a
translation and commentary of the Arabic work Zad al- Talibin, a small
collection of short hadiths compiled by Mawlana 'Ashiq Ilahi from
'Allama Tabrizi's Mishkat al-Masabih. (3) Prayers for Forgiveness: Seeking
Spiritual Enlightenment through Sincere Supplication (2004), a translation
of Al-Istighfarat al-Mungidha min al-Nar, a collection of seventy prayers
for forgiveness transmitted from Hasan al-Basri, (4) Imam Abu Hanifa's
Al-Figh al-Akbar Explained (2007), a translation of Al-Figh al-Akbar along
with Abu 'I-Muntaha al-Maghnisawi's commentary and selections from
'Ali al-Qari's commentary, including Abu Hanifa's Kitab al-Wasiyya, (5)
Salat & Salam: In Praise of Allah's Most Beloved (2007), a manual of bless
ings and peace upon the Prophet Muhammad #, and (6) co-authored
Reflections of Pearls (2005).
He presently serves as imam of a California mosque and continues to
work on scholarly publications through White Thread Press.
Some of his fatawa can be found at www.whitethreadpress.com and
www.sunnipath.com and some of his lectures at www.zamzamacademy.com
and www.al-rashad.com.
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IN RECENT DECADES many attacks have been launched against the
concept of taglid, or following a school of Islamic law. Opposition has
ranged from being mild with degrees of acceptance to malicious attacks.
Certain extreme elements have gone so far as to brand those who follow
a school [madbhab] as polytheist [mushrik]. Much of the opposition has
been a result of misunderstanding the realities of this concept.
The first part of this book seeks to clarify certain aspects of taglid that
have been misunderstood and gravely distorted. It sheds light on the
necessity of taglid, its history, and its role in today's world. The second
part includes several chapters devoted to issues regarding prayer [salat]
according to the Hanafi school of law. Through illustrative examples
and detailed discussions, the chapters on prayer sufficiently demonstrate
the sophisticated legal philosophy employed by the Hanafi school (and,
indeed, all the madhhabs) in their derivation of legal rulings from the
source texts of Islam.
All rulings have been supported with evidentiary proofs from the
Qur'an and Hadith. The author delivers an even-handed presentation
of arguments throughout the book. He intends neither to offend nor to
perpetuate polemic disputes, but rather to state the facts in a lucid and
rational style, with a view to appeal to the reader's sense of reason.
ABDUR-RAHMAN IBN YUSUF has studied in England, India, South Africa
and Syria under a number of traditional scholars. He received formal
authorizations (ijazar] from his teachers in the major Islamic sciences.
including a specialization in the science of answering legal questions lifta'].
He presently serves as an imam ac a California mosque and is working on
several academic and scholarly publications.
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