Newly Released Matn Safīnat al-najāʾ: Arabic and English. by: Shaykh Sālim ibn ʿAbdullah ibn Saʿd ibn Samīr al-Haḍramī al-Shāfiʿī. The Ship of Salvation: A classic manual of Islāmic Doctrine and Jurisprudence In Arabic with English text, commentary and appendices, Edited and translated...

The topic of the “Beard” in the Shafi’i school has been dealt with in another article: اللحية The Beard : A Collection of Shafi’i Verdicts. Some brethren posted some objections, specifically from Sayyidi Taha Karan, to the points made within above article. I also needed further...

Compiled by Abul Layth   The Shafi’i school states that combining the prayers (jama‘), whether Thuhr or ‘Asr or Maghrib and ‘Isha’, when it is raining is permissible (ja’iz) in the law, and a divine dispensation (rukhsah). See the proofs here. However, they are not...

Compiled by Abul Layth The following biography of Imam Abul Hasan Al-Mahamili (المحاملي) is my abridged summation of the introduction of Dr. Abdul Karim Al-’Umari (ghafar Allahu lahu) of Al-Lubab fi Fiqh Ash-Shafi’i. His commentary and notes of the Lubab of Imam Abul Hasan Mahamili...

A brother asked in the article I wrote regarding the Shafi’i proofs for touching the woman nullifying wudu: “What about the hadith in Ibn Majah?   Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaibah and Ali ibn Muhammad informed us from Waki from A’mash from Habib ibn abi Thabit from Urwah ibn Zubair from Aisha...

Research done by Abul Layth There are two parts to this research paper: 1) What is the ruling on the walimah (banquet, pronounced wa-lee-mah) of Marriage? 2) What is the ruling on attending the walimah? Abi Shuja’ states in his “Matn“: “And the walimah (banquet for) the marriage...

Sidi Abdullah asked me in an email: “I was noting that in the recent discussion about Shafi’i fiqh and the Maliki madhab, there was no actual articulation of exactly what people love about Shafi’i madhab.  So I am assigning it to you in, say, 250 words or less, insha’llah.” My...

Imam Tajud-Din As-Subki in his Tabaqat reports the following beneath his entry on Abi Ibrahim Isma’il ibn Yahya Al-Muzani: “And Al-Muzani reported from Imam Ash-Shafi’i that he heard him saying, ‘It is not permitted (لا يحل) for anyone who hears the the hadith of Rasulullah...

Alhamdulilah: A sister recently requested that I compile some statements of the Shafi’i jurists regarding the ‘awrah of a woman amongst other women. Some of the quotes within this article have previously been translated by me in other articles on this website. So do not be surprised if...

Sister Umm Muhammad wrote in a comment in one of the posts: Bismillaah.Peace be upon Prophet Muhammad . As-Salaamu ‘alaykum all. A request/suggestion: I’d appreciate if you could research the technicalities behind the whole “not supporting filth with your person” issue during salah. Alot of...

Written by Abul Layth Lesson 2: Continuing the Pre-Conditions of Salāh Download Lesson in Pdf: [Download not found] This lesson will cover the rest of the issues of Shurūt As-Salāh (the pre-conditions of prayer). The first condition that we will elaborate upon is the necessity of facing the Qiblah....