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As for the hanbalites, the author has simply written: مع الحنفية، غير أنهم يعتبرون اتحاد الجنس شرطا

For the Malikites

For the shafi'ites

Very interesting. As many of you may know, Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Abbas رضي الله عنهما had a particular view of Riba al Fadhl. This short treatise by an Azhari shaykh deals with this and speaks about the sunni and shii madhahib

Some new acquisitions

Relatively obvious what this is about. Interestingly, the author was an Iraqi politician so I'm hoping that there will be some practical application proposals in the book. It's also important to understand that the author was a leader of Ikhwan in Iraq

Also interesting. Imam al Khattabi corrects the language mistakes of the muhadditheen and ruwaat when narrating ahadith. I'll try and send an example soon insha Allah

Very interesting. As many of you may know, Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Abbas رضي الله عنهما had a particular view of Riba al Fadhl. This short treatise by an Azhari shaykh deals with this and speaks about the sunni and shii madhahib

Some new acquisitions

People online discuss Islam with names as if they are auditioning for a superhero movie. Your real name works just fine, it's okay.

People online discuss Islam with names as if they are auditioning for a superhero movie. Your real name works just fine, it's okay.

Sh. Hatim al-Awni - 'Kitab Fada'il Abi Hanifah' by Ibn Abi al-'Awwam - (personal notes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipMHuZOjjKo&list=PLMQtoa0AhxvLSYlRzE_nyE8xrNLAyP2BA&index=4 Awni discusses the death date of Ibn Abi al-'Awwam and that he seems to have lived until at least 344 AH, contrary to the editor who says 335 AH. Awni says Ibn Abi al-'Awwam is reliable. He is praised by Hadith scholars and his reliability can also be seen from his work. Awni says that Ibn Abi al-'Awwam's book does not suffer from the same criticism as al-Saymari's (F: d. 436) book, despite its importance, which is that he frequently narrates from a fabricated work by Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Salt (also known as Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mughallis). Ibn al-Salt has a work on the virtues of Abu Hanifah that he filled with fabrications. He has been declared a fabricator also by Hanafis like Ibn Qutlubugha. Awni argues that one of the reasons people criticised Imam Abu Hanifah was that they misunderstood his reasons for dismissing reports, and incorrectly assumed he was rejecting them without argument. Awni argues that another reason was jealousy, because Abu Hanifah's opinions had spread far and wide even during his time among both lay people and judges, who needed rulings to apply without delay (Imam Abu Hanifah preferred to issue fatwa while other scholars abstained, as he felt it was better that a ruling come from a person of learning than leaving the matter to the public who do not possess sufficient knowledge). Awni mentions that Ibn Abi al-'Awwam's book indicates this point of jealousy. He brings an authentic report from [Nusayr] ibn Yahya al-Balkhi (a Hanafi) that he asked Ahmad ibn Hanbal why he criticises Abu Hanifah? He said ra'y (which Awni describes as subtle extrapolation from texts and analogy from texts). He replied what about Malik who also adopted ra'y? Ahmad said he has ra'y but Abu Hanifah's ra'y will exist perpetually in books ('khullida' - there is a possible issue with the text here). The Hanafi replied that the ra'y of Malik is also preserved in books. Ahmad said there is more ra'y of Abu Hanifah. He replied that why do you then not speak of Malik according to his share of ra'y and Abu Hanifah according to his share (i.e. it is not fair to simply criticise Abu Hanifah)? Ahmad remained silent. Awni says this report indicates that the standard we use should be applied to everyone equally and we should be fair and just. Ibrahim ibn al-Jarrah is an early Hanafi and hadith scholar. Some criticised him due to some of his views but Awni argues that he is trustworthy and that the criticisms do not place his narrations under suspicion. He was a student of Abu Yusuf. Ibn Abi al-'Awwam cites his report (p. 318, no. 730) saying that when he intended to leave for Basrah he asked Abu Yusuf whom he should study under. He replied Hammad ibn Zayd and praised him greatly. So he studied under him and noticed that Abu Yusuf was not mentioned in Hammad ibn Zayd's presence except that he would criticise him. He then said that a woman once came to him asking to record for her a contracted document (which can include contracts of debts, partnerships and wills; these contracts are delicate and require precision so as to not create dispute in understanding the formulation later; therefore, very few people can naturally record these contracts). He did not want to turn her away and also did not want to interrupt a hadith lesson. Ibrahim ibn al-Jarrah said that he will write it for her then gave it to Hammad to view. He was impressed and asked whom he learnt this from. He replied from one whose name is not mentioned except that you criticise him and who advised me to study under you. He asked who? He said Abu Yusuf, so he got embarrassed and only mentioned good things about him thereafter. Awni says may Allah have mercy on Abu Yusuf and Hammad ibn Zayd. They were both scholars and imams, and while even scholars can make mistakes, one can expect and hope that they would be the quickest to retract any mistake and that they are sincere to Allah.

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"He صلى الله عليه وسلم is a human, unlike other humans. Just as a ruby is a stone unlike other stones" - Sh Abdullah Sirajuddin in Sayyiduna Muhammad RasoolAllah عليه افضل الصلاة والسلام