

The best-known of these include al-Kawākib al-Darāri by Imām Shams al-Dīn al- Kirmānī (d.786), Umdat al-Qāri by Imām Badr al-Dīn al-‘Ayni (d.85s),- and the Irshād al-Sāri by Imam Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Qastallāni (d.923).

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The importance of this literature may be gauged by the fact that at least seventy full commentaries have been written on Imām al-Bukhāri’s great Şahih. These discussions have included investigations of the precise linguistic and lexicological meaning of the Prophetic speech, studies of the isnād, debates over the circum- stances surrounding the genesis of each hadith (asbāb al-wurūd), and issues of abrogation by stronger or later hadiths or by Qur’ānic texts.įor this reason, no Muslim scholar of repute uses a hadith before checking the commentaries to ascertain its precise meaning, context, and application. It is surprising that no translations at present exist from this voluminous and influential body of writing, given that there are few hadith that can be understood adequately without reference to the often-complex debates which have taken place concerning them between the scholars. This booklet intends to introduce non-Arabic speakers to one of the most seminal genres of Muslim religious literature, namely, the hadith commentary. Selections From The Fath Al-Bari (Commentary on Şahih al-Bukhari) by Ibn Hajar Al-Asoalani followed by Twenty Fatwas on Life after Death Translated by Abdal Hakim Murad SELECTIONS FROM THE FATH AL-BARI
