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Fiqhī Ḍawābiṭ

Juristic Maxims of Islamic Law

Muftī Usāmah Ṣāḥib Ḍenḍ Rolvī

The rulings of daily worship set out plainly, from purification and prayer through to the questions people actually ask.

Contents

  1. Foreword: Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muftī Saʿīd Aḥmad Ṣāḥib Pālanpūrī (Raḥimahullāh) The terms qawāʿid (foundational principles) and uṣūl (roots, fundamental bases) are near-synonymous words used interchangeably. Although scholars...
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    1. Muḥaddith Kabīr, Faqīh al-Nafs, Ḥaḍrat Aqdas Mawlānā Muftī Saʿīd Aḥmad Ṣāḥib Pālanpūrī (may his blessings endure), Shaykh al-Ḥadīth and Head of Faculty, Dār al-ʿUlūm Deoband
      1. Two Principal Benefits of Qawāʿid and Ḍawābiṭ
  2. Words of Hope and Prayer: Shaykh al-Islām, Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muftī Taqī ʿUthmānī Ṣāḥib (Dāmat Fuyūḍahum) Respected colleague, al-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-raḥmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
  3. Endorsement: Faqīh al-ʿAṣr, Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Khālid Sayf Allāh Ṣāḥib Raḥmānī (Madda Ẓilluh) Fiqh holds a particular importance among the Islamic sciences, for it is the essence and distillation of the Book of Allāh , the Sunnah of the...
  4. Endorsement: Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muftī Ḥabīb al-Raḥmān Ṣāḥib Khayrābādī (Madda Ẓilluh) In human life there are thousands, indeed hundreds of thousands, of subsidiary cases pertaining to acts of worship, transactions, deeds, and conduct...
  5. Endorsement: Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muftī Shabbīr Aḥmad Ṣāḥib Qāsmī (Madda Ẓilluh) I had the good fortune of looking through the book Fiqhī Ḍawābiṭ by Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muftī Usāmah Ṣāḥib Pālanpūrī (may his shadow endure), Muftī of Dār...
  6. Endorsement: Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muftī Salmān Ṣāḥib Manṣūrpūrī (Madda Ẓilluh) Before me at this moment is a most beneficial book, one that will prove advantageous for students, scholars, and muftīs alike: Fiqhī Ḍawābiṭ...
  7. A Word from the Author (First Edition) Boundless gratitude is due to the Most Pure Lord, who granted this unworthy one the tawfīq (Divine enablement) to dive into the vast ocean of Islamic...
  8. Author’s Note (New Edition) The reason for composing this book and its method and approach have been mentioned under the Author's Preface of the first edition. Here, only a few...
  9. Glossary

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