This is the second in a series on mastering the Hanafi school, drawn from a seminar delivered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and Shaykh Talal al-Azem. The full seminar is available here. Hold yourself to three things for every lesson, on condition of sincerity, and you will gain and retain a great deal of knowledge. The […]

This is the fifth article in a series based on the On Demand Course: The Hanafi Way: Lessons from Kawthari’s Fiqh Ahl al Iraq. It lays out the great defense of the Hanafi school in the 20th century by Imam Kawthari. Imam Abu Hanifa was strict when it came to the narrator. He required that […]

This is the fourth article in a series based on the On Demand Course: The Hanafi Way: Lessons from Kawthari’s Fiqh Ahl al Iraq. It lays out the great defense of the Hanafi school in the 20th century by Imam Kawthari. Hadith is that which is transmitted. What it relates to is the legislative example […]

This is the third article in a series based on the On Demand Course: The Hanafi Way: Lessons from Kawthari’s Fiqh Ahl al Iraq. It lays out the great defense of the Hanafi school in the 20th century by Imam Kawthari. Legal preference (istihsan) is to deem something good or to deem something better. The […]