This is the ninth and last 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. A person may rightfully ask what the history of the Hanafi school means for us today. Did Islamic jurisprudence freeze with the […]

This is the eighth 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. After progressing from Nur al-Idah to Radd al-Muhtar, a student should appreciate the entire history of the Hanafi school. At this stage, the student […]

This is the seventh in a series drawn from a seminar delivered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and Shaykh Talal al-Azem on mastering the Hanafi school. The full seminar is available here. Curricula differ from teacher to teacher. No single order of books is prescribed. Yet shared principles run beneath the different traditions. Those principles point, […]

This is the sixth in a series on mastering the Hanafi school, drawn from a seminar by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and Shaykh Talal al‑Azem. The full seminar is available here. Is Islamic jurisprudence just legal memorization, or is it something more? What Islamic Jurisprudence Actually Is From the earliest generations, scholars transmitted Islamic jurisprudence directly to […]

This is the fifth in a series on mastering the Hanafi school, drawn from a seminar by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and Shaykh Talal al-Azem. The full seminar is available here. There is a tool many students overlook on the journey to mastery: righteous company. Seek the Company of Students Who Help You Learn As well […]

This is the fourth in a series on mastering the Hanafi school, drawn from a seminar by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and Shaykh Talal al-Azem. The full seminar is available here. A family at the bedside needs to know when to turn off the ventilator. A woman needs to know what counts as postnatal bleeding. A […]

This is the third 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. At the very least, a student ought to hold a strong foundational understanding of the core texts. A student who does not know a […]

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 first 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. Students face a real crisis today. Imam Zarnuji (Allah have mercy on him) wrote Taʿlim al-Mutaʿallim to address exactly this problem: seekers directing themselves […]