The 6 Books of ‘Zahir Al-Riwayah’

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Books of Zahir Al-Riwayah

Zahir Al-Riwayah is simply a postulation of six books written by Imam Muhammad.

These books are termed the Zahir al-Riwayah (manifest narrations) due to the fact that they are narrated from Imam Muhammad done galore reliable narrators and manifestly established mass-transmitted oregon wellknown chains.

Zahir Al-Riwayah books were compiled by Muhammad portion helium resided successful Baghdad and were aboriginal transmitted done galore chains from his students successful numbers which preclude immoderate anticipation of their falsehood oregon fabrication.

The Zahir al-Riwayah chiefly service arsenic a compendium of the ineligible opinions of the 3 preeminent imams of the madhhab, namely Abu Hanifah, Abu Yusuf, and Muhammad (who are besides called sometimes Ashab al-Madhhab). The books bash not bounds themselves to the rulings of these 3 however, and see the ineligible opinions of different eminent
scholars of the madhhab, specified arsenic Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl and Al-Hasan ibn Ziyad al-Lu’lu’i, arsenic good arsenic autarkic mujtahids extracurricular the madhhab, the likes of Abu Thawr and Awza‘i (may Allah person mercy connected them all).

The books of Zahir al-Riwayah consitute the backbone of the Hanafi-madhab and service arsenic a ground of the aboriginal books of the Hanafi-madhab.

A database of Books of ‘Zahir Al-Riwayah’

A little overview of each publication of Zahir Al-Riwayah is provided below.

1. Al-Jame’ Al-Sageer: Eisa bin Aban and Muhammad bin Sama’ah narrated this publication from Imam Muhammad. In thisbook, Imam Muhammad narrated from Imam Abu Hanifah done Imam Abu Yusuf. But, this publication does not incorporate proofs (adillah) for the rulings.

2. Al-Jame’ Al-Kabeer: This publication covers the akin contents arsenic the antecedently mentioned book, however, but with greater details.
3. Ziyadaat: This publication complements Al-Jame’ Al-Kabeer.
4. Al-Mabsoot: This is besides known arsenic ‘Al-Asl’. In this book, Imam Muhammad has collected the thousands of Mas’alas (rulings) that were derived by Imam Abu Hanifah. This publication covers applicable ahadith, followed by the associated rulings and the opinions of the modern Ulama of the time.
5. Al-Siyar Al-Sageer: This publication deals with the taxable of Jihad and planetary laws. According to Mufti Husain Kadodia
6. Al siyar Al kabeer.

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This is simply a database of the works of Zahir Al-Riwayah which you tin work online oregon download arsenic pdf:

1. AL-ASL / AL-MABSUT

2. AL-ZIYADAT

3. AL-JAMI‘ AL-KABIR

4. AL-JAMI‘ AL-SAGHIR – al-Nafi‘ al-Kabir

5. AL-SIYAR AL-KABIR– Sharh al-Siyar al-Kabir

Al Kafi

In the precocious 3rd oregon aboriginal 4th century, Hakim Shahid Abu ‘l-Fadl Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Marwazi al-Balkhi compiled the publication AlKafi. Alkafi is simply a short, abridged postulation of the ineligible rulings from each of these six books from the Zahir al-Riwayah. Organized successful the accepted bid of ineligible chapters and concise successful its presentation, the Kafi (The Sufficing)truly lived up to its name, allowing students of instrumentality to easy place the Zahir al-Riwayah rulings of the Hanafi schoolhouse without having to determination implicit each six books and their comparatively less-organized contents. (pls note: Al Kafi disposable successful 8 measurement successful English successful amazon is simply a Shia publication and it is not the kafi we are talking astir successful this article.) Many scholars penned commentaries of the Kafi, the astir recognized of them being Shams al-A’immah al-Sarakhsi’s Al-Mabsut. and it is simply a hanafi publication and disposable successful (amazon)

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