''Bulugh al-Maram min Adillat al-Ahkam'', ( ar, بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام ) translation: ''Attainment of the Objective According to Evidences of the Ordinances'' by al-Hafidh ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (1372 – 1448) is a collection of

hadith Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...

pertaining specifically to

Shafi'i The Shafii ( ar, شَافِعِي, translit=Shāfiʿī, also spelled Shafei) school, also known as Madhhab al-Shāfiʿī, is one of the four major traditional schools of religious law (madhhab) in the Sunnī branch of Islam. It was founded by ...

jurisprudence Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law. Scholars of jurisprudence seek to explain the nature of law in its most general form and they also seek to achieve a deeper understanding of legal reasoning a ...

. This genre is referred to in

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as ''Ahadith al-Ahkam''.

About

''Bulugh al-Maram'' contains a total of 1358 hadiths. At the end of each

narrated in ''Bulugh al-Maram'', al-Hafidh ibn Hajar mentions who collected that hadith originally. ''Bulugh al-Maram'' includes

drawn from numerous primary sources of

in it including, ''

Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari ( ar, صحيح البخاري, translit=Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī), group=note is a ''hadith'' collection and a book of '' sunnah'' compiled by the Persian scholar Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī (810–870) around 846. Al ...

'', ''

Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim ( ar, صحيح مسلم, translit=Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim), group=note is a 9th-century ''hadith'' collection and a book of '' sunnah'' compiled by the Persian scholar Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj (815–875). It is one of the most valued bo ...

'', '' Sunan Abu Dawud'', ''

Jami at-Tirmidhi Jami at-Tirmidhi ( ar, جامع الترمذي), also known as Sunan at-Tirmidhi, is one of "the six books" ('' Kutub al-Sittah'' - the six major hadith collections). It was collected by Al-Tirmidhi. He began compiling it after the year 250 A.H. ...

'', '' Sunan al-Nasa'i'', '' Sunan ibn Majah'', and ''

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal ''Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal'' ( ar, مسند أحمد بن حنبل) is a collection of musnad hadith compiled by the Islamic scholar Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 AH/855 AD) to whom the Hanbali fiqh (legislation) is attributed. Description It is on ...

'' and more. It holds a unique distinction as all the hadith compiled in the book have been the foundation for

Islamic Jurisprudence ''Fiqh'' (; ar, فقه ) is Islamic jurisprudence. Muhammad-> Companions-> Followers-> Fiqh. The commands and prohibitions chosen by God were revealed through the agency of the Prophet in both the Quran and the Sunnah (words, deeds, and e ...

rulings. In addition to mentioning the origins of each of the hadith in ''Bulugh al-Maram'', ibn Hajar also included a comparison between the versions of a hadith that came from different sources. Because of its unique qualities, it still remains a widely used collection of hadith regardless of school of thought.

The book is divided into 15 chapters: # The Book of Purification # The Book of Prayer # The Book of Funerals # The Book of Zakat # The Book of Siyam # The Book of Business Transactions # The Book of Marriage # The Book of Jinayat # The Book of Hudud # The Book of Jihad # The Book of Foods # The Book of Oaths and Vows # The Book of Judgement # The Book of Emancipation # The Comprehensive Book

Explanations

* ''Al-Badr al-Tamam'' by al-Husain ibn Muhammad al-Maghribi * ''Subul al-Salam'' by Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Amir al-Sana'ni, who abridged ''al-Badr al-Tamam''

Translation

* ''Bulugh Al-Maram: Attainment of the Objective According to Evidence of the Ordinances'', Dar-us-Salam; 1st edition (1996),

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Other books of ''Ahadith al-ahkam''

*''

Tahdhib al-Athar ''Tahdhīb al-Āthār'' ( ar, تهذيب الآثار) is a collection of hadith by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. Al-Kattani described it as one of al-Tabari's amazing works, although, he did not complete it. Description Al-Tabari compiled this ...

'' by

Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari ( ar, أبو جعفر محمد بن جرير بن يزيد الطبري), more commonly known as al-Ṭabarī (), was a Muslim historian and scholar from Amol, Tabaristan. Among the most prominent figures of the Islamic Golden Age, al-Tabari i ...

*''‘Umdah al-ahkam'' by Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi *''Al-Sunan al-Kubra'' by

Ahmad Bayhaqi Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Mūsā al-Khusrawjirdī al-Bayhaqī ( ar, أبو بكر أحمد بن حسين بن علي بن موسى الخسروجردي البيهقي, 994–1066), also known as Imām al-Bayhaqī, was born c. ...

*''Al-Muntaqa'' by Majd ibn Taymiyah explained by

Muhammad ash-Shawkani Muḥammad al-Shawkānī (1759–1834) was a prominent Yemeni Sunni Islamic scholar, jurist, theologian and reformer. Shawkani was one of the most influential proponents of Athari theology and is revered as one of their canonical scholars by Sala ...

in ''Nayl al-Awtar Sharh Muntaqa al-Akhbar''

Publications

*'' Bulugh Al-Maram'': Attainment of the Objective According to Evidence of the Ordinances

References

External links

Bulugh al-Maram (partial) online at Sunnah.com
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