Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Hammadah
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Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Hammadah is a contemporary Syrian Islamic researcher based in Damascus, specializing in Islamic jurisprudence and pilgrimage rites .
Background and Career
Bearing the nisbas al-Ghunaymi and al-Maydani, Hammadah has been based in the historical al-Midan quarter of Damascus . In his practical religious work, he served as the secretary and director of the al-Yaman delegation for the service of pilgrims (Fawj al-Yaman li-Khidmat Duyuf al-Rahman), assisting Muslims performing the pilgrimage from Damascus .
Scholarly Contributions
Hammadah’s research primarily addresses the legal rulings and spiritual significance of the Hajj and Umrah. In 1425 AH (2004 CE), he completed al-Rukn al-Khamis ("The Fifth Pillar"), a comprehensive guide detailing the prophetic model of the Farewell Pilgrimage to assist pilgrims in fulfilling their obligations . He also authored Sharh Kitab al-Hajj min Nihayat al-Tadrib fi Nazm Ghayat al-Taqrib, a legal commentary explicating the pilgrimage chapter of Yahya al-Umriti's verse rendition of the Shafi'i legal text Ghayat al-Taqrib, which was published in Damascus in 1427 AH (2006 CE) .
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This work is a contemporary commentary on Shafi'i jurisprudence that focuses on the chapter of pilgrimage from Nihayat al-Tadrib fi Nazm Ghayat al-Taqrib, a metrical adaptation of Abu Shuja' al-Isfahani's legal primer Ghayat al-Taqrib composed by Sharaf al-Din Yahya al-Umriti. The text explicates the legal rulings, conditions, pillars, and obligations of the rites of Hajj and 'Umrah as formulated in al-Umriti's verse, combining traditional legal analysis with reflections on the civilizational objectives and wisdom of the pilgrimage.
This contemporary treatise examines the rites and jurisprudence of the Islamic pilgrimage (Hajj and Umrah). Structured around the chronological progression of the Prophet Muhammad's Farewell Pilgrimage rather than traditional legal divisions of pillars and obligations, the work uses the hadith of Jabir ibn Abd Allah in Sahih Muslim as its core framework. It provides detailed legal analysis, historical commentary, and spiritual reflections, presenting comparative Sunni rulings while adopting the Shafi'i school as its primary baseline.