al-Badr al-Tamam Sharh Bulugh al-Maram

al-Badr al-Tamam Sharh Bulugh al-Maram (The Full Moon: Commentary on the Attainment of the Objective) is an extensive Arabic commentary by the Yemeni judge and traditionist al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Maghribi (1048–1119 AH; other reports give 1115 or 1116 AH) on the legal hadith collection Bulugh al-Maram by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (d. 852 AH).al-Badr al-Tamam Sharh Bu…+1

Scope and Methodology

The work provides a comprehensive explanation of the legal hadiths compiled by Ibn Hajar, covering textual analysis, isnad evaluations, variant narrations, and jurisprudential deductions.al-Taj al-Mukallal min Ja…+1 In his hadith criticism, al-Maghribi relied heavily on Ibn Hajar's al-Talkhis for discussing hadith chains and texts.al-Taj al-Mukallal min Ja…+1 When explaining narrations found in Sahih al-Bukhari, he drew directly upon Ibn Hajar's Fath al-Bari, while for narrations in Sahih Muslim, he transmitted from al-Nawawi's commentary.al-Taj al-Mukallal min Ja…+1 He also made use of Ibn Raslan's commentary on the Sunan.al-Taj al-Mukallal min Ja…+1 As noted by biographical sources, he frequently cited these works verbatim without explicitly attributing the passages to their original authors.al-Taj al-Mukallal min Ja…+1

For comparative legal rulings, al-Maghribi cited opinions and disputes from al-Bahr al-Zakhkhar by Imam al-Mahdi Ahmad ibn Yahya, and on occasion from Ibn Rushd.al-Taj al-Mukallal min Ja…+1 In most legal discussions, he recorded conflicting opinions without venturing to determine a preponderant ruling (tarjih).al-Taj al-Mukallal min Ja…+1

Influence and Abridgments

Due to its sheer size, al-Badr al-Tamam was initially less accessible and circulated mostly in manuscript form.al-Badr al-Tamam Sharh Bu…+1 However, it served as the direct foundation for one of the most widely circulated commentaries on Bulugh al-Maram: Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-San'ani (d. 1182 AH) condensed and refined al-Maghribi's text, producing his renowned work Subul al-Salam, in which he summarized parts of al-Badr al-Tamam and added material of his own.al-Badr al-Tamam Sharh Bu…+1 Subul al-Salam was itself later summarized by Siddiq Hasan Khan in his work Fath al-'Allam.Tawdih al-Ahkam min Bulug…+1

Publication

The work was later edited by Ali ibn Abd Allah al-Zaban with a foreword by Salih ibn Muhammad al-Luhaydan, published in multiple volumes beginning in 1414 AH / 1994 CE.al-Badr al-Tamam Sharh Bu…+1