al-Jami li Fawaid Bulugh al-Maram
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- Mu'assasat Waqf al-Shaykh Abd al-Rahman ibn Nasir al-Barrak
al-Jamiʿ li-Fawaʾid Bulugh al-Maram (The Comprehensive Compendium of the Benefits of Bulugh al-Maram) is a legal commentary on Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's (d. 852 AH / 1449 CE) legal hadith collection Bulugh al-Maram min Adillat al-Ahkam, authored by the contemporary Saudi scholar Abd al-Rahman ibn Nasir al-Barrak .
Background and Composition
Al-Barrak memorized Bulugh al-Maram in his youth, studied it under his teachers, and taught it over many years in mosques and at the College of Sharia at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University . The composition of the book began as a private reading by his student, Professor Abd al-Muhsin ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Askar, who proposed that al-Barrak dictate the derived benefits and legal rulings of each hadith in the work .
During these sessions, al-Barrak dictated what he extracted from the texts alongside insights drawn from his review of earlier commentaries . Al-Askar recorded the dictation and read the compiled notes back to al-Barrak at the close of each lesson for verification, correction, and additions . When other students and scholars learned of the commentary, they encouraged its publication; al-Barrak approved and endorsed the title suggested by al-Askar, al-Jamiʿ li-Fawaʾid Bulugh al-Maram . Al-Askar completed the work's introductory preface in Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1436 AH (September 2015 CE) .
Purpose and Methodology
The primary aim of the book is to serve teachers and students by elucidating the objectives of the prophetic traditions and demonstrating how each hadith aligns with its respective chapter heading . Rather than offering protracted textual expositions, al-Barrak enumerates the specific jurisprudential, theological, and ethical points deduced from each narration, noting differing legal viewpoints and their evidentiary foundations concisely .
The work is phrased in accessible language intended to benefit advanced scholars examining points of evidence, students of Islamic law seeking concise deductions, and mosque imams teaching general congregations .
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