Sharh Kitab al-Hajj min Nihayat al-Tadrib fi Nazm Ghayat al-Taqrib lil-Umriti
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Sharh Kitab al-Hajj min Nihayat al-Tadrib fi Nazm Ghayat al-Taqrib lil-Umriti (Commentary on the Book of Pilgrimage from Nihayat al-Tadrib fi Nazm Ghayat al-Taqrib of al-Umriti) is a contemporary commentary on Shafi'i jurisprudence authored by Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Hammadah al-Ghunaymi al-Maydani .
Subject and Context
The work focuses on the chapter of pilgrimage (Kitab al-Hajj) from Nihayat al-Tadrib fi Nazm Ghayat al-Taqrib, a metrical adaptation of the classical Shafi'i legal primer Ghayat al-Taqrib (also known as Ghayat al-Ikhtisar) by Abu Shuja' al-Isfahani, composed in verse by the scholar Sharaf al-Din Yahya al-Umriti (d. after 989 AH / 1581 CE) . Hammadah's commentary explicates the legal rulings, conditions, pillars, and obligations of the rites of Hajj and 'Umrah as formulated in al-Umriti's poetic lines .
Methodology and Sources
In his exposition, the author combines traditional legal analysis with reflections on the civilizational objectives (maqasid) and enduring wisdom of the pilgrimage . He documents rulings by drawing upon classical jurists and hadith scholars, including Malik ibn Anas, Abu Hanifa, al-Shafi'i, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, al-Bukhari, Muslim, al-Nawawi, al-Rafi'i, Ibn Hajar al-Haytami, and Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani . He also references modern scholars such as Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Buti, Wahbah al-Zuhayli, and Nur al-Din 'Itr .
Publication
The author completed the text in Damascus on 20 Safar 1427 AH (19 March 2006 CE) . It was published in its first edition in 1427 AH / 2006 CE by Dar Iqra' in Damascus and Beirut .
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