Sharh Kitab al-Sawm min Sahih al-Bukhari
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Sharh Kitab al-Sawm min Sahih al-Bukhari (Commentary on the Book of Fasting from Sahih al-Bukhari) is a contemporary hadith and legal commentary by Abu Muhammad Abd Allah bin Mani al-Ruqi, expounding the chapter on fasting from Imam al-Bukhari's seminal hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari .
Background and Composition
The work originated as a series of seasonal lectures delivered ahead of the month of Ramadan, adhering to the scholarly custom of explaining the rules of worship prior to their designated seasons . Al-Ruqi commenced the commentary on 27 Rajab 1424 AH (2003 CE) and completed it on 28 Sha'ban 1424 AH . Bandar bin Turki bin Sa'd al-Buqami transcribed the audio recordings into written form with the author's permission, and the work was published by Maktabat al-Ulum wa-al-Hikam .
Structure and Methodology
The work is structured around the chapters (abwab) and individual hadiths of Kitab al-Sawm from Sahih al-Bukhari, beginning with the chapter on the obligation of fasting Ramadan (Bab wujub sawm Ramadan) . Al-Ruqi's commentary combines hadith analysis and jurisprudential exposition through several features:
- Textual and Narrative Criticism: Al-Ruqi examines chains of transmission and textual variants, pointing out irregular additions (shadhdh) and explaining Imam al-Bukhari's methodology in selecting or omitting specific phrasings from narrations .
- Comparative Arrangement: He analyzes the thematic placement of fasting relative to other acts of worship across the principal hadith compilations, comparing al-Bukhari's and Sahih Muslim's sequencing of fasting before pilgrimage (hajj) with the arrangements found in the works of al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, and Abu Dawud .
- Juristic Derivations: Each hadith is accompanied by an enumerated extraction of legal principles and rulings (fawa'id), addressing definitions, underlying legal wisdoms, categories of divine obligations, and instances of abrogation (naskh) in fasting legislation .
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