Sharh Mansak Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya
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Sharh Mansak Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya (Explanation of the Pilgrimage Guide of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya) is a commentary by Abd al-Karim al-Khudayr on the concise treatise on Hajj and Umrah rites (Mansak) authored by Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728 AH / 1328 CE) .
Origin and Structure
The work comprises transcripts of six audio lectures delivered by Abd al-Karim ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Hamad al-Khudayr, which were transcribed and published on his official website . The lectures were delivered at the beginning of the pilgrimage season in Dhu al-Hijjah 1427 AH, with the opening lessons dated to 1, 2, and 3 Dhu al-Hijjah .
Al-Khudayr explains that Ibn Taymiyya composed the original base text in response to repeated requests from Muslims seeking a concise manual detailing the essential rites of Hajj required by most pilgrims . Although brief in comparison to Ibn Taymiyya's multi-volume legal works, the base text spans approximately sixty pages in the collection Majmu' al-Fatawa .
Contents and Method
The commentary follows the progression of the base treatise across six thematic sessions:
- Session 1: An introduction to the treatise, the state of consecration (ihram), designated boundaries (mawaqit), and general rites of pilgrimage .
- Session 2: The legal rulings of Hajj, the comparative virtues of the three forms of pilgrimage (tamattu', qiran, and ifrad), and rules regarding the sacrificial animal (hady) .
- Session 3: Recommended practices and prohibited acts associated with ihram .
- Session 4: Rulings on the talbiya and further prohibitions of ihram, including seeking shade under trees, roofs, tents, and riding litters (mahmil) .
- Session 5: Specific prohibitions of ihram, such as applying perfume, using non-perfumed oils, sexual relations and their precursors, and hunting .
- Session 6: The sanctuary boundaries of Mecca and Medina, hunting and vegetation rulings within the two sanctuaries, animals permitted to be killed due to harm, the circumambulation (tawaf) and sa'y, and responses to contemporary pilgrim inquiries .
Bibliographical Observations
In the course of his commentary, al-Khudayr highlights a recurrent bibliographical error found in early printed editions of Ibn Taymiyya's Mansak, which were repeatedly published alongside a pilgrimage treatise by al-Amir al-San'ani and a poem titled Dhikra al-Hajj wa-Barakatuh attributed to al-San'ani . Al-Khudayr notes that the poem actually appears in Shifa al-Gharam bi-Akhbar al-Balad al-Haram by Taqi al-Din al-Fasi (d. 832 AH), who attributed it to Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Murshid al-Baghdadi roughly 350 years prior to al-San'ani, suggesting it was mistakenly attributed to al-San'ani because it was found transcribed in his handwriting .
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