Taliqat Ibn Uthaymin ala al-Kafi li Ibn Qudama
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Taliqat Ibn Uthaymin ala al-Kafi li Ibn Qudama (Comments of Ibn Uthaymin on al-Kafi by Ibn Qudama) is a work of Hanbali jurisprudence comprising the scholarly notes and commentary delivered by the Saudi jurist Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymin (1347–1421 AH / 1929–2001 CE) on al-Kafi, an intermediate legal text authored by Ibn Qudama (541–620 AH / 1147–1223 CE) .
Background and Scope
The base text, al-Kafi, was composed by Ibn Qudama as an intermediate manual in the Hanbali school, designed to bridge concise foundational texts and comprehensive comparative references . In al-Kafi, Ibn Qudama paired legal rulings with their scriptural and rational evidences and presented variant transmissions (riwayat) within the school to train students in legal derivation and argumentation .
Ibn Uthaymin's commentary covers the initial sections of the manual through to the beginning of the Book of Endowments (Kitab al-Waqf), which was the final section he taught and annotated .
Method and Content
The commentary clarifies the technical phrasing of Ibn Qudama's text, elaborates on underlying legal reasoning, and evaluates differing positions within the Hanbali school against textual evidence . Later scholars and students frequently cite Ibn Uthaymin's specific legal rulings (ikhtiyarat) and analytical critiques from these comments, including his assessment of contemporary issues, such as the invalidity of the call to prayer (adhan) delivered via sound recordings, and his discussions on the rules governing making up missed prayers .
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