Imam Abul-Husayn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Jafar - The Mukhtasar Al-Quduri

M UKHTAAR AL -Q UDR

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First Published in April 2010

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD

ENDORSEMENTS OF THE TRANSLATION

1. MUAMMAD IMDD USSAIN PRZD

In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Most-Merciful

Al-Mukhtaar, the jurisprudential treatise of Imam al-Qudr, has enjoyed far more popularity than any other text in the anaf school. It is the nucleus around which laws revolve, and the foundation upon which other texts, commentaries and summaries are based. For hundreds of years, Mukhtaar al-Qudr has been presented to the masses in many forms, such as lectures in Islamic institutions and study circles, as well as in publications. It covers thousands of issues, enveloping all aspects of life; from worship to politics, and from private life to the international scene. I am pleased with the manner in which hir Mamood Kin has undertaken the task of providing an English translation of this masterpiece. As a former student and current lecturer at the institution of Jmia al-Karam, this work of his has brought about a sense of appreciation and honour to all those associated with the institution. I recommend this English translation of Mukhtaar al-Qudr to everyone, especially to the students and teachers of anaf jurisprudence.

Muhammad Imdd Hussain Przd

Founder & Principal of Jmia al-Karam,

Eaton Hall, Retford, U.K.

2. AL-AJJ AB JAFAR AL-ANBAL

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate Praise be to Allah and peace and blessings be upon the Chosen One, his wives, family and companions.

As for what comes next:

I was shown extracts of Mukhtaar al-Qudr by our brother hir Kin. I looked through both extracts, those being the Transactions and also the Introduction. I have found both of them not only lucid and easy to understand but also well written.

After further reading, I have found that this work has the capacity to be the most authoritative book on anaf fiqh in English based upon the extracts that have been shown to me. It is my sincere prayer and hope in Allah that the author will be successful in completing and presenting this much needed work in the English language to give adherents to the Hanaf School an authoritative text to return to for rulings. And with Allah is every success.

Was-Salaam,

Brother in Islam,

Al-ajj Ab Jafar al-anbal

3. SHAYKH MUAMMAD IBN YAY AN-NNOW

In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Most-Merciful

All praise is due to Allah Who causes those whom He wishes goodness to understand the fiqh of the dn [of Islam] and endows him with sincerity in intention and in action, secretly and openly, and makes him travel the path of those who do not disobey Him in any affair; and peace and blessings be upon our Master Muammad who has been sent to all beings as a warner, calling to Allah by His leave, and as an illuminating lamp; and upon his pure family and his noble companions peace [upon them all] in abundance.

Whoever looks carefully and is good at reflection on the lives of the Imams of fiqh, of the Imams of the People of the Sunnah and the Community (Ahl as-Sunnah wal-Jamah) may Allah be pleased and satisfied with them, ought to pause by the boundless sea that is the Great Imam Ab anfah an-Numn, may Allah have mercy on him and be pleased with him, whose knowledge is rarely matched. His fiqh is externally a striped silk brocade and internally a well-ordered pearl in its depths. The Imams have testified to that and the Ummah are unanimously agreed on his magnificence. In this regard, he is the lord of his own spirituality (his own spiritual guide), the master of his own wholeness (his own master) and the sirocco of his own winds (his own academic reference). Our Imam ash-Shfi, may Allah have mercy on him and be pleased with him, has indicated that, saying: In terms of fiqh, the people are dependents of Ab anfah. May Allah be pleased with them all, have mercy on them all, and elevate their stations in the uppermost abodes of Paradise (Illiyyn). The imams adopted the manner of the Greatest Imam (Ab anfah), may Allah have mercy on him, following his words and verdicts, commenting on his books and transmissions. They, in all this, are emulating the Sunnah of the Greatest Prophet ; they abide by his method, and they are adherents of those inheritors of his of the people of dhikr. Among them was the exemplary erudite scholar of fiqh, Imam Abl-usayn Amad ibn Muammad al-Qudr al-anaf al-Baghdd, may Allah have mercy on him. He was born in 362 AH, and is known by the title of al-Qudr due to the sale of pots (qudr), which is a plural of qidr (pot). He acquired legal knowledge (fiqh) from his teacher Muammad ibn al-Jurjn, who acquired it from Ab Bakr ar-Rz (al-Ja), who acquired it from asan al-Karkh, who acquired it from Ab Sad al-Barda, who acquired it from Al ad-Daqqq, who acquired it from Ms ibn Nar ar-Rz, who acquired it from Imam Ab Abdullh Muammad ibn al-asan ash-Shaybn, who acquired it from Imam Ab anfah, may Allah have mercy on them and be pleased with them. The leadership of the anafs in Iraq came to rest with Imam al-Qudr.

Of the many beneficial works he authored there are the Mukhtaar, and the Tajrd in matters of disputation, etc. He was of those who analyse and assess the relative merits of verdicts within a school of thought (ib attarj). When he authored the Mukhtaar, he took it with him to the House of Allah and suspended it from the cover of the Kabah and beseeched Allah to place blessings therein for him, which he was granted, and Allah made his manual to be acknowledged by the Ummah. Generations transmitted it and preserved it by means of explanation, study, teaching and translation, for Allah had placed blessing and general benefit in it. Imam al-Qudr died in Rajab, 428 AH and was buried in Baghdd, may Allah have mercy on him and render his highest resting place in Paradise lofty for him.