Mukhtasar al-Akhdari :
English & Arabic,
The Fiqh of the Acts of Worship
according to the Maliki School,
*[A5] Paperback - 64 pages,
New,
by Imam Abdur Rahman al-Akhdari [1546
C.E.],
Translated by Sidi Baye,
Published by Fayda Books, USA.
Description :
According to some of the great scholars of the past, Imam Malik,
may Allah be pleased with him, was widely regarded as the scholar of Madinah whom the Beloved Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had said : ''Soon people will beat the flanks of camels seeking knowledge, and they shall not find a single person more knowledgeable than the erudite scholar of Madinah.''
Imam al-Dhahabi,
may Allah have mercy upon him, said:
''There remains no scholar in Madinah after the
Tabi'een comparable
to Imam Malik,
may Allah be pleased with him, in knowledge,
jurisprudence, eminence and memorisation.''
Thus Imam Malik,
may Allah be pleased with him, became the
Imam of Madinah and its School of Jurisprudence, and one of the most renowned scholars of Islam.
Imam al-Akhdari : He is an Algerian scholar whose full name is Abū Yazīd ʿAbdur Rahmān bin Muhammad al-Saghīr bin Muhammad bin ʿĀmir. He is most commonly known as “
al-Akhdarī.” He followed the
Mālikī school in
fiqh and the
Ashʿarī school in creed. He is considered to be from amongst the great scholars of Islam and the distinguished scholars of Algeria in the 10th century
Hijra.
Shaykh ʿAbdur Rahmān al-Akhdarī grew up in an environment filled with knowledge and righteousness. His father, Muhammad al-Saghīr, gave him what he need to have in terms of raising, knowledge, and manners. Al-Akhdarī was aided in his search for knowledge by being very intelligent and insistent on learning from a very young age. He was born into a family devoted to studying and this aided him in his search for knowledge. He was known for his breadth of knowledge in that he mastered various subjects
Table of Contents :
---Foreword,
---Introduction by Shaykh al Islam al-Hajj Ibrahim Niass.
---
Chapter [1]. Primary Obligations,
------The First Obligation,
------Things Prohibited,
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Chapter [2]. Ritual Purification,
------Purification of two types,
------Removing impurities,
------Acts of
Wudhu (minor purification),
------Things that nullify
Wudhu,
------Things prohibited by lack of
Wudhu,
------
Ghusl (major purification),
------Acts of
Ghusl,
------
Tayammum (dry ablution),
------Menstruation,
------
Lochia (postpartum bleeding).
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Chapter [3]. Salat (Ritual Prayer),
------Times of
Salat,
------Times
Naafilah Salat is forbidden,
------Preconditions of
Salat,
------The Acts of
Salat,
------
Salat is a Light,
------Manners of performing
Salat,
------Making up for missed
Salat,
------On the prostration of forgetfulness,
------Forgetfulness in
naafilah,
------Forgetfulness on the part of the
Imam.
* Dimensions : 20.5 x 12.7cm.