Kanz al Daqa'iq : Arabic

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Kanz al Daqa'iq fi Fiqh al-Hanafi : Arabic, New,
*[A4] Hardback - 446 pages,
by Imam 'Abd-Allah ibn Ahmad an Nasafi [d.710h],
Tahqiq by Umar Mustafa Ahmad,
Published by Dar al-Taqwa, Syria.

Now in Stock October 2025

Description :

Kanzul Daqa'iq ["The Treasure of Sublteties"] is a classic manual of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) in the Hanafi Madhhab (school). It is a concise summary of Hanafi fiqh compiled by the renowned scholar Imam Abu'l Barakat 'Abdullah ibn Ahmad al-Nasafi, rahmatullahi ta'ala alayhi.

This Edition :

Printed by Dar al-Taqwa, this work is perfectly bound in the traditional format. Printed on cream coloured paper, it also contains harakat (vowelisation) in most places. Condition is off mint - some marks, dents, bruising, etc.

About the Author :

He is Imam Abu al-Barakat Hafiz al-Din 'Abd Allah b. Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Nasafi, al-Hanafi. He was born in town called Idhaj, in Samarqand and he died there as well in 710 After Hijri. He travelled to Iraq for knowledge and learned much from the scholars their eventually returning to his home town.

He was an expert on Usul, Fiqh, Kalam, Hadith being an Imam in all those fields. He was ascetic and didn't value much of the world and lived a humble life. He was raised in an envirement of scholarly upbringing. Imam al-Lacknawi called him "The full fletched Imam, head of jurisprudence and Usul, expert in Hadith sciences and its finery" while Imam ibn Hajar said of him "the expert [scholar] of the world".

Amongst his teachers were ;

---Shams al-A'imah al-Kurdi, Muhammad b. Abd al-Sattar [d.642h],
---Badr al-Din Khawahir Zadah, Muhammad b. Muhammad [d.651h],
---Hamid al-Din al-Dharir, Ali b. Muhammad [d.666h].

Imam Abu al-Barakat al-Nasafi also had many popular students;

--- al-Hussayn b. Ali b. Hajjaj Hisam al-Din al-Safnaqi [d 714h],
--- Muhammad b. Muhammad al-Jayli.

Some of his popular 'Published' works include;

---Madarik al-Tanzil wa Haqa'iq al-Ta'wil (aka Tafsir al-Nasafi),
---'Umdat 'Aqidat Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l Jama'ah,
---Kashf al-Asrar fi Sharh al-Manar,
---Kanz al-Daqa'iq (a manual on Hanafi fiqh),
---Al-Manar al-Anwar fi Usul al-Fiqh,
---Al-Wafi, (Furu'). Now Published.

Unpublished works:

---Al-I'timad fi'l I'tiqad,
---'Umdat al-'Aqa'id,
---Al-Kafi fi Sharh al-Wafi,
---Al-Musfa fi Sharh al-Manzumah,
---Al-Mustasfa fi Sharh al-Fiqh al-Nafi',

Some historians have disagreed on the exact date of his passing but Imam al-Lacknawi and Imam al-Baghdadi, Al-Qutluwbugha and others have accepted the date of 710 Hijri while Imam ibn Hajar believes it to be 701 Hijri.

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*Dimensions : 24.5 x 17.5 x 2.8cm.

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