Sharh Al-Aqida al-Tahawiyyah :
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Aqida al-Tahawiyya by Imam al-Tahawi [d.321h],
Sharh by Shaykh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Ghunaymi [d.1298h],
Published by Al-Basair, Egypt.
Description :
Sharh Al-Aqida al-Tahawiyyah - Bayan al-Sunnah w'al-Jama'ah : Commentary of Imam al-Tahawi's primer on Islamic doctrine. Though small in size, is a basic text for all times, listing what a Muslim must know and believe and inwardly comprehend.
There
is consensus among the Companions, Successors and all the leading
Islamic authorities such as Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam Abu Yusuf, Imam
Muhammad, Imam Malik, Imam Shafi'i and Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, may Allah be pleased with them, on the doctrines enumerated in this work. For these doctrines shared by Ahl al-Sunnah wa-al-Jama'ah owe their origin to the Holy Quran and consistent and confirmed Ahadith - the undisputed primary sources of Islam.
Commentary is by the Imam of Fiqh, the Muhaddith of his time Al-Imam al-Shaykh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Ghunaymi al-Maydani, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi.
About Imam Tahawi :
He is Imam Abu Ja'far Ahmad bin
Muhammad bin Salamah bin Salmah bin `Abd al Malik bin Salmah bin Sulaim
bin Sulaiman bin Jawab al-Azdi, may Allah be pleased with him,
popularly known as Imam al-Tahawi, after his birth-place in Egypt, is
among the most outstanding authorities of the Islamic world on Hadith and fiqh
(jurisprudence). He lived 239-321 A.H., an epoch when both the direct
and indirect disciples of the four Imams: Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam Malik,
Imam Shafi'i and Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal - were teaching and practicing.
This period was the zenith of Hadith and fiqh studies, and
Imam Tahawi studied with all the living authorities of the day. He
began as a student of his maternal uncle, Isma'il bin Yahya Muzni, a
leading disciple of Imam Shafi'i. Instinctively, however, Imam Tahawi
felt drawn to the corpus of Imam Abu Hanifah's works. Indeed, he had
seen his uncle and teacher turning to the works of Hanafi scholars to resolve thorny issues of Fiqh, drawing heavily on the writings of Imam Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani and Imam Abu Yusuf, who had codified Hanafi fiqh. This led Imam Tahawi to devote his whole attention to studying the Hanafi works and he eventually joined the Hanafi school.
Imam Tahawi, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi, stands out not only as a prominent follower of the Hanafi school
but, in view or his vast erudition and remarkable powers of
assimilation, as one of its leading scholars. His monumental scholarly
works, such as Sharh Ma'ani al-Athar and Mushkil al-Athar, are encyclopaedic in scope and have long been regarded as indispensable for training students of fiqh. Imam Abu Ja'far
al-Tahawi lived until 321/933.
Other works of Imam Abu Ja'far al-Tahawi.
The Author of the Sharh :
Shaykh
'Abd al-Ghani al-Ghunaymi al-Maydani al-Dimashqi [d.1298 / 1880 or
1881], was born and raised in the Maydan district of Damascus in 1222h. He was an eminent jurist and legal theorist (usuli) in the Hanafi school as well as a traditionalist (muḥaddith) and grammarian (nahwi).
After having memorised the noble Qur'an he began studying the Islamic
sciences under the foremost scholars of Damascus of the time. As well as
his expertise in Islamic Law, he was also renowned for his exemplary
piety. He is most famous for his popular commentary on the Hanafi legal classic Mukhtasar al-Quduri, known simply as Al-Lubab.
*Dimensions : 23.3 x 16.8cm.