Reliance of the Traveller,
'Umdat al-Salik wa 'Uddat al-Nasik,
by Imam Ahmad Ibn Naqib al-Misri,
[A5+] Hardback - 1234 pages,
Transl. by Nuh Ha Mim Keller,
With appendices and biographical notes.
Original Arabic text facing English translation.
Description : A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law,
The four
Sunni schools of Islamic Law,
Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i and
Hanbali, are identical in approximately 75 percent of their legal conclusions, while the remaining questions, variances within a single family of explainers of the Holy Qur'an and Prophetic
Sunna, are traceable to methodological differences in understanding or authentication of the primary textual evidence, differing viewpoints sometimes reflected in even a single school.
The present volume
Umdat al-Salik [The Reliance of the Traveller], represents one of the finest and most reliable short works in shafi'i jurisprudence. It contains a detailed index and commentary on specific rulings. 1,200 pages in an exceptional binding with Arabic and facing English text in two column format with occasional diagrams.
The appendices form an integral part of the book and present original
texts and translations from classic works by prominent scholars such as
al-Ghazali, Ibn Qudamah, al-Nawawi, al-Qurturbi, al-Dhahabi, Ibn Hajar,
May Allah be pleased with them all, and other, on topics of Islamic law,
faith, spirituality, Qur'anic exegesis and
Hadith sciences.
It has also
biographical notes about every person mentioned (391 biographies),
bibliography of each work cited (136 works), and a detailed subject
index (95 pages). Of the 136 works drawn upon in its commentary and
appendices, 134 are in the original Arabic. The sections and paragraphs
have been numbered to facilitate cross-reference.
Table of Contents ** :
---Introduction,
---Documents,
------Warrant of Shaykh 'Abd al-Wakil Durubi,
------Warrant of Shaykh Nuh 'Ali Salam,
------Report of The International Institute of Islamic Thought,
------Certification of Al-Azhar,
---Abbreviations.
---Book [
A].
Sacred Knowledge (pg. 1),
---Book [
B].
The Validity of Following Qualified Scholarship (pg. 15),
---Book [
C].
The Nature of Legal Rulings (pg. 27),
---Book [
D].
Author's Introduction to 'Umdat al-Salik (pg. 47).
---Book [
E].
Purification (pg. 49),
---Book [
F].
The Prayer (pg. 101),
---Book [
G].
The Funeral Prayer (pg. 220),
---Book [
H].
Zakat (pg. 244),
---Book [
I].
Fasting (pg. 277),
---Book [
J].
The Pilgrimage (pg. 297),
---Book [
K].
Trade (pg. 371),
---Book [
L].
Inheritance (pg. 460),
---Book [
M].
Marriage (pg. 506),
---Book [
N].
Divorce (pg. 554),
---Book [
O].
Justice (pg. 578),
---Book [
P].
Enormities (pg. 649),
---Book [
Q].
Commanding the Right and Forbidding the Wrong (pg. 713),
---Book [
R].
Holding One's Tongue (pg. 726),
---Book [
S].
Delusions (pg. 777),
---Book [
T].
A Pure Heart (pg. 796),
---Book [
U].
The Gabriel Hadith (pg. 807),
---Book [
V].
Belief in Allah and His Messenger (pg. 816),
---Book [
W]. Notes and Appendices (pg. 826),
---Book [
X]. Biographical Notes (pg. 1019),
---Book [
Y]. Works Cited (pg. 1116),
---Book [
Z]. Indexes (pg. 1128).
**A comprehensive Table of Contents precedes each section (book).
'Umdat al-Salik wa 'Uddat al-Nasik (Reliance of the Traveller and tools of the Worshipper) is a classic manual of
fiqh. It represents the
fiqh rulings according to the
Shafi'i school of jurisprudence.