Hanbali fiqh with Akhsar al-Mukhtasarat
Begin with a concise primer in fiqh and fix its rulings through 83 review, training and test questions.
Learning Path
A suggested path for students of Islamic knowledge
Four stages, from a fiqh primer to manuscript studies, each linked to the notes, lessons and questions available on this site.
Al-Shafi'i's al-Risalah
Read the founding work of usul al-fiqh with edited lessons from several teachers and study notes on its principles.
Al-Tabari on al-Fatihah and al-Baqarah
Move to Qur'anic exegesis through al-Tabari's commentary, with transcribed lessons and notes on language, creed and rulings.
Manuscript studies
Specialize in reading and editing Arabic manuscripts through the courses of Shaykh Salih al-Azhari, then see the method applied in a published critical edition.
- Course 1: Skills and tools for reading the Arabic manuscript (4 parts, Arabic)
- Course 2: Reading early manuscripts (6 parts, Arabic)
- Course 3: Endowment, ownership and reading notes in the Arabic manuscript (4 parts, Arabic)
- Course 4: Audition certificates (sama'at) recorded on manuscripts (3 parts, Arabic)
- Course 5: Audition certificates in rare manuscripts (9 parts, Arabic)
- Course 6: Identifying the copyist and the date of copying (4 parts, Arabic)
- Course 7: Studying manuscript copies: paths and skills (4 parts, Arabic)
- Course 8: Mastering manuscript studies (25 parts, Arabic)
- Critical edition: al-Tawdih lil-Awham al-Waqi'a fi al-Sahih