Darul Tahqiq https://www.darultahqiq.com House of Verification Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:48:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Salaf al-Ṣāliḥīn: Definition, Merit, and the Question of the Generation [al-Qarn] https://www.darultahqiq.com/the-salaf-al-%e1%b9%a3ali%e1%b8%a5in-definition-merit-and-the-question-of-the-generation-al-qarn/ https://www.darultahqiq.com/the-salaf-al-%e1%b9%a3ali%e1%b8%a5in-definition-merit-and-the-question-of-the-generation-al-qarn/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:15:00 +0000 https://www.darultahqiq.com/?p=4744 Praise be to Allah, Lord of all the worlds, and may blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah, his family, his Companions, and all those who follow them in excellence until the Day of Judgement. The term al-Salaf al-Ṣāliḥīn — the Righteous Predecessors — occupies a position of supreme importance in the Islamic …

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]]> https://www.darultahqiq.com/the-salaf-al-%e1%b9%a3ali%e1%b8%a5in-definition-merit-and-the-question-of-the-generation-al-qarn/feed/ 0 Imām Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī (d. 974 AH) on Chains of Transmission, Creedal [ʿAqīda] Integrity, and the Authority of the Four Madhhabs https://www.darultahqiq.com/imam-ibn-%e1%b8%a5ajar-al-haytami-d-974-ah-on-chains-of-transmission-creedal-%ca%bfaqida-integrity-and-the-authority-of-the-four-madhhabs/ https://www.darultahqiq.com/imam-ibn-%e1%b8%a5ajar-al-haytami-d-974-ah-on-chains-of-transmission-creedal-%ca%bfaqida-integrity-and-the-authority-of-the-four-madhhabs/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:52:29 +0000 https://www.darultahqiq.com/?p=4740 The Shāfiʿī scholar known as Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī[i] (d. 974 AH) made the following remarks in his Thabat — a work listing his chains of transmission [asānīd] — regarding the classical methodology for determining what is authentically established in Islamic law [fiqh]. His observations extend equally to matters of creed [ʿaqīda] and furnish …

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]]> https://www.darultahqiq.com/imam-ibn-%e1%b8%a5ajar-al-haytami-d-974-ah-on-chains-of-transmission-creedal-%ca%bfaqida-integrity-and-the-authority-of-the-four-madhhabs/feed/ 0 Perfecting the Proofs that the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) Performed 20 Rak’ats of Tarāwīh Prayer https://www.darultahqiq.com/perfecting-the-proofs-that-the-prophet-%d8%b5%d9%84%db%8c-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%db%81-%d8%b9%d9%84%db%8c%db%81-%d9%88%d8%b3%d9%84%d9%85-performed-20-rakats-of-tarawih-prayer/ https://www.darultahqiq.com/perfecting-the-proofs-that-the-prophet-%d8%b5%d9%84%db%8c-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%db%81-%d8%b9%d9%84%db%8c%db%81-%d9%88%d8%b3%d9%84%d9%85-performed-20-rakats-of-tarawih-prayer/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:38:09 +0000 http://www.darultahqiq.com/?p=2101 In this special treatise by Dr. Abul Hasan Hussain Ahmed, a Hadith from the well known Sahabi, Jabir ibn Abdullah (ra) has been mentioned with a systematic and detailed analysis of its authenticity probably for the first time in the English language.  The narration in question being as follows and as mentioned in a unique work …

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]]> https://www.darultahqiq.com/perfecting-the-proofs-that-the-prophet-%d8%b5%d9%84%db%8c-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%db%81-%d8%b9%d9%84%db%8c%db%81-%d9%88%d8%b3%d9%84%d9%85-performed-20-rakats-of-tarawih-prayer/feed/ 1 Hadith Proofs for the Hanafi Procedure of Witr https://www.darultahqiq.com/hadith-proofs-for-the-hanafi-procedure-of-witr/ https://www.darultahqiq.com/hadith-proofs-for-the-hanafi-procedure-of-witr/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:17:00 +0000 http://www.darultahqiq.com/?p=1723 This is a collection of hadith proofs for the Hanafi method of Witr. It is divided into five sections: The first section is on the evidences for Witr consisting of three rak‘ahs The second is on the evidences for there being only one set of salams for Witr The third is on the evidences for …

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]]> https://www.darultahqiq.com/hadith-proofs-for-the-hanafi-procedure-of-witr/feed/ 1 The problematic nature of Al-Radd ‘alā al-Zanādiqa wa-l-Jahmiyya attributed to Imam Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal https://www.darultahqiq.com/the-problematic-nature-of-al-radd-ala-al-zanadiqa-wa-l-jahmiyya-attributed-to-imam-a%e1%b8%a5mad-ibn-%e1%b8%a5anbal/ https://www.darultahqiq.com/the-problematic-nature-of-al-radd-ala-al-zanadiqa-wa-l-jahmiyya-attributed-to-imam-a%e1%b8%a5mad-ibn-%e1%b8%a5anbal/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:24:31 +0000 https://www.darultahqiq.com/?p=4728 The treatise entitled “The Refutation of the Heretics and the Jahmiyya” [“Al-Radd ʿalā al-Zanādiqa wa-l-Jahmiyya”] attributed to Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal has been published and disseminated by various Salafī writers in contemporary times. The transmission chain for this text was documented by Ibn Abī Yaʿlā in his biographical compendium Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanābila (2/47) as follows: نقل عن …

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]]> https://www.darultahqiq.com/the-problematic-nature-of-al-radd-ala-al-zanadiqa-wa-l-jahmiyya-attributed-to-imam-a%e1%b8%a5mad-ibn-%e1%b8%a5anbal/feed/ 0 Doctrinal Transmission in the Ḥanafī School: Manuscript Testimonies Attributing al-ʿAqīda al-Ṭaḥāwiyya to Imām Abū Ḥanīfa and His Two Companions https://www.darultahqiq.com/doctrinal-transmission-in-the-%e1%b8%a5anafi-school-manuscript-testimonies-attributing-al-%ca%bfaqida-al-%e1%b9%ada%e1%b8%a5awiyya-to-imam-abu-%e1%b8%a5anifa-and-his-two-companions/ https://www.darultahqiq.com/doctrinal-transmission-in-the-%e1%b8%a5anafi-school-manuscript-testimonies-attributing-al-%ca%bfaqida-al-%e1%b9%ada%e1%b8%a5awiyya-to-imam-abu-%e1%b8%a5anifa-and-his-two-companions/#respond Fri, 24 Oct 2025 07:20:40 +0000 https://www.darultahqiq.com/?p=4723 Unveiling the True Origins of al-ʿAqīda al-Ṭaḥāwiyya For over a millenimum, al-ʿAqīda al-Ṭaḥāwiyya has occupied a central position within Sunnī theological literature as a concise articulation of orthodox Islamic belief. Studied across masjids, religious seminaries, and academic institutions worldwide, this creedal statement has long been regarded as a definitive expression of the doctrines upheld by …

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]]> https://www.darultahqiq.com/doctrinal-transmission-in-the-%e1%b8%a5anafi-school-manuscript-testimonies-attributing-al-%ca%bfaqida-al-%e1%b9%ada%e1%b8%a5awiyya-to-imam-abu-%e1%b8%a5anifa-and-his-two-companions/feed/ 0 Kitāb al-Sunna of ʿAbdullāh ibn Aḥmad: An Analysis of Transmission Reliability and Theological Implications https://www.darultahqiq.com/kitab-al-sunna-of-%ca%bfabdullah-ibn-a%e1%b8%a5mad-an-analysis-of-transmission-reliability-and-theological-implications/ https://www.darultahqiq.com/kitab-al-sunna-of-%ca%bfabdullah-ibn-a%e1%b8%a5mad-an-analysis-of-transmission-reliability-and-theological-implications/#respond Thu, 02 Oct 2025 20:30:57 +0000 https://www.darultahqiq.com/?p=4717 The Attribution, Methodology, and Content of Kitāb al-Sunna This comprehensive analysis challenges the contemporary circulation of Kitāb al-Sunna, attributed to ʿAbdullāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (d. 290 AH), as an authoritative Sunni creedal source, identifying three fundamental deficiencies: dubious attribution, anthropomorphic theology, and polemical distortion. Authenticity and Transmission Multiple manuscript recensions exist without scholarly consensus …

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]]> https://www.darultahqiq.com/kitab-al-sunna-of-%ca%bfabdullah-ibn-a%e1%b8%a5mad-an-analysis-of-transmission-reliability-and-theological-implications/feed/ 0 SEVENTEEN HADĪTH SCHOLARS WHO INDICATED THE USE OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF AUTHENTIC NARRATIONS IN THEIR WORKS https://www.darultahqiq.com/seventeen-hadith-scholars-who-indicated-the-use-of-specific-types-of-authentic-narrations-in-their-works/ https://www.darultahqiq.com/seventeen-hadith-scholars-who-indicated-the-use-of-specific-types-of-authentic-narrations-in-their-works/#respond Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:12:23 +0000 https://www.darultahqiq.com/?p=4708 Introduction The science of ḥadīth criticism constitutes one of the most sophisticated epistemological frameworks in Islamic intellectual history. Muslim scholars developed systematic criteria to authenticate reports transmitted from the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, establishing methodological foundations that would govern legal, theological, and ethical discourse. Beyond the canonical Ṣaḥīḥ collections of al-Bukhārī and Muslim, subsequent scholars produced …

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]]> https://www.darultahqiq.com/seventeen-hadith-scholars-who-indicated-the-use-of-specific-types-of-authentic-narrations-in-their-works/feed/ 0 Al-Fiqh al-Akbar: Scholars who authenticated it as a work of Imam Abū Ḥanīfa and the Mu’tazila rejection https://www.darultahqiq.com/al-fiqh-al-akbar-scholars-who-authenticated-it-as-a-work-of-imam-abu-%e1%b8%a5anifa-and-the-mutazila-rejection/ https://www.darultahqiq.com/al-fiqh-al-akbar-scholars-who-authenticated-it-as-a-work-of-imam-abu-%e1%b8%a5anifa-and-the-mutazila-rejection/#respond Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:25:35 +0000 https://www.darultahqiq.com/?p=4701 The attribution of Al-Fiqh al-Akbar to Imam Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nu’mān ibn Thābit al-Kūfī (d. 150 AH) represents one of the most significant theological works in Islamic intellectual history, yet its authorship has been subject to historical controversy that reveals important sectarian dynamics in earlier Islamic scholarship. The overwhelming majority of classical Islamic scholars across different …

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]]> https://www.darultahqiq.com/al-fiqh-al-akbar-scholars-who-authenticated-it-as-a-work-of-imam-abu-%e1%b8%a5anifa-and-the-mutazila-rejection/feed/ 0 Imām Abū Ḥanīfa’s Autograph Copy of al-Fiqh al-Akbar: The 6th Century Manuscript Discovery and Fifty Attestations of his Authorship https://www.darultahqiq.com/imam-abu-%e1%b8%a5anifas-autograph-copy-of-al-fiqh-al-akbar-the-6th-century-manuscript-discovery-and-fifty-attestations-of-his-authorship/ https://www.darultahqiq.com/imam-abu-%e1%b8%a5anifas-autograph-copy-of-al-fiqh-al-akbar-the-6th-century-manuscript-discovery-and-fifty-attestations-of-his-authorship/#respond Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:42:31 +0000 https://www.darultahqiq.com/?p=4696 This study undertakes a comprehensive examination of one of the most contested questions in Islamic intellectual history: the authorship of al-Fiqh al-Akbar, traditionally attributed to Imām Abū Ḥanīfa (d. 150 AH / 767 CE). While this foundational text of Sunni creed has shaped Islamic theological discourse for over a millennium, a small minority has questioned …

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]]> https://www.darultahqiq.com/imam-abu-%e1%b8%a5anifas-autograph-copy-of-al-fiqh-al-akbar-the-6th-century-manuscript-discovery-and-fifty-attestations-of-his-authorship/feed/ 0 The Scholars who affirmed al-Fiqh al-Akbar was by Imam Abū Ḥanīfa https://www.darultahqiq.com/the-scholars-who-affirmed-al-fiqh-al-akbar-was-by-imam-abu-%e1%b8%a5anifa/ https://www.darultahqiq.com/the-scholars-who-affirmed-al-fiqh-al-akbar-was-by-imam-abu-%e1%b8%a5anifa/#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2025 19:53:55 +0000 https://www.darultahqiq.com/?p=4690 There are two separate transmissions [riwāya] of the treatise called al-Fiqh al-Akbar. One of these transmissions belongs to Imam Abū Ḥanīfa’s son Ḥammād ibn Abī Ḥanīfa, and the other to his student Abū Muṭī’ al-Balkhī. The contents of these two transmissions, both called al-Fiqh al-Akbar, differ from each other.  Later, Ḥammād ibn Abī Ḥanīfa’s transmission …

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]]> https://www.darultahqiq.com/the-scholars-who-affirmed-al-fiqh-al-akbar-was-by-imam-abu-%e1%b8%a5anifa/feed/ 1 Shāh Walī Allāh al-Dihlawī (d. 1176 AH) and his classification of the books of Hadith https://www.darultahqiq.com/shah-wali-allah-al-dihlawi-d-1176-ah-and-his-classification-of-the-books-of-hadith/ https://www.darultahqiq.com/shah-wali-allah-al-dihlawi-d-1176-ah-and-his-classification-of-the-books-of-hadith/#respond Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:27:27 +0000 https://www.darultahqiq.com/?p=4685 The famous Indian Hadith scholar known as Shāh Walī Allāh al-Dihlawī mentioned the following in his Ḥujjat Allāh al-Bāligha (1/230-234): (بَاب طَبَقَات كتب الحَدِيث) (Chapter: Classifications of Hadith Books) اعْلَم أَنه لَا سَبِيل لنا إِلَى معرفَة الشَّرَائِع وَالْأَحْكَام إِلَّا خبر النَّبِي ﷺ بِخِلَاف الْمصَالح، فَإِنَّهَا قد تدْرك بالتجربة وَالنَّظَر الصَّادِق والحدس وَنَحْو ذَلِك، وَلَا سَبِيل …

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]]> https://www.darultahqiq.com/shah-wali-allah-al-dihlawi-d-1176-ah-and-his-classification-of-the-books-of-hadith/feed/ 0 Exposing the Forgery of Sharḥ al-Sunna Attributed to al-Barbahārī by Shaykh al-Azharī https://www.darultahqiq.com/exposing-the-forgery-of-shar%e1%b8%a5-al-sunna-attributed-to-al-barbahari-by-shaykh-al-azhari/ https://www.darultahqiq.com/exposing-the-forgery-of-shar%e1%b8%a5-al-sunna-attributed-to-al-barbahari-by-shaykh-al-azhari/#respond Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:46:32 +0000 https://www.darultahqiq.com/?p=4677 Introduction The attribution of some Islamic texts has long been a contentious issue in scholarly circles, with significant implications for our understanding of doctrinal development and intellectual history. Among the most disputed in our time is Sharḥ al-Sunna (Commentary on the Sunna), a treatise that has been the subject of heated debate regarding its true …

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]]> https://www.darultahqiq.com/exposing-the-forgery-of-shar%e1%b8%a5-al-sunna-attributed-to-al-barbahari-by-shaykh-al-azhari/feed/ 0 Sulṭān al-ʿUmayrī and his Critical View of the Book “Sharḥ al-Sunna” attributed to al-Barbahārī (d. 329 AH) https://www.darultahqiq.com/sul%e1%b9%adan-al-%ca%bfumayri-and-his-critical-view-of-the-book-shar%e1%b8%a5-al-sunna-attributed-to-al-barbahari-d-329-ah/ https://www.darultahqiq.com/sul%e1%b9%adan-al-%ca%bfumayri-and-his-critical-view-of-the-book-shar%e1%b8%a5-al-sunna-attributed-to-al-barbahari-d-329-ah/#respond Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:16:59 +0000 https://www.darultahqiq.com/?p=4651 This article represents the third instalment in our series examining the controversial work “Sharḥ al-Sunna” attributed to the 4th-century Ḥanbalī scholar al-Barbahārī (d. 329 AH). Building upon our previous two articles[i] that explored the historical and textual questions surrounding this text, we now turn to a detailed critical analysis authored by a contemporary Salafi writer …

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]]> https://www.darultahqiq.com/sul%e1%b9%adan-al-%ca%bfumayri-and-his-critical-view-of-the-book-shar%e1%b8%a5-al-sunna-attributed-to-al-barbahari-d-329-ah/feed/ 0 The Fiqh of Eid al-Adha https://www.darultahqiq.com/the-fiqh-of-eid-al-adha/ https://www.darultahqiq.com/the-fiqh-of-eid-al-adha/#respond Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:45:00 +0000 http://www.darultahqiq.com/?p=529 The deen of al-Islam has two major holidays, Eid al-Fitr which is celebrated at the end of fasting in the month of Ramadan and Eid al-Adha which is celebrated on the 10th of Dhu’l Hijjah. As for feasting and celebrating then this has a reference point from the Holy Qur’an (Sura al-Ma’ida, 5:114, with the …

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