Bulūgh al-Marām min Adillat al-Aḥkām, (Arabic: بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام) translation: Attainment of the Objective According to Evidences of the Ordinances by al-Ḥāfiẓ ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (1372 – 1448) is a collection of hadith pertaining specifically to Shāfiʿī jurisprudence. This genre is referred to in Arabic as Aḥādīth al-Aḥkam.[1]

Bulugh al-Maram min Adillat al-Ahkam
AuthorIbn Hajar al-Asqalani
LanguageArabic
SubjectShafi'i jurisprudence
GenreHadith collection

About edit

Bulūgh al-Marām contains a total of 1358 hadiths.[2] At the end of each hadith narrated in Bulūgh al-Marām, al-Ḥāfiẓ ibn Ḥajar mentions who collected that hadith originally. Bulūgh al-Marām includes hadith drawn from numerous primary sources such as Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawud, Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī, Sunan al-Nasāʾī, Sunan ibn Mājah, Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal and more.

It holds the unique distinction that all the hadith compiled in the book have been the foundation for Shāfiʿī Islamic Jurisprudence rulings. In addition to mentioning the origins of each of the hadith in Bulūgh al-Marām, Ibn Ḥajar also included a comparison between the versions of a hadith that came from different sources. Because of its unique qualities, it still remains a widely used collection of hadith regardless of the school of thought.[3]

Contents edit

The book is divided into 15 chapters:

  1. The Book of Purification
  2. The Book of Prayer
  3. The Book of Funerals
  4. The Book of Zakat
  5. The Book of Fasting
  6. The Book of Business Transactions
  7. The Book of Marriage
  8. The Book of Jinayat
  9. The Book of Hudud
  10. The Book of Jihad
  11. The Book of Foods
  12. The Book of Oaths and Vows
  13. The Book of Judgement
  14. The Book of Emancipation
  15. The Comprehensive Book

Explanations edit

  • al-Badr al-Tamām by al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Maghribī
  • Subul al-Salām by Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Amīr al-Ṣanʿānī, who abridged al-Badr al-Tamām

Translation edit

  • Bulugh Al-Maram: Attainment of the Objective According to Evidence of the Ordinances, Dar-us-Salam; 1st edition (1996), ASIN: B000FJJURU
  • Kinyarwanda translation: Kugera ku ntego : hashingiwe kuri gihamya z'amategeko y'idini ya Islam : Bulugh al maram : min adilatil ah'kam, Kigali: Maktabat al-qalam; (2019)

Other books of Aḥādīth al-aḥkām edit

Publications edit

  • Bulugh Al-Maram: Attainment of the Objective According to Evidence of the Ordinances[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Bulugh Al-Maram". www.kalamullah.com. Retrieved Apr 30, 2019.
  2. ^ "بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام • الموقع الرسمي للمكتبة الشاملة". shamela.ws.
  3. ^ "Bulugh Al-Maram". Retrieved Apr 30, 2019.
  4. ^ "Bulugh Al-Maram". www.amazon.com. ISBN 978-9691567009. Retrieved Apr 30, 2019.

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