Category It-haf al-Talib

Sharh Muqaddimah It-haf al-Talib

Salam, The following is a brief commentary based very loosely on the authors ‘Sharh’ to Ithaf al-Talib. The original text is in bold, with the commentary/notes following thereafter, more detailed discussions and biographies are present as footnotes. In the name…

Tasawwuf from It-haf al-Talib

I decided to jump to the last chapter because of the immense benefits contained within it. Imam Abu Bakr al-Mulla finishes off his text with advice on tasawwuf, in reality putting aside the name, all groups would agree with the…

Dua Before a Dars

A beneficial prayer to be recited before the start of a lesson, written on the first page of a manuscript by a student. I found this in Sheikh Yahya al-Mulla’s edition of the hanafi fiqh text ‘Minhaj al-Raghib Sharh It-haf…