“The fast is mine, and I shall recompense for it” (Bukhari) This is what Allah Mighty and Majestic instructed the Noble Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, to inform his community (umma). The centrality of Ramadan and the …
Allah has made your homes a place to rest, and has given you tents from the hide of animals, light to handle when you travel and when you camp. And out of their wool, fur, and hair He has given …
Where to begin at the Irshad Centre for Hanafi Studies? When initiating one’s journey in seeking sacred knowledge, it can be overwhelming to see so many different course options–where do I even begin?! This post seeks to resolve the question …
The Journal of Hanafi Studies invites papers that explore any aspect of the Hanafi tradition. By way of example, and certainly not an exhaustive list, submissions may be made in any of the following areas: scholarly figures or legal texts, …
“Seeking knowledge is a duty upon every Muslim,” said the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace. Namely, learning specifically that by which you can validate your religious obligations is a duty which none are exempt from. Beyond that, …
The Hanafi-Iraqi Fiqh Tradition The Hanafi-Iraqi Fiqh Tradition was a special event which was streamed live in September 2022 with the goal of shedding light on the special characteristics of the Iraqi, Hanafi sub-school (madrasa) which produced the likes of Karkhi, …
Adab: The Art of Doing Things Right In the Name of Allah Most Merciful, Most Compassionate. Zakariyya al Ansari, the great polymath, shaykh al Islam of his time, and teacher and guide to generations of scholars, wrote in his masterful …
Discovering Hanafi Law Discovering Hanafi Law was a special event which was streamed live in June 2022 with the goal of understanding the early transmission of the madhhab, and the concept of the manifest transmissions (zahir al-riwaya). You can subscribe …
The Ottoman Hanafi Tafsir Tradition This event was streamed live on February 23rd 2022 The exegesis of the Qur’an is one of the most important of the islamic disciplines, and the Hanafis in Ottoman lands were strategic in how they …
An Overview of the Hanafi Legal Code Program (HLCP) This event was streamed live on December 5th 2021 The Hanafi Legal Code Program (HLCP) is a five-level course which seeks to take students through a formal, holistic study of the …