Abul Wafa Al Afghani

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Abul Wafa Al Afghani, also known as Abu Wafa Al Afghani, was an Afghani Hyderabadi Islamic scholar of Hanafi Jurisprudence.

Books worked on[edit]

The Shaykh worked on the following books:[1][2]

  • Mukhtasar At Tahawi – In a single huge volume
  • Research work on the 3rd volume of Tarikh Al Kabeer of Imam Bukhari
  • An Nafaqaat by Imam Jassas
  • Usool Ul Fiqh by Sarkhasi
  • Sharh Uz Ziyadaat – In 2 volumes
  • Manaqibi Abi Hanifa Wa Sahibaihi Yousuf Wa Muhammad by Imam Dhahabi
  • Al Hujjah 'Ala Ahlil Madeenah of Imam Muhammad bin Hasan Ash Shaibani. This book was researched by Mufti Mehdi Hasan. This book was published in 4 volumes under the supervision of Abul Wafa.
  • Akhbaari Abi Haneefa Wa Ashaabihee by Imam Muhaddith Qadhi Abi 'Abdullah (Dec. 436 Hijri)
  • 'Uqoodul Jimaan Fi Manaqibi Abi Hanifa An Nomaan by Hafidh Muhaddith Muhammad bin Yousuf Salhi Shafa'ee of Damascus
  • Abi Bakr Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Abi Sahl al-Sarakhsi, Usul al-Sarakhsi, Abu al-Wafa al-Afghani ed. ( Istanbul: Kahraman yay, 1984 )[3]
  • Kitaab al-Athar of Imam al-Qadi Abu Yusuf (d. 182)
  • Kitaab al-Radd ala Siyr al-Awzaee of Imam al-Qadi Abu Yusuf
  • Kitaab Ikhtilaaf abi Hanifah wa Ibn Abi Layla of al-Imam Qadi Abu Yusuf
  • Kitab al-Asl of al-Imam Muhammad bin Hasan al-Shaybani (d. 187), a very useful book. Has the fiqh of Jihad.
  • Jami al-Kabir of al-Imam Muhammad bin Hasan.
  • Sharh Kitaab al-Athaar of Imam Muhammad bin Hasan

Personal life[edit]

Shaykh Abul Fatah Abul Ghudda who visited him writes: "There was nothing in his house except books, manuscripts and writings. These books would be spread all around him. Abul Wafa would have only a few morsels at night and his nights would be spent supplicating Allah."[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Hina Azam (26 June 2015). Sexual Violation in Islamic Law: Substance, Evidence, and Procedure. Cambridge University Press. pp. 260–. ISBN 978-1-107-09424-6.
  2. ^ "::: Ziaislamic News :::".
  3. ^ Rauf, Imam Feisal Abdul (2015). "Shariah and the Objectives of Islamic Law". Defining Islamic Statehood. pp. 17–35. doi:10.1057/9781137446824_2. ISBN 978-1-137-44681-7.
  4. ^ "Shaykh AboGhoudah". www.sunnah.org. Archived from the original on 2000-06-03.