Category Archives: al-Ahsa
The Hanafi Madhab- Extract From An Unpublished Article from al-Ahsa
Salam I recently received a rare unpublished brief article on the Hanafi school authored by one the recent giants of Ahsai scholarship: Shaykh Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Bakr al-Mulla who passed away aged 98 in 2001. I hope to append … Continue reading
The Scholars Of Al-Ahsa And The Issue Of Bidah
A New Book On The Issue Of Bidah Salam I recently came across the very useful work on innovation (bidah) by the Saudi Shafi jurist resident in al-Ahsa, Dr Abd al-Ilah al-Arfaj. His work takes a novel and brave approach … Continue reading
More On Al-Ahsa: Virtues and the Hanafi Madhab
Salam. Please find some more information on the area of al-Ahsa that we may not have mentioned thus far on this blog. Inshallah we hope to compile into one article in the near future the various posts on the topic. … Continue reading
Sharh Kifayah al-Ghulam of Imam al-Nabulsi by Shaykh Abd al-Latif al-Mulla
Salam I was pleased to come across a scan of a useful work by one of the al-Mulla scholars of al-Ahsa, especially as it is not easily available for purchase (I bought my copy in al-Ahsa). It is the detailed … Continue reading
Ahsai Chain In Shafi Fiqh
Salam I compiled the following chart (see attachment) during my stay in Saudia Arabia. It is taken from Dr Abd al-Ilah al-Arfaj’s small booklet on the history of the Shafi school in al-Ahsa, and the diagram portrays the Ahsai chain … Continue reading
Sublime Mawlid from al-Ahsa
Salam [Firstly welcome to the new site! One of the main reasons for moving was the lack of facilities on the old blog to post audio’s such as these, please be patient with us as we try to figure out how … Continue reading
Some Pictures from al-Ahsa (Hofuf)
Salam, I had some of these pictures from al-Ahsa from a while back which I didn’t have a chance to add, they are not too different from the ones I posted earlier, but for the sake of completion I thought … Continue reading
Sh. Muhammad al-Mulla
Salam, just a short while ago I received this picture of Sh. Muhammad al-Mulla. Some information regarding the Sheikh is mentioned elsewhere on this blog (in a number of posts). Summarizing briefly, he studied in al-Ahsa with its scholars, and … Continue reading
The Siege of Masjid al-Jawatha
Salam. We mentioned in a previous post the masjid of ‘Jawatha’ in al-Ahsa which was where the second Juma of Islam was performed. There occurred another incident with regards to this masjid which is of note and bears testimony to … Continue reading
Sh. Abdullah al-Mulla (Allah have mercy on him)
Salam. I listed in a previous post some of the names of the scholars from the hanafi family of al-Ahsa known as ‘al-Mulla’. One of their well known members passed away in January of this year, may Allah have mercy … Continue reading
