Category Archives: Kaydani/Umdah

Salam, We have reached the end of the book and thus this is the last in the series of posts of this classical fiqh manual. Is this the first complete text in hanafi fiqh with a commentary in English to … Continue reading →

*Chapter Seven: The Permissible ActsThey are eleven in total:The general are eight:1- Looking with the corner of the eye without turning the face[1]2- Levelling the place of prostration once or twice due to a reason3- Killing a snake even if … Continue reading →

The specific are seventeen:1- the Imam waiting in the prayer for the one whose footsteps he heard[1]2- lengthening the second unit more than the first in the obligatory prayers[2]3- The Imam and follower halting at a verse regarding mercy and … Continue reading →

*Chapter Six: Disliked acts within the prayerThey are fifty nineThe general are forty two:1- Repeating the takbir[1]2- Counting the verses and their like with the hand[2]3- Placing the hands on the hips[3]4- All that is from the behaviour of tyrants[4]5- … Continue reading →

*Chapter Five: The Unlawful Acts[1]The general are fourteen:1- Reciting the tasmiyah aloud[2]2- Reciting the amin aloud[3]3- Turning part of the face right and left[4]4- Looking towards the sky[5]5- Supporting oneself upon a pillar, or hand or similar without an excuse[6]6- … Continue reading →

*Chapter Four: The Desirable ActsThey are twenty three in totalThe general are fourteen:1- Not turning left or right[1] as it is has been said[2]2- Covering the mouth when yawning[3]3- Repelling coughing as much as possible4- Reciting more than three verses[4]5- … Continue reading →

The specific are ten:1- The Imam reciting the takbirat aloud[1]2- The followers starting with the Imams takbir[2]3- Following the Imam in all of his actions[3]4- Tawwudh[4]5- Reciting it silently[5]6- The tasmiyah after it[6]7- Reciting it silently[7]These four[8] are for the … Continue reading →

*Chapter Three: The Recommended ActsThey are twenty sevenThe general amongst them are seventeen, they are:1- Raising the hands in the opening takbir[1]2- Raising the hands in the qunut[2]3- Raising the hands in the takbirs of eid[3]4- Spreading[4] out of the … Continue reading →

6- The Qunut in the witr7- Reciting aloud in its place when in a congregation[1]8- Reciting silently in its place[2]9- The follower (muqtadi) remaining silent when the Imam is reciting[3]10- To follow the Imam in any position that he is … Continue reading →

*Chapter Two: The Compulsory Elements (wajibat)They are twenty-one in totalAmongst them that which relate/apply to all worshippers in all prayers, and they are seven in total.And amongst them that which are specific to some worshippers in some prayers, and they … Continue reading →