The Precious Introduction to the Al-Azhar Group

Al-Muqaddima Al-Azziyya for the Al-Azhar Community Author: Ali ibn Muhammad Al-Minufi Al-Masri Category: Jurisprudence Year of Publication: 2024 Book Details Number of Volumes: 1 Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 176 Dimensions: 17*24 Weight: 0.443 Paper Type: Chamois Print Colors: 2 The book "Al-Muqaddima Al-Azziyya for the Al-Azhar Community" is a famous and concise jurisprudential text in Maliki jurisprudence, authored by the esteemed jurist Abu Al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Khalaf Al-Minufi Al-Masri Al-Shadhili Al-Maliki (died in 939 AH). The author wrote it specifically for students of knowledge and the general Muslim residents of Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo during his time. This text is distinguished by its simple and clear style, and despite its brevity, it encompasses the most important matters of religion. The book consists of eleven chapters divided as follows: Chapters on Acts of Worship Purification: Includes rulings on water, ablution, bathing, and dry ablution. Prayer: Covers the obligatory aspects of prayer, its traditions, and what invalidates it. Almsgiving: Clarifies the amounts of alms and the required conditions for it. Fasting and Seclusion: Deals with the rulings of fasting and its pillars. Pilgrimage: Explains the rituals of pilgrimage and visitation and their conditions. Sacrifice, Aqiqah, and Slaughter: Details the rulings on prescribed slaughtered animals. Chapters on Transactions and Conduct Marriage and Divorce: Addresses family and marital rulings. Sales: Clarifies permissible and void commercial transactions. Inheritance and Estate Division: Explains the methods of distributing estates according to Islamic law. The Comprehensive on Traditions and Conduct: The book concludes with general Islamic conduct and remembrances.