New from Al-Ihsan Publications: Bulugh al-Maram, Umdatul Ahkam and Three Works on Creed

Since our first look at four titles from Al-Ihsan Publications, five more of their books have reached our shelves, alhamdulillah. Two are multi-volume commentaries on the classical hadith collections of rulings, and three are shorter works on creed and calling to Allah. Mu'awiyah reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say:

If Allah wants to do good to a person, He makes him comprehend the religion. (Sahih al-Bukhari 71)

Every one of these books is a scholar explaining a text, so that the reader comprehends it rather than only reads it. They are grouped below by subject.

Hadith Commentaries on the Evidences for Rulings

Commentary on Bulugh al-Maram (Complete 3-Volume Set), explained by Shaykh Abdul Aziz bin Baz

Bulugh al-Maram is al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's collection of the hadith on which the rulings of fiqh are based. This set is the explanation of Shaykh Abdul Aziz bin Baz, prepared from recordings of his lessons and his written notes. For each hadith he introduces the Companion who narrated it, explains its unfamiliar words, addresses its authenticity where needed, and then sets out the rulings it carries, weighing the scholars' positions against the evidence.

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Commentary on Bulugh al-Maram from the Evidences of Legal Rulings (Complete 3-Volume Set: Introduction, Volume 1 & Volume 2) By Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani Explained By Shaykh Abdul Aziz bin Baz

Ibn Baz explains each hadith: the Companion, the words, then the ruling.

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The set has three volumes. The Introduction gives the biographies of Ibn Hajar and Shaykh Ibn Baz and a study of the book and the commentary. Volume 1 covers the Book of Purification from hadith 1 to 79: waters, vessels, removing impurity, wudu, wiping over the khuffs and what breaks wudu. Volume 2 completes purification with ghusl, tayammum and menstruation, then opens the Book of Prayer with the prayer times and the adhan, up to hadith 197. If you already own the text of Bulugh al-Maram, this is a scholar's explanation to read beside it. For more on the compiler, see books by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani.

A Commentary on Umdatul Ahkam (Complete 5-Volume Set), explained by Shaykh Abdul Aziz ar-Rajihi

Umdatul Ahkam is al-Hafiz Abdul-Ghani al-Maqdisi's selection of hadith on worship and dealings, every one of them taken from Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. Shaykh ar-Rajihi's explanation gives each hadith in Arabic and English with its source in the two Sahihs, then draws out the ruling it establishes and where the scholars differed. Across five volumes it runs from purification, prayer, zakat, fasting and Hajj through sales, marriage, divorce and inheritance, to the prescribed punishments, oaths, foods and clothing.

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A Commentary On Umdatul Ahkam (Complete 5-Volume Set) By Al-Hafiz Abdul-Ghani al-Maqdisi Explained By Shaykh Abdul Aziz ar-Rajihi

Every hadith in it comes from Bukhari or Muslim. Nothing weaker.

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The two sets complement each other. Umdatul Ahkam is the shorter selection, drawn only from the two Sahihs, and the commentary covers the whole text. Bulugh al-Maram draws on a wider range of collections and grades its narrations, and these three volumes run to the opening chapters of prayer. For where both fit among the other books of rulings, see our guides to the best hadith books and the best fiqh books, and for the commentator, books by Shaykh ar-Rajihi.

Creed and Calling to Allah

A Commentary of the Treatise: Three Fundamental Principles & Their Evidences, explained by Shaykh Salih Aal ash-Shaykh

The Three Fundamental Principles is Imam Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab's short treatise on the three questions every person will be asked in the grave: who is your Lord, what is your religion, and who is your Prophet. This is the explanation of Shaykh Salih ibn Abd al-Aziz Aal ash-Shaykh. The longest part treats the first principle, knowing Allah, with its evidences. The second principle is explained through the three levels of the religion, Islam, Iman and Ihsan, each with its proofs, and the commentary closes with the foundations concerning the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him.

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A Commentary of the Treatise: Three Fundamental Principles & Their Evidences By Imam Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab Explained By Shaykh Salih ibn Abd al-Aziz Aal ash-Shaykh

The three questions of the grave, and the evidence for every answer.

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If you have already studied the treatise with Shaykh al-Fawzan's Explanation of the Three Fundamental Principles, this gives you a second scholar's explanation of the same text. For the rest of the imam's works, see books by Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab.

The Wisdom Behind Sending the Messengers by Shaykh Abd al-Razzaq Afifi

Allah says:

[We sent] messengers as bringers of good tidings and warners so that mankind will have no argument against Allah after the messengers. And ever is Allah Exalted in Might and Wise. (Surah an-Nisa 4:165, Saheeh International)

Shaykh Abd al-Razzaq Afifi takes up why Allah sent His Messengers, what message they carried, and the method they followed in calling their people to worship Allah alone. He presents that method as the model for every caller who comes after them, and closes with the sound means of calling others to the truth. It is a short book for anyone involved in da'wah, and for students of aqeedah studying belief in the Messengers.

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The Wisdom Behind Sending the Messengers: The Methodology of the Messengers in Calling to Allah, The Best Method of Calling to Allah By Shaykh Abd al-Razzaq Afifi

Why did Allah send the Messengers, and how did they call people to Him?

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The Wahhabi Movement by Shaykh Muhammad Khalil Harras

"Wahhabi" is a word many Muslims have heard used as an accusation without being told what it refers to. Shaykh Muhammad Khalil Harras, best known for his explanation of al-Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah, wrote this as a reply to an article attacking the call of Imam Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab. He takes the article's charges one at a time, that the call was sectarian, that it broke with the Islamic heritage, that it was blind following, and measures each against the Qur'an, the Sunnah and what the call actually taught: the worship of Allah alone, upon the way of the Companions and those who followed them. Read it alongside the imam's own Kitab at-Tawheed to judge the call by its own words.

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The Wahhabi Movement: A Response to an Article by Dr. Muhammad al-Bahi Criticizing Wahhabism By Shaykh Muhammad Khalil Harras

Critics call it 'Wahhabism.' What did Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab actually call to?

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For a study order across creed, see our guide to the best aqeedah books for beginners.

About Al-Ihsan Publications

Al-Ihsan Publications produces English translations of the works of scholars of Ahl as-Sunnah, and all five of these titles come from the same translator, Abu Sulayman Muhammad Abdul-Azim. Much of their list is scholars of recent times, among them Shaykh Ibn Baz and Shaykh ar-Rajihi, explaining the classical texts students have studied for centuries. Browse everything we carry from them in our Al-Ihsan Publications collection, and see the rest of this season's arrivals in New Islamic Books: 9 Recent Arrivals and our New Islamic Books collection. If you are not sure which of these suits you, reach out on live chat and we will help you choose.

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